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Often, if a character is left out of a relationship in stories that do this, it's heavily implied that the character is gay or lesbian.
Compare with [[Pair the Spares]] (the [[Love Dodecahedron]] version) and [[No Going Steady]], which breaks up [[Love Dodecahedron
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* In the fantasy works of [[David Eddings]], most of the companions have a love match whom they end up with without any serious problems. This is eventually [[Lampshading|lampshaded]] at a couple of points, and is implied to happen due to, essentially, divine intervention.
** And in some cases, quite literal divine intervention, as a particular goddess takes pains to clear up any tangles before they become problematic.
** Still, it's not like some love isn't unrequited. In ''[[The Belgariad]]'', Silk loves a woman he can't have, and Mandorallen practically ''revels'' in holding up under the noble love of a woman he can't
** Comically, Mandorallen was so prepared to have his love unrequited for his whole life that he has no idea what to do with her, and is very uncomfortable with the entire concept of actively pursuing her.
* Pretty much the entire world of ''[[Xanth]]''. Justified since the land itself apparently likes it that way. In nearly four decades and dozens of books there are two exceptions:
** The very brief triangle between Bink, Trent and Iris - which was only a "triangle" as much as Iris was openly power hungry and looked to side which ever one of the two men came out on top. [[Characterization Marches On|A lot has changed in the series since then.]]
** The [[Because Destiny Says So|semi-magically enforced]] triangle between Dolph,<ref>paternal grandson of Bink, maternal grandson of Trent</ref>
* ''[[Animorphs]]''. Jake and Cassie like each other, Rachel and Tobias love each other, and fanfiction writers [[Ho Yay|want to believe Marco and Ax are in a relationship]]. At the end of the series, {{spoiler|Jake and Cassie don't end up together and Rachel dies, so...not so much with the happy endings}}.
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