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* In the ''[[Outlander]]'' series of novels, {{spoiler|A young priest dying of consumption marries his pregnant lover to his impotent brother while on his deathbed. The baby is the heroine's great-something-grandfather.}} |
* In the ''[[Outlander]]'' series of novels, {{spoiler|A young priest dying of consumption marries his pregnant lover to his impotent brother while on his deathbed. The baby is the heroine's great-something-grandfather.}} |
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* In ''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]'', the hero wants to marry the heroine but is told that since she is the youngest daughter, she may never marry. So he marries her sister to be close to her. |
* In ''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]'', the hero wants to marry the heroine but is told that since she is the youngest daughter, she may never marry. So he marries her sister to be close to her. |
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* Seems to be the case at the end of ''[[Harry Potter and |
* Seems to be the case at the end of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'': {{spoiler|Angelina Johnson, who dated Fred Weasley during their Hogwarts years, later married George Weasley, his surviving twin. They named their son Fred.}} |
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** [[Inversion]]: Ron had a crush on Fleur (even more than most people), but she winds up with his older brother Bill. |
** [[Inversion]]: Ron had a crush on Fleur (even more than most people), but she winds up with his older brother Bill. |
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* A variation happens in the short gothic story "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" by [[Henry James]]. Two sisters fall in love with the same man. The man marries one of the sisters, who dies shortly after. He then marries the other sister. The story ends with {{spoiler|the jealous ghost of the first wife exacting revenge on her sister}}. |
* A variation happens in the short gothic story "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" by [[Henry James]]. Two sisters fall in love with the same man. The man marries one of the sisters, who dies shortly after. He then marries the other sister. The story ends with {{spoiler|the jealous ghost of the first wife exacting revenge on her sister}}. |
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