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* Ginny Weasley from the ''[[Harry Potter]] series.'' Part of the hate for the pairing is because of [[Die for Our Ship]], while the other part is rooted specifically to this. After her [[Strangled by the Red String|questionably rushed]] hook-up with Harry, most of the development of the pairing took place off screen. In fact, there's a time skip following their hookup where Harry described it at as some of the happiest moments in his life, but the reader never actually get to '''see it.'''
** Part of the reason Ginny isn't liked is because really, ''most'' of her best moments don't get to be seen; other characters ''say'' [[Character Shilling|she managed to do this impressive thing or is really popular,]] but this never seems to happen around Harry. (J.K.'s explanation is because she's still shy around him.)
*** The film version of ''[[Harry Potter
* Aragorn and Arwen in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' - justified somewhat as the story is primarily told from the Hobbits' point of view and they weren't around when they fell in love etc. years earlier; the story is only concisely dealt with in one of the appendices. This has led to quite a number of readers favouring Eowyn's hopeless love for Aragorn.
* ''[[Les Misérables (novel)|Les Misérables]]'' gives us Marius and Cosette. Seen each other from afar and are madly in love with each other (at least after Marius noticed Cosette being [[She
** ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (novel)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' by [[Victor Hugo|the same author]] also shows how awful this can end in so many, many ways.
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* While ''[[Persona 3]]'' allows you to choose your romance amongst the various females, Yukari Takeba is the only one whose romance intertwines with the actual story. This cause several [[Ship Tease]] moments with a character you may choose not to pursue their Character Arc with.
** Other fans will point out that Aigis, a [[Robot Girl]] with [[Stalker with a Crush]] tendencies, also qualifies. While she is important to the Protagonist's backstory, the latter half of the game seems to focus on her. Which, if you don't even think of her as a [[Love Interest]], comes off as forced. The fact that she is {{spoiler|the protagonist for ''The Answer'' really doesn't help.}} It does explain why, [[Persona 4|the next game in the series]] toned down on the female interaction, with only minor optional flirting in the main plot.
* Similarly, ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'' gives you the choice of two heroines, three on the DS remake, but the game almost forces [[Patient Childhood Love Interest|Bianca]] on you, even having some nasty [[Player Punch|Player Punches]] if you pick the other girl, though thankfully the worst one was removed in the [[
* Megan Reed is this to Adam Jensen in ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]''. Their entire relationship (including a break-up) took place prior to the events of the game, but the game seems to be insistent on playing Adam like he's still carrying a torch and his main motivation is to avenge her death from the shadow conspiracy. {{spoiler|Which turns out to be faked anyway, [[Subverted Trope|and their reunion gets somewhat soured by this revelation and the fact she went almost willingly]].}}
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