Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends: Difference between revisions

 

Some ways of making it so that cleaning up loose ends doesn't have to happen are for all characters to [[No Loves Intersect|be paired up from the very beginning]] or reach a mutual [[Tenchi Solution]]. Or, of course, simply [[Did Not Get the Girl|accepting that they lost and moving on with their life]].

 

== Anime & Manga ==

** On the other hand, {{spoiler|"Character C" Mutsumi goes the "wanting Character A to be happy" route - in a way - earlier in the series (Chapter 82 and 83)... by revealing that she's equally in love with Keitarou ''and'' Naru, and wants to make them both happy by helping them get together, thus stepping aside from her own interests to play matchmaker for them instead, ultimately lumping her in with the rest of the group's mutual satisfaction for the happy couple.}}

* By the end of the manga of ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]]'', {{spoiler|when Ranma and Akane look set to finally marry each other when Akane's dad blackmails Ranma into marrying Akane, Akane's three major competitors have been [[Last Minute Hookup|paired off]], with varying degrees of success: Ryoga has chosen [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|to stand aside]] while he pursues a relationship with Akari. Ukyo had a suitor in the form of Konatsu. Shampoo has Mousse as a suitor.}} However, only the Ryoga instance is in any way successful, as they went on to summarily ignore their "consolation prizes" and Shampoo outright attacked the bride at her own wedding {{spoiler|though Ranma got in the way entirely by accident and Ukyo may have been attacking Ranma not Akane.}} Even Ranma and Akane don't get anywhere romantically; not only does Akane never explicitly admit, even to herself, to being in love with Ranma, Ranma denies it when Akane asks if she heard him declare that he loved her, at that time (Ranma has accidentally told her that earlier in the manga when he didn't know it was her and the manga is unclear as to whether or not he did say it in the last arc, it looks more like he was thinking it while yelling Akane).

*** Neither of those would have really changed the status quo if he '''had''' gone along with it. Shampoo only declared she would go on a date with Mousse if Ranma lost to him, not that she would marry him or something like that; having never thought of him as a love interest in the first place, she would have put up with having to go out with him once and then gone right back to chasing Ranma, with the only difference being that Mousse would be even more pissed off by it than usual. And Kuno never was interested in Mariko in the first place... not to mention that she got over him without the slightest effort after seeing him beaten and, evidently, realizing what a lustful idiot he is.

*** Also considering that Tatewaki actively pursues both Ranma and Akane another girl would in no way have resolved things. Ranma also sees it as being dishonorable to throw a duel (that arc and a few later ones like the one with Gosunkugi wearing battle armor clearly show this to be the case).

** Don't forget Godai's third "relationship," Yagami. He was continually appalled at her advances, but it was a romantic complication nonetheless.

* The [[Love Triangle]] in ''[[Inuyasha]]'' is resolved for good when Kikyo dies and her soul ascends to heaven, enabling Inuyasha to finally get over her and focus on Kagome.

* Can't forget ''As You Like It''. ''Four'' weddings at the end.

* ''The Merchant of Venice''. After Bassanio successfully courts and marries the wealthy Portia, his friend Gratiano and Portia's handmaid Nerissa also decide to marry each other, apparently for the hell of it.

* The romantic "tension" in the ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' series between [[Our Vampires Are Different|Edward]], Bella, and [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Jacob]] is resolved when {{spoiler|Bella marries Edward, and Jacob "imprints" (the werewolf version of discovering a soulmate) on Bella and Edward's [[Squick|newborn daughter Renesmee]]. It's okay because while Renesmee's going to [[Younger Than They Look|appear 17 when she's 7]], mentally she'll be an adult.}} All together now: [[Squick|Ewwwwwwwww...]].

** Additionally, ''Breaking Dawn'' also sees Kate and Garret hooking up with only a few sentences of them spending time together and implies that {{spoiler|Charlie and Sue}} are in the process of hooking up (after, erm...{{spoiler|Sue cooks meals for Charlie, it seems}}). In the first story, Bella casually plays matchmaker for her friends, with no real mention of how well the friends get along before that. In fact, almost all of the protagonists are hooked up with someone, and the characters who are meant to be unsympathetic are [[Unfortunate Implications|left single.]]

** Into the Wild Green Yonder may be this trope, as a very minor Fry/Leela subplot {{spoiler|provides fodder for the last scene when Fry and Leela declare their love for each other, to each other. Then they ride off into a <s> [[Sequel Hook]]</s> wormhole holding hands and sharing a kiss.}}

* ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go]]'' had this in a way. {{spoiler|It was clear in the series that Otto had a crush on Nova, but Nova ends up confessing feelings for Sprx in the finale. Unfortunately, since the show was left on a [[Cliff Hanger]], there's no way to know if Otto had any issues after this. Fan's thoughts on this issue are mixed [[Ho Yay|(though, there were others who kept their ships just fine)]].}}

* Played with hilariously in ''[[The Princess and The Frog]]''. Of course Tiana and Naveen fall in love and are married, but this leaves Charlotte as the only "good guy" who doesn't hook up with anyone or achieve her dream of meeting a prince. {{spoiler|In the final song of the movie, we see Charlotte dancing happily with Naveen's younger brother - who is six and half! While she shrugs and says "I waited this long", they technically don't hook up.}}

** They should have brought back that Travis guy who was flirting with her at the first party.