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{{quote|'''Benedick''': I protest I love thee.

Unless the story decides to start up a ''whole new'' string of complications from scratch somewhere in the far future, they finally get to catch a break. And chances are they [[Earn Your Happy Ending|had to go through a lot to earn it]].

 

 

 

'''Spoilers ahoy'''.

 

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* ''[[Da Capo]]'' plays it straight with {{spoiler|Junichi [[Brother-Sister Incest|hooking up]] with Nemu, [[Not Blood Siblings|his stepsister]], and all the troubles they had to face afterwards made the series' quality improve ''by orders of magnitude''. Special mention to the [[Tear Jerker|extremely sad]] endings [[Die for Our Ship|Miharu, Yoriko]], Kotori and Sakura received. Especially Sakura.}} In Da Capo If, {{spoiler|Nemu is dead and Junichi is with Kotori.}}

* An atypical example in ''[[Da Capo II]]'', where Koko and Yoshiyuki hook up ''in the very first episode'' (Is it possible to ''not'' get [[Strangled by the Red String]] when you do that?). {{spoiler|They break up late into the first season, making this the "new set of complications" [[Downer Ending]] variant.}}

 

 

* [[Shrek]] and Fiona at the end of the first film. The second and third ones are actually built around their relationship.

* [[Firefly|Kaylee and Simon]] at the end of ''[[Serenity]].''

* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[The Golden Oecumene|The Golden Transcedence]]'', after two and half books insisting that Daphne Tercius, being a version of his wife Daphne Prime, is not his wife, Phaethon reflects on the differences, tells Daphne Tercius that she is not his wife, and asks her to marry him as herself, not as a version of his wife.

* In ''[[Mystic and Rider]]'', Senneth and Tayse are both completely [[Badass]] and made of awesome, and they finally manage to get past the [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] phase at the very end of the book. In the subsequent books, in which they are together, and then married, they are far, ''far'' more awesome because they complete each other. [[Battle Couple]] extraordinaire; terrifyingly powerful fire mystic dedicated to simple human kindness marries sword-wielding [[Badass Normal]] who loves her more than life itself.

* In a strange variation on a theme, in Hal Duncan's ''[[The Book of All Hours]]'', {{spoiler|Jack Flash/Carter and Puck/Thomas really do finally get to be together (without either one being brutally murdered by the other) ... sorta. Considering how by the end of ''Ink'', Reality has been re-written so many times that not even Reynard/Guy/Fox could put the thing back together, and he was the damn book's ''keeper'', the fact that they're present in any shape or form is impressive, to say the least (particularly after what happened to Seamus).}} In any case, they get things their way eventually, {{spoiler|in whatever variant of reality that still includes them.}} If you would like directions on the various interpretations of the situation, you'll find [[Mind Screw]] on your right, and you can follow that straight down until you hit [[Go Mad from the Revelation]] (after which your confusion will no longer be a problem).

* In ''[[The Eyre Affair]]'', there are great complaints that Jane and Mr. Rochester don't get this. Thursday fixes it. {{spoiler|Then there's her and Landen.}}

== Webcomics ==

* [[The Order of the Stick]]: {{spoiler|Haley and Elan}}. And for those who were waiting 400+ comics for that to happen, you are not going to be disappointed.

* In ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (webcomic)|No Rest for The Wicked]]'', [http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/03-75.html Claire remembers this in her backstory.]