tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post3777755518841656613..comments2023-11-14T02:10:02.743-08:00Comments on A Nudge in the Right Direction: Let's Talk Love Triangle DudesKrispyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492607213249874138noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-38602597020076098362011-09-09T20:03:06.738-07:002011-09-09T20:03:06.738-07:00Ha, great post! Different hair color is a must. I ...Ha, great post! Different hair color is a must. I mean, if both guys are [X], aren't they basically the same person?<br /><br />I'm a fan of love triangle...I like the tension. Although, if I'm cheering for you, sorry, you're destined to be the loser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-16683054664179729362011-09-09T08:34:31.555-07:002011-09-09T08:34:31.555-07:00Great post! I wanted to point out a fairly famous ...Great post! I wanted to point out a fairly famous book with a love triangle where the girl picks neither guy in the end.<br /><br />Since this is a big spoiler, I will just say it's one of Amanda Hocking's series.Kate Avery Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16639363051736890588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-46298782142586788422011-08-24T23:38:18.319-07:002011-08-24T23:38:18.319-07:00Merc –Thanks! Hmm, three girls in a love triangle...Merc –Thanks! Hmm, three girls in a love triangle—now that'd be interesting. Have you read Melinda Lo's book Ash, or Huntress? Krispy is reading Huntress but neither of us has read Ash. I don't think there's actually an all-girl love triangle in either, but they do focus on two girls in a relationship.<br /><br />Lori – Those are my feelings too! If you're want to write a story focusing on a love triangle, go ahead and do it but don't try to throw in a token plot—and if you're NOT writing a love triangle story, then don't let that triangle overtake the plot.<br /><br />Linda – Glad you like my doodles. :D I've heard from Krispy how you don't like being on Team Loser, so I can appreciate why you'd want to know from the get-go who's going to be sitting sadly solo by himself in the end. At night. In the rain. While tears trickle dramatically down his face, but ah! You can't tell for sure, maybe it's just the rain… AHEM. I've never actually read a love triangle where I didn't know who the heroine was going to end up with, now that I think about it.<br /><br />Connie – I tried to think a love triangle example with one guy and two girls, but couldn't come up with any off the top of my head. I'm sure I've read some, and I'm also pretty sure that they weren't YA. I think I've read a few trashy romance novels from that angle. Have you got any good YA recs?<br /><br />Ariana – Thanks! Love triangles are inherently conflicting, but it's also sort of meh because there's only one end: two of the people pair off. It'd be interesting to read a love triangle where the girl decides to hell with these two guys and stays single…or where the two guys realize they're much better suited to each other and pair off, leaving the girl behind.<br /><br />Tere – Definitely agree on the bad boy triangle usually happening in the lust stories—with the additional caveat that he's not REALLY bad, he just acts that way. Like how Patch in Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush is all bad boy, stalkerish and wearing black and cutting class and hanging out in a pool hall where he…drinks Sprite. Uh-huh. Sure.<br /><br />Sophia – I am a hater on some things. I fear it is a symptom of my masochistic literary nature where I end up reading terrible books because I'm fatally curious. I like how I have more than one black black heart, as this must mean I have two hearts and am therefore probably a Time Lord. Fantastic!<br /><br />Angela – I hear ya! I often cry foul on fiction for not being real enough, even though I’m fully aware that it IS fiction and therefore not real. But if you're going to pitch a book at me as being romantic/suspenseful/a coming of age story/full of zombies, then I expect a certain level of realism and connection to the story in order to enjoy it. Zombies want to have their brains and eat it too—er, I mean, I want my books and to be able to enjoy them too.Alzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550309817891415328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-72746451947307530972011-08-24T14:25:17.209-07:002011-08-24T14:25:17.209-07:00Hahaha, that's so true. I'm not a huge fan...Hahaha, that's so true. I'm not a huge fan of love triangles. They are always obvious and oversimplify reality.<br /><br />In real life, I've managed to balance as many as a dozen crushes at once. Oddly enough, most of them didn't return the affection, while some people I didn't like at all were crushing on me.<br /><br />And you know, once I gave a guy the brush-off, he wasn't usually masochistic enough to keep chasing me. But then, I'm not an undead/pheromone-drenched/modelesque girl either ;)Angela Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15598455060979053040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-54912336249526318192011-08-24T13:25:44.634-07:002011-08-24T13:25:44.634-07:00Man you guys are such HATERS! LOLOL I'm goin...Man you guys are such HATERS! LOLOL I'm going to have to hate on something relevant to your lives over our next boba :P<br /><br />I already emailed Linda about this, we'll have to discuss at our next cheese fries event.<br /><br />Though I have to say Alzie, your points of what a good love triangle requires is well put. So you've done more than just hate with your black black hearts.Sophia Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946233873722107937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-66950064092916929412011-08-24T13:03:05.438-07:002011-08-24T13:03:05.438-07:00Ugh, I hate it when the tofu kid is just about to ...Ugh, I hate it when the tofu kid is just about to declare his love when hot'n'spicy swoops in. You already know the poor neighbor/friend doesn't stand a chance against the new/undead/badboy. <br /><br />I love writing romance as well as the next person, but I take it as a challenge to write a unique, unpredictable story about issues aside from romance.<br /><br />The "just add badboy" triangles always seem to be in "lust stories", where the heroine places a greater importance on finding out whether a guy likes her, than on finding HERSELF. <br /><br />So I enjoy a triangle where the love interests are really symptoms of a greater issue: that the MC is in the midst of becoming an adult, making choices that will define her as an individual. <br /><br />Great discussion!Tere Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-13781852552895586292011-08-24T11:54:47.129-07:002011-08-24T11:54:47.129-07:00Hahaha your illustrations are fantastic. I read so...Hahaha your illustrations are fantastic. I read somewhere that love triangles are a good way to create instant conflict but I wish I was surprised by some of the 'final couples' in YA.Ariana Ferronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14841820059012920347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-22517588757305684302011-08-24T10:28:19.070-07:002011-08-24T10:28:19.070-07:00What about love triangles with one guy and two gir...What about love triangles with one guy and two girls?Connie Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774616533630985219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-80230364127685832952011-08-24T09:07:42.562-07:002011-08-24T09:07:42.562-07:00Yay, it's here! Awesome post! (And not just be...Yay, it's here! Awesome post! (And not just because I got to be mentioned a bajillion times XD)<br /><br />I LOVE the illustrations. I saw the first one and was like "wait... is that...?" and then I laughed my head off for two whole minutes. Seriously.<br /><br />Great points about the importance of character growth! And what you say about the different hair/eye colors is so true and brilliant, haha.<br /><br />And now for the answers to your questions: 1. Not a fan of love triangles. I was ok with the one in <i>The Hunger Games</i> since it wasn't the main focus, but other than that I can't think of one I really enjoyed. 2. I actually like it better when I can tell who the heroine will end up with so I can try to avoid cheering for the wrong guy, because I hate that feeling. (I'm the kind of person who doesn't mind spoilers. :P) 3. Hm... there are a couple more love triangle books that come to mind, but I didn't like them, so no recs from me.<br /><br />But yeah, great analysis, and your drawings are SO AWESOME. :Dlindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16524291742541007382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-86575671482509579362011-08-24T07:43:22.662-07:002011-08-24T07:43:22.662-07:00Great post :D While I like love triangles, I am ge...Great post :D While I like love triangles, I am getting tired of them. Namely because they tend to overtake the plot to the point that it BECOMES the plot. And then everything else gets squeezed in at the end like an afterthought--oh yeah, and we're supposed to be hunting a killer, CLIMAX. And then I facepalm.Lori M. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858438789496971734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-48115894581674154762011-08-24T07:19:26.319-07:002011-08-24T07:19:26.319-07:00I know better than to read a post and be drinking ...I know better than to read a post and be drinking at the same time, to spare my screen. :D I ADORE the drawings!<br /><br />I'm generally not a fan of love triangles because, as you mention, so often they seem obvious from the get go and it just gets annoying if there's no honest development/tension/question about who she (always she?) will pick. <br /><br />(Maybe if it was three girls in a love triangle, THAT I'd like to see.)<br /><br />'Course, this is not helped by my general dislike of romance in my fiction (romantic subplots - okay once in awhile). Established romantic relationships or established relationships that change, that is what I love to see. (Because there's a lot of room to explore things beyond 'fall in love with new hot person' when people interact.) <br /><br />Also, the slogans on the dudes' shirts in your drawings are MADE OF WIN, Alz. :D<br /><br />Great post.<br /><br />--MercMerchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164221022350926808noreply@blogger.com