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Five favorite beta or ambiguously canon* relationships (link goes to TVtropes)
*by "ambiguously canon", I mean a relationship that was never confirmed in canon to be a romantic one, or was only mentioned later through Word of God, whatever...
It is hard for words to express how much I don't want to go into the morass of what an "ambiguously canon" couple would even be; besides being another verse of the oh so dull canon vs fanon argument, I just don't care enough about authorial intent to care.
So have five of my favorite beta couples:
1.) Lily and Marshall, HIMYM.
2.) Marianne and Colonel Brandon, Sense & Sensibility.
3.) Sierra and Victor, Dollhouse.
4.) Tyler and Caroline, TVD
5.) Duke and Julia, Haven. I'm predicting, here, and so the end of the summer may involve returning to this post and laughing at how wrong I was, but I have a feeling that Duke and Julia continue their more antagonistic relationship and then have it skew romantic fast while Audrey and Nathan inch along.
*by "ambiguously canon", I mean a relationship that was never confirmed in canon to be a romantic one, or was only mentioned later through Word of God, whatever...
It is hard for words to express how much I don't want to go into the morass of what an "ambiguously canon" couple would even be; besides being another verse of the oh so dull canon vs fanon argument, I just don't care enough about authorial intent to care.
So have five of my favorite beta couples:
1.) Lily and Marshall, HIMYM.
2.) Marianne and Colonel Brandon, Sense & Sensibility.
3.) Sierra and Victor, Dollhouse.
4.) Tyler and Caroline, TVD
5.) Duke and Julia, Haven. I'm predicting, here, and so the end of the summer may involve returning to this post and laughing at how wrong I was, but I have a feeling that Duke and Julia continue their more antagonistic relationship and then have it skew romantic fast while Audrey and Nathan inch along.