Void in the Coal Cellar

[heavensqueen]

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Re: Holly Poly

[(Anonymous)]

NA

But at least one person in the relationship loves/has simultaneous relationships with multiple people. That seems like plenty poly to me.

(Agreed though if you say you want a triad and get a V, that's unsatisfying.)

Re: Holly Poly

[(Anonymous)]

Thinking about it more, I guess I can see it as poly. I think sometimes I look at my situation of over two decades with my partners in a triad as such a norm that I forget about the V and other configurations. I generally don't consume poly fanworks, either, so I don't know the trends.

Is V more popular to write?

Re: Holly Poly

[(Anonymous)]

v is the most common thing in media, isn't it? A and B both like C, compete for C's love. it usually ends with one person having to step away and not ending in a V relationship, of course, but V is insanely common in media and fanfic at least for 3/4 of the story.

i think V endings are more common than equalteral triangles but I haven't read the fic in every single fandom to say that with surety.

Re: Holly Poly

[(Anonymous)]

Except that "A and B both like C, compete for C's love" is only one of the ways you can get a poly V relationship, and I feel like the "rival suitors" trope comes from a pretty different place from poly tropes.

Poly Vs can come about that way, but they can also be written as "A/B, but B falls in love with C too" or "attempted triad A/B/C resettles with one relationship as less involved".

Re: Holly Poly

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I don't see the whole rival suitors as poly at all even if the person is in a relationship with both of them at some point because the end game is always going to be just two people.

Re: Holly Poly

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Well, I mean the rival suitors thing is poly if they come to an agreement that both of them can date/marry/? the person whom they both love.