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⌈ Secret Post #3730 ⌋

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[Movie: 8Uppers, Actor/Singer: Nishikido Ryo]

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[Psych, Shawn/Jules]

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[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]

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[Yuri on Ice]

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[Irish comedian Ed Byrne and the Great British Bake Off]

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[Pokemon B/W]

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[Overwatch]

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- Leslie and Ann from Parks and Rec, hands down.

The female friends on FRIENDS were also great about this - the series had plenty of contrived love triangle scenarios, and the friends could be rather horrible, but one of the things I liked about the show was that Monica, Phoebe and Rachel seemed to legitimately love one another. There's even an episode in the first season where Rachel's boyfriend hits on Phoebe, and Rachel gets mad at the boyfriend, not Phoebe. (Nor is Phoebe remotely tempted to reciprocate.)

I think there are a few reasons it's rarer.

1. It's easier to write love triangles that way, and people seem to love writing love triangles.

2. Hollywood is still stuck in the mindset that female character arcs have to be romance-based. (Although it's getting better.)

3. I think writers see female friendships as complex and difficult to write. Whereas a frenemyship or rivalry is seemingly easier. (I'm not sure that's true IRL, though.)

Good points. I think another reason is that people see storylines that strongly feature two women and their friendship as a "chick flick", i.e. a niche market and not for mainstream (read: male) consumption. There's this assumption that both men and women will watch storylines that feature two guys and their bromance, but somehow, two women being friends is something only other women will be interested in.

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And isn't that fucked up. :/

It's very fucked up. :(

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