Greg Spry
This is a fun one. My favorite fictional romance doesn't merely feature a couple but rather a love triangle. In Robotech/Macross, the beautiful celebrity singer Minmei/Minmay Lynn and the intelligent-but-plain flight controller Lisa Hayes/Misa Hayase vie for the attention of the pacifist-turned-military pilot Rick Hunter/Hikaru Ichijo.
Despite the story's Anime origins, the theme underlying Rick's dilemma between the two women is incredibly real and adult. Who's he going to choose? The celebrity that everyone wants--the dream woman from his fantasies? Or the less exotic woman with whom he has a deeper connection and shares the same convictions? It's not such a straightforward choice because both women genuinely care for him and have redeeming qualities.
Whenever I watch a bad rom com where a nice protagonist wrestles a down-to-earth beauty away from an obvious jerk, I think of how a romance from an old cartoon from the early 80's was so much realer than most big budget Hollywood flicks.
To this day, Robotech/Macross remains my number one favorite work of fiction.
Despite the story's Anime origins, the theme underlying Rick's dilemma between the two women is incredibly real and adult. Who's he going to choose? The celebrity that everyone wants--the dream woman from his fantasies? Or the less exotic woman with whom he has a deeper connection and shares the same convictions? It's not such a straightforward choice because both women genuinely care for him and have redeeming qualities.
Whenever I watch a bad rom com where a nice protagonist wrestles a down-to-earth beauty away from an obvious jerk, I think of how a romance from an old cartoon from the early 80's was so much realer than most big budget Hollywood flicks.
To this day, Robotech/Macross remains my number one favorite work of fiction.
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