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Avoid the "two hot people fight over one protagonist" trap. Instead, use a ghost link. Character A is linked to Character B via a dead person (a sibling, a best friend, a former lover). Their romance is haunted by the third party. The storyline becomes: Can you love someone new without erasing the ghost? This creates deep, melancholic tension.
The best link relationships say something about the story's core theme. In Arcane , the fractured bond between Vi and Caitlyn mirrors the show's themes of class division, trust across enemy lines, and whether love can survive systemic hatred. Their romance isn't a distraction from the Piltover/Zaun conflict—it is a case study in miniature.
