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Best TV Love Triangles

Best TV Love Triangles
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Best TV Love Triangles

By Jarett Wieselman

9:53 AM PST, November 16, 2012

Characters in Question: Daria, Tom, Jane
ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Tom and Jane

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'Daria'

MTV
Characters in Question: Daria, Tom, Jane

ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Tom and Jane

'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'

Characters in Question: Angel, Buffy Summer, Spike

ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Buffy and Spike

'Felicity'

Warner Bros. Television
Characters in Question: Noel Crane, Felicity Porter, Ben Covington

ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Felicity and Ben

'Dawson's Creek'

Warner Bros. Television
Characters in Question: Dawson Leery, Joey Potter, Pacey Witter

ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Joey and Pacey

'True Blood'

HBO
Characters in Question: Eric Northman, Sookie Stackhouse, Bill Compton

ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Eric and Sookie

'Lost'

ABC
Characters in Question: Kate Austen, James 'Sawyer' Ford, Jack Shephard

ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Kate and Jack

'Beverly Hills, 90210'

Characters in Question: Kelly Taylor, Dylan McKay, Brenda Walsh

ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Dylan and Brenda

'The Vampire Diaries'

CW
Characters in Question: Damon Salvatore, Elena Gilbert, Stefan Salvatore

ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Damon and Elena

'Sex and the City'

Warner Bros. Television
Characters in Question: John Preston, Carrie Bradshaw, Aidan Shaw

ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Carrie & Aidan

'Gossip Girl'

CW
Characters in Question: Chuck Bass, Blair Waldorf, Dan Humphrey
ETonline's Preferred Pairing: Blair and Dan

Choose Wisely

The Love Triangle is as old as storytelling itself. As is choosing one pairing to aggressively root for. But with the advent of the internet, and then Twitter, fans now have the real time ability to debate the merits of their chosen couple as the story unfolds.

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This has also led to, what's lovingly been dubbed, Shipper Wars. In short, a "shipper" is someone who aggressively supports one half of a love triangle; sometimes going as far as to send mean Tweets to the opposing side, the show's writers and, in the most extreme cases, the actors themselves.



But more often than not, these Wars are simply good-natured debates between fans of triangles both old and new. So, check out the 10 TV couples who have incited the most fan furor!

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  • Matthew Fox
  • Ian Somerhalder
  • Paul Wesley
  • Nina Dobrev
  • The Vampire Diaries
  • Penn Badgley
  • Ed Westwick
  • Leighton Meester
  • Gossip Girl
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Keri Russell
  • James Van Der Beek
  • Katie Holmes
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Alexander Skarsgard
  • Stephen Moyer
  • Anna Paquin
  • True Blood
  • Shannen Doherty
  • Jennie Garth
  • Luke Perry

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