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Trope: The Golden Trio


  Sorry for this post being so late! 

Welcome to another trope discussion post with your favorite trope enthusiast, Waffles! If you're a fan of reading contemporary fantasy novels, I'm sure you've come across at least one set of the golden trio. You know who they are. The protagonist and their two best friends who go and save the world or whatever. So in this post I'm going to be breaking down this trope.

 If you have any questions about what a trope is, here's a quick explanation: a trope is a type of figure of speech. It is used to show a type of thing that happens, or is used in literature commonly. For example, there is a trope that superheroes wear capes. However, that doesn't mean all superheroes wear capes, but if someone wears one, you'd think they were a superhero. 

Anyway, back to today's trope discussion.  Below is a list of some (but not limited to) of the trios:



1. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger: Had to start with the most common one! For all we know, they might've been the reason this trope became so popular (I'm too lazy to research)



2. Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Grove Underwood: My favorite group! In Greek mythology, three is an important number, so no wonder this amazing trio exists. 



3. Callum Hunt, Aaron Stewart and Tamara Rajavi: Not the most popular group around, but if you know them, you know them. They're super cool, even though their group number does vary...

There are more, technically, but the group number varies very often, and I don't want to mix them up with triangles, which are of course completely different.

Why is this trope common? Honestly, I wasn't really sure. Apparently the Harry Potter one was famous because it showed an ideal friendship. All of them were equally the main characters and side characters. They were super loyal despite their many fights, and continued to have each other's back throughout the story. No one overshined the other, each having their turn in the spotlight, combined with own flaws. 

I guess the thing about all relationships, including friendships, is that we want them to be stable, and strong enough to last whatever life throws at us. So seeing friendships like these in media make us wish for something like that of our own. Unfortunately, in real life, that doesn't always happen. Maybe it's for the better. 

Why three people? Maybe because three is a lucky number! Just kidding, but it is somewhat easy to understand. Three people in a friend group allows the right balance and chemistry to form between the characters. Two characters? Strong bond, sure, but might not be fresh all the time, cause you're seeing the same two characters. Four or more? Too many too form proper relationships between each. 

Of course, things vary in real life. Different numbers work out for different people. But right now we're talking fiction. And fiction does display the ideal world, or the world we wish we lived in. 

That's all for now. What's your opinion about tropes? Do you want more frequent posts on them? Let me know! The comment section is usually pretty quiet over here. Comments are super kind 'cause they bright up my day as I see someone is reading my posts, and actually thinking about them! Sorry that there's no graphics this week. There were some issues. 

Also, guess what? Last week we hit 50 followers over on the Instagram account and 1500 hits here! We did a mini celebration in Instagram. Pretty cool, huh? So anyways, I hope I'll see you all next time, bye!

Note: Not sponsored and just my opinions. 

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