Alternatively, my favorite trope is the protag/antag end up locked in a room/dungeon/situatuon/etc where they're forced to talk to one another. by TheRedMaiden
BrokenNotDeburred on April 19, 2026 4:04 am Lois McMaster Bujold’s “Brothers in Arms” doesn’t exactly do that, but Duv & Ser Galeni’s relationship and Miles & Mark Vorkosigan’s relationship collide spectacularly. That sets up the shifting goals, identities, and allegiances of “Mirror Dance”.
Critical_Crow_3770 on April 19, 2026 5:13 am Lord of the Ring by JRR Tolkien Hench by Natalie Walschots Hunger Games Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
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Lois McMaster Bujold’s “Brothers in Arms” doesn’t exactly do that, but Duv & Ser Galeni’s relationship and Miles & Mark Vorkosigan’s relationship collide spectacularly. That sets up the shifting goals, identities, and allegiances of “Mirror Dance”.
Lord of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
Hench by Natalie Walschots
Hunger Games
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman