Love Triangle DxD
I recently saw this and thought I'd comment on it here
For those who don't understand, this refers to the DxD girls classified within Sternberg's love triangle.
According to this theory, love has three components: Intimacy, Passion, and Commitment.
It's important to clarify that these three components can be misunderstood.
- Intimacy refers to the affection for another person that arises from feelings of closeness, not physical or sexual intimacy.
- Passion refers to the desire/impulse for union with the other person, which can be sexual but is not necessarily so.
- Commitment refers to the commitment to maintain that love; it has nothing to do with commitments such as promises of marriage or similar things.
According to the Triangle of Love, based on these 3 components, all forms of love arise, which are:
According to the Triangle of Love, based on these three components, all forms of love arise:
*Liking: Arises solely from Intimacy, where a bond and closeness are felt with the other person, but without passion or commitment.
*Infatuated: Arises solely from Passion; it is romantic interest without a connection having yet formed with the other person, without intimacy or commitment.
*Empty love: Arises solely from Commitment, where there is a feeling of respect and reciprocity, without intimacy or commitment.
*Romantic love: Arises from Intimacy and Passion; it involves both romance and connection with the other person, but not commitment.
*Companionate love: Arises from Intimacy and Commitment; it is a long-term, positive connection but without Passion.
*Fatuous love: Arises from Passion and Commitment; a long-term romantic relationship without Intimacy.
*Consummate love: Born from Intimacy, Passion, & Commitment, the complete form of love.
As you can see in the image, the girls are classified as follows:
-Liking: Kunou.
-Infatuated: Yasaka.
-Empty love: Ingvild and Elmenhilde.
-Romantic love: Shirone and Rossweisse.
-Companionate love: Ophis.
-Fatuous love: Rias, Akeno, Xenovia, and Kuroka.
-Consummate love: Asia, Ravel, and Irina.
In case you're wondering why some girls aren't in Consummate Love, based on what I gathered from the image's author's explanation:
- Akeno loses the point of intimacy by being excessively codependent on Issei.
- Rias, towards the end of the volumes, is reduced to just the jealous first wife, neglecting intimacy (not sexual intimacy).
- Xenovia was initially with Issei out of obligation and then passion, but she rarely opened up to him on a personal level.
- Rossweisse was initially in a relationship based on obligation, but the obligation aspect was eliminated since she broke it to become intimate with Issei. The passion stems from her desire to have a relationship with Issei, considering herself a spinster despite being very young.
- Shirone was never bound by an obligation.
- Ophis is committed to Issei; she is a part of him both physically and mentally.
-Elmenhilde, for the moment, is more about commitment; neither party manages to become intimate or have a passionate connection like other girls in the harem have.
-Ingvild, despite the poem I recounted in Shin 2, still doesn't understand "love" but instinctively feels it; she doesn't know much about passion.
So tell me, what do you think? Where would you put the girls?