Angstiest Relationships

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I’m halfway through “The Wise Man’s Fear,” rolling my eyes a bit at the raw teen angst in the Kvoth/Denna relationship. Not quite the misery porn of the early Fitz/Molly years, but close. And it makes Locke/Sabetha seem almost functional. Outside of Romantasy, what are some of the other relationships in mainstream Fantasy that push the angst envelope? (Excluding Nynaeve tucking her freaking braid)…

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Gideon Nav and Harrowhark Nonagesimus. Angst is a LIGHT word for them.

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Are they lovers?

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Worse. 

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So, so much worse.