In homestuck, the trolls romance system is all kinds of weird. There are 4 kinds, so they were assigned to the card suits
<3 is what humans would register as love. This is in the red quadrant, or the "pity" quadrant. Pretty easy to understand. A good example of this is Rose and Kanaya (aka the ship rosemary. pretty big in the hs fandom lmao)
<> Is like platonic love. A good example of this is Equius and Nepeta
<3< is a spade. THIS is where it gets confusing. This is in the "black quadrant", or hate. Its when a troll hates the other a ton but admires them too. Its essentially a love-hate relationship on both sides. Its referred to as "kismesis" as well (Cant give examples without ruining some plot twist later on)
c3< (looks pretty meh but its supposed to be a club) is again confusing. Its a relationship where 2 people WOULD get into a kismesis or <3< relationship, but someone is stopping that from happening. (I dont really remember this one)
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