History IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy / Webcomics

* The reason why the series [[Webcomic/{{Unhinged}} Unhinged]] ended: [[spoiler:After Boom was severely injured in the fight of the hotel [[TheHeart Paul]] begs Erika to call the police and an ambulance to safe his life. She reminds him that that would get them arrested but he insists anyways because throughout his life he [[FriendlessBackground never had anyone to lean on]], so it [[HeroicSacrifice doesn't matter if this gets him arrested]] as long as he's okay. Erika complied and calls the police before the final confrontation with Eric.]]

* This results in quite a shock for Vera in ''Webcomic/{{Alfie}}''. [[spoiler:She reveals to her husband Derik - who she knows is cheating on her with other men - that she's having an affair. To her shock, he's ''ecstatic'' - he ''knows'' how much he's hurting her, and despite being gay he cares enough about her that he's overjoyed she's found ''something'' to enjoy in her life.]]

* Rumy in ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'' exemplifies this trope, having seemingly made it her life's mission to ensure that Rikk is happy with Alisin as a way of dealing with the fact that she's been hopelessly in love with him since before Rikk even knew Alisin's name. [[spoiler:At the end of the strip, however, Alisin and Rikk care too much about Rumy to let her sacrifice her own happiness for them, and they convince her to [[TakeAThirdOption join them]] in a [[OneTrueThreesome three-way relationship]], which works out well for all of them.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
** There's an example in the form of [[JerkassWithaHeartofGold Karkat Vantas]]. He doesn't have a very good relationship with Dave (at that time), but when his love interest Terezi chooses him over Karkat, he accepts it despite initially protesting and does his best to just be a good friend to her.
** Almost inverted with Dirk and Roxy. Roxy is in love with Dirk. He's gay and can't reciprocate -- but he considers having a relationship with her anyway because he loves her (platonically) and wants her to be happy. Fortunately, he realizes that this would be a terrible idea.

* In ''Webcomic/OneOverZero'' [[spoiler: Ghanny]] helps Terra [[spoiler: break her self-imposed fourth wall and come out of the closet to confess her love for Zadok]] as talked about [[http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=685 here]]
* ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'': Zig Zag isn't so much in love with the title character as she's infatuated with her. And she knows it. There's also the fact that Sabrina is straight, a tad prudish, and is rather {{Squick}}ed by Zig Zag's libertine attitude. Zig would settle for getting Sabrina to come out of her shell and enjoy life.
* ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'':
** [[spoiler:Nega-Ki]] is shown developing some feelings for Nick, having been repulsed by Nega-Nick's cruelty, and after [[spoiler:charging him to distract him and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath getting mortally wounded]] in the process]], tells her counterpart to love him and promise her they will be happy together. Trudy also has this mindset for Nick, combined with being TheAtoner, in the To Thine Own Self arc.
** Downplayed by both Trish and Patty with regard to Dexter. Patty thinks that if Dexter's kissed Trish, that's it and she just needs to accept it, but she's in no way ''happy'' about it. Trish tells her that she doesn't know what the kiss means, and it's entirely possible Dex is still in love with Patty and she should fight for him ... but she's not going to actually give up either, and it's up to Dexter to choose. [[spoiler: He chooses Patty, and Trish [[PairTheSpares starts dating Chris]].]]
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** [[HalfHumanHybrid Therkla]] confesses her love for [[QuirkyBard Elan]], who's already dating Haley, though she's been missing for months and may well be dead. Therkla says that if Elan will be with her now, she'll willingly step aside if Haley ever comes back into the picture. [[FirstGirlWins Elan still declines]], however.
** After a run-in with an ancient black dragon seeking revenge for Vaarsuvius slaying the dragon's child, V's mate Inkyrius sues the wizard for divorce and custody of their adopted children. To keep them safe, V chooses not to fight the divorce in court, instead conceding to it to keep their family safe.
* Happens twice in ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' -- Davan lets Branwen leave to go to Canada, even though they are very much in love, because he knows that she really wants the journalism job she was offered. [=PeeJee=] actively helps Jhim go to D.C., lending him $1,000, despite the fact that it's tearing her up to watch him go. In the second case, however, [[IncompatibleOrientation Jhim is gay]], and [[UnrequitedLove oblivious to PeeJee's feelings]].

* In ''Webcomic/NerfNow'', Heavy Weapons Guy and Heavy Weapons Girl compete for the Medic's attention during a battle. Then they are shot at by a soldier, and Medic uses the medigun on [=HWGirl=] first, basically choosing her over [=HWGuy=]. During the celebrations after the battle, [=HWGuy=] spies on them...and his only reponse to seeing them kiss is a small smile before he leaves so as not to come between them.

* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' has this in numerous characters; many members of the secondary cast, such as Sue, are okay with Mike being happy with someone else, but object to his long-distance relationship with Sandy, wanting him instead to date their friend Lucy. Lucy herself has this to some degree with Mike, though she still wants him as a friend - something he is now resisting after having the idea put in his head that Lucy was just using him rather than being clingy and Tsundre because she is in love with him. Augustus has this for Daisy, who in turn, like Sue, likes Mike but wants him to be happy with someone else - but preferably Lucy if not herself. [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c47/p8.html Abbey]] expressed similar sentiments to Daisy before they started dating, though Daisy herself may be dating him to make HIM happy, as well as to have someone for herself - but she doesn't care for him the same way she does for Mike.
* In ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'', Lettuce. Unfortunately, this [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/archive/page-87/ means she thinks Parfait ought to be grateful for Tomato's attentions]], because she does not want ''his'' beloved to be happy, only him.
* ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell''
** Margaret does this with Dave. He's madly in love with her, and while she does love him, it's mostly platonic. More importantly though, Satan enjoys murdering anyone who gets too close to her. So she does everything she can to drive Dave away, to the point of even calling up her love rival, Blue, to give him some IntimateHealing when he desperately needs it.
** Blue pairs this with DoggedNiceGirl. She makes no attempt to hide her feelings for Dave, and believes very strongly that they'd be happy together, but is also willing to wait and see if he'll be happier with Margaret. In the end, [[spoiler:she was right. When they finally get together, he's the happiest he's ever been. Although, he's the comic's ButtMonkey in a CrapsackWorld, so there is something of an upper limit]].
* ''Webcomic/SplitScreen'': Jeremy is as in love with Jan as she is with him. He pretended not to notice (and just ended up giving mixed signals in the process), because he thought with his issues, he'd just drag her down. He feels this way even after she comes back to down a decade later as a successful fashion designer.
* Acheron's motivation for TheQuest in ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'' is to find Kayn'dar, the object of Shiara's ChildhoodMarriagePromise, even though he himself is deeply infatuated with her. Lei'ella later [[DiscussedTrope examines this]] and asks if he's not secretly hoping that Kayn'dar is dead so that Shiara will seek comfort with Acheron. [[spoiler:Luckily, it turns out--long story--that he ''is'' actually Kayn'dar. So no problems.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{TRIPP}}'': Tripp and Coco find out that before she left, Proxy (Tripp's bodyguard from the future and would-be lover) had Edgar (who, at the time, literally had the power of God) transfer her status as Tripp's sexual soulmate over to Coco.

* Jack Hyland in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' is in love with Zimmy, but recognizes that Zims has ... problems ... and "The last thing she needs is someone hassling her for a ''date''". So he dates Jenny, who knows and understands about this (and also happens to look a bit like Zimmy if she had regular eyes and teeth).
* Suggested in [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1093 this]] ''Webcomic/ASofterWorld'' comic, particularly the AltText.
* In the NSFW ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' strip "Performance Anxiety", a couple of gangly newlyweds retire to their bedroom for their first night together... and [[GiftOfTheMagiPlot each reveals that they hired a high-class prostitute to give the other a good time in their place]]. They end up watching the prostitutes have (rather wild) sex, holding hands and smiling sheepishly at each other.
* A twisted version of this trope appears in ''Webcomic/PerfectMarriageRevenge''. Sehyeok is a HopelessSuitor for Yura. He is so devoted to her that he would do anything if she only asks him to -- even enter [[AwfulWeddedLife a loveless marriage]] with her stepsister Iju and pretend to love her. When Iju breaks the engagement and gets engaged to the man Yura wants to marry, she begs Sehyeok to win Iju back, lying to him that she needs to marry Doguk for her family’s financial stability and "sacrifice" herself. Sehyeok sees right through this act, knowing that Yura does genuinely want Doguk for herself. Despite knowing her SecretlySelfish motives, however, he agrees anyway, willing to do anything to make Yura happy -- even if it comes at the expense of someone else’s happiness.
* PlayedWith in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''--[[BlackAndNerdy Jacob]] eventually comes to realize that he and [[{{Meganekko}} Amber]] are a bad match for each other, but still advises her to break up with [[HeroicComedicSociopath Mike]] because he legitimately believes that he's bad for her, too. She doesn't take his advice, however, and the two wind up HappilyMarried by the end of the comic.

* This results in quite a shock for Vera in ''Webcomic/{{Alfie}}''. [[spoiler:She reveals to her husband Derik - who she knows is cheating on her with other men - that she's having an affair. To her shock, he's ''ecstatic'' - he ''knows'' how much he's hurting her, and despite being gay he cares enough about her that he's overjoyed she's found ''something'' to enjoy in her life.]]
* The LoveDodecahedron in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' goes thus: Bob initially had a crush on Voluptua, but she did not feel the same. By the time Voluptua ''did'' come to have feelings for Bob, Bob was together with Jean. Since Voluptua saw they were happy together, and knew that a relationship between Bob and herself would probably be unworkable anyway, she resolved to keep out of their way, though it was very painful for her (this trope). [[SweetAndSourGrapes Ultimately, though,]] she fell in love with Hibachi (who it turns had long been secretly in love with her as well), and now everybody is in a stable relationship.

* ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'': Zig Zag isn't so much in love with the title character as she's infatuated with her. And she knows it. There's also the fact that Sabrina is straight, a tad prudish, and is rather {{Squick}}ed by Zig Zag's libertine attitude. Zig would settle for getting Sabrina to come out her shell and enjoy life.
* In ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'', [[spoiler:Nega-Ki]] is shown developing some feelings for Nick, having been repulsed by Nega-Nick's cruelty, and after [[spoiler:charging him to distract him and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath getting mortally wounded]] in the process]], tells her counterpart to love him and promise her they will be happy together. Trudy also has this mindset for Nick, combined with being TheAtoner, in the To Thine Own Self arc.

** [[HalfHumanHybrid Therkla]] confesses her love for [[SpoonyBard Elan]], who's already dating [[ChaoticGood Haley]], though she's been missing for months and may well be dead. Therkla says that if Elan will be with her now, she'll willingly step aside if Haley ever comes back into the picture. [[FirstGirlWins Elan still declines]], however.

* Downplayed by both Trish and Patty with regard to Dexter in ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'': Patty thinks that if Dexter's kissed Trish, that's it and she just needs to accept it, but she's in no way ''happy'' about it. Trish tells her that she doesn't know what the kiss means, and it's entirely possible Dex is still in love with Patty and she should fight for him ... but she's not going to actually give up either, and it's up to Dexter to choose. [[spoiler: He chooses Patty, and Trish [[PairTheSpares starts dating Chris]].]]

* In ''Webcomic/NamirDeiter'', [[TwoferTokenMinority Twofer]] (Hispanic lesbian) Gabby tries to fix her best friend, main character Tipper Namir, up with her JerkWithAHeartOfGold cousin, partially to ease the tension developed after Gabby confessed her feelings for Tipper and Tipper gently put her down. Resolved later when Gabby hooks up with a fellow [[TwoferTokenMinority Twofer]] art student (to whom she'd confided the previous situation). And Gabby proceeds to go through it again , when she endures Jacinda's AnythingThatMoves attitude, before finally getting fed up with being taken for granted and breaking things off herself.

* ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'': Zig Zag isn't so much in love with the title character as she's infatuated with her. And she knows it. There's also the fact that Sabrina is straight, a tad prudish, and is rather {{Squick}}ed by Zig Zag's AnythingThatMoves attitude. Zig would settle for getting Sabrina to come out her shell and enjoy life.

* The LoveDodecahedron in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' goes thus: Bob initially had a crush on Voluptua, but she did not feel the same. By the time Voluptua ''did'' come to have feelings for Bob, Bob was together with Jean. Since Voluptua saw they were happy together, and knew that a relationship between Bob and herself would probably be unworkable anyway, she resolved to keep out of their way, though it was very painful for her (this trope). [[SweetAndSourGrapes Ultimately, though,]] she fell in love with Hibachi (who it turns had long been secretly in love with her as well), and now everybody is in a stable relationship.

** Also in Erika's BackStory. [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/627 In which the person actually makes his beloved miserable by deciding he's not good enough for her.]] And eventually it turned out that was all bullshit, and he was just a ManipulativeBastard. It's unclear why he was even with her in the first place. Okay, [[BuxomIsBetter there are at least two reasons...]]

* The LoveDodecahedron in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' goes thus: Bob initially had a crush on Voluptua, but she did not feel the same. By the time Voluptua ''did'' come to have feelings for Bob, Bob was together with Jean. Since Voluptua saw they were happy together, and knew that a relationship between Bob and herself would probably be unworkable anyway, she resolved to keep out of their way, though it was very painful for her (this trope). Ultimately, though, she fell in love with Hibachi (who it turns had long been secretly in love with her as well), and now everybody gets along okay.

* This results in quite a shock for Vera in ''Webcomic/{{Alfie}}''. [[spoiler:She reveals to her husband Derik - who she knows is cheating on her with other men - that she's having an affair. To her shock, he's ''ecstatic'' - he ''knows'' how much he's hurting her, and despite being gay he cares enough about her that he's overjoyed she's found ''something'' to enjoy in her life.]]

* In the epilogue chapter of ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': Zandra reveals to a girl (implied to be her ward/protegee) that she could've compelled Crystal to stay with her (and Crystal's in the previous chapter suggested she would've stayed of her own will if Zandra had actually asked). But she chose to let Crystal go and live her own life, rather than letting her stay and risk having Crystal change under under her influence. A photo in the epilogue showed her and Wally together, with several children.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick,'' [[HalfHumanHybrid Therkla]] confesses her love for [[SpoonyBard Elan]], who's already dating [[ChaoticGood Haley]], though she's been missing for months and may well be dead. Therkla says that if Elan will be with her now, she'll willingly step aside if Haley ever comes back into the picture. [[FirstGirlWins Elan still declines]], however.