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* ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'': Surprisingly subverted between Erma and Alfon, despite Erma only knew about Alfon via Toki, other than both being from the same homeland and having hot sex on the beach on the planet Ish-tako for one night, causing Erma to become pregnant with his baby, partly because Alfon was a ''much better'' option for Erma than [[BastardBoyfriend Tavas]] after they decide to become a couple, even if Erma had very personal reasons for not hooking up with another man after her experience with Tavas, and partly because Alfon's death traumatized Erma ''a lot''. It helps a lot that Alfon ''already'' knew Erma previously, but he decided not doing anything because Erma was dating Tavas previously, [[AllThereInTheManual according with Gallacci in a FAQ]].

* ''AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'': Surprisingly subverted between Erma and Alfon, despite Erma only knew about Alfon via Toki, other than both being from the same homeland and having hot sex on the beach on the planet Ish-tako for one night, causing Erma to become pregnant with his baby, partly because Alfon was a ''much better'' option for Erma than [[BastardBoyfriend Tavas]] after they decide to become a couple, even if Erma had very personal reasons for not hooking up with another man after her experience with Tavas, and partly because Alfon's death traumatized Erma ''a lot''. It helps a lot that Alfon ''already'' knew Erma previously, but he decided not doing anything because Erma was dating Tavas previously, [[AllThereInTheManual according with Gallacci in a FAQ]].

* The image in the trope's main page is from ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'' -- it's a cover from an arc that promises romance between Kamala and another superhero, Red Dagger, who until this point had all of one, brief appearance in the book. Apparently, somebody knew how it's gonna feel to fans and decided to throw a bit of LampshadeHanging. In the comic proper, the storyline the cover was from actually ended badly -- Kamala is so distraught when news organizations come to flock to Red Dagger that she up and walks away, pulling a TenMinuteRetirement that has Dagger searching high and low for her. A storyline following that ''did'' have the two attempt a relationship... only for Kamala to realize she still had lingering feelings for her old friend Bruno.
* ''ComicBook/BatmanBeyond'': Terry and Melanie's relationship in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond the cartoon]] was already a borderline case because of the brief timespan over which it occurred, but it fully falls into this in the 2016 run of the comic. Almost [[TimeSkip a decade]] after their two short relationships that totalled less than a week, Melanie is still completely in love with Terry and making all of her decisions based on what she thinks will impress him. When they see each other for the first time in years without masks, they start kissing, while Terry is still with his longtime girlfriend. A few issues later and they're dating and talking as if they've known each other for years, and Terry still hasn't had an on-screen breakup with his girlfriend.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': [[ComicBook/HumanTorch Torch]] and [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Crystal]] barely even speak ''three sentences'' to each other before declaring themselves lovers-for-life, and the Torch spends the next ''several'' arcs pining over Crystal. Still, Johnny was awfully young in those days, but it's not as if he and Crystal stayed together for very long after they ''were'' reunited. Subverted in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', where he quotes the 'Lovers-for-life' verbatim... then shrugs and admits "[[TheCasanova I just thought we might get a good thing going]]." Sue proceeds to voice what pretty much everyone is thinking with "[[LampshadeHanging For God's sake Johnny, you've known her for an hour!]]"
* ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}: Epiphany Greaves and John Constantine's romance sees them quickly thrown together with little to no actual development. Furthermore, it results in John acting ''extremely'' out of character on multiple occasions. To add insult to injury, John's exes show up for their wedding... and they're all portrayed as being jealous, with any other characterization being thrown under the bus in a failed attempt to make the pairing (and [[CharacterShilling Epiphany]]) look better.
* Subverted in the ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' storyline "One Year Later". It had [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana]] suddenly involved in a relationship with Nemesis (Tom Tresser), a new co-worker and long-time minor DC character. Many fans felt this new hookup was rushed at best, especially since Tom was [[NotAsYouKnowThem considerably more boorish than in previous appearances]]. Eventually, in ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|2006}}'' #32, it's revealed that Diana never loved Tom at all; she kinda liked him but was mostly just exploiting his feelings towards her to get him to father her daughters and replenish the Amazon population. So, instead of her loving a jerk, she's a borderline sexual predator taking advantage of ''his'' feelings! What an impro-wait, what?
* In an oddly well-done example, ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} and Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}, who got married literally a fortnight after meeting. The two realized they had chemistry after knowing each other for about a day (during which they spent most of it bickering, though in an old married couple kind of way), and decided to get married as soon as possible. However, since they ''do'' have great chemistry, have similar personalities, and fighting styles which compliment the other, they work well together despite the questionable introduction and, while they're currently broken up and have had several falling outs and breakups, they remain one of Marvel's most popular pairs. Still, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica telling Clint that getting married to a girl he just met is ''the most responsible thing he ever did'' makes for a {{narm}}y moment.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'':
** For most of the original series, Chase showed an obvious attraction to Karolina, completely oblivious to the signs that she was a lesbian, but suddenly fell in love with Gert after the latter saved his life. The 2017 series attempts to hang a lampshade on this, retconning that the actual beginning of their relationship was sometime after they broke out of foster care.
** Karolina Dean and Xavin. The entire basis for their relationship was that she was a lonely, depressed teenage lesbian, and Xavin [[VoluntaryShapeshifting was able to become female]], and also, they had an ArrangedMarriage that had to be consummated or else three different worlds would be destroyed, the result of Karolina's evil parents' machinations. That Karolina had a history of suicidal tendencies gave their relationship some UnfortunateImplications that Creator/BrianKVaughan apparently had no interest in averting (the little that is shown of Karolina's time among the Skrulls suggests that Xavin kept her completely isolated throughout their courtship). Even Creator/JossWhedon seemed to struggle to make their relationship look good before finally just making Xavin female. Later on, Creator/TerryMoore [[PutOnABus put Xavin on a bus]].
** Victor Mancha completely falling for a girl named Lillie the very same day he met her, even going so far to start having wet dreams about her, and cheating on his current girlfriend Nico the very next day. The fact that Nico herself pushed Victor to cheat on her and later justified it as them having discovered "true love" was way too much to swallow. Especially considering that original creator, Brian K. Vaughan, took a long time to develop Victor and Nico's relationship, from a mistake to a real bond of love, before leaving. What's worse, the girl doesn't even stay with him in the end, so the thing just ended up looking like a messy plan to break up Victor and Nico. Makes you wonder if Joss Whedon hated poor Victor or something.
** ''ComicBook/RainbowRowellsRunaways'' has Nico and Karolina. While there has been a lot of UnresolvedSexualTension between them over the years, the actual romantic relationship comes at an extremely awkward time, when Karolina has only recently been dumped by her girlfriend Julie, which rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way and led to accusations that Rowell was pandering to fans of [[Series/{{Runaways2017}} the show]] (where Nico and Karolina have been a couple from the beginning) in order to boost sales. Of course, the pairing has always been very popular in the fandom, so most fans have since forgiven the less-than-ideal timing.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** Following the much-loathed comic ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'', (an event which nullified Peter Parker's 20-year marriage to ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson) [[ExecutiveMeddling editor in chief]] of Marvel Creator/JoeQuesada's first order of business was to establish a new {{love interest|s}} for Peter, who just happened to be named after [[CreatorsPet Quesada's own daughter]]. Despite how much the readers hated [[RelationshipSue Carlie]], Quesada was so hellbent on setting her up to be Spidey's [[OneTruePairing true love]] that even Mary Jane herself was [[CharacterShilling supporting her on Quesada's behalf]].
** It happens again in the prelude to the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' event when Spider-Man starts a relationship with newcomer ComicBook/{{Silk}}. Thing is, their relationship only happens because of a pheromone that makes them crazy for one another. That means Spider-Man is being strangled, and Silk is the one pulling on the red string.
* ''Comicbook/XMen'':
** ComicBook/{{Colossus}}' instant infatuation with Zsaji in ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'' counts -- despite his long-established relationship with ComicBook/KittyPryde, he falls head over heels for the alien after she heals his injuries. Possibly justified by BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, as some theorize that Zsaji was the Battleworld granting Colossus' wish for "the perfect girlfriend". It was also implied that Zsaji's healing powers also created some degree of an emotional bond between her and the recipient. In RealLife, the reason for the instant romance was ExecutiveMeddling -- Creator/JimShooter, who wrote the story, was becoming increasingly concerned and alarmed at Creator/ChrisClaremont's romantic pairing of Colossus, who was 19-20 at the time, and Kitty Pryde, who was 14, especially after scenes where Kitty had offered herself sexually out of despair to Colossus (he refused) and where the two shared a kiss. He took the opportunity of ''Secret Wars'' to completely and (he thought) irrevocably sink the Kitty/Colossus ship. It would not be raised until decades later, and both characters were of legal age.
** [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Scott]] dating ComicBook/EmmaFrost. What's really bad is the excuse given for why they're dating so soon after ComicBook/{{Jean|Grey}}'s death is "not" a rebound relationship (Creator/GrantMorrison had them have an adulterous psychic affair before Jean's death, but realistically that was Emma -- his supposed therapist -- unethically taking advantage of him when he was vulnerable). As proof it was contrived, there is this BadFuture that Jean needed to avert. Going back in time, like ''every other'' such future, somehow wasn't an option this time. Instead, the only options were 1. Scott and Emma didn't get together, the X-Men would fall apart and things go all to holy hell; or 2. Jean brainwashes her husband into forgetting his feelings for Jean and giving in to his attraction to Emma.
** ComicBook/BlackPanther and ComicBook/{{Storm}}'s marriage resulted from Reginald Hudlin's [[ProtectionFromEditors hamfisted railroading]] of the relationship from casual acquaintance to Wedding of Perfect Couple as soon as possible and they were made out as some kind of First Couple of Black Superheroes. Subsequent writers were not subtle about their distaste for the pairing and found any possible reason to have Storm go on missions with the X-Men or for T'Challa to have solo adventures. After the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', where the two fought, their marriage has been annulled.[[note]]Their marriage in the older ''ComicBook/EarthX'' miniseries wasn't nearly as hated since it took place in the future where Ororo and T'Challa presumably had a healthy romance before tying the knot. Storm even says at one point that he made her feel like a queen long before he made her one.[[/note]]
** ''{{ComicBook/Sabretooth}}'' & ComicBook/{{Monet|StCroix}} is a big example. After ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', the books have an 8-month time-skip with many off-panel developments, which includes the start of this romance in Bunn's ''[[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015 Uncanny X-Men]]''. The ShipTease is in [[BelligerentSexualTension full effect]] the first issue as they engage in SnarkToSnarkCombat. Psylocke [[{{Exposition}} reveals]] it's typical behavior by asking if they were still bickering, why they don't just [[GetARoom get a room]], and thinking they may be flirting. The seeds of romance were planted asap. Bunn [[https://twitter.com/cullenbunn/status/1009239337588940803 confirmed they had a torturous love]] & their feelings were so apparent, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt six characters could see it]] throughout the two books they shared. Yuriko has an exposition moment in [[ComicBook/WeaponX2017 Weapon X]] 22 when her elaboration on Monet was [[https://i.imgur.com/moqdmos.jpg "as in Sabretooth ex-girlfriend."]] ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, and Omega Red [[ShipperOnDeck shipped them]]. Domino gushes at them twice, Deadpool impatiently asks when they're gonna kiss, and Omega Red grins at them during a heartfelt convo. She & Creed never met prior to all this and we skipped straight to them already being in love with numerous sources pointing it out.[[note]]Creed met the M-twins during Phalanx Covenant when they were impersonating Monet.[[/note]] [[note]] Even though Creed was a good guy during his pairing with Monet, it was controversial among fandom with many hating the idea of putting a someone of her caliber with a man who has a history of bad treatment toward women. This was compounded with Creed's newfound goodness being brought about by magic. He was inverted by a spell from Scarlet Witch that reversed his moral alignment, making anything he did seem artificial since it wasn't of his own accord to do better, but merely a result of magic beyond his control.[[/note]]
** [[ComicBook/{{Iceman}} Bobby Drake/Iceman]] and Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat. As of the seventh issue of the ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' comic, Bobby and Kitty have shared two kisses, despite how they've spent years as distant acquaintances at best. They had a decent relationship arc in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and writers have been known to mix the two up before. It comes completely out of nowhere in the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse. However, this, too, was crashed into the ground, this time by the events of ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' after Kitty gets fed up with Wolverine's HolierThanThou attitude and, after chewing out Iceman for not trying to stand up for himself and leaning towards Wolverine's way of thinking, breaks it off and goes to join Cyclops' team.
** Iceman gets it again in his solo series, which began shortly after he came out as gay. This was already contentious among some fans who felt like it came out of nowhere, and many complained that the series seemed far more interested in being a ComingOutStory than a superhero book. While in L.A. Bobby goes out with a guy whom he found on a dating app, winds up sleeping with him, and ''immediately'' decides to move in with him, which of course means relocating across the country and leaving the X-Men. Must have been some really good sex, huh?
** Comicbook/{{X 23}} and Angel of the O5 getting together in ''Comicbook/AllNewXMen''. Despite having not interacted on-panel at all through the first two story arcs after Laura joins the team — and in fact, Laura having been {{Ship Tease}}d ''with an entirely different character altogether'' up to that point — Warren suddenly decides he's interested in her in the third. It comes so far out of left field that many fans are convinced that the romantic plot was meant for Laura and ''Scott'' (the character with whom she was being teased in the first two arcs), but some combination of ExecutiveMeddling and his leaving the book for the Cyclops series forced Bendis to revise the plan and he just picked a random member of the O5 who wasn't doing anything else important. Such views are only reinforced by accusations that Warren has become a SatelliteLoveInterest in the second volume, with everything about his character in the first few issues revolving around his relationship with Laura.
** The relationship between ComicBook/RachelSummers and ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} in ''ComicBook/XMenGold'' seems to be viewed like this by most fans, as they get together with zero buildup, almost never spend any time around each other and generally don't display much chemistry as a couple. Since the writer of ''ComicBook/XMenGold'', Marc Guggenheim, has flat out said that the main focus of ''X-Men Gold'' is the romance and wedding between ComicBook/KittyPryde and ComicBook/{{Colossus}} it makes one wonder why he even put Rachel and Kurt together in the first place as them being a couple contributes nothing to the overall plot. One issue even made fun of their lack of screentime together.
** {{ComicBook/Mystique}} and Sabretooth is a [[UnholyMatrimony villainous example]]. In the '90s, Victor has critically wounds Raven without a problem on two occasions. On her end, Raven has raped, used, and poisoned him. She tries to hurt him by taking the form of his dead mother, seems to find him disgusting in X-Factor while having feelings for Forge. Come Aaron's 2010 X-run, they're a couple, captioned in Wolverine #300 as '''"Marvel's Hottest and Deadliest New Couple"'''. Since then, Creed has consistently been depicted as loving her, to the point that hurting her is a BerserkButton. Inverted Rogue threatened to kill her in front of him just to hurt him and Lady Mastermind has pointed out that he thinks Mystique the be all and end all. Mystique's feelings for him [[DependingOnTheWriter vary]]. On good days, she's very affectionate with him, but on bad days, she's got no issue selling him out or being willing to sacrifice him in favor of reviving Destiny.
* During his run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' writer Creator/JonathanHickman paired up his new character, Izzy "Smasher II" Kane and former [[Franchise/XMen X-Man]] and current Avenger, Cannonball. Up to that point, Avengers readers would be hard-pressed to name a time the two had even talked to each other, let alone established a relationship. In the space of a couple of years, Smasher and Cannonball went from "Didn't know they knew each other's real names" during [[ComicBook/{{Infinity}} "The Builder Wars"]] to "they have a son together" by the time of [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 "Time Runs Out."]]
* ''ComicBook/AllNewUltimates'': The fight against the Femme Fatales ended, and the focus suddenly moves to Cloak and Dagger breaking up, something that had no previous build up.
* The ComicBook/UncannyAvengers run brought us Havok paired with ComicBook/TheWasp. After approximately three issues of flirting, readers were suddenly flung into a time skip where they were married with a five-year-old daughter. And ''then'', after timey-wimey stuff caused said kid to get erased, everyone to get sent back to the present, and Alex to get turned evil, he ''kidnaps Jan to "make sure they get their daughter back"'', and nothing has been touched on either character in the current time since.
* ComicBook/TheAvengers #200 did this [[AbductionIsLove to such an amazingly offensive level]] that in a later comic, Creator/ChrisClaremont had ComicBook/CarolDanvers (the woman involved) deliver a WhatTheHellHero / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to her fellow Avengers.
* Downplayed in a two-issue story arc in ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' following ComicBook/{{Aqualad}} visiting his mother's homeland of Xebel. The very first person he meets is a gay Xebellian soldier called Ha'Wea and the two are instantly attracted to each other and immediately begin flirting, despite the fact that Jackson is on an extremely time-sensitive mission and can't afford to be distracted, and Ha'Wea should probably be arresting him as an unidentified intruder. To be fair, they are shown having a long conversation demonstrating that they have as much in common as a kid from New Mexico and an undersea peasant can have, and at the end neither of them declares the other to be his one true love and drops his entire life to be with him, it's more of a "call me" situation.
* During the ComicBook/{{New 52}} era, editors were that adamant on pairing Franchise/WonderWoman with Franchise/{{Superman}}, that they did not dig much deeper for chemistry than the obvious "they're both famous FlyingBrick heroes with [[PrimaryColorChampion primary-color outfits.]]" They had exactly ''one'' short and mundane exchange before dating without seduction period, while Wonder Woman dumped her ordinary, yet irreproachable usual boyfriend ComicBook/SteveTrevor with no explanation. Then the path to Superman and Diana’s rupture was full of petty arguments, proving they had not much in common, in fact, something not helped by Diana being heavily written as a violent warrior at the time. To make things even worse for Diana, Superman was as usual actually attracted to ComicBook/LoisLane but put it on hold as she was dating someone else when they met that time. (Not that their shared book wasn't seemingly aware of it; a few issues had Diana ''become a writer''.) In the subsequent continuity overhaul, ''Rebirth'', the situation came back to normal, as the pre-Flashpoint Superman took over and was married to Lois Lane. ''ComicBook/SupermanReborn'' went as far as to ''[[CanonDiscontinuity remove the entire Clark/Diana relationship from continuity]]''.
* From ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}'':
** Kendra Saunders with Carter Hall. It was seemingly meant to be a deconstruction of Hawkman and Hawkgirl's "eternal love", as Kendra was a reincarnation of Hawkgirl who not only didn't remember her previous lives but also didn't have feelings for Carter, preferring a ScrewDestiny view of her fate. Meanwhile, ''he'' just... ''assumed'' they'd be together because that's how it had always been! Kendra actually was in relationships with other characters, including a well-received one with Roy Harper. People generally preferred Hawkgirl this way, as a strong independent character. Meanwhile, Carter was very publicly projecting his expectations and feelings for Shiera onto Kendra, which she made clear she hated. Then she started showing some attraction to Carter because... reasons? Then taken to ridiculous lengths in ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', where Carter casually insults and rebuffs his best friend in a JerkAss moment even for Carter, leading to Kendra [[MoodWhiplash immediately deciding how hard it is not to love him,]] just to satisfy the prophecy that they declare their love just before they die in each incarnation, as they die in that very same issue, Kendra's ''last words'' being a proclamation of love for Carter.
** Katar and Shayera ComicBook/PostCrisis. In ''Hawkworld'', he's a DefectorFromDecadence who is frustrated with his society's class system and his people's treatment of other races. So obviously he falls for... Shayera, who publicly torments a servant right in front of him and callously murders what she considers lesser life. There is actually ''zero'' reason given for his attraction to her, as it's made clear that her behaviour disgusts him. Unless he just thinks she's hot, but after her death, he plays it up as some significant relationship.
** The OfficialCouple of the current series is the human Hawkman Carter Hall and the Thanagarian Hawkwoman Shayera Thal. Since they’ve spent most of their lives on different planets, they had no personal interactions before she showed up to stop him (briefly possessed by an evil past life) from killing a bunch of people. From that moment on, they and everyone around them simply took it for granted that they were together because they are Hawkman and Hawkwoman. They both speak as if they have a long history together, which, in a sense they do, but it doesn’t change the fact that as individuals they had never met up until that point. It actually seems fairly plausible from Carter's side of the relationship, since the series had gone to great pains to show how important Hawkwoman has been to him over their lives together and he is characterised as very world-weary and weighed down by his history and memories, so it makes sense that he would be eager for companionship from the only other person who would understand. However, Shayera was previously in a relationship with the deceased Katar Hol (who is explicitly noted to be one of Carter's previous reincarnations) and when she appeared in ''Justice League'' only a few months before joining the series, she was still mourning Katar and had definitely ''not'' moved on, as she had created a realistic simulation of him to quell her loneliness. This makes her rushing into a relationship with Carter seem forced, and frankly [[ReplacementGoldfish really]] [[LovingAShadow unhealthy]].
* ''Franchise/TeenTitans'':
** ContinuitySnarl/DonnaTroy and Terry Long. You'll hardly find ''anyone'' who likes the pairing. They had non-existent chemistry, and it doesn't help that Terry was a sleazy Wolfman look-alike. Or he was ten years older than her. Or he was her college professor. Or Terry's ex-wife predicted he'd divorce Donna because he feels emasculated by her and gets bored easily (which is exactly what eventually happened). Or he took their son away from Donna because she was a "bad" influence...
** Tim Drake ([[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin]] III) and Cassie Sandsmark (ComicBook/WonderGirl II) from ''Comicbook/TeenTitans''. Given the fact that they had a very platonic interaction before the hookup, that Wonder Girl was the girlfriend of Robin's dead best friend ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}}, and the reason they kissed in the first place was due to mutual mourning of said person... yeah, it was definitely a trainwreck. Fans of both Wonder Girl and Robin sighed a collective breath of relief when the pairing didn't go anywhere and was allowed to end.
** ''ComicBook/TitansRebirth'' has quite a few in ''one issue'' no less. One issue focuses almost entirely on the romantic troubles of the team, like a love triangle between ComicBook/WallyWest, Donna Troy, and Roy Harper. Wally has shown ''zero'' feelings for Donna, but they end up making out because Linda Park "breaks up" with him (they weren't a proper couple anymore) and both understand what it's like to have messed up memories. Rushed, to say the least, but at least logical. The worse offender is Lilith and Garth, who get together because... no reason stated. And they've barely interacted before this issue. [[ShowDontTell But because Lilith is a psychic, she says she's known that Garth has been hiding his feelings for her]].
* From the ComicBook/DCRebirth relaunch:
** In general, it has quite a few because of its very nature. Because it's a return to DC's roots and a spiritual return to the pre-Flashpoint universe, it has a lot of characters that were FanPreferredCouple but weren't couples anymore (as a result of ''Flashpoint'') getting back together. The problem is that it rushes them quite a bit because it assumes a level of familiarity with the reader.
** An example would be ComicBook/GreenArrow and ComicBook/BlackCanary suddenly pining for each other after one meeting (where they didn't even speak) in ''DC Universe: Rebirth'' #1. Their relationship was expanded upon in the ''ComicBook/GreenArrowRebirth'' series where it made more sense, as the two actually got to know each other, at least.
** From that same issue, Wally West and Linda Park. It works a little better since Wally explicitly remembers the timeline pre-Flashpoint (though Linda doesn't), but it's still weird for new readers who don't know about the two. He ''does'' explain why they fell in love, but it's a case of him telling not showing, as you just can't condense over a hundred issues into a single scene. This version of their relationship was also prevalent in ''ComicBook/TitansRebirth'', where it ended with the two never becoming a couple like Wally wanted. To say fans are not amused when it comes to the handling of ''the'' Flash couple is an understatement.
** Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' suffered from the same problem as the above. Many don't like that Tim and Steph were depicted in a relationship together with no prior buildup. James Tynion assumes a lot of familiarity and fondness for the characters and their relationships from the pre-Flashpoint era, and as such ''lots'' of the relationships, romantic or not, come across as sudden. Tim and Steph are no exception. Tim's DyingDeclarationOfLove feels hollow for this reason, as does Steph's TheMourningAfter status.

* The page picture is from ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'' -- it's a cover from an arc that promises romance between Kamala and another superhero, Red Dagger, who until this point had all of one, brief appearance in the book. Apparently, somebody knew how it's gonna feel to fans and decided to throw a bit of LampshadeHanging. In the comic proper, the storyline the cover was from actually ended badly -- [[spoiler: Kamala is so distraught when news organizations come to flock to Red Dagger that she up and walks away, pulling a TenMinuteRetirement that has Dagger searching high and low for her. A storyline following that ''did'' have the two attempt a relationship... only for Kamala to realize she still had lingering feelings for her old friend Bruno]].