List your five favorite love triangles.

This is quite tricky, because "least favourite" is far easier. Love triangles so often aren't depicted well. Or not in a way that make them interesting to me. However, here are some I'm genuinenly fond of, even if, in the best tradition of love triangles, I cheat a little now and then - but hey, nobody defined the nature of the love in this question!

1) Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner/Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean): way to go, Disney. Back when CotBP hit the cinemas, I would not have predicted this particular triangle to a) exist and b) work for me, but it does, and here is why: all three participants have strong emotional relationships with each other, not just two of them with the third. When Jack in the third movie gives up his chance at immortality, he does it for the usual variety of motives (among which self interest is definitely one - he has rethought just what being captain of the Flying Dutchman would entail a lot in this film), but he doesn't do it either for Elizabeth or Will, he does it for both, because he cares for both of them. They, for their part, care for him. And if they started out seeing each other on pedestals (and not really knowing each other that well - mid-trilogy you could make a case for Jack knowing both a bit better than they know each other - ), these have crashed down by the time the trilogy wraps up, and yet the affection survived and grew stronger. This is one fandom where I can definitely see an OT3 as canon.

2) John Locke/The Island/ Benjamin Linus (Lost): WHAT? I defy you to deny this does involve fanatical devotion and obsession, rivalry turning into something far more complicated, terrific chemistry and immensly watchable tv. (As opposed to the other triangle on that show which shall not be named.) My Lost 0T3 of great acting, manipulation, and scariness. *hearts*

3) Jack Bristow/ Sydney Bristow/ Irina Derevko in season 2 of Alias: like I said, the question doesn't say the love has to be romantic in nature. S2 of Alias had Sydney torn between her Spyparents, Irina busy trying to build a relationship with Sydney while messing with Jack (and discovering it hadn't all been business back in the day), and Jack sinking to lows (framing Irina early on) and rising to heights motivated by his feelings for both women. Also, there was family bonding via shooting, but what do you expect in a season that starts with a mother shooting her daughter for her own good? *hearts*

4) Gregory House/ James Wilson/ Lisa Cuddy (House): like I said in more than one review, this season just reaffirms the message from earlier seasons that any House/ just one person ship is doomed. (Leaving aside the House/Vicodin OTP problem.) He'll never be contend with either Wilson or Cuddy (or Stacy, or whoever). If he has Wilson, he'll pester Cuddy. And vice versa. Wilson and Cuddy, for their part, are genuinenly fond of each other and resigned to the fact they're unable to live without House in their lives. So clearly, OT3 is the only way to go, and right now, it looks like canon obliges.

5) Aeryn Sun/Talyn/Bialar Crais (Farscape): another parents and child triangle. Well, sort of. But Aeryn and Crais are Talyn's parents, no offense to Moya, who is Talyn's other mother. They're also former Peacekeepers, former enemies with all reasons in the world to hate each other, and understand each other a little more than is comfortable. In a two parter full of strong moments, my second favourite scene in Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (favourite will always be the John and Scorpius "so close" scene with John giving Scorpius the code) is Aeryn saying goodbye to Crais (and Talyn), with all their history, bad and good, between them, her hand on his cheek and that single gesture saying more than many words. And Talyn, oh, Talyn, you messed up teenager of a living ship, but with these parents, WHO WOULDN'T BE?