17 Starcrossed Couples Who Can't Catch a Break
Amanda Lang at . Updated at .The idea of Starcrossed Lovers in entertainment has been around for a long time. The term was actually coined by Shakespeare to describe the most tragic pairing in entertainment history, Romeo and Juliet.
What Starcrossed Lovers actually means is a romantic pairing whose love is doomed to fail. Thankfully, on most television shows, this isn't always the case. Otherwise, I would never be able to emotionally handle watching half of my favorite shows.
For the most part, Starcrossed Lovers these days are usually just two people who are clearly perfect for each other but due to an array of frustrating (and entertaining) circumstances just can't seem to get it together enough to get together.
So, here are 17 Starcrossed Lovers on TV and have made us swoon and sob!
1. Clarke and Bellamy - The 100
Clarke and Bellamy have had instant chemistry since day one. However, with the Grounders War, Mount Weather, and of course the nuclear radiation issue of the last season, these two just haven't had the opportunity to sit down and talk about their obvious feelings.
2. Buffy and Angel- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Obviously any time, anyone tries to start a romance with a vampire it's not going to work because they're going to live forever and you probably won't. But in the meantime, watching Buffy meet her match in Angel was every 90's kid's favorite addiction.
3. Ryan and Marissa - The OC
Everyone in the early 2000s was either a Summer and Seth or a Ryan and Marissa. The difference is that while Summer and Seth had a mostly stable relationship post Season 3, Ryan and Marissa just couldn't seem to get over their respective demons enough to make it work. It's tough being 17 in The OC.
4. Cole and Pheobe - Charmed
Sadly, this is one relationship that really was doomed from the start. Frustrating too because Cole actually came back for the final only to set Pheobe up with a totally different character??? How does that even make sense? Sorry, I'm still pretty mad about this one.
5. Tyrone and Tandy - Cloak and Dagger
Ok so these two aren't a couple yet but you would have to be willfully blind to ignore the chemistry going on between these two. Shame that they have these wacky new superpowers to deal with first. Maybe once they have that under control they may have time to do something normal like go to the movies or eat pizza together.
6. Angela and Eliot - Mr Robot
It's incredible that these two didn't even share their first kiss until the second season but then the world of Mr. Robot is almost as screwed us as our actual world so we will give these two a pass. In the end, it was worth waiting for, the childhood friends are equally smart and tormented, but will their demons get the best of them in the end?
7. Jon and Daenerys - Game of Thrones
This seemed so perfect for so long! The King in the North and the Khaleesi?? Fire and ice?? But of course, it couldn't last because Game of Thrones fans just can't have nice things. Why do the creators of Game of Thrones have to make everyone related, why??
8. Jesse and Jane - Breaking Bad
This is probably one of the most tragic Starcrossed Lover pairings on television. Jesse has so much darkness in his life and the minute he finds one spark of light in Jane it's taken from him. Walter deserved everything that happened to him just for what he did to Jane.
9. Scott and Allison - Teen Wolf
The wolf and the werewolf hunter is such a classic pairing made even better by the reversal of the expected gender roles. Scott has it bad for Allison but as the Huntress, it is really her who pursues Scott. Bonus points for the scene where she literally dies in his arms ::sobs::
10. Emma and Neal - Once Upon A Time
Neal will always be my favorite of Emma's love interests just because of the history between the two of them. However, it is that same history that made it impossible for this to work out even without Neal's character death. There were just too many years of distrust and silence between them to be endgame.
11. Sara and Oliver - Arrow
Unpopular opinion but I always felt that Sara was a better match for Oliver than Laurel. Obviously, he and Felicity are the warm heart of this dark show, but Sara was really the first person to match Oliver in everything. She was just as tough, accomplished and ruthless. However, perhaps that's why he needed someone more lighthearted in his life, like Felicity.
12. Jim and Lee - Gotham
At this point, Gotham has gone so far off the rails that it's becoming possible that Jim won't even end up with Barbara in the end. In fact, it makes much more sense for him to be with Lee. The chemistry between these characters must be in part because of actors Ben McKenzie and Morena Baccarin's real-life marriage.
13. Clary and Jace - Shadowhunters
This is so sad because these two are clearly perfect but just when we settle into comfortable romance territory one of them gets kidnapped or possessed or find out they're brother and sister (they aren't!) Here's hoping next season we will get the fluffy Clace story arch we all want.
14. Syd and David - Legion
So here's the thing. David and Sydney are wonderful together. They're two people struggling to live a full life despite the pressure that their powers put on them. The only problem here is that David isn't even David half the time. And when he isn't David, he's inherently toxic for Sydney.
15. Justin and Jessica - 13 Reasons Why
Ok, i'm biased. I like Jessica with Justin way more than with Alex. Justin is just one of those guys with a good heart and dark past. A bad boy with a heart of gold. And I'm not alone here because Jessica seems to keep coming back to him too.
16. Piper and Alex - Orange is the New Black
Neither one of these two has proven to be trustworthy to the other one but they just can't seem to stay away from each other! Am I the only one who feels like this show just makes me want to go to prison? Just to see if it's really that easy to get a date? No?
17. Peter and Letha - Hemlock Grove
I can't even begin to list everything that was heartbreaking about these two. They were so sweet, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks and the princess. And then she died after giving birth to her cousin's baby. I will never be over this.
