rivalmance

English

Etymology

From rival +‎ -mance.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rivalmance (plural rivalmances)

1. (Dragon Age fandom slang) A romance with a character with whom the player has an antagonistic relationship in Dragon Age II.

   Antonym: friendmance

   • 2017 December 17, CaiusGermanicus, Reddit‎:

     Yes, Anders' rivalmance is cruel. I never did it, and I don't plan it (I simply can't imagine).

   • 2018 February 21, wardsarefunctioning, Reddit‎:

     I actually like the unhealthy aspects of the rivalmances (and some of the romances) in DA.

   • 2019 February 24, KvonLiechtenstein, Reddit‎:

     I preferred the friendmance with Fenris personally, but like with Isabela, the rivalmance is also pretty good.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rivalmance.

Verb

rivalmance (third-person singular simple present rivalmances, present participle rivalmancing, simple past and past participle rivalmanced)

1. (Dragon Age fandom slang) To romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II.

   Antonym: friendmance

   • 2017 December 17, IntoTheCosmo, Reddit‎:

     And finally I would rivalmance Anders by being a hypocritical mage that supported the templars.

   • 2019 May 10, [deleted user account], Reddit‎:

     I love rivalmancing Anders and Fenris. Brings a lot of tension that I find really sexy lol.

   • 2022 August 28, Vlad_Dracul89, Reddit‎:

     i wanted to rivalmance Merrill once but that would cause my heart to explode.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rivalmance.