These are those “you complete me” stories. A spiritually incomplete hero finds a companion who somehow makes them more whole. Due to a complication, the two struggle to be together in the way they’re meant to be. Buddy Love movies are your love stories, friendship stories, mother/daughter stories, boy-and-their-dog stories.
1) An incomplete hero who is missing something physical, ethical, or spiritual; (s)he needs another to be whole.
2) A counterpart who makes that completion come about or has qualities the hero needs.
3) A complication, be it a misunderstanding, personal or ethical viewpoint, epic historical event, or the prudish disapproval of society.
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