Cooperation & Friendship in 'Love-Triangles'

MLs more on the grudging cooperation side (start out as enemies), but I appreciate their bonding for a shared goal

cooperation & friendship between ML & SML
their interactions don't just revolve around shared love interest but  also come from being leaders working out a treaty  
SML is also very respectful of maincouple and more on the hidden pining side of things 

cooperation & friendship between ML & SML
their interactions don't just revolve around shared love interest but  also come from being leaders working out a treaty  
SML is also very respectful of maincouple and more on the hidden pining side of things 

Cooperation & friendships (multiple people involved)

grudging cooperation but also deep trust to protect shared love interest (start out as enemies)

grudging cooperation since ML can't quite let go of jealousy even when SML simply becomes a friend instead of love interest ^^
also overall most of the women of the family learn to cooperate with each other and I appreciate that :)
(1. wife & concubine situations in background couples)

my queer little heart was happy with this because instead of the ususal ML & SML rivalry for a shared love interest instead we had a ML & SFL interested in the same FL :)
they had a good cooperation and wished it could've evolved more into a friendship (and throuple vibes lol) but it's a mini-drama and very short so I'm still happy with what we got 

this is more a honorary mention since the drama teases with love-triangles but the ML himself is only interested in FL in the drama version and I appreciate the friendship between Fan Xian and Haitang ^^  (no Wan'er hate allowed here because I love her mutual understanding and communication with Fan Xian I just wish they could've given them more screen time as couple to flesh out their relationship a bit more, but overall the show just prioritizes other thinsg more)

another honarary mention since SFL came into this due to an arranged marriage and wasn't interested in ML, while ML & FL were already in love
but I just really love how they handled being thrown into this arrangement and the women overall in this show are (mostly) supportive of each other or learn to support each other instead of hate between 1. wife and concubine(s) :)

more an honorary mention because mostly the couples are set and they just have to get over some jealousy regarding old crushes ^^
the show generally is more focused on the friendships as a main-aspect than a romance show ^^

cooperation & friendship but SML is mostly just hiddenly pining (also other pining charas)

cooperation & friendship
some don't like it because 'unnecessary woman' in a bromance, but I just see it as it could've been a throuple but due to storyline it ended with bromance ^^

listed for grudging cooperation (& growing friendship) in a bromance throuple :)

grudging cooperation between ML & SML (they start out as enemies)
(show is a mixed bag for me because I love parts of it but also really dislike things about it)

listed here for bromance throuple aspect:  there's friendship-jealousy going on that slowly grows into mutual respect & a new friendship 

listed for bromance-jealousy that ends in new friendships :)

(Hi snarky cat Liu Sang, I did not expect to adopt him as one of my fav charas) (I'm honestly so glad there are people out there writing Iron Triangle & Liu Sang fics (whether 'just friendship' or shipping or also just generally Liu Sang stories) thank you haha :)