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Kermit and Miss Piggy: are The Muppet Show’s iconic couple actually relationship goals?
Someday, we'll all find the kind of rainbow connection enjoyed by the Muppets' Kermit and Miss Piggy - or so we hope
February 06, 2026
Ashley V. Robinson
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When Harry Met Sally director Rob Reiner originally gave the film a much more depressing ending - but then he fell in love
Rob Reiner met his future wife while he was filming When Harry Met Sally and that inspired the new romantic ending that we all love
February 06, 2026
Trent Cannon
Guides
Love is in the air: 5 anime to watch this Valentine’s Day if you're single
Finding yourself alone on Valentine's Day? Here are 5 anime to help you feel better (or worse) about your current relationship status.
February 06, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Pop culture's greatest couple are two alcoholic detectives from the 1930s that knew how to have fun
The Thin Man's Nick and Nora Charles are what every pop culture couple should want to be
February 06, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
Is Kirk/Spock canon in Star Trek? It’s not as straightforward as you think
Gene Roddenberry admitted that he created Kirk and Spock to be "a love relationship," but how far did that extend?
February 05, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
The X-Files 'Millennium' revisited: Mulder, Scully, and the kiss at the end of the world
X-Files fans wanted Dana Scully and Fox Mulder to kiss from the pilot episode. It took seven seasons, four episodes, and an entire other show to get them there
February 05, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How Daredevil and Thor’s romances in Marvel Comics challenged disability stereotypes
Early Daredevil and Thor stories in Marvel Comics were quick to establish their leading men's busy romantic lives
February 05, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Final Fantasy's Cloud and Tifa showed a generation how romantic video games could be
The love affair between Cloud and Tifa in Final Fantasy VII defined what love could be for a generation of gamers
February 05, 2026
Nathan Clark
News
Almost 30 years later, David Schwimmer says Ross and Rachel were DEFINITELY on a break
Yes, Ross and Rachel were on a break on Friends and you can stop shouting at David Schwimmer about it
February 04, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Why Charlie Brown never wins the red-haired girl — and why she hoped he would
Failure is part of Charles Schulz's formula for the iconic Peanuts newspaper strip, but the inspiration behind its famous unrequited love wished there could be a happy ending
February 04, 2026
Graeme McMillan
Guides
From John Carter to Anne McCaffery and beyond: 5 early romantasy books that shaped the genre
From Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter to Anne Bishop and Emma Bull, these early romantasy books laid the foundation for today’s fantasy romance boom.
February 04, 2026
Graeme McMillan
Features
How Dragon Ball’s Android 18 and Krillin became one of anime’s most normal couples
The world is ending every other week in Dragon Ball, but Android 18 and Krillin still manage to find time to be absolute relationship goals
February 04, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Every Star Wars trilogy is really a bad romantasy story and you'll never convince me otherwise
You can accuse George Lucas and J.J. Abrams of many things, but handling the various romance aspects of Star Wars well is certainly not one of them
February 03, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Stan Lee reversed Marvel’s decision to end Spider-Man’s marriage
Marvel Comics rewrote history to split up Spider-Man's marriage - and then Stan Lee wrote it back in again
February 03, 2026
Graeme McMillan
Features
Annie Lennox’s Dracula love song defined a generation — even though she didn’t care about vampires
Lennox's 'Love Song for a Vampire,' released as part of the soundtrack for Bram Stoker's Dracula, is maybe the best gothic romance tune ever written
February 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Midnighter and Apollo from DC Comics proved that fighting a tyrant together is incredibly romantic
During the Warworld Saga in Action Comics, Midnighter and Apollo proved that they are one of DC Comics' best power couples
February 03, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The X-Men romances in Marvel Comics that make me glad I'm single
Sure, everyone has a favorite X-Men couple, but here are some cursed pairings in Marvel Comics that haunt me still
February 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
How Hellboy II gave us a classic onscreen romance — and led to The Shape of Water
The relationship you remember from Hellboy II: The Golden Army probably isn't Abe Sapien and Princess Nuala. That should change.
February 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
What your Dispatch ship choice says about you
This is a judgement free zone, friends, so let your Dispatch romance option of choice reveal a little more about you
February 02, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
From Final Fantasy to the X-Men: Welcome to Popverse's celebration of love in pop culture
It's time to celebrate what works (and what doesn't!) about the way that pop culture deals with relationships and love, from Star Wars to Dispatch and back again
February 02, 2026
Graeme McMillan