MOC: [[Art of Writing]] *** Great storytelling very often uses the same patterns. One of them is trinity. We can frequently see trinity in all kind of stories: - Bella, Edward and Jacob in Twilight - Harry, Hermione and Ron in Harry Potter - Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli in the Lord of The Rings - Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman in the DC Universe In fact, the trinity is also used to explain other things: - Persecutor, Victim, Rescuer in the Drama Triangle - Speed, Cost, Quality Triangle in Product Development Finally, most pieces of art have three major dominant colours, either in movies, painting or whatever. These are just a few examples. Why does this pattern exist? - It's the smallest system of interactions rich in feedback loop outside of a basic causality effect. - When exceeding three elements, the system becomes harder to frame and you can miscalculate. - Three elements or characters are the perfect number of things to keep track of, without being overhwhelmed nor losing interest. => Related to [[System Thinking]]