A Triangle for Two

A Triangle for Two

A Triangle for Two is a short hypertext piece about two personalities, Jan and Maria, sharing a body and their experience of revealing this to an old friend, Anna. The revelation is nominally tied to Jan (and/or maybe Maria? I found this a little unclear) having a crush on Anna, but despite the focus this gets in the title and blurb, I felt like the romance angle was almost beside the point; the focus really seemed to be more on how Jan and Maria navigate trying to share a life and their conflicting feelings on revealing their situation to others. Maria seems to be a personality that manifested to protect Jan, and because that's her raison d'etre, she is incredibly cautious, wary of anything that might cause him problems, whereas Jan wants acceptance for himself as he truly is.

Interaction was a little confusing at times; there isn't always a clear distinction between links that lead to asides and links that move you on to the next passage with no way to return, so my habit of clicking links that are part of the body text as soon as I get to them led me to miss some things on an initial reading. Other than that, this is a well-written and emotionally compelling vignette.