Plot Device: Betrayal Square
A story trope recast as a math object: Betrayal Square.
Content note: Cartoon violence.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-11-04-mathematical-plot-devices--plot-device-betrayal-square/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Betrayal Square: four people backstab one another at right angles. (Post: likely inspired by The Lion in Winter.)