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Originally Posted by magnuskn
An "equal playing field" is a term for being on equal terms.
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That's true, but the phrase also implies a competition.
Love involves both coorperation and conflict. If one side is signficantly stronger than the other, they win out and dominate the relationship. But if you have two people who are willing to take each other to task, but also are also willing to set aside their differences and support each other, you have a strong relationship.
That's where the equal playing field part comes in. Sheryl is a threat, in the fact that she's a very strong person, but Alto happens to be strong enough to match her willpower; he's as much of a threat, himself. Out of that clash comes a relationship between two equals. Neither side owes the other anything, and neither side is willing to hold back any punches.
There's room for confusion here because both Sheryl and Ranka are both interested in Alto, so there's
another competition here, too. What's more, the dialogue leading in to the sing off showed that neither girl was afraid to pull out any of the tricks at their disposal in order to gain the upper hand. So I wouldn't say that either is interested in a level playing field in
that situation.
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