Maybe they aren’t fighting over Olive Oyl after all but through her… does anyone know the backstory on yhe lively gang?
Or perhaps they just enjoy fighting. Maybe it is a closet homosexual vibe. I mean the dynamic between popeye and bluto is hotter and stronger then anything they do with olive oyl. Or it could be an alpha male possession thing. I touched her so she’s mine.
If one of them stopped or gave in the other would lose interest well more to the point there wouldn’t be a cartoon.