Ever have a "crush" on a fictional character?

Absolutely! Mr. Darcy was probably my first. That I can remember. There have been so many others, I can't really think of specific names. Just a general feeling of..."I want to be loved like that."

I also have a lot of, "OMG, this guy is just like my husband."

Which does not necessarily equal a crush. LOL

Totally R from Warm Bodies. I also have a bit of a crush on my MC from the first book I ever wrote. I'm actually editing it now and re-swooning.

Death from Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. So. Effing. Cute. And sweet. And the best thing to see when you die, for sure.

Also Harry's apprentice, Molly, from The Dresden Files. If I was Harry there's no way I could have resisted her advances. Guess that's why Harry's the hero of the story and I'm the dude reading books on an old, beat-up couch.

When I saw the thread title, I thought, what rot! Of course I haven't. How ridiculous.

Umm. Edmund from King Lear.

*laughs at self*

... clarissa harlowe.

flapperphilosopher said:

I'm another "oh goodness yes", haha. I also get crushes on real people from history too... kind of in love with George Mallory, for one.

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Alkibiades.

Leonidas (doesn't hurt that he was played by Gerard Butler either)

Are we sensing a pattern yet? (see my avatar/status, lol)

Buffysquirrel said:

When I saw the thread title, I thought, what rot! Of course I haven't. How ridiculous.

Umm. Edmund from King Lear.

*laughs at self*

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tee hee, you're just like all the rest of us after all

I totally get what you mean about Edmund - everyone loves a bastard

I can't believe I haven't mentioned Tanus from Wilbur Smith's River God. I fell hard for him the moment he leapt onto the page...

Asuka is my waifu.

ETA: And calling it "a crush" does not do justice to our love.

Raistlin Majere.

swvaughn said:

Raistlin Majere.

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Oh goodness, so much this.
In my defence, I was a teenager!

Once, and actually this might sound kinda weird. As it's on the MC of my novel... she just doesn't take stuff from anyone... she's covered in tattoos, drinks, smokes pot, has the mouth of a sailor, and doesn't give two craps what people think of her...most of the time... she lives life it's gonna end tomorrow...I WISH I had half of her courage.

Oh yesh

Oh yes. Sometimes my own characters, but usually characters in other novels. One of my first fictional crushes was probably Bruce Patman from the Sweet Valley High books.

Jamie Fraser.
*sigh/swoon*

I may be a little bit enamoured with the Marquis de Carabas. And also, weirdly, one of my own MC's.

< Captain Wentworth from Jane Austen's Persuasion. First crush.

I too get crushes on fictional characters all the time. I've had a crush on Lord Peter Wimsey since I was about 9!

flapperphilosopher said:

I'm another "oh goodness yes", haha. I also get crushes on real people from history too... kind of in love with George Mallory, for one.

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And this. I have a loooong list of historical crushes.

I have a long, long history of this sort of behaviour.

Prince Blackpool
Turlough
Snape
Loki

I also apparently have a type, and that type is villain.

Thank goodness I don't go for bad boys in real life. I hear they're terribly high maintenance.

ChaosTitan said:

One of my first fictional crushes was probably Bruce Patman from the Sweet Valley High books.

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I totally read that as Batman the first time.

Watching the movie of Les Mis today reminded me I'm in love with Enjolras (the leader of the student revolutionaries). From the book, but since in the movie he's played by an actor I'm already in love with, well....

Um. Glorfindel in the Fellowship of the Ring. *hides*

Rushton Seraphim, who could be the original source of my fascination for black hair and green eyes.

Phaeal said:

I'm promiscuous in my crushing on fictional characters, but in the end I think that Col. Brandon, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Knightley and Capt. Wentworth must win out. Hmm, seems to be a pattern there. Mr. Tilney? Meh. But Mary Crawford is crushworthy.

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Mmmm, Mr. Knightly.... He was probably one of my firsts. I also had a little thing for Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables. And Aragorn, long before Vito whatshisface gave him a face.

My mom loved Frasier when I was growing up, and I remember developing a crush on Niles at young age. I still kind of have a thing for David Hyde Pierce.

Now I'm totally crushing on Charlie Kelley from It's Always Sunny. I don't get that one at all...neither does my husband.

Fun thread!

I have a secret crush on Ron Weasley. I think he's amazing, he's smart in a dim sort of way. He's not afraid to express his fears - especially of spiders 'Spiders, why couldnt it be follow the butterflies?' . I just love him. In both the books and the movies.

In adult fiction my one true love is Wrath Wrath from JR Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I think it's the tall, dark and handsome thing, mixed with a bit of bad boy and deadly as hell. But what makes him even more lovable is that he's a king, but he's blind with a big yellow guide dog called George.

I'm a little bit in love with Mikhale from the Carpathian's series by Christine Feehan.

But I'll always come back to Wrath. He's my Numero Uno.