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Fictional heroes/heroines and red flags

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ImperialBlether · 16/10/2016 14:02

I've just been thinking about Mr Rochester in Jane Eyre. I loved him when I was young but I was thinking just now I bet he was a right moody bugger to live with when he was older, particularly due to his sight.

Are there any fictional heroes you loved when you were young that you think now would have actually driven you mad? Would Mr Darcy in P&P make Lizzie happy? What about Wickham? How long would it have taken Lydia to realise what he was really like? That man showed more red flags than a Communist convention, but she was blind to them.

Who would be on here, doing an AIBU or a relationships thread? Grin

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ImperialBlether · 16/10/2016 14:24

BuggerMyOldBoots, did you read White Sargasso Sea? I loved how reading that changed my view of Rochester.

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BuggerMyOldBoots · 16/10/2016 14:20

Mr Rochester was in love with Jane's purity and innocence. He was burnt out from years of partying with high class prostitutes, and Jane was the emotional equivalent of a sachet of Resolve. She says herself, she won't be his mistress because if she steps down from her pedestal, he'll go off her.

And I still love him, and I love the book, and I'm old enough to suspend belief and enjoy it for what it is, but I think she'd end up posting in Relationships nowadays

Those Twilight books though.....at least Mr Rochester can plead the 19th century. Twilight is a how to guide for abusive teenage relationships

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ImperialBlether · 16/10/2016 14:17

I don't remember that but he sounds like he would've been right up my alley!

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tectonicplates · 16/10/2016 14:13

As a teenager I watched Heartbreak High Grin. We all had a favourite, and I wanted Rivers, the long-haired biker dude who fell in love with his teacher. Looking back, I think he was probably far too immature.