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Who was the first fictional character you fell in love with?

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nkf · 24/01/2009 20:59

Mine was Prince Caspian.
And my most recent was the King of the Gyptians in The Dark Materials.
Show how I've changed. It used to be a boy King. Now it's a fatherly type.

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wotzy · 18/02/2009 21:14

Dennis the Menace

KittyTN · 18/02/2009 21:02

Patrick Pennington
William, Mark and Dick from Flambards although I went off Dick towards the end.
The photographer from Ruby in the Smoke
This is a really fun thread - I'm sure I'll think of more 'literary' crushes!

Kathyis6incheshigh · 17/02/2009 18:49
Craftynap · 12/02/2009 09:01

Robin, the boy from 'the little white horse'.

Monkeygi · 12/02/2009 08:38

Ooh Dalek- I'm STILL in love with Jamie Fraser!!

Stayingsunnygirl · 12/02/2009 08:28

I'd forgotten Ned Worthington - yummy!

sunshine75 · 09/02/2009 12:50

Huckleberry Finn - soooooooo god damn sexy

procrastinatingparent · 09/02/2009 12:43

Just thought of another one - Ned Worthington in 'What Katy Did Next'. Tall, dark and handsome, and in 19th century naval uniform to boot.

dalek · 08/02/2009 17:49

Not sure if it was the first one but certainly the one that;s stayed with me the longest - Jamie Fraser in the Outlander/Crosstitch books

blackrock · 07/02/2009 21:13

The Young Emerson from Room with a View by EM Forster.

ShrinkingViolet · 07/02/2009 20:47

mine would have to be the Hardy Boys (either or both ), then Sebastian, then most of the Geoorgette Heyer heros. Plus a big girl crush on Jo (Chalet School - I so wanted to go there).

flaminhell · 07/02/2009 20:42

There is only one, Dirty Dancing, Johnny Castle the quintessential bad boy with a soft side. There has never been a man yet that has made me feel like I want to dance like he has.

Countingthegreyhairs · 07/02/2009 20:30

Ahhhh [deep sigh ] Flambards ... I lost my heart to Dick the groom when (after a night of nookie I recall - but could be wrong) he leapt bareback on to an old carthorse and galloped off across the fields, lit by the moon, leaping over fences as he went ...

double sigh...

and don't get me started on Mr Rochester ...

janeite · 07/02/2009 19:34

NFK - thank you so much for reviving this thread: it's my favourite on MN ever I think!

I have got this bag as a public announcement of one of my fictional loves (they don't seem to make a Julian Famous Five one!).

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nkf · 07/02/2009 19:29

I'm going to look out for the Flambards book. I wonder if the characters are loveable if you read them for the first time as adults.

For example, I recently read Swallows and Amazons for the first time and found it arch and a bit dull. But I know I would have loved it as a child. I also know that I will how be murdered by fans of the book.

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CJCregg · 02/02/2009 23:21

I will do that! Might put a new slant on my West Wing addiction ...

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 02/02/2009 20:29

Don't be ashamed, just think of them as a treat still in store for you CJC .
They are really long, so good for long train journeys or to cheer up convalescence for instance.

CJCregg · 02/02/2009 19:46

I don't, Lady G, but I just love your name. I was going to put Lord Silverbridge as one of my early crushes but it's a bit of a cheat as it was only really Anthony Andrews in the tv version. Have never, to my shame, read the books.

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 02/02/2009 00:51

DD1 and I have now started rereading the Drina Ballerina books. Anyone remember those?

IdrisTheDragon · 01/02/2009 21:57

I love this thread

Sebastian was very dashing.

And have a soft spot for Patrick.

SniffyHock · 01/02/2009 21:50

I wanted Atticus Finch to be my dad/teacher - wasn't a romantic crush as such.

blueshoes · 01/02/2009 21:48

Another one for Mr Rochester.

Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited

janeite · 01/02/2009 20:53

Lol. I haven't read them, so can't comment, sorry!

My local library failed me though: it didn't have any Flambards books.

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 01/02/2009 20:49

I have reread the first seven of the Wells series this weekend in the wake of DD1. One thing I DIDN'T recollect from first time round was the disturbingly macho subtext - her teenage males were disconcertingly keen to inflict corporal punishment on bolshie females - what was going on there fgs?

VintageGardenia · 31/01/2009 21:43

Nooooo not Cold Comfort Farm - Flora ended up with Charles, not any of the Starkadders. Think she would have been a bit at the thought.

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