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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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mummy2benji · 24/01/2009 23:48

Ha! I love you all - I'm so glad I'm not the only one who falls in love with characters, hurrah I'm not pathetic after all... (cough)

You have another rival here for Prince Caspian.. fueled by the recent film..

Also Gilbert Blythe again.

Possibly Dick from the Famous 5 - not particluarly fanciable but less annoying than Julian, I always thought. Although in hindsight I prefer Timmy the dog.

Also Joe Morrelli from the Stephanie Plum series.

Aragorn when I first read Lord of the Rings, although Legolas from the films.. so fickle

Happy falling in love, girls!

Leo9 · 24/01/2009 23:48

oh, and Lord Wrotham!

i definitely went for the dramatic, tortured souls.....

Ledodgy · 24/01/2009 23:47

PMSL mine was Fred on scoobydoo too, I so wanted to be Daphne but fear I was more of a thelma!

Ronaldinhio · 24/01/2009 23:44

Rupert Campbell Black

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TheWizardofOz · 24/01/2009 23:41

FRED

scooby doo

Quattrocento · 24/01/2009 23:41

The Duke of Avon (I was only 9)

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FlossieT · 24/01/2009 23:33

Oh, and the lovely Sebastian.... (sigh). Chronologically speaking, he'd be third, but oh the sensitive and temperamental artiste . I have never, ever been built for ballet and I wanted to be Veronica Weston.

RaggedRobin · 24/01/2009 23:32

smiler from "the runaways" by victor canning. always had a little thing for ginger lads since smiler.

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FlossieT · 24/01/2009 23:30

HA! Posted without reading the rest of the thread.. glad I'm not alone. TwoIfByTheSea, I was about to write Taran down as well, but then back-calculated the age at which I read the Prydain Chronicles and realised that technically he couldn't be "first".

This is an entertaining thread - thank you!

FlossieT · 24/01/2009 23:28

Definitely Gilbert Blythe.

paolosgirl · 24/01/2009 22:52

Richie Cunningham

Leo9 · 24/01/2009 22:50

LadyGlen, until that post I had COMPLETELY forgotten "a dream of sadlers wells" !!! Oh my goodness; I loved that!

choccyp1g · 24/01/2009 22:37

All the bl**dy princes from all the fairy tales, and therein lies the problem of my whole life..always waiting for someone to rescue me. As I got older..Rhett Butler, Heathcliff, Jan Ridd, the list goes on predictably.

mrsseanbean · 24/01/2009 22:29

Biggles.

misscathcart · 24/01/2009 22:28

Katy Carr

DumbledoresGirl · 24/01/2009 22:28

Foxinsocks, sure it wasn't Alan Bates (who played Ted in the film) that you were falling for?

tattycoram · 24/01/2009 22:27

Noel Streatfeild's cousin John in the Vicarage Family. Oh he was lovely.

WeeTimorousSquonkie · 24/01/2009 22:17

oh you were all very literary children, weren't you

My first fictional love was Colin from the Secret seven.

foxinsocks · 24/01/2009 22:17

aah have remembered, it was the Go Between (not set on a farm but Ted was the farmer). I must admit that the whole Ted Marion thing had me worked up a bit lol.

It seems SO bloody long ago! Fallign in love/lust with characters is more satisfying once you're an adult!

wheresthehamster · 24/01/2009 22:15

Pip from Great Expectations and Gordon Tracey from Thunderbirds. I can't remember who was first out though.

TwoIfBySea · 24/01/2009 22:13

God this is going to sound pathetic:

Almanzo in the Little House books (when he picks up Laura from that awful house where she is staying. Oh it was lovely.)

Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables.

Taran from The Black Cauldron.

Foxinsocks, was it Cider With Rosie. We had to study it at school too, utter pants. And apparently mostly fabricated.