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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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TinkerBellesMumandFiFi2 · 27/01/2009 19:56

Thanks janeite she's nearly four weeks old now I think I've swapped places with EachPeach! You are having a February baby

janeite · 27/01/2009 19:56

I remember "See You Thursday"!

I was also rather head over heels about Jude Fawley when I was sixteen but soon realised what a wet drip he was when I re-read it a couple of years later.

Oh and Simon from The Lord Of The Flies.

Fennel · 27/01/2009 19:53

Biggles

Then the chocolate soldier from George Bernard Shaw Arms and the Man. I had a long long crush on him. Bizarre. And unusual.

Also Gilbert Blythe, along with everyone else.
Aragorn from Lord of the Rings. (and Viggo Mortense in the film).

EachPeachPearMum · 27/01/2009 19:49

17 days annvan ? eek- don't think I will survive that long!

I too had a thing for Gil Blythe...

pointydog · 27/01/2009 19:49

I loved teh blind boy from See You Thursday (was it Ure?). and Pennington

janeite · 27/01/2009 19:48

Oh Tinkerbelle's mum - I see you've had number 2 - huge congratulations!

janeite · 27/01/2009 19:47

I have just started reading "Flambards" - another I'm ashamed to admit to never having read before. I am liking Dick the stableboy very muchly so far!

Leo9 · 27/01/2009 19:46

Oh my goodness Kathy - me too!

I had forgotten that book until now. This thread has been fantastic at reminding me of forgotten magic

TinkerBellesMumandFiFi2 · 27/01/2009 19:38

I loved Gilbert Blythe too, I think Anne only kept rejecting him because she was too stuborn to let him off.

Kathyis6incheshigh · 27/01/2009 19:04

Francis Babington from A Traveller In Time.

AnnVan · 27/01/2009 18:58

eachpeach I would send eviction vibes, but as my DS was 17 days overdue, I don't think mine are that effective.

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 27/01/2009 18:53

DD1 is the same age, Janeite. It is tricky, she can veer from Claudine at St Clare's to the Diary of Anne Frank in one week.

AnnVan · 27/01/2009 18:45

Oh secong gilbert blythe. can't believe Ann persistently rejects him.

But Sam Vimes - yes he's rather lovable.

janeite · 27/01/2009 18:21

Hope you're better now, LadyG. Will look out for Lorna Hill.

Dd2 is at a really awkward age (11) and not really knowing what she wants to read.

MrsMattie · 27/01/2009 17:49

I had a soft spot for Jon Boy Walton

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 27/01/2009 17:47

It is the first of a series by Lorna Hill, Janeite. Very similar to Streatfeild. All out of print now I think but easily found secondhand.
I have been ill too over the past few days and have been indulging myself with DH's collection of Bernard Cornwell books!

janeite · 27/01/2009 17:44

Awww. I don't know that one: is it another Noel Streatfield? I read "Party Shoes" today in my flu-ey fug and very sweet it was too. No fanciable characters though!

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 27/01/2009 17:42

Inspired by this thread I suggested A Dream of Sadlers Wells to DD1 last night as she was looking for something to read at bedtime - by this morning she had finished it. I didn't dare ask what time she put her light out.

EachPeachPearMum · 27/01/2009 15:00

Yes! DD was over too, but only 4 days. Have appt tomorrow at consultant for post-dates, so we'll see what they say.

janeite · 27/01/2009 14:36

He probably knows how cold it is out here!

janeite · 27/01/2009 14:28

DD1 is working through Miss Austen's works - only Mansfield Park to go now. And she liked Persuasion best - proud mummy alert!

EachPeachPearMum · 27/01/2009 14:26

@ bad mother! Yes- I'm sure your 2 have never read anything!

This month's offering is quite slim, so shouldn't take you too long.

No signs of waters going, or anything yet.... I don't think he's ever coming out!

kormachameleon · 27/01/2009 14:24

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janeite · 27/01/2009 14:23

No - I am a BAD mother. Will go to H library at the weekend and get or order it.

I haven't read the AC one you posted yet: haven't been feeling intellectually up to it tbh. Last week at work was hideous and then I've been ill. Hope to be back on fine reading form very soon indeed though.

Oh dear at six days overdue - dd2 did that to me but my waters broke and still nothing happened! Will be thinking of you.

EachPeachPearMum · 27/01/2009 14:19

I'm fine... 6 days overdue, and fed-up, but apart from that fine

Hope the virus has cleared up properly- there is so much going round at the moment.

Never read S&A?
Dearie me.... did your DD's never read them either?

Will send you the next book this week as I have finished it.

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