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Best and worse fictional couples?

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FuckingHell123 · 28/10/2022 14:48

Best:

Friends Monica and Richard. I know it's controversial because he knew her as a child but I LOVE him. Stable, wise, funny and non dramatic. He was so much better for her than man baby Chandler.

Notting Hill Anna and Will. Such a lovely, happy ending.

Titanic Jack and Rose. He brought out her fun side and she fulfilled him... there was room on that floating door though! Should have tried harder.

Worst:

ER Doug and Carol. She takes an overdose because of him treating her like shit, they still keep up the on again off again bollocks. She ends up raising two kids alone then randomly turns up in Seattle and they live happily ever after? Nah. A more believable version would be turning up in Seattle to find him shagging someone else.

OFAH Rodney and Cassandra. She turned him into a snob who looked down on his own family, he was funnier when he was young and dippy. Also an ambitious bank manager with wealthy parents marrying someone who flogs knocked off tat from a suitcase? I doubt it.

Grease Danny and Sandy. The whole thing. Change your appearance and personality to suit someone else... then you'll get your man 👍🤔

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BobbinThreadbare123 · 28/10/2022 20:04

Best would be Jake and Amy from Brooklyn 99
Worst would be Ross and Rachel - just go to bloody Paris instead of coming back for that knobhead

vincettenoir · 28/10/2022 20:04

I love Becky and Steve in Him and Her.

bluechameleon · 28/10/2022 20:07

I'm going to pick from West Wing because it is my favourite programme.
Best: CJ and Danny, Charlie and Zoey. All nice people, evenly matched, could imagine them together in the future.
Worst: Donna and Josh. So unequal, he was her boss for so long and treated her soooo badly. She was fairly pathetic about the whole thing too. She'd have been better off with the nice Navy guy and he probably didn't deserve any of the clever, funny, talented women he dated.

hellswelshy · 28/10/2022 20:09

Best - David & Patrick, Johnny & Moira (Schitts Creek), Samantha & Smith (SATC), Cam & Mitch (Modern Family). Mr & Mrs Kim (Kim's Convenience)
Worst - Ross & Mona, Rachel & Joey (Friends), Carrie & Aleksandr (SATC), Gavin & Stacey.

Daisy95 · 28/10/2022 20:11

I love Bailey and Ben greys anatomy
I love lorelai and Luke and Emily and richard from Gilmore girls.
Also really like Beth & Eric from two doors down (reminds me of my aunt and uncle from Scotland)

Worst- Meredith with Andrew deluca
Also Jackson and Maggie I hate together
Rachel and joey- felt lazy

TroysMammy · 28/10/2022 20:11

Best Jonathan and Jennifer Hart

chouxpetitfilous · 28/10/2022 20:12

Best: Nathan and Hayley from One Tree Hill
Anne and Wentworth
Tiffy and Leon in the Flat share.
So many Georgette Heyer couples!

Worst: Christian Grey and Ana
Rachel and Joey

Bideshi · 28/10/2022 20:12

Best: Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth. Beatrice and Benedick

Worst: Dorothea Brooke and Casaubon. David Copperfield and Dora Spenlow

shiningstar2 · 28/10/2022 20:20

worst Rochester and Jane Eyre. Their relationship depended on another woman ...the first wife ...being declared mad and locked away in the attics of the rich husband's estate. The power of the patriarchy in devastating action.

Tinkity · 28/10/2022 20:21

Grease Danny and Sandy. The whole thing. Change your appearance and personality to suit someone else... then you'll get your man 👍🤔

Sandy & Danny. Hate that he only liked her when she basically changed everything about herself.

Why do people keep saying this when it’s not true, did you not watch the movie? If anything, HE put in the effort to change for HER!!.

BEFORE Sandy had her makeover, Danny decided he wanted to win her back so to prove he was serious about cleaning up his act he decided to try out for multiple sports & cut down on his smoking & drinking. He eventually LETTERED in track, that means he reached the highest level squad at his high school, the Varsity team. This means he reached a level good enough to compete in regional & state competition; he would have had to put in a hell of a lot of work, dedication & training to achieve that during senior year because even if he did have a natural talent for it, he still would have had to turn up to all practices (some early morning), meets etc to get the points to earn his letter. Danny literally tells Putzie, Sonny & Doody that while they were out stealing hubcaps he was training & that although they meant a lot to him, so did Sandy & he would do whatever he could to get her back. He knew talk was cheap so worked hard & finally made his reveal by wearing the letterman sweater he earned to the carnival so she could see that he had put in the time & effort to change. It was right after this that she came out all dolled up so HE NEVER WANTED HER TO CHANGE

Rant over 🤣

7Worfs · 28/10/2022 20:22

Best that never was - Keira Knightley’s character should have ended up with James Norrington (Pirates of the Caribbean).

PortiasBiscuit · 28/10/2022 20:23

Best Captain Wentworth and Ann Elliot

another vote for Harriet Vane and Peter Whimsey

Linda and Fabrice, so romantic when he turns up at Cheyne Walk to tell her he loves her

Pappa and Mamma Moomin

Worst,
Rose and Jack.. blech! There were so many more interesting stories on that boat

Olive and her husband in On the Buses.. how in gods name did they get away with portraying women like that

Minniem2020 · 28/10/2022 20:23

Worst: Joe and Love (You)
Joey and Rachel
Callum and Ben in EastEnders, it gives me the rage watching them. Also Honey and Jay, just no.
Ross and Emily.
I can't think of my best at the minute

OhThatChicken · 28/10/2022 20:24

Best couples

Keeley and Roy in Ted Lasso (they'd better be together at the end of the last season)

Coach and Mrs Coach in Friday Night Lights

LeavesOnTrees · 28/10/2022 20:29

From Outlander
Claire and Jamie Fraser -best

Brianna and Roger -just boring

Marianne and Colonal Brandon in Sense and sensibility - too safe and she'd probably get bored of him after a few years.

Worst Becky Sharp and Rawdon Crawley.

Beachhutnut · 28/10/2022 20:30

Best Jamie and Claire
Worst Daemon and Rhayenyra

Zosime · 28/10/2022 20:32

I don't think Dickens and Forest intended readers to think that David and Dora or Patrick and Ginty were well suited.

But the worst couple in schoolgirls' fiction (that we're supposed to like) has to be Len and Reg.

LadybirdsAreNeverHappy · 28/10/2022 20:34

Best: Fran and Scott in Strictly Ballroom
Fry and Leela
Hugo and Alice (vicar of dibley)

Worst: Chandler and Cathy (he nearly ruined his closest friendship, got locked in the box and then they lasted about a day)
Joey and Janine (Totally pointless storyline, she can’t act and was really fucking annoying)
The characters played by James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhall (sp) in The Secretary (wtf was that about)

42isthemeaning · 28/10/2022 20:36

Best - David and Patrick on Schitt's Creek

Worst - Loki and Sylvie in the Loki series - just WHY?!

Best and worst - Leonard and Penny in TBBT...

ChiefWiggumsBoy · 28/10/2022 20:37

Worst - Loki and Sylvie in the Loki series - just WHY?!
Best: Fran and Scott in Strictly Ballroom

Had forgotten about these and heartily agree with both!

7Worfs · 28/10/2022 20:38

Worst - Loki and Sylvie in the Loki series - just WHY?!

Yes!

Cuck00soup · 28/10/2022 20:39

Best - Barbara & Jim Royle.

Worst - Ralph Little's character and his drippy girlfriend

HauntersGonnaHaunt · 28/10/2022 20:40

7Worfs · 28/10/2022 19:54

Ha, I just finished rewatching Firefly! They are sweet indeed, but there’s so little screen time on their love.

Also I’m so mad there’s only one season! Much as I love all Star Treks, Firefly is the only one that was perfect from the get go. I don’t know if it was writing, acting or directing, but that show was unique in that it was great from episode one.

Have you seen Serenity yet? I was going to comment something but it might be a spoiler.

7Worfs · 28/10/2022 20:42

HauntersGonnaHaunt · 28/10/2022 20:40

Have you seen Serenity yet? I was going to comment something but it might be a spoiler.

Yes, I wanted to mention it too but didn’t 🤫

GlitchStitch · 28/10/2022 20:44

Best-Jackson and April
Worst-Jackson and Maggie
Owen and Anyone
(Greys Anatomy)

Best- Johnny and Gheorghe (God's Own Country)

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