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To ask your favourite romantic pairings in fiction?

188 replies

Theundertaker · 12/09/2022 13:44

I'd really like some ideas for something new to read or watch with some element of romance.

Have previously loved:
Elizabeth and Darcy
Jane and Rochester
Harriet Vane and Peter Wimsey
Robin and Strike
Linden and Holder
Mulder and Scully
Margaret Hale and Mr Thornton
Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister

Please give me your favourites.

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Speedbumps · 12/09/2022 13:48

Eowyn and Faramir.

maras3 · 12/09/2022 13:50

Anne Lister and Ann Walker in Gentleman Jack.

RNLD1981 · 12/09/2022 13:51

Adam and Jane from the BT adverts

GCAcademic · 12/09/2022 13:52

Beatrice and Benedick.

MrsSchrute · 12/09/2022 13:52

Anne and Captain Wentworth - Love Persuasion!

ValerieDoonican · 12/09/2022 13:54

God I do love North and South but it's already on your list!

Theundertaker · 12/09/2022 13:54

Oh yes, I've loved Beatrice and Benedick, and Anne and Wentworth too.

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JesusHRooseveltChristSassenach · 12/09/2022 13:56

Can't believe no one has said Claire and Jamie yet! 😂

Amazing chemistry and I love them together

Outlander for those not in the know 😉

PinkHeadphones · 12/09/2022 13:57

Many of those mentioned, also
Buffy and Spike
Joel and Maggie (Northern Exposure, back in the day)
Cecil and Carlos (Welcome to Night Vale)

and plenty who aren’t together officially but should be

Theundertaker · 12/09/2022 13:58

JesusHRooseveltChristSassenach · 12/09/2022 13:56

Can't believe no one has said Claire and Jamie yet! 😂

Amazing chemistry and I love them together

Outlander for those not in the know 😉

Damn, I've already watched that series too 😄

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GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 12/09/2022 13:59

Younger Cathy and Hareton

Elinor and Edward Ferrars (sorry I can’t remember the spelling

JesusHRooseveltChristSassenach · 12/09/2022 16:11

Awww man!

Also forgot to say Randall and Beth in This Is Us

Love how well they work together and accept each other. Plus they make me laugh!

FixItUpChappie · 12/09/2022 16:14

Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe

FixItUpChappie · 12/09/2022 16:15

Buffy and Angel (I am not on team Spike lol)

beguilingeyes · 12/09/2022 16:16

Ross.and Demelza (the books _not the TV series).
Joanna and Llewellyn - Here Be Dragons, Sharon Penman. True story.

notforonesecond · 12/09/2022 16:19

Kat & Patrick - 10 things I hate about you
David & Patrick - Schitt’s Creek
Nick & Jess - New Girl
Isak & Evan - Skam

LakieLady · 12/09/2022 16:20

Gabriel Oak and Bathsheba Everdene (Far From the Madding Crowd).

WelcomeEverythingIsFine · 12/09/2022 16:21

Eleanor and Chidi in The Good Place.

felulageller · 12/09/2022 16:25

Scarlett and Rhett
Willow and Oz
Scott and Charlene
Ross and Rachel
Dr Zhivago and Lara
Julia and Robbie

Backtoreality1 · 12/09/2022 16:27

Pete and Jenny (going old school with Cold Feet)

PutinIsAWarCriminal · 12/09/2022 16:30

I'm another team Buffy and Spike, I'm also team Bella and Jacob. 🤣
Did anyone see The 100, the Clarke and Bellamy chemistry was brilliant. Another doomed one was Humphry and Camille in Death in Paradise.
Mel and Steve in Eastenders - I stopped watching when Steve died!

Allywill · 12/09/2022 16:30

Jean Paget and Joe Harman (Town like Alice - my favourite book)

InsertPunHere · 12/09/2022 16:30

Dorothea and Will (Middlemarch)
Anne and Captain Wentworth (Persuasion)
Anne and Gilbert (Anne of GG et al)
In the film Singles, Kyra Sedgewick and Cambell Scott
Scarlet and Gunnar in Nashville
Joel and Maggie (Northern Exposure)
Chris-in-the-morning and Maggie (Northern Exposure)

Andante57 · 12/09/2022 16:32

Linda & Fabrice (Pursuit of Love)

Yoon Se Ri & Ri Jeong-hyeok (Crash Landing on You).

InsertPunHere · 12/09/2022 16:33

Allywill · 12/09/2022 16:30

Jean Paget and Joe Harman (Town like Alice - my favourite book)

OMG! I love Joe and Mrs Boon