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

[nkf]

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.

Guy Charlton was also from the Sadlers wells series.
He was landed, rode, a gentlemanly mountain climber and I don't think he was considered bad looking either.
He could rescue me anytime

nkf - you have reminded me of Dr Bill (I think that was his name) from the Sue Barton nursing series. I had a major crush on him

Adam Bede

Sue Barton. I haven't thought of her for years.
And yes Adam Bede. So noble. One wanted to rescue him from that awful mother.

Oh yes, poor Adam , how angry I felt with Hetty Sorrel, blighting his life with her carelessness.

She doesn't blight his life. He's very happy with Dinah.

I might have to go and re-read it. I love that book.

But he spends much of the book yearning fruitlessly for Hetty, NKF! Pretty blighting in my view. And I always felt he settled rather for Dinah, although she was clearly the rational choice.

Hetty wants him at first until she has her silly head turned. And there's something so convincing about his heroic love for a daft little thing. I always thought Dinah a was a terrific charaCter so I'd want him to appreciate her too.

Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye

Keep being reminded of books I haven't read for ages... I loved the Sue Barton books and Flambards! I had a crush on the nerdy one in Flambards - Will, was it?

Def Rochester.
Also had a weird fascination with the Mayor of Casterbridge when I was quite young and my Dad was working his way through Hardy's books.

Ginger Hebblethwaite.

And I bet I'm alone in this bizarre confession!

I always quite liked Algy. I have huge quantities of the books in boxes in my attic. I really must get them down and have a reread.

I liked Algy too - but I felt he was a bit out of my reach. Ginger was more accessible.

Think it might have been Will Ladislaw

Biggles.

Although in retrospect I think he was gay.

And I am still in love with Lord Peter Wimsey.

And about every 6 months I re-read my Sue Barton collection and sigh over Bill Barry.

Ged (and his best friend) from A Wizard of Earthsea

I'm still in love with Lord Peter too - I'm sure he could handle the pair of us!

I'm sure Biggles was gay, but was it Algy or Bertie?

Love this thread!

Will in Flambards, definitely. Still am...DH definitely the nerdy one out of him and his brother!
Mr Darcy, obviously.

My first fictional crush was Julian - still got a bit of a "thing" for him I must admit! Although I am convinced he was actually more like 36 than the 14 or 15 or whatever he was supposed to be.

Now - it's Roland of Gilead from King's Dark Tower series, Strider before he becomes Aragorn (though I wouldn't say no to Aragorn either) and Colonel Brandon.

Janeite - not Julian "Oh no Ann and George, you can't come down to the beach at midnight to look for the robbers, you'll sprain your ankle. Stay here and pout the ginger beer and leave the work to us boys" Julian?

Oh and I had forgotten Meryon Fairbrass!

Mr pinkwhistle

Brer Rabbit

Aslan.... I think love him more now he's got that lovely voice in the film

Peter Pevensey.....oohh

George (fellow tomboy)

Mr rochester

Jo..little women

Jem (to kill a mockingbird)..fantasy dad was Atticus

Yep - the very one Seeker! I have been ill in bed for a few days and yesterday I chain-read three Famous Five books.

The boy has always got:

• pockets full of money for buying ginger beer and high tea (the idea of high tea appeals so much to the glutton in me);
• a spare jersey to put around Anne's shoulders when she gets cold or frightened
• a spare piece of rope
• a piece of paper and a pencil

What else could a girl ask for?!!

just read other posts and am now embarrassed by including rabbit on mine