So who is it? Out of all the great tomes of literature, which people (male/female) would you nominate for sexiest character?
I figure if we get enough, I’ll make a top three, or five, or whatever.
Here are my own nominations. Since I’m female, we’ll have to stick with male.
[li]Maxim de Winter (Rebecca) Mysterious, foreboding, and with a dark secret, to boot. :)[/li]
[li]Sherlock Holmes. As Homer Simpson once said, he was quite a character![/li]
[li]Hannibal Lector. I know, weird pick, but he’s so cultured. And that’s hard to find in a man nowadays.[/li]
If I think of others, i’ll mention them. Who would you consider?
I would also add:
Niccolo, again from Dorothy Dunnet.
Porthos, from Three Musketeers. (So he’s a big lug, he’s still sexy!)
Sirius Black, from Harry Potter.
Fabrice Sauveterre, from Pursuit of Love (not so much for a relationship, but he would be wonderful on one glorious date in Paris)
Dave Barry (ok, he’s not fictional, but he’s in books, right?)
And although it would be criminal now that I’m an adult, I spent most of my pre-teen years pining away after Ponyboy Curtis.
Mr. Rochester, ever since I was a girl. Oooh, my, a brooder!
Vlad Taltos, from Steven Brust’s books. He’s sexy as hell, he’s cute, he’s a cynic, and he cooks. What more do you want?
Yeah, Hannibal Lecter is awfully sexy. It’s the culture, the brains, and all that danger.
And George Cooper, from these children’s books by Tamora Pierce. He’s the kind of rough alternative to the prince the main character finally realizes is Not For Her, and I always liked him so much better.
You know, I thought about starting a thread like this, but forgot about it and then went on vacation for a week (if anyone at all wondered where I’ve been)…
Anyway, literature and sexy men are two favorite topics of mine, so let’s see…
Hamlet. The original tortured black-turtleneck-wearing philosophical guy.
I have the distinct impression that Hotspur (as portrayed in Henry IV, Part I) would be a lot of fun in the sack.
Most of the Friends of the ABC in Les Misérables, although Marius, the Designated Romantic Hero, does nothing for me. ('Course, the sexiest of all has absolutely no interest in sex. Isn’t that always the way? :p)
Aragorn, from Lord of the Rings. (I get the impression that most Rabid Tolkien Fangirls prefer Faramir, though. Which is fine, because he’s sexy too.)
Continuing on the Tolkien bent, Turin Turambar…if you like really dangerous guys (considering that everybody who had even a passing acquaintance with him met a horrible end).
KK! I meant for my OWN nominations. You naughty boy, you.
I guess the real problem with having actual sex with these characters is danger of paper-cuts. So let’s all practice safe-sex, shall we? Using the Straight Dope to vent. Hehe.
