# What fictional characters have you fallen most in love with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227 "2004-10-02T20:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/21 "2004-10-02T23:08:52Z")
Bonanza Jellybean and Angua. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/22 "2004-10-02T23:13:43Z")
Belinda Blanchard from Anne Rice’s Belinda. Shug Avery from The Color Purple. Lila Futuransky from Girls, Visions and Everything. Sharon Osbourne from _The Osbournes_. What? I dare say all that plastic surgery qualifies her as fictional. I know. I have weird taste. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/23 "2004-10-02T23:48:28Z")
Michelle from the American Pie movies. Cute, redhair, kinky, nerdy, and has a nice voice. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/24 "2004-10-03T00:05:04Z")
Han Solo, definitely. That crush lasted for ten years, at least. And as much as it pains me to say it, Carth Onasi from _Knights of the Old Republic_. It’s so cheesy to get a crush on a videogame character, but [the actor’s](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768620/) voice just pushed all my buttons. I’m really not that much of a Star Wars geek, honest. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/25 "2004-10-03T00:10:04Z")
Lucky Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, from O’Brien’s series of novels. I dig those guys. I know the way they talk, what they like to eat, the music they play together, and how they manage to get along even though they are very different people. I’ve also been on their ship. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/26 "2004-10-03T00:37:42Z")
Mr. Darcy, naturally. And Sydney Carton (who is WAY too good for Lucie, who has the personality of a wet dishrag). And Herbert Pocket from _Great Expectations_. And Lord Peter Wimsey. And Remus Lupin. And Benedick, especially as played by Kenneth Branagh. And Richard III, both Shakespeare and Josephine Tey versions (both of whom, I think, ought to count as fictional characters). And Mr. Rochester. And Bosola from _The Duchess of Malfi_… (What? All right, I think my tastes are getting officially weird, so I’ll stop now.) ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/27 "2004-10-03T00:52:37Z")
> [@Fretful Porpentine](#): > > And Bosola from _The Duchess of Malfi_… (What? All right, I think my tastes are getting officially weird, so I’ll stop now.) Actually? I can kinda see the appeal here. I always liked Hamlet, though that’s such a teenage-Shakespeare-fangirl thing to do. And if fictionalized versions of historical people count, I sorta have a thing about Prince Hal, though not so much when he’s Henry V, except in the event that Henry V is being played by Kenneth Branagh. …I’m not sure what it is about angsty princes who jerk you around emotionally. 😉 And, changing authors, Aragorn. Totally. More so in the book, actually. And Faramir, too. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/28 "2004-10-03T01:10:18Z")
It’s from literature but based on a real person. Close enough eh? I fell madly in love with Laura Ingalls. I was depressed for weeks after we broke up. I mean finished the series. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/29 "2004-10-03T01:12:13Z")
There are literally hundreds, lets see if I can come up with a few… Sam from _Garden State_ Cher from _Clueless_ (movie, I’ve never seen the show) Elinor Dashwood from _Sense and Sensiblity_ Aurelia from _Love Actually_ Joan from _Joan of Arcadia_ Kate Nickleby from _Nicholas Nickleby_ Amelie Poulin from _Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain_ ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/30 "2004-10-03T01:15:30Z")
Lord, I get crushes all the time, let’s see: From books: Sherlock Holmes, Archie Goodwin, Frodo From television: Spock, both Starsky and Hutch (they’d have to be a combo package tho’), Little Joe from Bonanza, currently Rodney on Stargate Atlantis From movies: Hmmm, not many movie flames. I fell in love with Sam Neill’s character in My Brilliant Career, a relatively obscure Australian film. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/31 "2004-10-03T01:28:52Z")
From way back in the days when I thought all _other_ girls were icky, Princess Leia. And from approximately that same timeframe, Mary Ann from _Gilligan’s Island_. Oh, yeah, and Gadget Hackwrench from _Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers_. I think those are the only movie/TV characters I’ve fallen in love with, though of course there are a great number of others who are incredibly sexy. From books, the top of the list would be Dr. Susan Calvin, from Asimov’s robot stories. The rest, in no particular order, include (probably not a comprehensive list) Lucy Pevensie, of the Narnia books; Eilonwy, from Lloyd Alexander’s _Chronicles of Prydain_; Caroline Mbutu, of Heinlein’s _Tunnel in the Sky_; Meg Murray, of _A Wrinkle in Time_; Hermione Granger, of the _Harry Potter_ books; and Karethra Seldansdaughter, from David Weber’s _Oath_ series. Also add Piffany, from _Nodwick_, C.A.R.M.E.N., from _Floyd_, and Ms. Kyle, from _PS 238_, all three being comics by Aaron Williams, who seems to have a knack for drawing/writing appealing women, though in completely different ways. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/32 "2004-10-03T01:40:22Z")
I have a huge crush on Sheena, of Kid Radd fame. She’s damn sexy for a 32 pixel sprite 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/33 "2004-10-03T01:41:20Z")
Timothy Dalton as Mr. Rochester in the best version of _Jane Eyre_. Oh, oh, still. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/34 "2004-10-03T01:51:32Z")
Is this the right place to confess my crush on Angel from _Rent_, as played by the talented Wilson Jermaine Heredia? That single same-sex (sorta) crush out of the way, Chava in _Fiddler_, Kim in _Miss Saigon_, Eponine in _Les Mis_, Elphaba in _Wicked_, and Mabel in _Pirates_. Willow Rosenberg - seasons 1-3. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/35 "2004-10-03T01:56:28Z")
> [@drm](#): > > There are literally hundreds, lets see if I can come up with a few… > > Sam from _Garden State_ > Cher from _Clueless_ (movie, I’ve never seen the show) > Elinor Dashwood from _Sense and Sensiblity_ > Aurelia from _Love Actually_ > Joan from _Joan of Arcadia_ > Kate Nickleby from _Nicholas Nickleby_ > Amelie Poulin from _Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain_ I’m not familiar with all those characters but the ones I am, I love as well. You, sir, have great taste in women. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/36 "2004-10-03T01:58:30Z")
I had a thing for The Little Mermaid. Is that so wrong? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/37 "2004-10-03T01:58:43Z")
Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni from Alexander McCall Smith’s Ladies’ Detective Agency series is an honest to God sweetheart. You can’t help but love the guy. Archie Goodwin from the Nero Wolfe books. Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast from the Preston and Childs books. Oh, and **Mockingbird**? I love Micheal Tolliver too.\* \*In a Mona Ramsey, Will and Grace, girl kind of way. So don’t hurt me. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/38 "2004-10-03T02:15:26Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Aesiron_ > I’m not familiar with all those characters but the ones I am, I love as well. You, sir, have great taste in women They are great characters and easy to love. But thank you, the women who I am in love with in real life would be more than happy to hear that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/39 "2004-10-03T02:18:55Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > **bobkitty** - Thank you. 😉 No problem. 😃 [minor hijack]Who do _you_ think could pull the character off in a movie?[/minor hijack] Wanted to add to the list; Methos (covered in woad or not) and, since the illustrious **Chronos** admitted to an interspecies crush, Justin from **The Secret of NIMH**. Sure, the book Justin was cool, but there’s something about that scene in the movie where he’s fighting with Brutus, and the way he growls out “Then you learned _nothing_.” Mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/40 "2004-10-03T02:29:56Z")
Anime/Cartoons: Vash the Stampede and Nicholas D. Wolfwood from Trigun. Roronoa Zoro and Sanji from One Piece. Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop. The Flash from JLA. Movies: Nightcrawler and Wolverine from X-Men 2. Hellboy and Abe Sapien from Hellboy. Games: Dante Sparda from Devil May Cry. (This is of course assuming that Devil May Cry 2 never happened. At all.) Ky Kiske, Anji Mito, Sol Badguy and Bridget from Guilty Gear XX. Sephiroth and Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy VII. Books: Captain Carrot from Discworld. Remus Lupin from Harry Potter. Sorry if this list is too long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227.md?page=3)