# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/61 "2004-10-04T04:21:48Z")
Beatrice, from _Much Ado About Nothing_ (the play, not any of the movies) Pelagia, from _Captain Corelli’s Mandolin_ (book, not movie) Lindsay, from _Freaks and Geeks_. I’m sure I’ll have others… ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/62 "2004-10-04T04:37:32Z")
That reminds me… Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/63 "2004-10-04T04:44:46Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > Um…Cutter from the Elfquest graphic novels. Really! Ooo, good answer. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/64 "2004-10-04T04:46:19Z")
“Well, I could _go_ with Betty, but I’d be _thinking_ of Wilma!” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/65 "2004-10-04T04:59:03Z")
Longest running - since I was five - Robin Hood, especially as played by Errol Flynn. (Back off, Shirley! 😉 ) Spike - ummm! Just about any other vampire too. Especially Ann Rice’s. Aragorn, book version, since I was seventeen. Not that there’s anything wrong with Viggo… ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/66 "2004-10-04T06:50:03Z")
Ideally Dagny Taggart in ATLAS SHRUGGED, realistically- her SIL Cheryl (I could have helped her for I am Eddie Willers, who needed a good attainable woman.) Mina Harker in the book DRACULA Miranda Otto’s Eowyn in LOTR Willow Rosenberg Lucy Camden on 7th Heaven (in her non-insane moments) ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/67 "2004-10-04T06:57:29Z")
Frodo, as played by Elijah Wood. Gabrielle from _Xena_. Lord. Failing that, Xena from _Xena_. Esmerelda from the Disney version of _Hunchback of Notre Dame_. Carrot or Angua from the Discworld books. I wouldn’t mind both of them. Do polyamoric relationships count? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/68 "2004-10-04T07:04:52Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Do polyamoric relationships count? Not half - every man’s fantasy. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/69 "2004-10-04T07:06:28Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Not half - every man’s fantasy. Terribly sorry, but I don’t understand what this means. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/70 "2004-10-04T07:13:17Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Whaaaat? Near omnipotence, sarcastic, likes to f&^% around with people… what more could you ask? 😃 Oh, I don’t know, maybe NOT BEING EVIL.😉 > [@](#): > > Tentacle Monster: > > How could I have forgotten? > > Velma. You can keep Daphne. Gimme some of that Velma. How about Daphne’s body with Velma’s personality? (Except keep the glasses; glasses are sexy.) BTW, anyone else have a thing for Mr. Kotter’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/71 "2004-10-04T07:28:20Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > How about Daphne’s body with Velma’s personality? (Except keep the glasses; glasses are sexy.) Nope. That baggy orange sweater barely concealed a fine body, and I like the short brown hair. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/72 "2004-10-04T10:49:30Z")
**Death** (not DEATH\*\*\*\*\* - what were you thinking?) and **Delerium** from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series. Also **Molly Millions** (or whatever she’s called) Who crops up in more than one William Gibson book. \*\*\*\*\*Though I could go for his granddaughter **Susan** ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/73 "2004-10-04T12:54:55Z")
_All_ the men I’ve fallen in love with have turned out to be fictional characters. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/74 "2004-10-04T13:03:03Z")
Ron Weasley, from the books moreso - the character’s more developed in them. And I’m 27. ---
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Another Darcy fan, both of 'em, but only as played by Colin Firth. Yes, I used to love pre-Colin Darcy, but now that I’ve seen Colin Darcy, nothing else will do. The Jeremy Northam character from “The Perfect Husband.” The Sherlock Holmes from Laurie King’s novels. Reepicheep. (So I’m weird. Sue me!) Thomas Magnum. Rube from “Dead Like Me.” Okay, so I think Mandy Patinkin is forty kinds of hot. Sue me again! But the biggie of all big fictional loves for me is Lord Peter Wimsey. How much do I want to be Harriet Vane? Let me count the ways… ---
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There’s a lotta these, and I’m not gonna be able to remember them all… **Television** Willow, gotta go with Willow - Seasons 1-4, before she lost the geekiness almost entirely. By the same token, Winnifred Burkle from _Angel_. In the Star Trek milieu - I can see the appeal of the Daxes (both Ezri and Jadzia) but in the Star Trek overall competition I’m going with either Hoshi (of Enterprise) or, for an older-woman sort, Bev Crusher. Apparently, I like red hair. **Animation** Excel Excel, Gadget Hackwrench - both good choices already mentioned. I’m (of course) a fan of Jessica Rabbit. Though I might well contest the OP for Dot Warner, based purely on her personality. **Movies** Leeloo Dallas Multipass. 😃 Mia Kirshner as anybody. **Novels** Having recently finished the Harry Potter series, I admit that I hope strongly for a greater role for Nymphadora Tonks in the next one. **Comic Books** I like this incarnation of Rogue - from the comics - specifically, the Jim-Lee era Rogue, but not so much the movie Rogue. Babs Gordon, AKA Oracle. ---
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Aunt Betsey and the Peggottys in “David Copperfield.” Oh, and Uriah Heep, too. Malachi Constant/Unk in “Sirens of Titan” Estella in the movie “Sirens” (no relation to the above) Amos and Judith Starkadder in “Cold Comfort Farm” Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies (Emily Watson makes her more interesting than the books do) Lady MacBeth Doctor Who (Tom Baker, Peter Davison; Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton somewhat less) ---
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Tim Canterbury from _The Office_ Lloyd Dobbler from _Say Anything_ Tim Bayliss from _Homicide: Life on the Street_ Remus Lupin from the _Harry Potter_ books (although he is also quite yummy in the film) Sam Lowry from _Brazil_ Rob Gordon from _High Fidelity_ (the movie - I haven’t read the book yet) Michael Bolton from _Office Space_ And one so cliched I can’t believe no one mentioned it: Holden Caulfield from _Catcher in the Rye_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227/79 "2004-10-04T16:43:35Z")
I’ve been in love with **King Arthur** & \*\*Lancelot \*\* since I was about ten. I’m just like Guinevere. Also **Aragorn** , from the books. I’ve had a deep and abiding love for \*\*knights \*\* in general all my life, so any man who acts like the stereotype of a knight (chivalrous, honest, etc.) pretty much gets my vote. Yes, I know real knights weren’t like that. I also have always had love for **Arjun** , from Hindu mythology. My very first D&D charcter was named Arjun, and I tried to portray his goodness and desire to always do right. As far as ones I find sexy? Well I play mostly male characters in D&D, and I’m female. Not a problem except when I inadvertently find I’m (as in Elenia) attracted to some of my male NPCs. I think it throws the DM off as I’m the only female player. ---
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> [@Eve](#): > > _All_ the men I’ve fallen in love with have turned out to be fictional characters. Ah, sing out Louise… sing it to the rafters. Limiting it to gay characters and sticking to screen, I would go with Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline’s character from _In & Out_), though his deeply-closeted-at-40 aspect bothers me Bill Truitt (Martin Donovan’s widowed schoolteacher in _Opposite of Sex_) George Hanson (Paul Rudd’s character in _Object of My Affection_, though pretty much any Paul Rudd character would do for lust) The Faerie Cluracan from SANDMAN Emmett from _Queer as Folk_ For lust, Brian Kinney & Ethan the violinist from _Queer as Folk_, any Johnny Depp character regardless of sexual orientation with the exception of Edward Scissorhands, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Arthur Rimbaud. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-have-you-fallen-most-in-love-with/267227.md?page=5)