# Your Literary Crushes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596 "2006-05-29T04:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/1 "2006-05-29T04:55:21Z")
I know this topic has been done before, but not for some time. So what literary character makes your heart go pitter-pat? Mr. Darcy is a popular choice, but I reread _Northanger Abbey_ last autumn and now Henry Tilney is my fictional Austen man of choice. I’m also fond of Crowley from _Good Omens_ and Alexander the Great as portrayed by Mary Renault in _Fire From Heaven_ and _The Persian Boy_. And I might as well throw Hephaistion in there while I’m at it. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/2 "2006-05-29T05:09:30Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve posted about my not-so-secret crush on John Marshall Tanner, the tough-but-tender, proud-but-poor, lonely, Oreo-loving, occasional drinker and lover, ex-lawyer, and San Fransisco P.I. I’m currently re-reading the entire series of novels by Stephen Greenleaf… again. ::sigh:: Marsh. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/3 "2006-05-29T05:11:33Z")
Old or not, I’d be happy to sell a poke to Augustus Mcrae for $50 ( a few shots of his whiskey might get me for free 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/4 "2006-05-29T05:24:05Z")
I always had a crush on MasterHarper Robinton and Gilbert Blythe (once he grew up). Now I have a crush on [David Valentine](http://www.vampjac.com/vampireearth/), which was only made worse by the author writing me in as a bit part in the last book. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/5 "2006-05-29T07:55:27Z")
Speaking of Austen, I do adore Darcy but how could he compare the constant (if sometimes weak and resentful) Captain Wentworth. Frederick waited YEARS for his true love… all Darcy had to do is wave some Pemberley around and get his girl :). Of course, Anne probably caught malaria and died at sea but that was probably tons more fun than romping around some stuffy fancy house. Plus, no horrible relatives to put up with (I imagine Anne avoided her family like the plague after her marriage while Lizzie would be stuck with Lady De Bourgh & Mr. Collins). And there is Texan Stu Redman to consider as well … ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/6 "2006-05-29T10:10:25Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > I always had a crush on MasterHarper Robinton… Hmm… funny you should mention him. My usual answer to this question is that Menolly is the total package… talented, creative, with a good helping of down-to-Pern practicality and a bit of a shy streak. 🙂 [sub]Damn that Sebell!![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/7 "2006-05-29T10:21:18Z")
Recently, I’ve fallen for [Jaime Lannister](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Lannister#Jaime) like there’s no tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/8 "2006-05-29T10:25:43Z")
[Angua](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angua). Not **Angua** , although I’m sure she’s lovely. ---
**Author:** ![ACC\_Expat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@ACC\_Expat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ACC_Expat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/9 "2006-05-29T12:03:53Z")
Here’s two that make a lot of sense (and by “a lot of sense,” I mean no sense) together: Faramir Petyr Baelish (‘Littlefinger’) I blame [Amok’s portrait of Littlefinger](http://amoka.net/eng/gal/asoiaf/petyr.JPG). He gave him a prominent nose–how am I supposed to resist? ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/10 "2006-05-29T12:15:52Z")
Lord Peter Whimsey Simon Templar Phryne Fisher (obscure… pulpy Australian flapper detective… she wing walks, she’s a whizz with a gun… she has lots of steamy sex with everyone.) I guess my literary crushes are all of a certain type and period. Mmm. I could almost go for A.J. Raffles but he’s a bit early for me. Still, good cricketer which counts for something! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/11 "2006-05-29T12:45:34Z")
Oh, good, I’m first to claim Jamie Fraser of the _Outlander_ series by Diana Gabaldon. Who can not love a tall, redheaded Scot with the reflex of a cat, the fighting skills of a Navy SEAL, and the soul of a poet? He’s mine, I tell you! All mine! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/12 "2006-05-29T16:21:52Z")
> [@Arien](#): > > I’m also fond of Crowley from _Good Omens_ aslkdjasdklf FINE. I’ll age up Adam a few years then. 😛 Carrot from _Discworld_, Foaly from _Artemis Fowl_ (yes, I’m aware he’s a centaur, shut up), and Jeeves from P.G. Wodehouse’s _Jeeves and Wooster_. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/13 "2006-05-29T18:24:45Z")
Hyacinth Robinson in _The Princess Casamassima_. I was crushed the first time I read it and got to the ending, and I refuse to finish it whenever I re-read it. ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/14 "2006-05-29T18:38:05Z")
Haven’t read the book in 25+ years, but at one point I wanted to plow **Dagny Taggart** from **Atlas Shrugged** like a field. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/15 "2006-05-29T18:50:12Z")
I wouldn’t kick Lady Jessica from **Dune** out of bed. Anne Smiley from **The Karla Trilogy** , but only because she puts out (Yeah, I know, I’m awful. 😛 ). ---
**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:** [May 29, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/16 "2006-05-29T18:54:44Z")
Oh, there’s many. Trillian, of _The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy_ and sequels. Minerva, of _Time Enough for Love_. Miranda, of _The Tempest_. Hermione, of the _Harry Potter_ books (shut up, she’s 26 years old by now). But most of all, Dr. Susan Calvin, of _I, Robot_, and other stories by Asimov. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/17 "2006-05-29T19:05:15Z")
**Priceguy** and I will have to contrive to be arrested in Ankh-Morpork: you go for Angua, I’ll be cuffed by Vimes. 🙂 Zaphod Beeblebrox would be terrible for anything longer than two weeks, but he seems like a _heck_ of a fun date. Going classical, Berowne from “Love’s Labour’s Lost” is my oldest literary crush. “Have at you, then, affection’s men-at-arms!” Suffolk from the Henry VI trilogy is another good one. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, but it would be nigh-impossible to choose! ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/18 "2006-05-29T23:26:35Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > [sub]Damn that Sebell!![/sub] I’ll take him off her hands. (I’d go for Robinton, but that’s probably reaching a bit too high.) ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/19 "2006-05-29T23:30:01Z")
If I have to stay here on this planet, I’d go for Jim Chee in a minute (preferably not Navajo time). Back in time and wherever, to Gwynedd, Alaric Morgan all the way, baby! Deryni powers or not. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596/20 "2006-05-29T23:47:48Z")
Jane Eyre. I can see what Mr Rochester saw in her. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-literary-crushes/358596.md?page=2)