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Nicked from crumpeteer: a discussion of five fictional loves. You are forewarned about my strange tastes -- this post may shed some light on the reason why I've never actually had a significant other. Also, this is by no means a comprehensive list. I really hate how everything is always broken down into a "top five" or "best of" list, as if I could really say that one was better than the other. Where's the need for competition when I've already established that I like them all? But I digress... On to People I Would Totally Marry If They Actually Existed! Sadly, that seems to be a limiting factor for most of my infatuations.
1. Theodore Laurence from Little Women
Again stolen from crumpeteer, and included here for inspiring me to post this in the first place. I think he may well be my first literary love. I will confess to having a bit of a crush on Almanzo Wilder in my earlier years (a God-knows-how-long obsession with the Little House series will do that to the best of girls), but he's isn't fictional and sadly there is no place for him in this post. So back to Laurie! To put it simply, for the last ten years or so (no, I cannot actually remember the first time I read Little Women. Oh, the shame!) I have cherished him as my male ideal. That might seem like quite a lot to live up to, but look at how brilliantly he does it! He's charming and kind without ever crossing the line to cheesy or saccharine. I find that there's this kind of enchanting innocence that is essential to his character as well; I think Jo refuses him partially because she fears that getting married would somehow violate that innocence, in the classic "I don't want to ruin our friendship" fashion. Of course, she also fails to realize that, HELLO-O!! He has always been in love with you anyway! Ahem. But, seriously, he manages to make everything so romantic without even trying. I don't really see Jo/Laurie as this randomly blooming love: Laurie suddenly discovers that he has hormones and his best friend just happens to be a girl and omg they must make babies! Er, no. He is clearly a very dedicated and loyal lover throughout the book, occasional flirtations and rebound wife aside.
Oh, and he's rich. Marry me!
This is getting quite long, but I want to do it right, by golly! So I think I've now decided to just post one person at a time, in hopes that somebody will be able to read them without going cross-eyed at all the rambling. Part two will come whenever I stop playing free cell long enough to actually write an entire post.
1. Theodore Laurence from Little Women
Again stolen from crumpeteer, and included here for inspiring me to post this in the first place. I think he may well be my first literary love. I will confess to having a bit of a crush on Almanzo Wilder in my earlier years (a God-knows-how-long obsession with the Little House series will do that to the best of girls), but he's isn't fictional and sadly there is no place for him in this post. So back to Laurie! To put it simply, for the last ten years or so (no, I cannot actually remember the first time I read Little Women. Oh, the shame!) I have cherished him as my male ideal. That might seem like quite a lot to live up to, but look at how brilliantly he does it! He's charming and kind without ever crossing the line to cheesy or saccharine. I find that there's this kind of enchanting innocence that is essential to his character as well; I think Jo refuses him partially because she fears that getting married would somehow violate that innocence, in the classic "I don't want to ruin our friendship" fashion. Of course, she also fails to realize that, HELLO-O!! He has always been in love with you anyway! Ahem. But, seriously, he manages to make everything so romantic without even trying. I don't really see Jo/Laurie as this randomly blooming love: Laurie suddenly discovers that he has hormones and his best friend just happens to be a girl and omg they must make babies! Er, no. He is clearly a very dedicated and loyal lover throughout the book, occasional flirtations and rebound wife aside.
Oh, and he's rich. Marry me!
This is getting quite long, but I want to do it right, by golly! So I think I've now decided to just post one person at a time, in hopes that somebody will be able to read them without going cross-eyed at all the rambling. Part two will come whenever I stop playing free cell long enough to actually write an entire post.