A Further Thought On My Fictional Forever Partners...
[Updated 12/4/20]
I've been doing a lot of thinking about how much I love Everett Hughes, and Kildarien Shadowbane, partly because of their comments about my Forever Partners list, partly because their writer expressed uncertainty about how I feel about Darien. As I've been thinking, it's occurred to me that there's a prerequisite to being on my Forever Partners list, something each man has to make me do. One none of the other characters on my lists have done. Every man on my Forever Partners list has made me cry in a "crying out the broken pieces of my heart" kind of way. Forthwith a list of the moment each broke my heart in a way that made me certain I wanted them to be Forever Partners of mine.
Top 10 Fictional Forever Partners Moments:
10) John Grant (Profiler)
I cried when he was shot in "Night Dreams".
9) Rhys (Merry Gentry)
I cried when he said on page 311 of Caress of Twilight, "You can't steal my courage with a kiss, Merry. You don't love me enough for that."
8) Jace Herondale (Shadowhunters)
I don't know when he first made me cry, he's made me cry a lot, but I do know the way he makes me cry every time. I cry at every version of his death at Valentine's hands.
7) Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood)
I cried as he cried in "Small Worlds".
6) Loki (Myth/Marvel)
I don't know when he very first made me cry, but I know when he first made me cry as played by Tom Hiddleston. I cried when he told Thor, "I'm sorry," in Thor: The Dark World.
5) Arthur (Myth/Merlin)
I don't know when he very first made me cry, but I know the way he makes me cry every time as played by Bradley James. I cry at his, "just hold me, please," in "The Diamond of the Day."
4) Methos (Highlander)
I cried when he said to the Watcher in "Methuselah's Gift", "Cut clean."
3) Deiniol ap Don (OMC)
I don't know when he first made me cry. He has been with me since I was 8.
2) Doctor Everett Hughes (World of Darkness Game)
I cried at the small noise he made as Darien brought him up to the Sanctuary after his fight with Jonathan.
1) Captain Kildarien Shadowbane (World of Darkness Game)
I cried as he told me how he'd die when he failed to protect someone he has given an Oath to protect.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about how much I love Everett Hughes, and Kildarien Shadowbane, partly because of their comments about my Forever Partners list, partly because their writer expressed uncertainty about how I feel about Darien. As I've been thinking, it's occurred to me that there's a prerequisite to being on my Forever Partners list, something each man has to make me do. One none of the other characters on my lists have done. Every man on my Forever Partners list has made me cry in a "crying out the broken pieces of my heart" kind of way. Forthwith a list of the moment each broke my heart in a way that made me certain I wanted them to be Forever Partners of mine.
Top 10 Fictional Forever Partners Moments:
10) John Grant (Profiler)
I cried when he was shot in "Night Dreams".
9) Rhys (Merry Gentry)
I cried when he said on page 311 of Caress of Twilight, "You can't steal my courage with a kiss, Merry. You don't love me enough for that."
8) Jace Herondale (Shadowhunters)
I don't know when he first made me cry, he's made me cry a lot, but I do know the way he makes me cry every time. I cry at every version of his death at Valentine's hands.
7) Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood)
I cried as he cried in "Small Worlds".
6) Loki (Myth/Marvel)
I don't know when he very first made me cry, but I know when he first made me cry as played by Tom Hiddleston. I cried when he told Thor, "I'm sorry," in Thor: The Dark World.
5) Arthur (Myth/Merlin)
I don't know when he very first made me cry, but I know the way he makes me cry every time as played by Bradley James. I cry at his, "just hold me, please," in "The Diamond of the Day."
4) Methos (Highlander)
I cried when he said to the Watcher in "Methuselah's Gift", "Cut clean."
3) Deiniol ap Don (OMC)
I don't know when he first made me cry. He has been with me since I was 8.
2) Doctor Everett Hughes (World of Darkness Game)
I cried at the small noise he made as Darien brought him up to the Sanctuary after his fight with Jonathan.
1) Captain Kildarien Shadowbane (World of Darkness Game)
I cried as he told me how he'd die when he failed to protect someone he has given an Oath to protect.