Literary Crushes

[Cinchona]

mutagen said:

Also around that age, I crushed on the oldest brother in the Dicey's Song series, was his name James? The book Sons from Afar was really great in that regard, heh.

I did, too. It seems like Dicey's boyfriend Jeff also gets crushed on a lot.

[dwanollah]

It seems like Dicey's boyfriend Jeff also gets crushed on a lot.

He's awesome in "A Solitary Blue," but as soon as he starts mooning over scrappy Mary-Sue-Dicey, I lose interest.

I loved the fact that Joe was crazy about Betsy, even though she wasn't the prettiest girl in her Crowd and he was the hunk of their class.

So many literary heroes, even my beloved Gilbert Blythe, are fairly one-dimensional, but Joe is such a... character! I love his sense of humor. And his support of Betsy's writing alone would forever endear me.

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My crushes were always present in my low-brow literature. Bruce Patman from Sweet Valley High still holds a special place in my heart and of course Wolf from Tiger Eye by Judy Blume. Although I read that book a few years ago and now just find him creepy.

I also had a big thing for Gilbert Blythe.

And I can't believe I'm blanking on the name but I had a horrid crush on the sailor boyfriend in Witch of Blackbird Pond all throughout grade school. He's a sailor! And he loves an independant woman! And he doesn't want people to get burned at the stake! What's not to love?

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I can't decide between Ranger and Joe from the Stephanie Plum series. I'm currently going with Ranger because Joe has become kind of dull...

[Margo]

Here's an oldie - when I was a kid I read the Captain Blood books, and I had a crush on him. He was a pirate, but an honourable one... how could you resist that?

[sleepy]

jensational said:

My crushes were always present in my low-brow literature. Bruce Patman from Sweet Valley High still holds a special place in my heart and of course Wolf from Tiger Eye by Judy Blume. Although I read that book a few years ago and now just find him creepy.

I had the biggest crush on Wolf, too. I should reread it to see if I catch the creepy this time around. Although, I don't know if I will, since I read that book about a dozen times.

And I can't believe I'm blanking on the name but I had a horrid crush on the sailor boyfriend in Witch of Blackbird Pond all throughout grade school. He's a sailor! And he loves an independant woman! And he doesn't want people to get burned at the stake! What's not to love?

Ooh ooh I remember that book! His name was...his name was...crap...was it, Nathan or Nathaniel or something?

Also, when I was in second grade I had the most godawful crush on Almanzo Wilder. I thought he was so strong, so grown-up, so...manly.

[dwanollah]

My crushes were always present in my low-brow literature. Bruce Patman from Sweet Valley High still holds a special place in my heart

*points and laughs at Jensational*

Even with his icky mug on the cover of Book 3...? He always looked to me like a queeny John Travolta. Wait. Oxymoron.

I was more of a Bill Chase gal.

p.s. Wolf was awesome.

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I kind of liked Bruce Patman when he was dating that one girl and he stopped being a dick. What was her name? Didn't she die?

[glitterbug]

Was it Regina something? Wasn't she blind or something? I kind of liked him then too. Couldn't really get on with the Todds and the whoevers that Elizabeth dated - they were just wet blankets.

Topic? Been recently re-blown away by Heathcliff. I know he's not very nice but it's not his fault. On a less emotional level, there's always Jack Reacher (Lee Child novels) - ex-military, very logical and straightforward, probably got great biceps.

[kiran]

Yeah, it was Regina. She was deaf though. At least you didnt have a thing for Todd Wilkins. Leave me alone.