Fictional Character Crushes

Meta
Title:	Fictional Character Crushes
Creator:	Cassandra Claire
Date(s):	May 5, 2003
Medium:	online
Fandom:
Topic:
External Links:	Fictional Character Crushes; archive link for page 1; archive link for page 2; archive link for page 3; archive link for page 4; archive link for page 5; archive link for page 6; archive link for page 7; archive link for page 8; archive link for page 9; archive link for page 10; archive link for page 11; archive link for page 12; archive link for page 13; archive link for page 14; archive link for page 15
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.

Fictional Character Crushes is a 2003 essay by Cassandra Claire.

The posted essay has over 470 comments on 15 pages. One fan noted: "Wow, Cassie hasn't had a response like this since the last VSD on her other lj. She's created another monster."

The vast majority of crushes mentioned in the comments are crushes on males.

Fictional characters crushes, and on whom? Oh, and MOVIE AND TV AND CARTOON AND COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS DO NOT COUNT. Nothing with a visual. Book characters only. Historical figures count only in fictionalized versions.

From the Original Post

Now, the fictional character crush is a special kind of crush. It is, of course, one-sided, but strangely satisfying for all that. It says a lot about you. (There are the kind of people who crush on Harry, and the kind of people who crush on Draco, and the kind of people who despise them both and crush on Snape, because they like punishment. And then there are the kind of people who crush on Ron - poor, deranged souls.* Like cat people and dog people, they are all lovely people, but - different.) Crushes on fictional characters can turn out poorly to the accompaniment of much heartbreak - sometimes they die (Sidney Carton, A Tale of Two Cities); or they marry the wrong person (Laurie in Little Women) or they become so hideously badly written that you forget why you ever liked them in the first place (Lestat, The Vampire Chronicles.) Usually, however, they're the most enduring kind of crushes there are. :D

*joking. back, Ron fans. Back.

The first character I ever had a crush on was Alexander Armsworth in Ghosts I Have Been, because he was twelve, and I was twelve, and Blossom, the narrator of the book, had such a crush on him and was always going on and on about his curly blond hair and his suspenders. (Well, the book was set in 1914.) He was stuck-up and conceited and cowardly and one of the wealthiest kids in town, but he could generally be relied on in a crisis and would generally Do the Right Thing. Emily agrees with me: Alexander was hot.

Others:

Lord Peter Wimsey: He was blond, he was brilliant, he was Oxford educated, he had a clever family motto and a trusy manservant named Bunter. He solved crimes and drove a posh Daimler and had a great and unrequited passion for Harriet.

Mr. Darcy: Who doesn't have a crush on Mr. Darcy? The whole Colin Firth thing notwithstanding, he's just sexy in the book. Largely because he is a spoiled bastard, who gets reformed (but not too reformed) by the love of a good woman. It's the rake's progress, with expensive clothes. *huggles copy of Pride and Promiscuity, and leers.*

Heathcliff: None of my friends agree with me *sulk* and maybe it's just because I was twelve when I read Wuthering Heights, but I always had a crush on Heathcliff. I always liked that the author never even made a slight attempt to make Heathcliff seem like a pleasant fellow; he's bitter and brutal and vicious and tortures puppies, but his bond with Cathy illustrates the damage indissoluble passion can do, and the fact that real love has little to do with the personal worthiness of the beloved or even how happy they make you. "Be with me always...drive me mad...only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!" *chortles, is twelve again*

I never had a crush on anyone in Lord of the Rings. Never.

Howl in Howl's Moving Castle: He was blond (not really) and evil (not really) and he played the guitar and he lived in a moving castle and he had a collection of the gnawed-on hearts of young girls. And when he accidentally dyed his hair pink, his subsequent rage covered the countryside in green slime. I have had a crush on someone in almost every one of Diana Wynne Jones' books (Tom in Fire and Hemlock, Joris in the Homeward Bounders) but if I had to pick one, it would be Howl.

Colin in The Secret Garden: What? I was ten. (I don't think I realized this was a crush till later. Maybe it counts as first.) Colin was rich, he was spoiled, he had a horrific temper and big grey eyes. He screamed like a banshee and had an overdeveloped sense of personal injustice. I loved him. Recently I read some Colin/Dickon slash and went to bed wibbling. No one to blame but myself.

Brat and Simon from Brat Farrar: They were identical, so they were both blond and English and vaguely patrician-looking, but Brat was bitter and quiet with a tormented past, and Simon was cruel and spoiled and vicious. Brat wanted Simon to love him and Simon hated him and then Brat fell in love with his own sister and I was endlessly pleased, because I am weird that way.

Sebastian Flyte from Brideshead Revisited: He was also blond and also English and also rich and spoiled and he wore tennis whites and was obsessed with his teddy bear. Not promising-sounding, but he made it work. He was dissolute and Catholic and tragic and really pretty gay, although I can't remember it being explicitly spelled out. He made drinking yourself into insanity and death look good.

Bran in The Dark is Rising: He was blond, too. I am sensing a pattern. He wasn't rich, though - Emily says I always crush on the spoiled rotten boys, but Bran was the son of a farmer. I never had a crush on Will. Will was far too stolid.

Prince Corwin: How could I almost forget you! From Zelazny's Nice Princes in Amber series. He had black hair and green eyes and always wore black and silver, which was not as uptight as it sounds because he came from a color-coded family. He was a Prince of Amber; he fenced, he smoked, he swore, he slept around with his relatives. And he was always trying to take over the throne with endearing ruthlessness. As I sailed into Shadow, a white bird of my desire came and sat upon my right shoulder, and I wrote a note and tied it to its leg and sent it on its way. The note said, "I am coming," and it was signed by me. I would never rest until I held vengeance and the throne within my hand, and good night sweet prince to anyone who stood between my and these things.

Draco Malfoy: Ha, like we weren't expecting that one!

Some Fan Comments

[kitsune13]
Dude, Alexander was a sexy mofo. Heathcliff, too, in all his puppy-murdering glory, stalking across the moors, throbbing with elemental passion, ready to rend the fabric of death itself to find his beloved... er. Sorry. Having a moment. I read it at age 12, also. *g*

I was a Dickon-fancier myself; have you ever read Return to the Secret Garden? Despite fun slashy overtones, it's absolutely wretched: miserable, trite bollocks that has Mary marrying Basil and Colin and Dickon opening a gardening business, for gods' sake. *shudder*

Other crushes: Sport (Harriet the Spy and sequels), Anne of Green Gables, Turtle (The Westing Game) Simon from Joan Aiken's James III series, FredandGeorge, and this is rather bizarre, but the Bursar from Discworld. It's the dried frog pills, man.

[thegraybook]
The boy who played Sport in the movie of Harriet the Spy now plays Ephram on Everwood. Somehow this makes me feel dirty about my childhood crush on Sport.

[g33kgrrl]
wow, the Westing Game... I never had a crush on Turtle but I did want to be her, which is ever so close to being the same thing.

[llemma]
And Gilbert! From Anne of Green Gables.

And whatsisname, the guy she sleeps with to spite Jondalar, from the Clan of the Cave Bears series. Though I guess he counts under my rubric above.

[aeditimi]
That would be Ranec. Yummy. But I was always hot for Jondolar's brother, Thonolan. Blonde, blue eyes, AND a sense of humor!

[Mollie]

1) Dicken (again Secret Garden, my mom read the book to me when I was six, and i think he was my first one)
2) Luthe (Hero and the Crown)
3) Draco Malfoy
5) Lord Peter
6) Lymond (Lymond Chronicles)
7) John Tregarth (Elizabeth Peters' Vicky bliss books, he is very much in the Lymond/Lord Peter/ Draco tradition-I probably love him best)

[Traci]
You are the first person other than me that I have found to have had a crush on Luthe. He's just so cool. And blonde, of course. My friend, Alana, and I came up with a long list of our fictional crushes, and Luthe was on both of ours.

It also includes...

From "Harry Potter"
Remus Lupin
Sirius Black
From "The Dark is Rising Sequence"
Will Stanton
Bran Davies
From "Hero and the Crown" and "The Blue Sword"
Corlath
Luthe
From "Discworld"
Lord Vetinari
His Grace, the Duke of Ankh, Commander Samuel Vimes
From "Wheel of Time"
Mat Cauthon,
and Perrin Aybara
and quite a few others...

[anonymous]
Count me in too! [Luthe] always kinda reminds me of Isaac Hanson, with all that long curly hair . . . forgive me, I'm a Hanson fan. But that hall, and that lake, and that whole thing with Aerin in "Hero" . . . wooh!!

I crush on way-too-old blond curly haired mages. Yipes.

[zorb]
Very much with the Mr. Darcy. Shexy bastard, he is. I also have a huge crush on Shakespeare's Prince Hal (it counts!) because he just rocks the world. Paul, from Dune, because when I read it I had a crush on a guy who could have been him. And in the HP department, Harry's my guy, because I'm all about the dark-haired geeks. He's also very much in the "Wah you poor thing let me hug you!" category, along with Remus.

[Anonymous]
[...] Almost cried when Jo turned down Laurie and he then went and married Amy. Sulked for several days and kicked the book under my bed.

[heidi8]
: again ponders survey about whether there is a correlation between angst over the laurie/amy marriage and SHIPping in HP

Heidi, who crushed on Laurie for about 2/3 of the book, then lost it upon realising that he's actually an utter idiot

[zorb]
I often I feel like I'm the only H/Hr shipper who thought Laurie and Jo were all wrong for each other. I never really liked him. Could've been because I kept thinking he was a girl, with that name.

[Anonymous]
Laurie and Jo were perfect for each other!!! and Amy is such a Mary Sue who was wrong for Laurie!!! Not fair!!! I don't like Jo and her beloved "professor"... poo and double poo!

[Anonymous]
Forgot for a sec that Laurie is a boy. Wondered what edition YOU had, then realized my mistake. Now feel very silly. I should, perhaps, lay off the slash for awhile..

[SPem]

1. Richard Cory from E.A. Robinson's poem "Richard Cory"
2. Francisco d'Anconia, Hank Rearden, and John Galt from Atlas Shrugged
3. Rand al'Thor from Robert Jordan's bloated The Wheel of Time series
4. Adam and Nick from L.J. Smith's The Secret Circle series
5. Norton from Peter Gether's books The Cat Who Went to Paris, A Cat Abroad, and The Cat Who'll Live Forever
6. Ethan from Michael Chabon's Summerland
...and
7. I too was in love with Heathcliff...how could you not be?

[shemmelle]
I too also had a crush on Colin from Secret Garden...think possibly was older than 10 though...oh what does that say about me?

Also Mr Darcy - and also love Pride and Promiscuity...love giving, it to unsuspecting straitlaced Jane Austen fans.

Other Literary crushs...Various Heroes from Georgette Heyer Novels...

[frolicksome_one]
when i was smaller, i went through a phase of liking any guy in whatever book i was reading. i can remember, at 7, liking some guy from an americal girl (ich) book. also, horatio hornblower (ioan gruffudd is so hot:) ), lestat, too, but i didn't read all the books, so he's still well written in my mind, peaceable sherwood (book by Elizabeth Marie Pope) who is also rich blonde, and reminds me of draco, simba from the lion king (it was only for two days...lions are fluffy) Dickon from the Secret Garden, Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island, William from Knight's Tale, rather Gabriel from The Patriot (who doesn't love Heath??) and at first I liked Ron, then I liked Harry, then I liked Ron again, but I've found my match now...Draco. It was the whole bouncing ferret thing:)

[And more I didn't think of before...]

Peter-Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (high king?? sword?? hello!!)
Benedict-Much Ado About Nothing (cynical)
The Irish Dude-Doctor Dolittle (yeah.)
Rhys-The Two Princesses of Bamarre (heeheehee)
Luke-Star Wars (oh yeah. He's so whiny, he just needs a girlfriend. plus he doesn't get Leia at the end:( )
Wesley-The Princess Bride (carey Elwes is SO cool)
The Prince-The Little Prince (He's so CUTE!!! And I was about 5, anyway)
Theo-The Westmark Trilogy (heh heh heh)
Laurie-Little Women (who doesn't like him?)
Stephen Maturin-Jack O'Brian Books (British...Navy...COOL)
Mr. Darcy-(I loff him:) )
Mi Taylor-National Velvet (yay--horses, boys, girls dressing up like boys, yay)
Prince Jonathan-Alanna Books
Robin Hood-Robin Hood (don't ask...)

[aome]
Okay, for as much as I read, I also have to say that I rarely get crushes on book characters. Am *much* more likely to get crushes on visuals - TV, movie, comic-book etc, but you've outlawed those. *sulk*

Characters that come to mind:

• Geraden from S. Donaldson's "Mirror of Her Dreams" and "A Man Rides Through". Cute and caring and bumbling, but actually very powerful - he just hadn't realised it.

• Both Kerowyn *and* Elden in "By the Sword" (Lackey). She's blonde and beautiful and a damn good swordswoman. He's got sable hair and a gorgeous smile and is a Herald.

And while we're on the subject of Lackey books: Darkwind from the Winds trilogy. Hawkbrother. Mage. Need I say more?

Oh, and this will be kind of stupid, but, in hindsight, I suspect I had a crush on Ayla in the Clan of the Cave Bear books.

And Lupin. Ordinary, canon Lupin. Oh, absolutely.

[Jo]
Can't remember the first character I ever had a crush on (probably at that time I didn't even realise it was a crush), but definitely Harry. He's just so adorable. And Laurie from Little Women. I didn't really like the book all that much, cos she stuffed up the ending. I mean, Laurie with Amy?! A good looking boy like Laurie doesn't deserve her.

I love Garion in the Belgariad series by David Eddings. And Jondalar in the Children of the Earth series. The way how he's always described as so good looking just makes me sigh contentedly :)

I agree with you about the Diana Wynne Jones characters. I liked Cat in Charmed Life and there was another dude in one of her other books who I liked as well, can't remember. And Jonathan I think from Tamora Pierce's books. I tend to go for all the protagonists rather than the antagonists.

[herm_i_o_ninny]
I love Garion too, and Jondalar, although I also liked Thonolan, I would have to say, I do think Jondalar beats Thonolan in my books though.

[Anonymous]
Yes, well, there's that whole bit where he gets manic depressive and suicidal. Somewhat of a turn-off.

Also a turn-off: Being informed by one's mother that she read the Clan of the Cave Bear books back when they first came out and used to refer to one's father as "my own Jondalar". Oh, squick. I cannot look at those books anymore.

[luvspot]
My character crushes, I have noticed, keep a strange pattern.

Tobias from Animorphs. He was the dorky kid that was always off by himself. Blond hair, fair skin. Adorable thing. Plus, he had all that "I'm a hawk" turmoil.

Ender from Ender's Game. Wow, that character had issues. I loved him when he was six, up until now. That's my longest relationship with any fictional character, I'd imagine. Because he was really over two thousand or so years old. Does anyone actually follow this? But, yeah. Ender had that "I destroyed a peace-loving alien species" turmoil.

Draco. A lot. And your stories made it nothing but worse. Taking a character I already adore, and give him that little dose of inner turmoil spells disaster. I blame you for that one. Although, I never really went for Harry. I guess it seemed like an easy way out at the time. Although, he is full of turmoil as well. Just an ... obvious kind.

The boy on the beach from Echo. It never says his name, but ... man. Inner turmoil like no other. So much inner turmoil that he lives on an abandoned beach with fake wings glued to his back and doesn't talk to anybody.

Ramses from the Amelia Peabody series. Because, hey. He's got to take care of his family while trying to save Egypt, which puts his family in danger. What a paradox. Turmoil abounds.

Oh, and I never went for Colin in the Secret Garden. I was always largely a fan of Dicken. But, alas. That could not last. Where is his inner turmoil?

[alizarinish]
"Ender from Ender's Game. Wow, that character had issues. I loved him when he was six, up until now. That's my longest relationship with any fictional character, I'd imagine. Because he was really over two thousand or so years old. Does anyone actually follow this? But, yeah. Ender had that "I destroyed a peace-loving alien species" turmoil."

*nodds*
I love him... and Bean. Wonderful tortured souls that they are.

[aeditimi]
After much thought and reflection, I have discovered that my fiction-crushes have absolutely NOTHING in common. Hmm. Something for every mood.

HP crush: LUPIN. When you want someone wise, sensitive, sexy, and ever so slightly dangerous. Plus, saying this keeps me off the radar as a pedophile, which, in my line of work (ministry) is definitely a good thing!

LOTR crush: SAM. I'll say it again, because I know I'm in the minority: SAM. I loved him from the start, but it was the last chapter of Two Towers, "The Choices of Master Samwise" that sealed the deal. His loyalty, bravery, humility, and above all, his love for Frodo, make him perhaps my all-time favorite character in literature. And he's cute and roly-poly.

Hitchhiker's Guide people- I always liked poor confused Arthur Dent. He needed someone to love him because he was so lonely and missing his tea. Quite pathetic really. The mothering instinct kicks in.

And speaking of issues, I loved Atticus in To Kill A Mockingbird. But I think I just wanted him to be my Dad. Paging Dr. Freud...

Rhett Butler makes me melty. Confirming the rumor that I do indeed like the bad boys... sometimes. When I'm not crushing on SAM.

Thonolan from Valley of the Horses. I cried like a baby when he died. Ayla didn't know what she was missing!

Kudos to whoever thought of Nat from the Witch on Blackbird Pond. I'd forgotten about that. But yes, sailors have a definite appeal.

But here's my first crush, and I was FOUR. My dad read me "Watership Down," which, if you have not read it, is all about RABBITS. Not people. Rabbits. But rabbits were my favorite animal, and I would spend all day hopping around and having my parents yell at me for trying to eat grass. I was FOUR, dammit! And I wanted to be a rabbit. Hyzenthay, to be specific, because I always figured that she was Bigwig's girlfriend. And I loved Bigwig. He was my hero, and the coolest creature ever. The scene where he got caught in the snare... oh, the angst! I was an angst junkie even then! And I loved him dearly.

Sadly, I am not a rabbit. *hops away sullenly*

[boaredtodeath]
I think the main two fictional guys I had a crush on were:

1. Mr. Edward Fairfax Rochester from Jane Eyre. He's a dark, handsome man that knocks Jane right off her feet, a good sense of humor, intelligent, and he's also quite a romantic too I guess...

2. King Caspian from The Voyage of The Dawn Treader. For one thing he's a king, he's kind, caring, and brave. I think he's blonde too... ^_^

Actually change that to three guys because I cannot forget Draco!

3. Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter. So who cares if he is an arrogant, bloody annoying bastard... alright so maybe a few people care. But I like his sarcasm, his odd sense of humor, and plus he is very hot, well in my imagination at least...

[anonymous]

1)Always Lancelot from mists of Avalon.
2)Tanis from Dragon Lance. Long life and good looks. What more can you want?
3) Corlath from "The Blue Sword" *wishes he would kidnap me in the middle of the night*
4)Yes I have to say it... Legolas. *ducks and waits for barrage of screams and thrown objects* From the books not the movie though!! ( well... actually from the movie too but we wont go there ^_^) *ducks again*
5) Definitely Almanzo Wilder from Little House series.
6)Most recently Joscelin from the Kushiel's Dart series. sooooo hot! (seriously recommend reading this series to anyone over the age of 18 ^_^)
7)and last a HP char. Hmm for me most likely it would be Charlie or Bill Weasley. I think charlie most likely.

Oh dear why did I have to remember all of these? Anyone else now going to go back and read all their favorite books over again?

[tropes]
Dickon in The Secret Garden. Rar. He can plant my bulbs anyday.

Totally Bran from TDIR -- those eyes! That hair! Actually even then I just wanted to slash him with Will. :D

Mr. Darcy <333333333 -- He's kind of a cipher within the book a lot of the time, but when he does speak... Oh dear.

Mendenbar from The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (hey, I was 10)-- he seemed nice and he was awkward with words like I was.

Bonanza Jellybean from Even Cowgirls Get the Blues -- I wept at the end of the book, because she was my secret girl crush. Sissy was too much of an object for me to like her

Remus Lupin -- Oh man. I'll never quite get over this one. Every time I reread PoA, I get all schmoopy for Lupie all over again. That's why I refuse to write him. It would be too weird.

[ecwoodburn]
My number one pick: Teddy Kent, from L. M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon series. Forget Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables -- he was alright up until they started having kids, and I certainly had sympathy for him, especially in Anne of the Island. But -- Teddy! Artistic, sweet, kind, animal and plant lover, dark hair, dark blue eyes, and a psychic link to Emily! *swoon* What is not to love? OK, that one episode with *cough* I'll omit spoilers for the last book. And anyway, Emily forgave him for it in the end. s:)

Harry, of course. Such the sweet ickle thing. And the eyes! And the glasses! (Hmm. Seem to be sucker for guys with dark hair and interesting eyes.)

I'd say Remus Lupin, but in PoA it's obvious that he's been crushing so hard on Sirius all these years, even if Sirius never loved him back that way, that I just feel badly and want to cuddle him when Harry asks about Remus knowing James and Sirius when they were all in school together.

Oh, and I know he was on TV first, but can I count Will Riker in Imzadi (Peter David)? Yeah, he's a bit of a flaming jerk when he first gets to Betazed, but I've got to give him credit for pulling his act together for the end.

[mahoney]
Ooh, fictional-character crushes! Happy subject!

Yes, Mr. Darcy, and also Bran - was abjectly in love with Bran, actually.

Both of the main characters in "Lost in the Barrens" by Farley Mowat -- Awasin & Jamie. They were both so brave and clever and loyal and I was convinced they were also drop-dead gorgeous.

From Roger Zelazney's first 5 Amber books, Random -- smart, irreverent, fiery, not interested in the insane political games his family played, capable of great love and wisdom. From the last 5 books, Merlin. I think I was at least as attracted to his name as I was to the rest of him. A young cool guy named Merlin. Guh.

Rex Stout's Archie Goodwin. Noir without the deathwish.

Elizabeth Peters' Ramses, until I could no longer read around the parts indicating he was actually in love with that twit Nefret. At which point I lost all respect for him, and away went the crush.

I have an overwhelming urge to reread about 50 books right now.

[penmage]
I admit it. I've always loved Bran, from TDiR.

As well as Howl. I loved Howl. Though I might love Tom, from Fire and Hemlocl, even more. It's a close call. I'm not quite sure which DWJ character has my heart, but it's between those two.

Aragorn. From his first bookly appearance as Strider, I fell in love with him. Viggo Mortensen definitly made it worse, but this was originally an all-book-based fictional crush.

Amergin, from Morgan Llywelyn's Bard. I loved him so much. He was handsome and smart and broody and loved words, and - oh! I swear, I was pissed off when he hooked up in the book. He might have been my worst fictional crush.

Joel, in Suzy McKee Charnas's Wizard Hall trilogy, specifically in The Golden Thread. I was pissed off that he wasn't real and my friend, I was.

Joscelin (also Delaunay, I suppose) from thr Kushiel books. Yummy, yummy Joscelin.

And both Conal and Urdo from Jo Walton's Sulien books. Conal was so sharp and - well, Draco-ish. And Urdo - Urdo is just wonderful. There's nothing else even to say.

[schuywriter]
This is the best topic. I'm going to write up on it a bit in my journal today. You really touched on something important to people and I loved reading everyone's responses! As for mine, I have not had that many literary crushes, but my crushes have run very deeply.

My first literary crush: Johnny Cade from The Outsiders

second, M&M from That was Then This Is Now (I wanted to kill Emilio Estevez for how he SLAUGHTERED M&M in that horrid film. I have NEVER forgiven him for it. I don't think I ever will. He changed M&M completely --more on that in my journal, though.

Third: Dickon Sowerby from The Secret Garden. He's listed in my interests. Strangely enough, I think only one other LJ user has Dickon in their interests. I adore this character. He influences so much of my writing and represents so many wonderful and true things for me.

[jredmont]
I had a hard crush on Jeremy Walker from Anne Rice's Belinda after I read it. He was a passionate painter who drew pictures of little girls, then he met a 16 year old film actress who shacked up with him. It's obviously a great fantasy, especially for a younger girl (I was 19 or so when I read this), but Jeremy is just so...borderline psycho, but he pulls back right before. And Belinda's never scared by the stuff he makes her do... Prob. meant to be a fantasy for a man (or is it?), but I really loved Jeremy.

[malacite]
First one, well, the dad from "The Little Princess", or some title along those lines. I have no clue how old I was when I crushed on him, but I bet I was young. >_<

Next, and my still my favourite, Sorensen Carlisle from Margaret Mahy's "Changeovers". He was so hot, even though I think he was described as ugly. He just acted so hot.

Aragorn was also a book crush (this was before movie though). He was especially hot in the Prancing Pony.

And lastly, Crowley from "Good Omens". Hot demons all the way.

[darkest_light]
Ah, yes, I'm right with you in the Darcy love. In fact, Darcy is (and will remain) the sole recipient of my prestigious "too hot to slash" award. (Tragically, he only earned this after long, arduous discussions of his potential with Bingley and with Wickham)

A recent crush is Holly from Artemis Fowl I didn't start crusing on her until The Arctic Incident, though, because she really did nothing other than sit around being held hostage in the first book. The second book, though, opened with a description of her short red hair. And then she started kicking serious ass, and I was smitten.

I see a lot of people who loved Colin and Dickon, but what about Archibald? He was remote and intimidating... and so much in love with Lily. It was beautiful.

I also adore Inez from No Exit. She's probably not a very wise idea for a crush (what with her driving her lover Florence to killing them both...) but she's really cool when she pines after Estelle, who is of course unworthy of her, and shows herself to be a really even match for Garcin. "They always said I was a damned bitch. Damned already, so it's not a surprise I'm down here..." Even though it's a play, it counts because I've never actually seen a production.

My HP love would have to be Remus Lupin. I don't think I have to explain why, because so many other people here have talked about him.

[poconell]
First and foremost, Duddy Kravitz. I loved the way he would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. There was a very brief twinge of regret, when he destroyed the people he loved on his path to success, so he wasn't all bad.

Secondly, Horatio Hornblower. I actually never read those, but the actor on the A&E special was pretty hot, and the character was fabulous.

Jack from Lord of the Flies. Wonderfully dark and evil young bastard! I named my son after him!

John Thorton from Call of the Wild. I just like those outdoors-y types, and he was very gentle and kind to Buck.

Then there's Jason Bourne, Encyclopedia Brown, Muad'Dib of Dune, and the list goes on.

And, of course Ron Weasley! Sorry, but you did ask.

[writerbuggie]
My all time favorite is Rhett Butler from Gone With the Wind. Clark Gable's great, and probably the best they could have done for the part, but not *exactly* what I had in mind when I read the book 27 times. So smirky and sarcastic, loyal to the culture of the Old South even though it got him tossed out of his home and family, able to rebel against it but never quite hate it. I just love his confliction.

[queeniefox]
I don't know if you can have crushes when you're three but if you can I had one on the Blue Fairy from Pinoccio. I had a book with pictures from the Disney film and she was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

Apart from that...

Vetinari from the Discworld, which has something to do with the way he talks I think. And the 'donkey minaret, minaret donkey' thing.

*looks embarrassed* Snape. Way before the movie as well. Oh dear.

Crowley and (I'm going to spell this wrong and look stupid) Aziraphale from Good Omens. Crowley because...well just because he's Crowley and Aziraphale because he says 'dear boy' and I feel a bit sorry for him.

And I'm with you on Sebastian Flyte. Once you get past the teddy thing. I on first reading I quite liked him, but it took about one line in the TV adaption to be smitten, and smitten I have been ever since. Oh, and Charles says their time together contained 'naughtiness high in the catalogue of grave sins' so yes, they were a bit gay. I actually have a bit of a thing for Anthony Blanche as well. Now that is disturbing...

[sarmajere]
Faramir(the canon version with black hair) I adore his quiet strength, his intellgence, and I kind of identify with the Denethor issue. If I wasn't already in love with him by the Seige Of Minas Tirith, that chapter is what definitly put me over the edge. Add in how he woed Eowyn and yes, I adore him.

Dalamar Argent(Dragonlance) What can I say about my Dark Elf? *sigh* He has a dark and somewhat tortured past, was exhiled from his homeland for sticking to his beleifs and is willing to give it all for his magic. And he has some really great pick up lines. *G*

Elbereth(Forgotten Realms) He goes from being an arrogant spoiled prince to becoming his people's only hope. He also is a lot more intruiging than the main character Cadderly. Oh and he's another black haired elf. Do we see a pattern?

Sirius Black-Oh Sirius. Poor Poor angsty tormented Sirius. I love his devotion and loyalty, his willingness to do anything for Harry and the inner strength that it must have taken him to survive 13 years in Azkaban. I also love fanon MWPP Sirius who seems great at leading the group into trouble.

And they all have black hair...I'm seeing connections too.

[adrienneherbst]
Ahh! Ghosts I Have Been! The adventures of Blossom Culp! DUDE, that was the best book!

So, crushes. Hm.

Shakespeare:
-- Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing
-- Richard III from Richard III (villain mode) and Henry VI Part III(hilarious teenage angst mode).
-- Katherina from Taming of the Shrew.
-- Puck from Midsummer's Night Dream.

Gah, I seem to remember having a thing for somebody in the Great Brain series but I can't exactly put my foot on who it was. Man, childrens' humor books are the best. No, let me amend that. Childrens' books are the best. XD

Caddie Woodlawn.

LotR: Eowyn. No elf-boys, no dunedain; just the gorgeous stone-cold-dyke-who-wasn't. WHY was she het? Why, why, why? ALAS.

Francesca Lia Block:
Dirk and to a small degree Angel Juan and whatsisname Cherokee's boyfriend and probably Pup too. Wow, that's a lot of boys. O_o Mostly Dirk, though. Mmmm, guh, Darby Crash boy.

Ms. Honey from Matilda.

The Phantom of the Opera. Shut up. *deep deep shame*

Tamora Pierce:
-- Buri the bulldyke archer girl. :D
-- Liam, the big ridiculously not-my-type Shang Dragon. MMpurrr big hands.

Greek Myths:
-- Agamemnon, in a horrible strange bdsm-kink way that I'm not really sure counts as a crush. O_o
-- Clytemnestra.
-- Artemis.
-- Hephaistos.
-- Poseidon.
-- Medea.

...and I am remembering scads and scads of crushes-- on boys, even! from all these childrens' books that I can't remember. Gah! But, yes. Litcrushes, mm.

[Little]
Oh my... I can finally reveal my dark secret to people who will understand! When I was four, I had a huge crush on Christopher Robin - now, I do admit that it was the Disney cartoons that made me love him at first, but I immediately begged my mother to go out and buy all the A.A. Milne books. Of course, my older sister teased me mercilessly until I was forced to deny my love to get her to leave me alone!

Pottercrushes...definitely Remus Lupin, and Harry, and DT Draco, and lately Lori's HWTF Ron.

Others: Joe Willard from the Betsy-Tacy series, Kit from Diane Duane's "Young Wizards" series, Sameth from Garth Nix's Abhorsen (he's a recent one - and it's probably due to his ability to make cool magical gadgets - reminds me of my husband, who makes many cool gadgets - without the magic, of course).

There were/are others, but most of them have been mentioned...thanks for letting me spill my guts anonymously.

[divadivine]
Seems as soon as you mention it all the books I've ever read seem to fly out of my head. Hm... I think, as I try to sort this out in my mind, that I have probably had a little crush on almost all male characters I have read. Okay, not all, but a lot. I keep thinking back to different books and thinking and him, and him too, oh, and him!

Let's see... Robert in The Awakening, because he's just so hot because he's forbidden. Then there's Dan in A Prayer for Owen Meany because he's just such a great guy, and even though Irving describes him as funny-looking there is just this gorgeous image in my mind that won't leave me alone. John Wade in In the Lake of the Woods, b/c despite the fact that he had that whole disturbed-stalker thing going on which was most definitely repulsive, he suffers so much and I just want to... Well, I'm not sure exactly what, but it's most definitely something, something gooood. St. John Rivers in Jane Eyre, which probably sounds really weird, but there's just something about him... He's an arrogant ass, an arrogant ass who does the right thing when he needs to, but an arrogant ass all the same... He's just so intelligent and so... Unattainable. I can't quite describe it. There's also Merlin in The Crystal Cave of course, how could I not? In the same book Ambrosius and Uther too, the former b/c he just has this wholesome I-want-to-do-the-right-thing-even-though-I-keep-screwing-up thing that, when added to the whole warrior-king card, is dead sexy... The latter b/c he's such a jerk, but somewhere down there his heart is in the right place. Deep down.

There are probably quite a few in London as that book spanned over 2000 years and thus lots of male characters, I don't really remember many of them though, since I read that book five years ago... The ones currently coming to mind are Julius, Offa, Leofric (another arrogant, imperious jerk, but one that is just so sexually attractive for that very reason, he also holds the unattainable card, the thought of conquering him...)... And, bad as it sounds, Segovax, which really made me feel like a child molestor since he was like 9 years old (I was 13 at the time, so it wasn't too horribly bad, but still, it felt almost dirty), but he's just so brave & he tries so hard & he suffers too-oo. Definitely Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, b/c he just had that charming mischief about him and he is just gorgeous in my mind's eye. I had a bit of a crush on Ben in Follies too, and I think that counts, since we read it way before we performed it, & the person I came up with in my head appealed to me infinitely more than did the person who actually played the part. I am tempted to say Oberon in Midsummer, but I really think that is less a result of reading the play than it is of my playing Titania last fall. I think I was a little bit attracted to him beforehand, not much, but having to build up that kind of chemistry and sexual tension onstage leaves a permanent mark on a character.

I might have had a crush on Nathan in Sophie's Choice, however, he reminded me far too much of my father and as such killed off any possibility there. *shudders*

And of course, inevitably, we come to the HP books. I love Draco, but it wasn't always this way. It was actually you who did that (I've been lurking for about two years now), reading the DT permanently altered my vision of Draco in a way that I cannot remember exactly how I felt about him beforehand, nor can I ever remember not feeling this way. I used to really despise him, I went from wanting to give him a good smacking around to, well, wanting to give him a good smacking around *smirk*. There was also Sirius, but that's rather different, it's actually more of a paternalistic thing, which is pretty sick. Remus also comes in, because I just loff him so much and definitely want him *smirk*... And of course there is Harry, because I am a suffering-hero-loving type of girl, and if that makes me unoriginal (is that even a word?) I really don't care, I just love him for reasons that take way too long to get into... Especially since I've already doubtless wasted enough of your time.

[goseaward]
Bran in The Dark is Rising is definitely crush-worthy. Although slashing him with Barney or Will can be a lot more fun than crushing on him. Anyway, he's also a musician: nothing's sexier than a Welsh lap harp.

[Anonymous]
How can we be talking about Diana Wynne Jones without talking about Mordion (Hexwood)? He's amnesic, he's tormented by guilt, he has superhuman powers, he looks good in a camel coat. What's not to like?

[jennybunny]
Heathcliff is the sexiest thing to ever happen to literature. Those poor Bronte sisters make the evil men so sexy.

Jonas from the Giver was one of my first crushes. I loved it when he went on the sled ride. I want his fictional babies.

[cliz]
My brother was a huge fan of Animorphs as a kid and managed to get me to read them - and despite the fact that I am four years older and wiser, I was sucked in. I always liked Tobais, but it was hard to crush on the poor guy, seeing as how he ate fieldmice for breakfast. :)

[dayafternext]
Mordred is a sickly evil little blond boy. I love sickly evil little blond boys!

[longtimegone]
From the age of 9 I had a crush on Rhett Butler. Yeah, so he was an ass. He had ungodly amounts of money and just didn't give a shit. Except about Scarlett. She screwed up and lost the man that loved her passionately for exactly who she was warts and all. As I grew older, I began to respect him for leaving her. He'll always have a place in my heart no matter how cheesy it may be for me to love Gone with the Wind as much as I do.

[ryokoblue]
So with ya on the Heathcliff love. I *heart* anti-heroes.

Oh, and of course, also shared Draco-love, shared old-school-Lestat love. When I was 13, I had a healthy appreciation for Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing." Iago from "Othello" too because good villains have such irresistable charisma. *g*

[cyclogenesis]
Phineas in A Separate Peace, by John Knowles. Because Gene loved him, and god, so did I.

[adjectivegirl]
...though I can't remember his damned name. He was Laura Ingalls Wilder's long term grow-up-with-him ride in sleigh with him have his bebbies boy toy from, virtually Little Town on the Prarie to his death. Ah, I found it! Almanzo! Isn't that sexy? I wanted me my very own prairie boy when I was in grade school, and it never quite delivered. Pa, as well, in these books, was the stoic sexy provider and I STILL haven't tasted real venison.

[squigeon]
Damn fictional crushes...

I crushed Colin from The Secret Garden, too. Him and his screaming. Hahaha...and I was even YOUNGER than 10. Like...around seven, maybe. Must reread that book soon.

Mr. Darcy. Well, that's a given. Despite the fact that I hated the book Pride and Prejudice (I'd appreciate it terribly if you would simply not kill me. Thanks.), I still wanted Darcy. Oh, yes.

Holden Caulfield from Catcher In the Rye. Ah, the angst. His love for Phoebe. How he wandered the streets pretending he had just been shot in the gut for NO REASON :D

James Nightshade from Something Wicked This Way Comes. Come on...I was, like, TWELVE. Don't give me that look. He was described as the boy who ran like a kite flew. And he had dark, curly hair with green eyes. I'm a sucker for the combo.

And, of course, Harry. AND Draco. Here's the main reason I ever started reading slash...I mean, if I can't have either, then they can sure as hell have each other. I'll live through them in some twisted little way. Awww...theirloveissovicarious!

There are more, but I can't think of them at the moment since most happened right when all my pubescent hormones were kicking in and most anything with a dick seemed crushable. But I'm certainly not above fantasizing...just nothing suiting my tastes has come along lately. I need to go to the library :P

[resmiranda]
Urg. Embarrassingly enough, Zaphod Beeblebrox from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy back when I was twelve years old. I don't know what I was thinking, but the three arms and two heads was basically 5/12ths of a threesome (if you count major body parts... maybe 5/14ths...*ponders*) Anyway, apparently I was fond of potheads. [...]

So cool you could keep a side of meat in him for a month! So hip he couldn't see over his pelvis!

[small_rodent]
I had a crush on Silk from the Belgariad as a kid, and also on Ramses from the Amelia Peabody series. There's something about those rogish types...

[inteligrrl]
Sherlock Holmes because damn, that much brain in a guy will always be hot.

Emerson, Ramses and the Master Criminal from the Amelia Peabody series, each for many different reasons and because they embody all the various combinations for my ideal guy.
Mr. Knightly from Jane Austen's Emma. - yet again too many reasons to count.
Mr. Travilla and Mr. Dinsmore from Martha Finnley's Elsie Dinsmore series. He was always the loveliest character.
Professor Behr and Laurie from Little Women.
Uncle Mac, Cousin Mac, Charlie, and Arthur from Eight Cousins and Rose In Bloom by Louisa May Alcott.

Why yes I've always had a thing for older men, why do you ask? *g*

[kalari]
Yay! Yayayayay!! SOO glad someone mentioned the Master Criminal! I've always loved him...and even more so loved Sir John Smythe from the Vicky Bliss series, because he IS the Master Criminal...only not forbidden (let's face it, Amelia is going to have serious guilt issues if she ever acts on her feelings for the MC). Also by same author...Riley from Into the Darkness What can I say? Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters writes men the way I like them - sexy, dangerous, badboy, and deeply in love with the heroine.

Also have to agree on Rhett Butler and Mr. Darcy...have long maintained that these two are the two sexiest men in Literature (I don't, by any stretch of the imaginations have delusions of Elizabeth Peters being literature, much as I love her).

Oh, yes, and had the obligatory Legolas phase in high school. Come on! He's an ELF-PRINCE! How can you NOT?

[heidi8]
: notes total lack of Outsiders characters on there.

Of course, my grandest S.E. Hinton crush was Tex. Poor ickle wooblet.

Cassie says I am weird for having crushed on the blind boy in The Cay. I was 11. I was at a miserable summer camp. It happens.

[Anonymous]
i am proud of my now-slightly-wrong childhood crushes! *holds head up high*

[cirakaite]
Bran from TDiR, of course- and Will, but he always reminded me of my brother, so it wasn't a real crush.

Tannim, from Mercedes Lackey's SERRAted Edge- fast cars, magic, and eternal self-confidence. I can't even remember what he was supposed to look like, but I fell hard.

Anita Blake, because she's Anita. The last book effectively killed that crush, and I am in mourning. It's been replaced by Jason from the same books :P

Beatrice, from Much Ado About Nothing for the obvious reasons that had nothing to do with Emma Thompson.

And many, many more. Including Jaenelle from the Anne Bishop Blood books, and Seregil from Llyn Flewelling. But funnily enough, none of the HP characters, unless you could fanon incarnations.

[Anonymous]
God, yes, ofcourse, Anita. And of course Jean-Claude (I mean come on he exudes sex) Damian, Jason, Nathaniel, and Asher, never forget Asher, scars are sexy. Damn, Laurell K. makes *all* her people sexy, even the submissive ones.

[moony]
*ponder*

I had a crush on Michael Mouse from Tales of the City. Of course it was futile but not because he was fictional, but because he was gay. But I didn't much care. He was just the cutest thing I'd ever read.

I also suspect that when I was about six or seven I had a thing for either Atticus Finch or Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus was just so *together* and wise and effortlessly cool, and Boo had all that tragic, secret history going for him. I blame him, actually, for the next crush I list.

Remus bloody Lupin, I am so in love with the man I can hardly stand it. He'll drive me to the nutbarn, he will. Tragic! Complex! Calls Snape 'Severus' and is sincere about it! Knows his Dark Arts! Gnah. Sex-ay wolfy come to mama.

Ah, and I have dual crushes on Aziraphale and Crowley, from Good Omens. They're my handbasket in which I sit merrily and await the flickering flames of doom. Because they're ethereal! And snarky! And they saved the world and rode around in a Bentley and got pissed a lot. What's not to love?

Mmmmmm. Ourloveissofictional.

[leikelar]
First of all, I have to ask, who could not love Mr. Darcy? I think I've read P&P 10 times, not counting the times I've gone and read just the scenes with Darcy in them. :D I definitely crushed on him for a looong time.

Another other fictional crush that comes to mind at the moment is Adam Eddington from Madeleine L'Engle's A Ring of Engless Light, Troubling a Star, and Arm of the Starfish. Cute, intelligent, mysterious, deep - who could beat that? I still think I'm crushing on him, 'though I've passed him in years, I think. :)

When I was younger, these was also Shasta (aka Cor) from A Horse and his Boy (Chronicles of Narnia). That was always my favorite book, and I thought Shasta was so cool! And then, he ends up being a prince! How great can it get? :)

And finally, Harry and Draco, of course. Who I love more varies from day to day, but I love them each in their own ways. :)

[Anonymous]
How can anyone not love Adam Eddington? I always thought Zach was a spoiled rich kid. Yeah. Idiot. But of course, both are dead sexy if you picture them. *sigh* I liked him when i was 10, I still like him in high school.

Shasta? But..but..he's so..annoying! How can you like him? I always loved Eustace. How cool is he? Sword fighting, saving Jill..everything.

Yes, I agree. Both Harry and Draco. Draco being the drop dead gorgeous one, Harry being the ikkle cutesy one. *drools*

And didn't *anyone* ever have a crush on Aladdin from the Disney series/movie? Come on. Despite the fact I haven't read the book, you all know you did.

[Thea]
Nat from The Witch of Blackbird Pond - it's the sailor thing.

Christopher from The Perilous Gard - he's so sulky.

Inge from Quest for a Maid by Mary Frances Hendry - she's just awesome, she kills lots of people, she's good, she's evil, she's good again.

And definitely Ramses and the Master Criminal from Amelia Peabody, but not Emerson...he's too...manly.

And most of the others already posted too. Oh yeah, Mr. Knightly too *swoons*.

[Anonymous]
Quest for a Maid: definitely Peem. He's just so sweet with the hidden love.