BTT: Different Kind of Romance

Have you ever fallen in love with a fictional character? Who and what about them did you love?

This question made me smile.

“Love” is probably too strong a word but I’ve had a crush on more than a few fictional characters over the years. I think my very first lit crush was Joe Hardy of the Hardy Boys detective series. Why? Probably because he was blonde and impetuous. After him came a long line of fictional detectives, the latest being the Benedict Cumberbatch incarnation of Sherlock Holmes.  Who would have thought that high-functioning sociopath could be so attractive?

My non-detective lit crush would be Helen Fielding’s Mark Darcy for being man enough to tell boyfriend-stealing Rebecca “I need Bridget.”