Favorite Fictional Romances

[Gemini Star]

I don't know about the rest of the nerdfighers, but when I read a book, the big draw is the relationships between the characters in those books. So I figured I might start with the basics and go with the first relationship people seem to think of: romantic ones.

Personally, I'm a sucker for sweet but tragic romances, like Collins and Angel from Rent. My favorite at the moment is Hiroki Sugimura and Kayoko Kotohiki from Koushun Takami's Battle Royale. The extension in their relationship (and lives) that they get in the manga adaption absolutely broke my heart.

How about everybody else?


(Please note that I'm not talking about fanfiction-esque shipping, but canon romantic relationships from the source text, whether they were brief or happily-ever-after)

[Ashley]

Ron & Hermione
Catherine Linton & Hareton Earnshaw
Catherine Morland & Henry Tilney

[Frizz K. West]

Genly and Estraven from the Left Hand of Darkness. Not romantic in the usual sense, but very loving and very awesome.

Mulder and Scully!

Deckard and Rachel from Blade Runner.

Lefty and Desdemona from Middlesex. I don't care if they're siblings.

[JJ]

Oh God, I second Mulder and Scully ad infinitum. I still haven't recovered.

My favourite book couple of all time is Anne and Gilbert from L. M. Montgomery's ANNE OF GREEN GABLES series. I have many other favourite relationships in books, but as a couple I think Anne and Gilbert are tops.

[Natalie]

Mulder and Scully <3

[sabelmouse]

anne elliot and captain frederick wentworth from persuation, because the make it against the odds and the despair and heartache.

[StrawMaryFields]

Hunter and Morgan from the book series Sweep is probably my most favorite. Everything they have to go through and the strength and depth of their feelings, the length in which they would go to for each other is just fantastical and yet grounded in reality. one heavily involved in Wicca and Magic, but still.

Ron and Hermione- all I'm going to say is: TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH! geeze....

Buffy and Spike

Ash and Mary Lynnette from Night World

Damon and Bonnie from Vampire DIaries

Remy and Dexter from This Lullaby

Owen and Annabell from Just Listen

Noah and Allie-The Notebook

Landon and Jamie from A Walk to Remember

Jasper and Alice from Twilight

Ian and Wanderer from The Host

Logan and Max-Dark Angel

Max and Alec (hoped)-Dark Angel

Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth-Pride and Prejudice

Bender and Claire-The Breakfast Club

Lloyd and Diane from Say Anything

Quirrellmort-AVPM

Ron and Hermione-AVPM version

Nick and Cassie(hoped)-The Secret Circle series

Seth and Aislinn-Wicked Lovely

[StrawMaryFields]

Hareton and Catherine-Wuthering Heights

Max and Fang-Maximum Ride

Stark and Zoey-House of Night series

Tex and Jamie-Tex

Leia and Han Solo-Star Wars (ep. IV-VI)

Aidan and Clio-Girl at Sea

Ginny and Keith-13 Little Blue Envelopes

Stuart and Jubilee-Let it Snow

(I'm a bit of a Hopeless Romantic if you couldn't tell...)


oh crap, see this is what you get for skimming the topic. ummm, okay, omit Bender&Claire, Quirrellmort, R&H AVPM version, Lloyd and Diane, Max and Logan, Max and Alec, and Buffy and Spike when reading...

[Gretalaurelina]

Definitely Tatiana & Alexander from Bronze Horseman

[Fedora.Pirate]

Prometheus and Pandora Spratt from the Jack Spratt of the Nursery Crime Division Series by Jasper Fforde.

[Jacob Martin]

I have to say Satou and Misaki from Welcome to the NHK, the novel at least. That's a doomed romance just waiting to happen - the romance is already there but you can't help but wonder just how screwed up it really is for them. They sign a contract with each other just so they won't kill themselves. Seriously, that's messed up.

[Whatsername]

Will and Lyra from His Dark Materials. I SOBBED during Amber Spyglass wehn well.. ya know.

[Ultimate Schnitzel]

Arthur and Gatty from the Arthur trilogy (The Seeing Stone, At The Crossing Places, King of the Middle March) by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Sure, they didn't actually hook up or get further than being close friends, but they really should have... Damned social classes!