The course of true love...

[fajrdrako]

30 Day Book Meme: – Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)

I'm not clear what an asexual romantic relationship is. Platonic love, or unrequited, or unconsummated? Could someone explain?

Anyway... favourite romantic relationships:

Lymond and Philippa, in the Lymond novels. At first I'd wanted Lymond's romance to be with Kate. I still love Kate more than Philippa. But his romance with Philippa is magnificent.

Eugenides' romance in the Megan Whalen Turner novels is wonderful, too. I'm avoiding names so as to avoid spoilers.

Jane and Mr. Rochester, in Jane Eyre

Emma Frost and Scott Summers, in X-Men

Kitty Pryde and Pete Wisdom, in Excalibur

Comments

[fajrdrako]

No, it takes Lymond many years to be ready for a serious relationship, and even when he's ready, he isn't ready - there's a long time between the anvil moment and his acceptance of Philippa in the end!

I think Lymond cared a lot for her but had barred himself from personal feelings, or recognition of them. I think that if she'd have lived, it still would have taken him a long time before he was ready, but she could have eased him into it - though not, I suppose, if she was married to Tom. They each had things to work through, first.

The Blackberry Pie scene is a favourite.