Fictional Couples...

[fajrdrako]

From October 23, 2008:

Got this idea from Literary Feline during her recent contest: "Name a favorite literary couple and tell me why they are a favorite. If you cannot choose just one, that is okay too. Name as many as you like–sometimes narrowing down a list can be extremely difficult and painful. Or maybe that’s just me."

I'd like to be able to say Lymond and Philippa from the Lymond novels, but as it happens, I always wished Lymond would get together with Kate rather than Philippa. I'm not unhappy with the plot as it progressed, but Kate was my favourite female character in the books, and I liked her with Lymond. Other fans have explained to me why Lymond couldn't possibly have ended up with Kate, and you know what? I think that's ridiculous. The only reason he didn't choose Kate is because that isn't what the author wanted.

So. Eliminate them as my choice. Who to say. Beatrice and Benedick? Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester? Eugene Wrayburn and Lizzie Hexham? Archy and Mehitabel? (No, no, only kidding.)

Okay, my choice - no surprise, I'm sure - Aral Vorkosigan and Cordelia Naismith from Shards of Honour and many of the other Lois McMaster Bujold novels.

I was amused to see when I looked at the Booking Through Thursday website that the first person who posted anything picked as their first choice Lymond and Philppa. And I liked all their other choices, too. I should make a Top Ten list.

Lymond and Philippa might be on it, if I am feeling particularly tolerant.

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I don't think it was Oedipal, though I suppose I'd be the last to know. I just liked people I perceived as mature.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I just liked people I perceived as mature.

It's something I enjoy in friends – and I acknowledge that I tend to have quite a few older female friends to compensate for my flimsy relationship with my mother – but I would find it disturbing if sexualised. And with men – because I've never had any problems in my relationship with my father, I've never looked for a father-substitute in friendships with men.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yeah. We all perceive these things in our own way.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Yup. And from general observation of people who are drawn romantically to people considerably older than themselves, on a consistent basis, 2 alternative patterns tend to stand out: either they're trying to replicate an over-close relationship with the parent of that sex; or they're trying to compensate for a difficult relationship with a parent of that sex.