Which literary character do you most have the hots for?

[tree_and_leaf]

I know, I'm spamming a bit today... but this is quite a fun thread on the Grauniad Culture Vulture blog:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturevulture/archives/2006/03/02/literary_lust.html

So which literary character does it for you?

In my case - like one of the people on the Gaurdian website, it's probably Peter Wimsey (as a result of overwhelmingly wonderful way with words, and nice hands; I don't normally go for blonds). Also up there, though in no particular order: Aragorn, Faramir (yes, I do identify with Eowyn, why do you ask?), Remus Lupin (though at the risk of getting brickbats thrown at me, I didn't really like David Thewliss), Darcy (Fitzwilliam, not Mark, and no, that's not just because of Colin Firth... though it probably helps), and Philip Marlowe. Oh, and although this will probably mean nothing to most people reading this: Willehalm*, in the Wolfram version.

Next question: what does this say about me? I'm not sure I want to know (though it's got to be better than what fancying Rochester would say about me...)

And now back to the life of S. Dominic.

*Willehalm is also known as Saint William of Aquitane, which means that if only there was any reason to suppose he was anything like the character in Wolfram would make him the answer to the appreciably more disturbing question, which saint do you find most fanciable? The field is, admittedly, rather small, since John Donne only rates a Commemoration in the Anglican calendar, and Ludwig of Thüringen, husband of Elisabeth of Thüringen in what is genrally agreed to have been one of the few recorded marriages for love in the middle ages, was never officially canonized, despite the popular tradition in Germany. But you do have to love a guy who, when his relatives tried to talk him out of marrying Elisabeth, because her family were in a lot of trouble and she was no longer a good match, replied 'See that mountain over there? Well, if you turned it into gold, and offered me it not to marry her, I wouldn't take it.' (it sounds a bit corny now, but in the context of thirteenth century historical writing...) And Elisabeth was given to scandalising the court by throwing herself in a passionate and undignified fashion at her husband when he returned even from short absences, so it was obviously mutual.

Elisabeth/ Ludwig OTP (after all, popular hagiography is the fanfic of the middle ages...)

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

I do find, this question, however, faintly confusing: when reading a book I really like, I usually become so emotionally involved with lots of characters, both male and female, that I've got literary crushes on them all.

I find this with the Aubrey/Maturin books (mind you, I love Stephen, but I wouldn't say I find him hot, exactly - and Aubrey's not my type, though I like him very much)

Then of course there are people like Snape and Malfoy, whose scenes I really enjoy reading - but that doesn't translate to a crush...

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

mind you, I love Stephen, but I wouldn't say I find him hot, exactly,
His propensity towards brown woollen garments (it is a knitted catsuit, isn't it), the wig, the dodgy personal hygiene are marks against him, though he seems to scrub up pretty well. He'd just be such hard word, though.

Diana, however, is simply cool,

[tree_and_leaf]

Yes, indeed....

I assume you mean 'work'?

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

You assume correctly :-)

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Then of course there are people like Snape and Malfoy, whose scenes I really enjoy reading - but that doesn't translate to a crush...

I don't think anyone would find Snape and Malfoy sexy. Interesting yes, sexy no. Unless you count the countless fangirls who've got the hots for Alan Rickman or Tom Felton. Or fanon!Draco in black leather... *sigh*