Goodreads asked Tracy Ellen:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Tracy Ellen Great but hard question for a voracious reader. There are so many, but the the answer is Rhett Butler and Katie Scarlett O'Hara. Why? They were the most impactual fictional couple on my young psyche. I read Gone With The Wind at age 9 or so and the ending scarred me for life. Deliberating afterwards in my own mind if vain, stubborn, indomitable Scarlett ever got over herself enough to get on her knees to Rhett and find a way to make him give a damn again was a day to day struggle of my budding cynical nature versus the desire to believe true love could conquer all. The novel formed my lifelong appreciation of the traits that make a man gorgeous and sexy to me--wit, intelligence, sense of humor, awareness, strength of character, and badass, definitely badass. The book also helped me decide what type of woman I did and did not want to be when I grew up.

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