~Opinions~ discussion

What makes a character crushable, adorable, romantic, sexy, attractive, and whatnot? Who are your favorite fictional crushes (from books, TV, movies, or any other medium)? Do you find the obsession with over-protective, borderline stalkerish characters a wee bit disturbing? What characteristics do you look for in a fictional guy?

As long as they're not fat. Or have facial hair.

Lovely dark hair, sappire eyes, one of the most amazing smiles and a supportive one :P

Oh, gosh. Rachel, this is a great topic :). Hm...


My favorite characters:

Sam Roth (Shiver)--Intense, Sensitive, Caring, Plays the guitar

Zachary (Shade)--Patient, Scottish, Sexy

Stark (House of Night)--Scottish (sorry, I have a Scottish thing), Strong, Passionate, Adept at archery, Loyal

Sam Evans (Glee)--Adorable, Sweet, Patient, Amazing Singer, Killer eyes

Hm...there are more, but too many to list at this point. I'll add more later.

I get tired of the over-protective thing. Yes, it's sweet for a guy to want to protect his girl, but there are limits. This is the 21st century and girls are quite capable of walking through a puddle on their own. Or, at least, that's my opinion :).

Good speech Candace!

Candace (Amare Infinitum) wrote: "Oh, gosh. Rachel, this is a great topic :). Hm...


My favorite characters:

Sam Roth (Shiver)--Intense, Sensitive, Caring, Plays the guitar

Zachary (Shade)--Patient, Scottish, Sexy

Stark (Hous..."

I used to like Stark... but then he lost his personality. And he likes Zoey, so I have to fault him a bit for that.

Candace (Amare Infinitum) wrote: "Oh, gosh. Rachel, this is a great topic :). Hm...


My favorite characters:

Sam Roth (Shiver)--Intense, Sensitive, Caring, Plays the guitar

Zachary (Shade)--Patient, Scottish, Sexy

Stark (Hous..."

Ha ha, the only one on that list I know is Sam, and I definitely agree with you on him. And let's not forget his geeky ways. I mean, he speaks Navi (or however you spell it)! And YES! to the Scottish thing. Although for me, it extends to pretty much every accent from the the British Isles (Classic British, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, London-ish).

I'm still working out my list. XD

@ Esme: Thanks :).

@ Juliet: I understand that. Zoey is quite annoying, but Stark is so smokin' hot--you know, as hot as words on a page can be ;).

@ Rachel: Oh, the geekiness. *swoons* I just . . . love the geeky guys. I think that's why Sam Roth and Sam Evans are my favorites. Roth isn't geeky, but he's very sensitive, which some people might think is geeky. And accents . . . I have to stop there :P. I could listen to those all day.

Esme (Esbah) wrote: "Lovely dark hair, sappire eyes, one of the most amazing smiles and a supportive one :P"

Why Esme, do you have a crush on Christian Ozera, perhaps? ;)

Alright, so here are so things that I find most attractive in fictional characters:

-Dorkiness/Geekiness: I tend not to be as attracted to characters who are all suave and dark and myseterious and traditionally sexy as I am to characters who are geeks and dorks. I find geekiness and dorkiness very endearing. (Ex. Simon from Firefly; Neville from Harry Potter; Rory from Doctor Who)

-Sarcasm: Sarcasm makes the world go 'round. (Ex. Jace from The Mortal Instruments; Wash from Firefly; Fred and George from Harry Potter)

-Internally Tortured: I love characters who are morally struggling with which side to be on, especially when they've sided with the bad side and end up over their heads. (Ex. Luke from Percy Jackson and the Olympians; Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Zuko from Avatar: the Last Airbender; the character who was Hijacked in Mockingjay who will remain unnamed; Percy from Harry Potter)

-The Third/Fifth Wheel: The character that is sort of like the extra person, continuously left out and forgotten about. The character who may seem inept compared to the other characters in the story. (Rory from Doctor Who; Simon from The Mortal Instruments; Leo from Heroes of Olympus)

-Caring: I love characters who are just genuinely sweet and nice and who care about others. I mean, as fun as the jerk-y characters are, I find it harder to actually like them. The more a character is willing to go out of their way to help others, the more I like them. I tend not to like the genuinely bad boys. (Ex. Peeta from The Hunger Games; Simon from Firefly; Neville from Harry Potter; The Doctor from Doctor Who)

-Dark/Tormented/Mysterious Past: I just want to give these characters a big hug and it makes them so easy to get a crush on. (Ex. Everyone on the "Internally Tortured" list; Neville from Harry Potter; Jasper from Twilight (DON'T JUDGE ME!); Leo from Heroes of Olympus; Jace from Mortal Instruments)

Besides that, being, well, good looking is definitely not a negative. As discussed, accents are also lovely.

Wow, Rachel :). I agree, on all points. I never knew we had so much in common ;).

Candace (Amare Infinitum) wrote: "Wow, Rachel :). I agree, on all points. I never knew we had so much in common ;)."

Ha ha, really? Awesome. :)

I may just move some of those books up my "To Read" list now. :D

:D

BTW, I finally got caught up on Glee. I want to discuss if you're up for it...we can go to the Glee thread?

Candace (Amare Infinitum) wrote: "Oh, gosh. Rachel, this is a great topic :). Hm...


My favorite characters:

Sam Roth (Shiver)--Intense, Sensitive, Caring, Plays the guitar

Zachary (Shade)--Patient, Scottish, Sexy

Stark (Hous..."

I know sam and zachary on your list and i love them both :)

I also feel prvaliged that you have a thing for the Scots being one myself lol.

I like the typical 'bad guy' thing lol, like Patch from hush hush is my all time fave so far coz he has dark hair and eyes! and is bad ass <3 lol.

Eh, I wasn't a fan of Patch at all. He bothered me even more than Edward. :P

@ Lauren: My wish in life is to meet a hunky Scottish guy. *whispers* Just don't tell my hubby ;).

@Rachel Whaaaaaaaaaaat?! omg i LOVE patch! why dont you like patch? I can see why you wouldnt like Edward though i find him annoying, that might not be your reason for dissliking him but thats mine lol and he is too sensitive.

@Candace haha. Well there is nothing wrong with looking ;) lol.

@ Lauren: Or in this case, listening...:P

Lauren wrote: "@Rachel Whaaaaaaaaaaat?! omg i LOVE patch! why dont you like patch? I can see why you wouldnt like Edward though i find him annoying, that might not be your reason for dissliking him but thats mine..."

Eh, he just rubbed me the wrong way. There's only so much dark and mysterious I can take before I start finding a character annoying. Patch seemed like a copy of Edward, sort of.

I get you, but we will just have to agree to dissagree on patch lol coz he is still my fave, but i have issues with Edward also. :P

My fave varies from time to time. At the moment, Rory from Doctor Who and Simon from Firefly and Neville from Harry Potter are all tied as my favorite. I wouldn't be able to choose between them.

Yay for agreeing to disagree! :D

PERCY JACKSON.
<3

Juliet wrote: "PERCY JACKSON.
<3"

For me it was Luke. He was my first character crush! :D (I started crushing on characters later than most)

this is a great thread i should have discovered earlier :P

I agree with your attractive things in literary guys too. And with the accent thing (I find myself swooning every time I hear pretty much any accent - except portuguese, ugh! like, have you heard C Ronaldo speak? def not sexy)

I also love characters who grow throughout the story

now..appearance. I'm a sucker for unusual eyes (Sam from Shiver, Jace, Stefan and Damon Salvatore...) and that's all. It doesn't hurt if they've curly hair either ;P and if they've olive skin

Rachel (aka. Kaiserin Sisi) wrote: "Juliet wrote: "PERCY JACKSON.


For me it was Luke. He was my first character crush! :D (I started crushing on characters later than most)"

Oh, I hated Luke.

Juliet, what? How is that possible?!

Stray, I can't quite say I'm familiar with the Portuguese accent. And speaking of characters who grow, I am almost guaranteed to like a character if I didn't like them at first, and then found out that they had deeper reasons for behaving in the way that annoyed me. It's probably mostly from guilt, but I still end up liking them a lot. XP

I have different taste in characters... but the ones I like all just have something about them.

Jace- He is sexy and hot and so awesome. I love the sarcasm and how he is filled with self hatred. But he also has a soft side and can be romantic :) He is my favorite out of them all.

Ian from The Host- I love Ian... he is so sweet and caring and thoughtful. But he can be really fierce when he wants.

Patch- Do I even really need to explain this one? The sexy, mysterious, cocky, just amazingness, is absolutely irrestible.

Will from The Clockwork Angel- He is just like Jace except more of a jerk. Oh and he has an English accent... enough said.

Peeta- One of my favorite things about Peeta was that he stands up to Katniss. Sure he is sweet and willing to die for her, not to mention he bakes and has an amazing way with words, but he is honest with her.

Will! Yeah. That was his name. I thought his name was James for some reason.
I like Will better than Jem.

They are both pretty awesome, but Will is more my type :)

As of page 160, I love them both, but Will is the type of character that I would crush on only as a fictional character, while Jem is the type that I would still have a crush on if he were real.

I moved this to the Fun folder :) Just for the record.

Anyway, here are my character crushes:

Fred and George from Harry Potter:
They're funny, witty and good-natured. They do pranks, but not the kind of pranks that hurt people. They get in trouble all the time and are pretty large concerning school-rules. They are also smart though, and open for new ideas. They know what they want and they never do anything half. They are also brave and have good morals and good hearts.

Leo from The lost hero:
Leo is a third wheel with a tormented soul and a sad past. He is witty and funny, always trying to lighten the mood. At the same time, he carries a heavy burden. When it reallly counts he is a very brave person, which is a quality I admire.

The Stroll brothers from Percy Jackson:
Well, I didn't exactly crush on these two, I was just able to see that I could fall for one of them, had they been real. Again funny, witty, brave, smart, etc. My fav. qualities :)

There're more and I shall post them as time goes by :)