Have you ever had a crush on a character in a book?
@crimsonladybug (3112)
United States
October 7, 2009 1:14am CST
I just came from another discussion about making books into movies and the one(s) I really want to see made into a movie is the Dresden Files. In answering that discussion, I happened upon an interesting, albeit a little strange, question.
Has anyone else ever developed a crush on a character in a book or book series? In reading a book, you are given certain details about the characters but others you make up in your mind. You can make those characters into anything you want them to be. So have you ever built up a character to a point you find yourself attracted to them?
For me, it's Thomas Raith, the ostracized White Court vampire (i.e. incubus) in Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files. The standard physical description in the books is that Thomas is tall, muscular but slender, with shoulder-length black hair and grey eyes. The rest I've made up on my own and I must say, I've made up a fairly fine looking creature. 
9 responses
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
8 Oct 09
Yes it was. Sadly, it only survived for 12 episodes.
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
8 Oct 09
Okay, I remember it. That was a good show. The good ones never get a chance or they do something to ruin them. Like jumping the shark.
@o0Tora0o (355)
• United States
7 Oct 09
I think you'll probably be hard-pressed to find anyone who hasn't had a crush on a character from a book. After all, that's part of what makes reading so fun--the author gives you the basic details and develops the character with their actions, but you get to fill in the blanks and connect the dots with a lot of it. It's a lot more open to interpretation than characters in movies tend to be, because it's really all in your head.
I like Thomas Raith as a character. Jim Butcher does an amazing job with characterization, and I really have to say that I like his interpretation of the vampire Courts a lot better than I like Stephenie Meyer's take on vampires. I just finished reading Turn Coat this week. All I can really say is holy cow! I can't wait until Changes comes out--I really want to see what happens with Thomas after everything that took place in Turn Coat.
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
8 Oct 09
ACK don't tell me about it. I am waiting for the paperback in March. Which is incredibly hard because I read the first nine books in a little over three months.
Have you read Backup?
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
8 Oct 09
Not that I can think of, you bring up an interesting point though. I guess if you are into a character enough and then its exposed on film the connection can be attractive.
@nra091501 (173)
• Philippines
14 Oct 09
i love reading romance novels, preferably historical, but recently i'm becoming attached to contemporary ones. the physical description is typically the same but i never got tired of reading and reshaping them in my mind. the rest of the features will be up to the reader's imagination so it always ended up pretty perfect in my mind!
@ps8sjk (15)
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22 Oct 09
Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights! Very passionate - although slightly mad!
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
7 Oct 09
Yes I have. When I was young, in my teens and early twenties, I used to read these hip spy and detective novels and very often I got hooked onto a girl in the book.
I've always loved books and the characters in those I read are dear to me especially if I like the story.
@OpinionatedLady (5965)
• United States
7 Oct 09
Oh the Jamie and Roger Characters in Diana Gabaldon's books. Both characters are hot as far as I can see them in my minds eye.
@linamachina (521)
• United States
7 Oct 09
Hi Crimsonladybug, I have to admit that I focus entirely on the personality and then imagine what he looks like (even if I've read what the author describes him, I seem to picture what the person looks like according to his personality to me). So my character that I really like because he just seems to be able to handle anything and he doesn't think he's god's gift to women, is Jack Reacher in the Reacher Novels by Lee Child. He's characterized in the book as really intelligent and just always ends up in situations that he needs to get himself out of. He reminds me of a free spirit but with a heart of gold but tough exterior. I couldn't remember how the author describes him but I know what he looks like in my head and its a great picture!
