Growing up, I was the only person I knew who didn’t have a celebrity crush. It wasn’t hard not to have one. I didn’t watch much TV, preferred classical music, and teased my mom when her baseball team was losing.
Instead, I read. I could always be found with a book at least nearby. I slept with books under my pillow. The hardbacks were a little lumpy, but I could live with that. In high school and college, if I wasn’t studying, I ate and read a book.
I didn’t have celebrity crushes. I had book character crushes.
My first was when I was 14. I had just started reading Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and fell head over heels for Lan. So strong and so silent. So dedicated. Always doing the right thing. He was a dream come true. Actually, the first guy I dated reminded me of Lan, but, noble as he was, he wasn’t Lan. But that’s not why we didn’t last.
A few years later I dove into Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels Trilogy. I found a new love in Daemon. Silky and smooth, he could have any woman and they came crawling to him. But he was also devoted and had only one love, one person for whom he would literally do anything for. I swooned at that kind of dedication.
Then came Cleo Doyle’s Coffeehouse Mysteries and with them came Detective Michael Quinn. Upstanding and always doing what’s right. Protective, but with a humorous streak. He was the ultimate good guy and as loyal as a dog.
Strangely enough, now that I’m married, I haven’t had any book character crushes. Perhaps it means I’ve definitely married my soulmate. Or maybe it means I can find all of these qualities in my husband, so I don’t need to fantasize about what I already have.
No matter. I can still enjoy a book and incredible characters. I just don’t have crushes anymore.
What characters have you crushed on?
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When I was a young teen I had a crush on Jared Leto when he was in a show “My so called life”. Man I loved him lol
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I’ll be honest, I had to look him up, but now that I’ve seen him, I don’t blame you!
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I cant believe how much he still looks the same now as he did when I crushed on him about 25 or so years agon(probably longer lol)
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If only that could be true of all of us…
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I also never had celebrity crushes. But Enjolras from Les Misérables and Thorin Oakenshield from The Hobbit will always be true loves of mine ❤
Especially when Thorin looks like Richard Armitage – they couldn't have cast him better for the movies if they'd asked me to do 😉
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Oh, good choices! Enjolras annoyed me a bit, but I can’t deny he’s swoon worthy!
By the way, I spent a few months in Copenhagen while in college, so I absolutely love your blog!
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First time I saw him on stage he was definitely swoon worthy! Hoping he will be the same this summer 😀
Thanks! I really should put more Copenhagen photos in there.
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Legolas. The foundation for Galen in my War For Inisfail series… yup. Crushed so hard I wrote thousands of pages. The movies only made it worse. So much worse.
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I don’t blame you. Legolas is amazing!
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Easily Katniss! She has a mixture of beauty and a simple need for a good ol’ hug that is very attractive to me.
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Oh, nice choice! A strong lady who can also be feminine.
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Indeed!
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I’ve always had my favourite books but I also always have a “Star from Afar” who is some film actress. My first was Greta Garbo who I saw in a film when I was quite young, and I didn’t realise she was old enough to be my grandmother !!
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This is interesting and you’re honestly lucky.Celebrity (especially kpop) crushes are so time consuming, you’re way better without them.I love this, and I’d love for you to check my blog out too!
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Haha, thanks, though character crushes can be time consuming, too, what with rereading over and over. We’re taking a bit of a break from blogging this month, but I’ll be sure to check out your blog soon. Thanks for commenting!
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