Ten Totally Snoggable Literary Characters

Luisa of Novembrance fame tagged me for a meme that is so riotously funny I would be a fool not to play. Here is a quote by the author (Veronica at Toddled Dredge ) of this particular tag:

“Ten Literary Characters I Would Totally Make Out With If I Were Single and They Were Real But I’m Not, Single I Mean, I Am Real, But I’m Also Happily Married and Want to Stay That Way So Maybe We Should Forget This.”

Rather than forget this, my husband is out of town. I just finished writing my latest novel and It’s a cold rainy day outside–the perfect cuddle-with-a-good-book weather. I will now intoduce you to the characters who I would totally make out with if they were real and I were single.  (but they aren’t real . . . and I’m not single. Nor do I intend on ever being single, and if I start claiming them to be real (or myself to be single), then we know I am past therapy)

1. Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen). I know no one is surprised. Mr. Darcy is  my comfort. He is my right when the whole rest of the world is wrong. I’d make out with him. I tell my husband all the time that Mr Darcy is his only competition. My husband is grateful Mr Darcy is fictional.  He’s the perfect guy. He’s handsome, well educated, a man of good sense and taste. It doesn’t hurt that he’s fabulously wealthy and the owner of pemberly. A man with such reservation would likely be one passionate kisser. Yep . . . he’s choice number one. “In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” MMM-Mercy!

2. Mr Knightly from Emma (Jane Austen). I know I know . . . Jane Austen isn’t the only writer out there, but she’s the one writing guys I’d be willing to snog. Knightly has a great sense of humor (he puts up with emma’s antics after all) He’s also handsome, gentlemanly, a man of good sense and good fortune, but he’s also kind and good. I have to say I am incredibly attracted to goodness. It’s all fine and well for a man to be handsome, but a pretty face gets boring if nothing intelligent comes out of it. It’s all fine and well for a man to be rich, but money cannot buy my respect. He must be good–inherently good. But wait, we’re talking about making out with fictional characters so I’ll try not to digress into the inner workings of what makes Jules tick.

3. Nat Eaton from Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth Speare). I loved Nat from the very beginning when I was in seventh grade and in Mrs. North’s English class. I read that book so many times, it became tattered to the point of non recognition.  Nat . . . you will always be my first love.

4. Jake from New Moon and Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer). I’m with Luisa. Why would Bella go for some cold undead guy (who I like too . . . but not as much) when she could have a hot wolf man on a motorcycle??? I don’t want to make out with edward. I’m in love with Edward, but I don’t want to make out with him. He’s too cold and I don’t like being cold. I would much rather the warm guy who make me laugh over the cold guy who makes me act like an obsessed idiot. (Besides Edward is such a control freak, a girl like me would never fly with a guy like that)

5. Matt from Eye of the World (Robert Jordan). I love Matt. I’d dance a jig with that guy. He’s got that foxhead medallion thing going on.

7. Abe from House on the Hill (Annette Lyon). He’s such a passionate amazing man. He’s lived through incredible things and rose above them all to become the great man he was meant to be.  His hurt runs deep enough that I think he could use a good snog to help him get over it.

8. Westley from the Princess Bride (William Goldman) What’s not to love about a guy who always says “as you wish?”

9. Wolf from the Tenth Kingdom (Kathryn Wesley ) Maybe it’s just that he’s a wolf. I totally love Wolf. He’s sooooo funny and he’s got that sexy wolf thing going on. I’m betting a snog with that guy would be fun.

10. Rion from My Not-So-Fairy-Tale Life (me). I know I know. It sounds so narcistic, but I characterized Rion after my own husband, right down to the hazel eyes with the golden flecks, and the tiny crows feet in the corners of his eyes (indicative of a man who is always laughing with his eyes . . . light that is an attractive thing). I made him funny, compassionate, intelligent, righteous without being self righteous. I made him the man I chose to wake up to every day for the rest of my life. And I have to be honest . . . I don’t want to make out with anyone more than I do him. Let the snogging begin!

I tag Tami Norton, Karen Hoover, Candacew Salima,  and Shanna Blythe