Thread: Favorite relationships in a story

So the question is pretty complex. I don't want the answers based on romance because not everyone is a romance fan here.

Has there ever been a time when you've read a book and thought to yourself, this character and this character would make a good couple?

Ever been a time where you really enjoyed two characters' interactions, weather it be romantic, platonic or hatred and you felt was good for the plot?


When I was re-reading Vampirates I really started to like Lorcan's character and I enjoy his interactions with Grace. One minute he's mysterious, next minute he's kind. I enjoyed it a lot, so I went back a few pages and read it again.

Originally Posted by C.Gholy

So the question is pretty complex. I don't want the answers based on romance because not everyone is a romance fan here.

Has there ever been a time when you've read a book and thought to yourself, this character and this character would make a good couple?

Yes, but the thought stops there.

Originally Posted by C.Gholy

Ever been a time where you really enjoyed two characters' interactions, weather it be romantic, platonic or hatred and you felt was good for the plot?

Yeah, because without character interaction there wouldn't be much of a story.

Originally Posted by C.Gholy

When I was re-reading Vampirates I really started to like Lorcan's character and I enjoy his interactions with Grace. One minute he's mysterious, next minute he's kind. I enjoyed it a lot, so I went back a few pages and read it again.

Good for you. Glad to see that you enjoy reading.

Vampirates? Is that real? Is it like Blacula? I'm gonna go google that and have a laugh.

Vampirates is pretty popular. I shelve a lot of copies of it at work.

Anyway, I really liked the relationship between Holden and his little sister, Phoebe.

Holden's candor juxtaposed with Phoebe's sweet yet near condescending concern for her brother really made Catcher in the Rye more memorable than it already was.

Everything about that book is great.

Camilla and Arturo Bandini in "Ask The Dust" by John Fante, precisely because their relationship was so chaotic.

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By the end of the book, Camilla ends up in a lunatic asylum due to a combination of being stoned off grass all the time, unrequited love towards an abusive man, and Arturo's erratic behavior towards her (despite his obvious care for Camilla). In the end, Camilla escapes from the asylum, drives to the man she loves (who is suffering from tuberculosis and has become a hermit in the California desert) and wandered alone into the barren wasteland. Arturo traces her steps about 100 feet from the shack, writes a love note inside his newly published book, and tosses it into the desert.

I was close to tears.

Heathcliffe and Cathy? They were both clinically insane, by today's standards.
Was memorable

Upping this thread because it's a really, really good topic.

Originally Posted by Tom88

Heathcliffe and Cathy? They were both clinically insane, by today's standards.
Was memorable

I loved reading Wuthering Heights when I was young. Haven't read it since, tho' I still have a copy.

The movie was overacted. Far too melodramatic, even for a melodramatic novel.

Well, I personally like the relationship between several of my characters, but... I don't think that counts for anything here.

In the Melusine series, I really liked the relationship between Mildmay and Felix.

I wasn't aware anyone else had actually read Ask the Dust. Anytime I bring it up in book-talk I get a blank stare. Definitely a good read.

Lennie and George.

Heathcliffe and Cathy?

That's a good one.

Slippery Jim and Angelina DiGriz.

Originally Posted by PSFoster

The movie was overacted.

Which one?

Miro and Jane in the Enders series. I can't wait until the new book comes out!