― maryann (maryann), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 08:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 08:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Sara Leonard (Tara Too), Thursday, 26 February 2004 04:53 (twenty years ago) link
― The Second Drummer Drowned (Atila the Honeybun), Thursday, 26 February 2004 05:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Sara Leonard (Tara Too), Thursday, 26 February 2004 21:28 (twenty years ago) link
― maryann (maryann), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Sara Leonard (Tara Too), Friday, 27 February 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago) link
― the bellefox, Friday, 27 February 2004 20:27 (twenty years ago) link
― gaol clichy (clichy), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 13:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Frank Marcopolos, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 02:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 03:00 (twenty years ago) link
Johnny Truant from "House of Leaves" (it must be that part of me that wants to take care of all the sad damaged men...bah)
Whoever mentioned Sandman, you're not alone =)
― Natalie (Penny Dreadful), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Natalie (Penny Dreadful), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago) link
[groan]
― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
His sister, Death is quite something too :) I had a secretary once who was a dead ringer for her.
Excuse all the puns; they arrived by accident.
― Margo B99, Thursday, 4 March 2004 15:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Margo B99, Thursday, 4 March 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Frank Marcopolos, Friday, 5 March 2004 00:23 (twenty years ago) link
"Who is it?" she asked.
"Elizabeth Bennett." he replied.
"Well, OK," his new fiance said.
They had been together for 38 years when she died last fall.
― McDowell, Friday, 5 March 2004 07:06 (twenty years ago) link
― PuzzleMonkey (PuzzleMonkey), Saturday, 6 March 2004 11:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Monday, 8 March 2004 00:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 8 March 2004 01:33 (twenty years ago) link
(Unable to tell whether that means he dislikes me or likes me but doesn't believe I exist... scratching head, pinching arm to make sure it's solid... I pinch, therefore I am... well, they say you can't make friends with everyone... back to work... grunt...)
― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Monday, 8 March 2004 02:08 (twenty years ago) link
― the bluefox, Tuesday, 9 March 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link
― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 9 March 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
Erm... I think all those words from unknown people on message boards lend themselves to imaginatively cohering into fictional characters, but there's something especially vivid about Ann - the name, the enthusiasms, the writing - that has evidently cohered more than most! Sorry for any embarrassment caused!
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 01:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 01:42 (twenty years ago) link
― the bellefox, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 14:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 14:46 (twenty years ago) link
So not to be recommended, all in all.
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 14:52 (twenty years ago) link
I for one have seen her many times on the opposite platform at Purley Oaks, thumbing her Barthelme and blowing her... nose.
― the bellefox, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Priscilla Esquivel, Thursday, 11 March 2004 16:07 (twenty years ago) link
The Bronte sisters too come to think of it, although it's either all three at once or not at all. Branwell can sit this one out.
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 11 March 2004 16:13 (twenty years ago) link
And here I thought it was during posting! [hurriedly clinkes bottles away under desk]. That's what you get for starting your typical evening's surfing at alt.drunken.bastards, I suppose. no wonder the posts and blogs get more interesting as the evening wears on. [hic][/hic]
― PuzzleMonkey (PuzzleMonkey), Thursday, 11 March 2004 21:59 (twenty years ago) link
― PuzzleMonkey (PuzzleMonkey), Thursday, 11 March 2004 22:29 (twenty years ago) link
But um right now I am reading S/Z and the dancer girl is totally hotttening it up. I mean, I realise this is poncey and unbelievable but, like, *totally*.
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 03:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 03:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 10:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Thursday, 6 January 2005 11:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnney B (Johnney B), Thursday, 6 January 2005 12:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Most recently it was Vronsky, but he turned out to be a bit of an ass.
― zan, Thursday, 6 January 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 16:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
And Dick from High Fidelity. Geekily swoonerific.
― sparkle j (sparkle j), Saturday, 8 January 2005 23:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― amorous poster, Sunday, 9 January 2005 02:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nellie (nellskies), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:46 (nineteen years ago) link
(And I had a weird thing about the Little Princess when I was a child, but the less said about that the better.)
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― misshajim (strand), Saturday, 15 January 2005 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― amorous poster, Saturday, 15 January 2005 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― misshajim (strand), Monday, 17 January 2005 08:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Flora Royson, Tuesday, 30 August 2005 01:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Flora, I had a crush on Justin, too!! Not from when I saw the movie as a youngster, but from upon reading the book in high school or college -- because it's almost impossible to remember that the characters are rodents.
And F'nor the Dragonrider, from the McCaffery series. And I know there were more, but I'll have to ponder.
― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 1 September 2005 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mog, Friday, 2 September 2005 09:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt (Matt), Friday, 2 September 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 4 September 2005 03:33 (nineteen years ago) link
not a character in a book, but i totally have a crush on (translator of homer, etc) emily wilson
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 September 2023 00:17 (eleven months ago) link
Angus Wilson’s daughter, no?
― Dose of Thunderwords (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 September 2023 01:16 (eleven months ago) link
Ha, no, sorry, of course not. A.N. Wilson’s daughter.
― Dose of Thunderwords (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 September 2023 01:17 (eleven months ago) link
I had a huge crush on Lord Peter Wimsey as a child, which is not surprising because Lord Peter Wimsey is pretty much designed for twelve-year-olds to get crushes on.
I also had a crush on Mr. Rochester, but that was because I was ten and Jane Eyre was the first love story I'd ever read and I was too young to understand the difference between being invested in a romance and being into the hero of the romance.
And I will never forget my cousin S. introducing me to K.M. Peyton's Pennington by going into a very loud summary of The Beethoven Medal at a baseball game while everyone else was being quiet for the National Anthem. "So this HORSY GIRL hooks up with a SUPER HOT DUDE WHO PLAYS PIANO..." On getting glared at she lowered her voice to a piercing whisper and hissed, "HE'S REALLY BYRONIC!"
― Lily Dale, Friday, 29 September 2023 04:06 (eleven months ago) link