Last year it was after reading the hundreds of pages outlining Edward Cullen's alluring mix of danger and classic romance. I cried through the books because I was so depressed that Edward didn't exist. For months I scanned the NYC subways looking for handsome pale men who could possibly be vampires.
Then I slightly swooned for Jacob Black when I saw him morph into his werewolf persona in New Moon.
Then I REALLY fell in love with Henry DeTamble this past summer in The Time Traveler's Wife. He loved his wife Clare SO much, I literally slobbered all over myself as I bawled in the theater, then proceeded to cry all the way home from the movie theater on the bus, AND cried myself to sleep that night because I wanted so badly to be in love just like they were.
My newest love interest struck me straight through the heart tonight. "I see you, Jake Sully." I think I was the last person in America to see
Avatar, but I saw it tonight and it changed my life. I fell in love again! Behind my 3D glasses I was holding back my welling up tears as I wished I was in love with an alien warrior.
The thing is, I
sorta realize these characters are fictional, but for some reason they really have made me emotional!!? .. It seems like it would be settling to fall for the average mortal romantic comedy heartthrob in comparison to my vampire, werewolf, time traveler and alien boyfriends. And who wants to settle?
Is this hottie next????
PS. I just Googled "why do I keep falling in love with fictional characters" and it seems to be quite common.
you love all things out of this world. maybe there is a quiz that you can take to find out why. add that to the internet errands!
ReplyDeleteI am in your boat. And you're not the last person to see Avatar. That would be me. Now that I know another possible impossible love interest exists though, I'll have to see it. ;)
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