Sure, if you consider batshit crazy as romantic.
Most people do, actually. If they're pretty and batshit crazy.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
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DavidS - Feb 28, 2006 2:49:50 pm PST #709 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Vonnie K - Feb 28, 2006 3:00:16 pm PST #710 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Most people do, actually. If they're pretty and batshit crazy.
I guess that's true. I am actually a fan of fucked-up relationship sagas (S6 Buffy & Spike, Scotty and Madeleine from Vertigo, etc.) but "romantic" ain't why I like them. Plus, instead of getting me to revel in their glorious dysfunction or some such, Cathy and Heathcliff just made me roll my eyes a lot, alternating with a violent urge to whack them on their stupid heads with frying pan.
Dana - Mar 01, 2006 5:14:37 am PST #711 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
If they're pretty and batshit crazy.
I'm sorry, no matter how pretty Heathcliff may be, I consider puppy-murdering a characteristic that removes him from the "romantic hero" competition. Give me a guy with a mad wife in the attic any day.
Betsy HP - Mar 01, 2006 5:21:02 am PST #712 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Heathcliff is canonically ugly. Ugly ugly ugly.
sj - Mar 01, 2006 5:44:03 am PST #713 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Heathcliff is canonically ugly. Ugly ugly ugly.
Yes, this. I never thought of Heathcliff as a romantic hero, despite how movies have tried to portray him.
Volans - Mar 01, 2006 6:21:18 am PST #714 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Heathcliff is canonically ugly. Ugly ugly ugly.
Angelina Jolie will be perfect. And Johnny Depp will be a great Cathy.
Jars - Mar 01, 2006 6:25:28 am PST #715 of 10001
I've never gotten the appeal of Wuthering Heights. Two main characters who I want to slap, who are only alive for about twenty pages of the book? Bollocks to that. I'll have Mr. Rochester and the batshit secret in the attic, pleasethankyou.
erikaj - Mar 01, 2006 6:29:31 am PST #716 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't know...I like the language in it. But I think it's one of those love it or hate it books. And if you miss it at the "Right" age, you may never get the love. I was...mid-teens somewhere.
Jars - Mar 01, 2006 6:30:58 am PST #717 of 10001
I was about sixteen, I think. Maybe I missed the boat. I was already an incurable cynic at that point. Jane Eyre is still one of my favourite books though.
Jessica - Mar 01, 2006 6:36:10 am PST #718 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was already an incurable cynic at that point. Jane Eyre is still one of my favourite books though.
Hm...Jane/Rochester strikes me as far less cynical a love story than Cathy/Heathcliff, but it's been ages since I read either one. (I loved Jane Eyre as a kid, but when I reread it in high school, Jane annoyed me far too much for me to want her to end up happy.)