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.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
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Dana - Mar 01, 2006 5:14:37 am PST #711 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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.)
Jars - Mar 01, 2006 6:40:00 am PST #719 of 10001
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.
Isn't a cynic just a romantic who's lived too long? And in some ways it is a far more traditionally romantic text, but I always felt it was far more honest, too.
Hayden - Mar 01, 2006 6:43:04 am PST #720 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I lean towards hate for the Brontes. Haven't read the books in years, but MAN do I remember wishing that someone would just shoot someone else. I don't normally wish that literature would turn into a Bruce Willis movie, but Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre were begging for car chases and wry, not-quite-funny quips.