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Hmmm... this week was way hard. I didn't just want to highlight love story duos, so I wanted to branch out.
1. Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - A slightly out of the loop Englishman and an alien in disguise... match made in heaven. I love their interactions. Unfortunately, past the first book, we lose the perfect pairing. I still love these two characters. And the movie version with Martin Freeman and Mos Def was perfect casting.
2. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - They are a pair. Without Watson's level-headed realistic approach, Holmes would just be an ass and no one would want to read him. They level each other out. And the new BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman is perfect casting. (I think I have a thing for Martin Freeman. And he's supposed to be playing Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit)
3. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - I know not literary characters, but they were a dynamic (if completely crazy) duo. The perfect marriage of 1920s excess. So sad when Zelda went completely crazy and committed suicide. At least we have their books.
4. Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester - I know, a love duo, but I see them more than just a love story. They are a match, both as a friendship and a romance. I like their quiet relationship, even if Rochester is an ass throughout the middle of the book.
5. Tweedledum and Tweedledee - Funny twins, I had to add them to the list.
6. Superman and Lex Luthor - Not exactly literary, but they are a perfect duo. A yin and yang of two sides.
7. Jo and Laurie from Little Women - They should have ended up, but that's okay. They were still a beautiful pair of friends.
8. Elizabeth and Jane Bennet - Sisters who were made for each other. A great balance of outgoing, no hold's barred personality and shy, bashful, demur personality.
That's all I got for this week... But I do like my list.
