Top Ten Tuesday -- Crushing of Fictional Characters

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish.Each week we will post a new Top Ten list complete with one of our bloggers’ answers. Everyone is welcome to join.  If you can’t come up with ten, don’t worry about it—post as many as you can!

Loving this topic today.  I choosing based on my love of the characters.  I didn't pay much attention to age.  If the character is a teen, I aged them up in my head.  Okay...  now that that's out of the way.  Here's my list:

1. Lord Maccon from Gail Carriger's Soulless series -- As the rugged handsome warrior crush

2. Robb Stark from George Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series -- As the rugged handsome almost warrior crush

3. Shaun Mason from Mira Grant's Newsflesh series -- As the zombie killing warrior crush

4. Dodge from Frank Beddor's Looking Glass Wars series -- As the boy next door warrior crush

5. Arthur Dent from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide series -- As the ordinary, but hilarious, boy next door crush

6. Constantine from Robin McKinley's Sunshine -- As the way to mysterious and sexy crush

7. Cas Lowood from Kendare Blake's Anna Dressed in Blood series -- As the persistent lovelorn warrior crush

8. Lewis from Rachel Caine's Weather Wardens series -- As the powerful mysterious crush

9. Percy Jackson from Rick Riordan's series -- As the hilarious warrior crush

10. Puck from Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series -- As the hilarious mysterious crush

I think I have a thing for the warrior type.  Or maybe it's the books I've been reading lately.

My 10 Best Fiction Friends

Among the many bloggers I try to read on a daily basis, I ran across this interesting idea.  Who would be your 10 best fiction friends?  I read a lot, so this should have been easy, right?  Well, it was a lot tougher than I thought it would be.  For example, I love Jane Austen's books, but of all the characters in them, who would I actually like to have a friend?  (Hint: see #1)  The same goes for all the other fiction I read.  Some of it is crazy contemporary romance or chick lit (as an escape).  Some of it is sci-fi where the story and setting is much more interesting than the characters.  After a lot of digging and recalling specifics, I think I've picked my ten.  And so I present my 10 Best Fiction Friends:

1. Anne Elliot from Persuasion -- very down-to-earth and practical; plus who wouldn't want to be friends with Captain Wentworth (WENTWORTH!)
2. Sarah Walker from Married with Zombies -- always good to have a zombie killer for a friend
3. Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby -- need a rich friend who can throw a good party; I'll even take the disillusioned youth thing
4. Arthur Dent from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams created a great down-to-earth likable character thrown into a crazy situation
5. Ford Prefect from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- loving the crazy alien
6. Jo March from Little Women -- another down-to-earth character who I am sure has great conversations; extra plus, she's a teacher in the sequel
7. Edna from The Awakening -- every time I read the book, I want to help Edna find another way to deal with life; I want to be the friend she couldn't find in her world
8. Alice from Alice in Wonderland -- sometimes I feel as lost in Wonderland as Alice; I think we'd get along great and maybe we can help each other navigate the craziness of the world
9. Claire Randall from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series -- a fiery independent time traveling woman?  I am so there with her
10. Pooh from Winnie-The-Pooh -- who can't just love the cuddly bear stuffed with fluff?   I know I can't.  My personality may be more like Eeyore, but I love the caring nature of Pooh.
11. (I know I put an 11, but I just had to) Hermione from Harry Potter series -- we are a lot alike; I want to be her, incredibly smart and practical and caring; plus she ends up with Ron and he's a huge laugh (third favorite character in the series, second is Luna Lovegood)

Who are your 10?  I would love to hear about them.