When reading a book, or watching a show or movie, sometimes you get really into the plot. Other times you can get hooked on the relationships. They seem to have great chemistry, making the storyline so much better. You can’t wait to see what they are going to do next. Here are some of the top-voted fictional relationships that people have gotten way too invested in.
1. Scully & Mulder – The X Files
Somebody revealed, “I remember thinking their kiss in Millennium was hands-down the most romantic thing I’d ever seen on TV. Respectful bait to the fans yet still realistic and respectful of the characters fans like me loved so much, and just. Butterflies all around.”
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2. Lizzie Bennett & Mr. Darcy – Pride and Prejudice
“The OG romantic, hate-to-love couple who are both just so incredibly awkward with each other and yet have so much tension. That gives me butterflies even today,” someone divulged.
3. Buffy & Spike – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
“It was one of the most spectacularly toxic relationships imaginable and happened because both characters were insanely messed up, but there was just something about it,” a user confessed.
4. Eric Northman & Sookie Stackhouse – True Blood
Somebody shared, “Loved Eric and Sookie in the books that I stumbled across while on the holidays in California for three weeks and read like eight of them in the span of three weeks.”
5. Jake Peralta & Amy Santiago – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
“When she described her ‘me too’ moment, he just listened and supported her. Beautiful,” someone stated.
6. Chuck & Blair – Gossip Girl
“Everyone on that show was outrageously toxic, but Chuck and Blair were the only ones who never pretended to be otherwise,” somebody explained.
7. Jamie & Claire – Outlander
A user stated, “Undeniably the best couple to have ever lived in any universe, real or fiction. Watching Outlander raised my standards for what I look for in a partner.”
8. Clarke & Bellamy – The 100
A user shared, “From The 100 (never finished the show, but their friendship and subtly implied deeper feelings for each other was always the highlight for me).”
9. Zoe & Wash – Firefly
“From Firefly. I should’ve known better than to get invested in a Joss Whedon couple,” someone explained.
10. Ron Weasley & Hermione Granger – Harry Potter, The Goblet of Fire
A person revealed “From Harry Potter. Their crushes on each other lasted forever! And I was so mad that it took them so long to get together finally!!”
11. Nucky Thompson & Margaret Schroeder – Boardwalk Empire
“Boardwalk Empire. Their last meeting, where they danced in the new apartment and talked about how they needed to be together again, made me really happy,” somebody divulged.
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