Hasini, I, too, loved that Ron and Hermione were included!
I agree with what you say about Romeo and Juliet, too. Those poor kids lost their heads so badly that they killed themselves for their circa week-old love.
The list-makers should have included Tristan and Isolde (Iseult) instead! They are definitely one of my favorite couples. Tristan, a noble Cornish knight, had travelled to Ireland to bring his uncle Mark's proposal to Princess Isolde. Isolde reluctantly accepts - she'd rather marry the handsome young Tristan instead
- but her mother agrees to the splendid match (Mark is a king) and therefore she makes a love potion for her daughter and her future groom, King Mark. Unfortunately Isolde and Tristan happen to drink the love potion themselves, and what ensues is romantic, passionate, erotic, tragic, supernatural, nail-bitingly tense and, well, just wonderful. In the end Tristan dies just because he believes that Isolde will not come and see him when he is injured! He dies of a broken heart, really! And when Isolde finds Tristan's dead body, she too dies of a broken heart! No poison or daggers are needed to bring about their deaths, just the fact that they can't live without one another! *Sigh* - isn't it romantic? And what about this ending?
In some sources it states that two trees (hazel and honeysuckle) grow out of their graves and intertwine their branches so that they can not be parted by any means. It was said that King Mark tried to have the branches cut 3 separate times, and each time, the branches grew back and intertwined, so therefore he gave up and let them grow.
Isn't it romantic?
Two other couples that I would have liked to see are Batman and Robin and Kirk and Spock!
Actually, I'm not trying to imply that these guys are gay, but they just make such perfect couples, don't you agree?
Well, I was very glad that Superman and Lois were number one on the list. To me, Clark/Superman and Lois really
are the best couple ever, at least if you take my favorite aspects of the comics and of LnC, and particularly if you add some of the best fics from these boards, too!
Ann
