Inappropriate Thoughts About Fictional Characters

If you could hook up with a character from fiction, who would it be?

That’s what Nerve asked readers recently and it may not be surprising that some of the responses were surprising!

Books aren’t necessarily part of Nerve’s mandate, so some of the 15 fictional characters their readers said they wouldn’t mind taking for a roll in the hay included fictional characters from film and television. 30 Rock’s Jack Donaghy was near the top of the pile (and he seems to be pile-topping on just about every list made) as were Mystique from X-Men (not a surprise!) and Lewis Skolnik from Revenge of the Nerds. (Really?)

There were more surprises from fiction, though. The Fountainhead’s Dominique Francon inspired one reader’s lust and and another mentioned Terry Pratchett’s creation, Esmeralda Weatherwax. “She is tough, proud, smart, cynical, and like eighty-years old.” Maybe it’s just me, but that’s not a combination I would have figured would inspire lust. The inclusion of Batman and Holden Caufield, meanwhile, are interesting choices, but no surprise at all.

You can see Nerve’s fabulous 15 here. Meanwhile, what fictional character inspires your inappropriate thoughts? I’m guessing Twilight’s Edward Cullen. (Robert Pattinson, the actor who plays him, is pictured in character, above left. But, once again, I’m prepared to be surprised.)