Ode to my celebrity crushes

It started...

When I was little I had a crush on Peter Pan. I wanted to be a mermaid ánd wanted to fly. Looking back, I don't know how I combined those two. But I wanted to fly and be able to breath under water. 

Those days are long gone, but the crushes on people from the screen had developed in a sort of zigzag way. Here I will discuss the major three crushes I had over the years, before I discuss my very first (real life) television crush.

Legolas

Being a Lord of the Rings fan I watched the films a lot. Having read the books, the elves were the most attractive anyway. So when I saw Legolas, I developed a little crush on him. Played by Orlando Bloom, I tried to find information about him, watching all extras on the dvd's when they came out and wrote a lot of fanfiction (I have burned all of it). However, when I discovered he played a character in Pirates of the Caribbean, my crush radically changed. Gone was Legolas.

Captain Jack Sparrow

Orlanda was nothing, compared to Johnny Depp. I think a lot of women will agree Captain Jack Sparrow to be exciting, charming and funny. I had this crush through part 2 and 3 of the movie series, several other Johnny Depp films and a bit longer. But the crush wore off quickly the more I got disappointed with his acting and how he appeared outside the movies. 

Benedict Cumberbatch/ Sherlock

Notice that this is the first crush I call by his own name. I never expected to fall this hard for the Sherlock actor. It was Sherlock who made me notice him and fall for him in the first place. It was Benedict himself I got a crush on. I still consider him to be attractive and if I would become single, his looks and behaviour are what I would be looking for in a man.

While writing this down, I see three different characters with different traits and looks. The only thing that should be in common, is that all three have their own way of being smart or intelligent. Legolas is an elf and should be intelligent as so. Jack Sparrow is savvy. He always finds a way to work things out (even though I disliked the fourth installment and his character progression). Sherlock is really smart, no doubt about that. Benedict Cumberbatch himself is smart as well, therefore the character and the actor sometimes blended together in my mind. I always liked being smart and people who are smart. I love to learn. Therefore it is normal for me to fall for smart characters.

But not with my first crush.

Spike

Anyone remember Buffy the Vampire slayer? If you do, you certainly should remember Spike. I don't know how old I was when I watched the show for the first time, but I loved Spike. He was the most amazing character of the whole show in my mind and he still has a special place in my heart. 

When I watched the show again with my brother (who is a Buffy fan way more than I am) and my mother, I noticed my mother developing a little crush as well. She won't admit it ofcourse, but she certainly liked Spike the most as well.

While Benedict Cumberbatch was my first crush on the real celebrity, Spike was the first real life character I fell for. I have had more crushes, both from the animated world and real life world. I do not consider these crushes to be real love, because I know those people are not like their characters. Characters are not real people at all. They have (if you are lucky) some dimensions in terms of how they view the world, but do not live a real life. A character would not survive the real world, whether it would be the way they live or think. 

Hence, I keep my crushes and think of them fondly, while I live my real life here, with my girlfriend.

What are your crushes? Did you ever meet your crush?

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