Oblivious to Love/Literature: Difference between revisions

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* [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] generally had oblivious heroes. Special mention must be made of Tan Hadron, the hero of ''[[John Carter of Mars|A Fighting Man of Mars]]'', who actually managed to not realize he was in love with Tavia instead of Sonoma ''after'' 1) he had seen beautiful women and the first comparison that had popped to mind was to Tavia, 2) he had been betrayed, and when he realized it was Sonoma and not Tavia, his first words were that he was glad it was not Tavia, and 3) he had taunted Sonoma for her cowardice by saying he had fallen in love with someone else, a slave girl, ''and'' someone else had pointed out he had obviously been talking about Tavia. Indeed, he denies it ~~then—although~~ admitting a few days later.

* [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] generally had oblivious heroes. Special mention must be made of Tan Hadron, the hero of ''[[John Carter of Mars|A Fighting Man of Mars]]'', who actually managed to not realize he was in love with Tavia instead of Sonoma ''after'' 1) he had seen beautiful women and the first comparison that had popped to mind was to Tavia, 2) he had been betrayed, and when he realized it was Sonoma and not Tavia, his first words were that he was glad it was not Tavia, and 3) he had taunted Sonoma for her cowardice by saying he had fallen in love with someone else, a slave girl, ''and'' someone else had pointed out he had obviously been talking about Tavia. Indeed, he denies it then — although admitting a few days later.

* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novel ''[[Dark Heresy|Scourge the Heretic]]'', Mordechai is oblivious to the attraction that Keira, another character in the Inquisitor's retinue, feels for him. Partly because it is expressed in a rather [[Tsundere|truculent manner]] (until another woman points out to him that it could be attraction), partly because Keira, who was raised in a [[Sex Is Evil]] cult, does not realize it herself until she accuses Danuld of wanting to sin with her, and he tells her that he can tell that he doesn't have a chance because of Mordecai.

* In [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]' ''Gaudy Night'', when [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] is being criticized for how he spends his life, Harriet Vane snaps back: perhaps he catches murderers for fun, but he does it, and he could be killed, and many innocent people have reason to thank him for it. She reflects afterward about what her reaction shows about her own attraction.

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** It runs in the family, too. Their son, Ramses, spends a not inconsiderable amount of time pining after their adopted daughter, Nefret, who thinks they are [[Like Brother and Sister]] — even when '''she's''' starting to feel jealous about all the women [[Chick Magnet|throwing themselves at him]].

* As a perpetual child, [[Peter Pan]] is literally unable to understand the concept of romantic love, and regards all female characters either with indifference or as potential mother figures. This wouldn't be much of a problem...except that ''every'' female character, be it fairy, mermaid, girl or mother, is attracted to him in some way.

* In [[P. G. ~~Wodehouse|PG~~ Wodehouse]]'s ''Hot Water'', Packy sees Jane after his engagement is broken and realizes he's been in love with her all along.

* In [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s ''Hot Water'', Packy sees Jane after his engagement is broken and realizes he's been in love with her all along.

* In the tenth book of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Harry fails to realize that Lucio is flirting with him when she bathes herself topless in front of him, which leads to this immortal line:

{{quote|'''Thomas:''' Moron. Thank God [[Big Bad|Nicodemus]] is a man.}}

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