Oblivious to Love/Literature: Difference between revisions

 

* [[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 [[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.

* The ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'' reveals that [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Typho Typho], Padme's eyepatched bodyguard, [[Bodyguard Crush|was in love with her]]. Naturally, she had no idea.

* In ''[[Warrior Cats|Warriors]]'', Firestar somehow never notices Cinderpelt's obvious crush on him.