I usually always post about my favorites, but today I also want to talk about 9 other couples that are always in my heart:
10. Sansa and Sandor (Game of Thrones)
From what I remember of the books (in which their age difference is much less accentuated, it should be 10/15 years) I really liked the two of them, with Sansa who was scared but then understood that he was a good person deep down and with Sandor who fell in love with the innocence and hope of this little girl.
9. Jo March and Friedrich Bhaer (Little Women)
Here too I don't remember much from the book but in the film I definitely loved them together, Jo so stubborn and bold and Friedrich calm but very honest and clear. Also here we have the age difference!
8. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)
This is the quintessential enemies to lovers and since this is my favorite trope I couldn't help but fall in love with them, I also have a soft spot for Mr Darcy because we are very similar in character and I empathize with them a lot.
7. Alina Starkov and Aleksander Morozova/The Darkling (Shadow and Bone)
What can I say, big age difference, enemies for lovers, impossible love... could I let them get away? Of course not! I wanted them together, period.
6. Penelope Featherington/Lady Whistledown and Colin Bridgerton (Romancing Mr Bridgerton/Bridgerton season 3)
I don't usually like friends-in-love, but these two made me change my mind (maybe because I love her too much). They're so high in the ranking because I wasn't crazy about the second part of their season, I liked Penelope's answers to Colin in the book more. Anyway, credit to them for making me change my mind about the friends-in-love trope.
5. Katniss Evergreen and Peeta Mellark (Hunger Games)
I don't know if I would call them friends or lovers, I just know that I didn't root for Gale for a second. Katniss and Peeta are perfect together, two survivors with profoundly different characters but united by a common moral. She is colder and more direct, he is kinder and more generous, but both are strong, brave and altruistic. A wonderful couple!
4. Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler (Gone with the Wind)
Age difference, difficult characters, both stubborn, direct, mean and cunning. A perfect couple even though she realizes it too late, their push and pull is so funny and the ending so out of the ordinary for the time and a novel partly of love that will satisfy those who love plot twists.
3. Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald (Harry Potter saga/Fantastic Beasts saga)
Enemies for lovers, two complex and multifaceted characters, a tragically divided couple who find themselves rivals after a sparkling start. An overwhelming and painful love that moves you when you think about how Grindelwald protected Dumbledore's tomb from Voldemort. They deserved more (and so do we fans of the films).
3. Seong Gi-hun and Hwang In-ho (Squid Game)
Yes, there is nothing confirmed, but I refuse to think that two people who look at each other like that are not in love with each other! Here too we have an enemy for lovers of the tastiest, with the addition that our hero does not even know that the other is the sworn enemy. What can I say, I loved every second of them!
1. Bellatrix Black and Tom Marvolo Riddle/Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter saga)
The unexpected couple in first place. Age difference, opposite social classes, complementary characters and shared passions. The desire to create the world they want and the courage to do any wickedness for each other. This is true love and I don't want to hear anything against it!
Looking at the rankings I would say there is still hope for me but not a lot considering the top 3🤣🤣🤣🤣!