Who was your first fictional TV or movie crush and why? I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours

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Myles M · Answer

twink hercules: most lesbians will tell you that meg is where it's at but for me, t4t desire was born the day i set eyes on scrawny, pre-training hercules

heaths moon · Answer

colt from 3 ninjas:

rocky, colt + tum tum are forever burned in my 7 year old brain

Eric F · Answer

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 🦇: The original goth baddie. Saw the 1988 movie and fell in love.

sunset strip mall · Answer

Zero from Holes: i have a dim recollection of my childhood best friend and i even buying posterboard and making a poster OURSELVES of pictures of him which is actually insane

Aya C · Answer

Wesley Crusher: Young Wesley Crusher on Star Trek Next Generation

And now seeing this picture it makes so much more sense that I’m not straight and never was. Hahahah.

Lida Richardson · Answer

Edward Cullen: Sorry…

Also I mean the book version, not the movie version, but long live RPat of course

Chiara · Answer

meredith blake: I reaaaaaaally liked when she was onscreen, which was really confusing at the time but now makes perfect sense.

HVT · Answer

Jonathan Jackson in Camp Nowhere: What a gorgeous little head of hair. 11 year old me had a big ol’ crush.

Jana · Answer

adam west batman: Yep. Not a joke.

Paige · Answer

Pacey Witter 🩷: This man was my childhood crush and my adult crush 😭

birdie · Answer

jade west: my little lesbian ass had no idea what was coming in the world of peircings and alt people

Glo Bird Press · Answer

paul dano in "little miss sunshine": i just feel like he would understand me

claudia · Answer

christian bale in little women: when i was a kid my dad used to let me get one DVD a week from the $5 bin at walmart. one week i got little women (1994) & then spawned my first fictional character crush/obsession that was christian bale as laurie

Daniela · Answer

Cliff -  Bring It On: Love Bring It On but was a little disappointed to see a boy like this end up with a cheerleader. I guess that misses the whole point of the movie but I still found him very dreamy as a 12 y/o.

Jim Sterling · Answer

Mary Ann: Gilligan’s Island.

Chelseaowens · Answer

Niles Crane: He’s obviously the smarter and more likable Crane

chio · Answer

troy bolton: Troy Bolton (HSM series)

this was genuinely the first time i saw someone on tv and became obsessed. had merch and posters of him and i even won a sweepstakes to meet him so i got to miss school that day and my mom drove me to LA 🤣 it was a whole experience

grace murray · Answer

Jeremy Sumpter’s Peter Pan: IF YOU WISH IT

Lily · Answer

Desert Hearts: Dayyyym last 30 min of this shi

Hannah · Answer

Danny Phantom but also his goth friend Sam

devan · Answer

howard the duck: You asked

Johnny Yi · Answer

Lindsay Wagner as The Bionic Woman: Tough and exceptionally capable, especially under duress. Also, long flowy blonde hair, lithe and fit.

Evan McAvenia · Answer

freddy jones: school of rock is a near perfect film and i remember watching it as a kid and imagining myself as a part of the class. and i had a fat crush on freddy. he’s smart, he’s questioning authority, and he’s rolling up his sleeves and spiking his hair. cool guy alert!!!!

Hannah Cassidy · Answer

Adult Link: Okay, technically not a movie or TV show but adult Link in Ocarina of Time on N64 could get it.

Sophie B · Answer

Oklahoma!: Very first crush? Laurey and Curly in equal measure in Oklahoma. I was probably five years old and they both gave me butterflies. They still do!

Andrei Marinescu · Answer

Pamela Barnes in Dallas: Growing up in Communist Romania, there were few glimpses of life in the west. Dallas was one of the few U.S. shows broadcast on national television and even as a five year old I was like “whoa!” when Victoria Principal would come on screen.

Richard Mason · Answer

Leela (Doctor Who): Leela was a groundbreaking effort to give Doctor Who a strong female sidekick who wasn’t a damsel in distress.

Dylan Chavles · Answer

charlie from all dogs go to heaven: Charlie is my first movie crush I can recall (the dog).

Jess · Answer

All the vampires in the lost boys: one of each please.

Dylan · Answer

Cassandra Wong (Wayne's World): I think this might have been my earliest crush... did I want to be her or be with her? Turns out, both. I love a bad bitch!

D · Answer

Leeloo: Fifth element was a personal queer awakening moment for sure. (Plus Gaultier costumes always get me.)

Evangeline · Answer

aragorn: enough said

Spines, Flicks, and Wax · Answer

April Spotlight: Ryan Lambert: Rudy from  the movie, The Monster Squad (1987) played by Ryan Lambert.

Lee Ziffer · Answer

Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark: Strong, confident, assertive, and independent. She’s perfect.