Southern Dude #2

Atticus Finch.



I know what you're thinking. Atticus is the classic nice guy, not really the smoldering type, or even what you'd consider to be "hot." But, that being said, he's probably one of the most noble characters in literature. He's an amazing father, he takes up the cause of the oppressed, he's respectful to everyone, and he's a terrific shot. Plus, the fact that he's played by Gregory Peck in one of the best movie adaptations of any novel certainly doesn't hurt. Atticus Finch= totally bangable.

Southern Dude

I was watching this stupid show on ABC about the best movies of our time, and #1 was Gone With the Wind. Which reminded me:

Rhett Butler



Say what you want about the treatment of race/the South/the Civil War/whatever in that novel, a) it's epicly awesome, 2) Rhett Butler is like the epitome of bangable. As a young girl, I was (idiotically) partial to Ashley, mostly b/c I found Leslie Howard to be attractive (he was British and his name was Leslie). But as I have grown older, like Scarlett, I have seen how vastly inferior he is to Rhett Butler, blockade runner, war profiteer, and all-around wonderful rogue. Plus, he gets one of the best kiss-off lines in all of literature. Great balls of fire!

Shakespearean Dude #1

Edmund, from King Lear.



Sure, he's the villain of the play. Yes, he's so pissed off at being a bastard that he betrays both his father and legitimate brother. But man, he is pretty hot. He's smooth, charming, has (arguably) the best soliloquy in the play, and he's so bangable both of Cordelia's sisters are fighting over him.

Sadly, he's also the first unequivocably bangable Shakespearean male character I could come up with. So, Edmund! Now, gods, stand up for bastards!

Inaugural Dude

It was suggested to me that, similar to Bangable Dudes in History, I should use my not inconsiderable knowledge of English to create one for "bangable dudes" in literature. And lo, a blog was born.

While I hope to include some more unusual or eclectic dudes in this collection, we must start with the one who is, in my opinion, perhaps the MOST bangable dude in literature.

Mr. Darcy. duh.



Sure, he spends the first half of Pride and Prejudice looking down his nose at everyone, awkwardly interacting with strangers, and being insulting while proposing marriage, but once he admits to his (ahem) pride and prejudices, he's the definition of swoonworthy. Hurray for Darcy! I heart him!