Lovely Blog Party | My Comfort Couples

What-ho, all!  I come to you on this fine sunny Sunday just in time to squeeze in one more post for Cordy's Lovely Blog Party before it ends tomorrow.  

I wanted to pay tribute to a special class of my favorite fictional couples:  my "comfort" couples, the ones who make me feel safe and happy and at home whenever they're onscreen.  The ones who make my face break out into a big sappy grin when they meet for the first time, because I know everything that's coming in their story and can't wait to watch it unfold again.  The ones who may not always be the absolute "deepest," but who soothe and entertain me nonetheless.  The ones who are just plain adorable, who are so extremely wholesome that they elicit grins and squeeps and covered-face glee simply by being their pure and charming selves.

This list isn't exhaustive — there are several more couples I love who meet some or all of these criteria — but it's a start.  Here are just a few of the couples who make me lean back with a sigh of relief and contentment — or lean forward with a gigantic grin — when they walk onto my screen.

(And accompanying fan videos, of course.  Because fan videos make everything better.)

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Charlie + Sophie

Letters to Juliet

This couple is summer and sunlight and Italian countrysides and green leaves and marble statues and pools and vineyards and roadtrips and light cotton dresses and sunglasses and generational friendships and rearview glances and found family and all things yellow and golden and good.

Penelope + Johnny

Penelope

This couple is color and whimsy and bubbles and street fairs and horticulture and chess games and poker chips and mismatched clothing and self-acceptance and growth and cityscapes and twinkle lights and newsrooms and theaters and scarves and pianos and bright fall days and park swings.

Emma + Killian

Once Upon a Time

This couple is skepticism and trust and sarcastic smirks and leather jackets and bright autumn sunshine and daggers and satchels and beanstalks and ship cabins and compasses and yellow Volkswagens and small-town pavement and fairytale pages and castle halls and soft smiles and second chances and sweaters and pancakes.

Jane + Jack

Mary Poppins Returns

This couple is childhood crushes and hopeful smiles and team efforts and London in the spring and fluffy clouds and cherry blossoms and nighttime hijinks and row houses and bike rides and chimney soot and suffrage banners and cobblestones and park lawns and sunshine and balloons.

Lane + Zack

Gilmore Girls

This couple is rock-and-roll bands and starter apartments and pizza and movies and CDs and guitars and unlikely friendships and hair extensions and drum sets and small-town living and grocery bags and baby bottles and tour buses and goofy smiles and unconventional first dates and pawn shop rings. 

Lily + Frank

Jungle Cruise

This couple is Amazonian adventure and reluctant partnerships and wide-brimmed hats and vintage cameras and quick grins and cartography and sketchbooks and stolen glances and riverboats and tropical flowers and jungle wildlife and rope vines and banter and trust exercises and bear hugs. 

Shengnan + Jin

This Is Not What I Expected

This couple is fine cuisine and gleaming kitchen surfaces and chaotic encounters and opposites attracting and oversized sweaters and immaculate suits and open-air markets and rainstorms and umbrellas and hot pots and bay windows and spring bike rides and quirkiness and sunsets.

Han + Leia

Star Wars

This couple is nostalgia and bickering and spaceships and politics and starry skies and control panels and blaster guns and gold medallions and personal growth and rebel bases and miscommunication and stubbornness and optimism and rich warm tones and forest moss and braided hair and forehead kisses.

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Your turn!

Who are your "comfort" couples?