Goodreads asked Travis Heermann:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Travis Heermann Interesting question. I don't often think about characters as couple-units, although I do appreciate a good romance. I'm going to answer this from a writing craft perspective, because one of the downsides of being a writer is constantly deconstructing something that works well to examine why it does.
I'm going to go with Claire and James Frazer from Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER series.
Their relationship is not just all about the attraction. It feels like a real relationship. They fight. They make up. They make accommodations for each other while remaining true to themselves.
I recently watched the first season of the TV series, and I really appreciated the skill with which the web of character conflicts was set up, including Claire's and Jamie's. Claire has great internal conflicts as the protagonist, with a husband back in the 20th century, and this big strapping Scotsman back in the 18th century, and a load of cultural differences to navigate, any one of which could spell real disaster or death for her if handled poorly. Jamie saves her repeatedly but she's not a damsel in distress. She also saves him repeatedly. It felt like a very modern, feminist romance.

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