Goodreads asked R. Munro:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

R. Munro I actually have a few, and for different reasons. For romance, I'm a bit old fashioned, and genuinely like Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". The pretention, the torture, the peeling back of layers of vulnerability like skins from an onion. There's a reason why such writing has endured. I know the implication from the question is romantic couples, but why stop there? For enduring deep and abiding fellowship, Tolkien's Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee - two characters who endure the most appalling hardships, yet see their struggle through. Terry Pratchett's Rincewind and his Luggage? Death and Binky? Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg? Even David and Leigh Eddings' Polgara and Belgarath. There are so many...

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