Fictional characters. Sometimes you like them, sometimes you loathe them, and sometimes you’re half in love with them. Want to get to know someone in a hurry? Swap character crush stories; it’s the ultimate icebreaker!
Reel Infatuation is a reader participation virtual cyclopedia of character crushes. It’s a symbiotic, interactive platform built on the old-fashioned notion of give-and-take. We want to hear all about your film, television, and literary loves! Are your stories sweet, silly, embarrassing, or seemingly inexplicable? Share ’em! First crushes, old crushes, new crushes? Bring ’em on! You show us yours, and we’ll show you ours!
Our goal is to share as many character crush stories with as many people as possible. Think of it as a continuing conversation joined by thousands of voices from around the world: you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll occasionally be totally confused. Sounds fun, doesn’t it?
Reel Infatuation is comprised of this fabulous introductory blogathon, a website, Facebook page, and Twitter account. All stories will be cross-posted in order to maximize the fun! After the (first annual) blogathon is over, we’ll keep the party going on all of the other platforms.
THE REEL INFATUATION BLOGATHON…
IT’S IN THE DETAILS:
- Remember: The character is the thing! We’re looking to hear all about specific character crushes, not generically dreamy performers.
- Our main focus is cinema, but your character crushes may come from different media (television, books), any era (silents, early talkies, contemporary sources), any language, etc. Is your favourite character from a silent Italian film or a new Korean novel? Please share!
- Duplicates and multiple entries are not only allowed, but encouraged. The more the merrier (or even The More the Merrier, co-starring multiple character crush Joel McCrea)…
- Please post on the day of your choice!
After signing up for the blogathon, be sure to grab a banner or two!
SIGN UP HERE:
PARTICIPANT LIST:
We (myself and my partner-in-pop-culture, Ruth* of Silver Screenings) are incredibly excited to share this project with you! If you think it sounds half as fun as we do, please spread the word! On that note…
JOIN THE CONVO TODAY!
In addition to the blogathon, you may submit your stories at any time via email, Facebook message, directly to our Facebook wall, or by tweeting! (We will take care of the cross-posting duties.) Please include the following information:
- Your name/nickname/handle (if you’d like to remain anonymous, let us know)
- Name of your character crush (role/actor/book character)
- Source film/television show/book (if possible, include the year of release/air dates/publication)
- Your story
We ask that you keep your non-Twitter/non-blogathon posts to a maximum of 300 words each. There is no cap on how many stories you may share! Keep ’em coming!
Contact info:
- email: reelinfatuation@gmail.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reelinfatuation/timeline
- Twitter: @reelinfatuation (using the #reelinfatuation and/or #charactercrush hashtags)
- Blog: reelinfatuation
Help us break the Internet, and all things pop culture, by spreading the word about Reel Infatuation. Thanks for being awesome.
*Kudos to Ruth for making the beautiful blogathon banners!
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Join us for this epic character crush blogathon. We can’t wait to see who your crush is!
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So exciting!
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Unique idea for a movie blogathon!
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Thanks for the reblog!
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Hi, could you change my entry to Gene Hunt from Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes x Thanks
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Of course.
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Thanks x
Would love you to join my blogathon, https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/announcing-the-darlin-dallasers-blogathon/
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Looking forward to checking it out.
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Thanks x
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Hi, sorry for being a pain – can you change Gene Hunt to J.R. Ewing from the original Dallas series – final choice and review written!!!!
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Not a problem! Looking forward to reading your entry next month!
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Thanks, do I have to do anything from here for you to change it, not sure how these forms work!
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We can change it for you.
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Please add The author name and book series name to my submission: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
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Will do.
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Thanks đŸ˜ƒ
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Thank you Maedez
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You’re welcome!
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Hi, can you change Gene Hunt in the above form for me x
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Yes, of course.
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Hi, after chatting to Silver Screenings thought I would clarify J.R. Ewings is my choice for the Reel Infatuation blogathon NOT the Greatest Villain one x
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Oh, yeah, I knew what you meant!
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Hi! This is a really cool idea.
I chose Lee Marvin & Liberty Valance, but can I also include his performance as Charlie in The Killers?
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Of course! You may write about as many characters as you’d like. Welcome aboard!
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Here’s my blogathon entry…none other than J.R. Ewing of TV’s Dallas x https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/gitterings/j-r-ewing/
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My post is up: https://bnoirdetour.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/reel-infatuation-my-gilda-crush/
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I am late to this party, but I’d love to join in with a look at Randolph Scott’s character in The Tall T. I’ll have it ready for Friday, June 17th.
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Wonderful. I’m looking forward to it.
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Here’s my post – Ponyboy Curtis in The Outsiders (1983) https://goosepimplyallover.com/2016/06/16/ponyboy-curtis-in-the-outsiders-1983/
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Not sure where to post my entry, but since other people have linked their posts on here, I thought I’d do the same. This was fun!
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Sheesh, and now I forgot the link:
http://www.breathingmovies.com/blog/2016/6/16/330lzdczn4jofe5wtqo0b5xy1h38a0
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Hi, I got my post up: https://christinawehner.wordpress.com/2016/06/16/antonio-banderas-in-the-mask-of-zorro/
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If you decide to do this again next year, keep me in mind and let me know about it. I missed this one. Right off the bat, I thought of two or three…
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Oh, we’ll definitely do another one. We’re also turning Reel Infatuation into a going concern. Our Facebook page, Twitter account, and blog will continue going forward. We hope to encourage people to share their character crushes year round. So, you are always welcome to engage that way or, of course, you can wait until the 2nd blogathon!
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