{"id":1417920,"date":"2019-05-23T14:15:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1417920"},"modified":"2019-05-23T14:08:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:08:34","slug":"fictional-characters-who-experienced-love-at-first-sight-ranked-by-how-well-that-turned-out-for-everybody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/fictional-characters-who-experienced-love-at-first-sight-ranked-by-how-well-that-turned-out-for-everybody\/","title":{"rendered":"Fictional Characters Who Experienced Love at First Sight, Ranked by How Well That Turned Out for Everybody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/romeoandjulietwhostoblamesep30_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>People in literature are just constantly experiencing love at first sight, with mixed results. Look, I get the appeal. There are no awkward first dates where you&#8217;re trying to figure out if you like the guy or if he&#8217;s just tall, no lonely nights where you&#8217;re home alone wondering why she hasn&#8217;t texted you back yet\u2014you just make eye contact with a hot person across a crowded ballroom and BAM, you&#8217;re in love and you would die for each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In literature, sometimes you DO die for each other. Sometimes other people die, too. Sometimes love at first sight turns out just fine\u2014other times it has deadly and far-reaching consequences for everyone involved. Here are some couples who fell in love immediately, ranked by how well things turned out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in literature are just constantly experiencing love at first sight, with mixed results. Look, I get the appeal. There are no awkward first dates where you&#8217;re trying to figure out if you like the   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[438,628,25067,5158,25017,171,24595],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417920"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1448762,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417920\/revisions\/1448762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1417920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}