21 Beloved Fictional Couples Who Actually Suck
If you consume any kind of narrative media with romantic plot lines — and you have a heart — you probably have a fictional couple who represents your endgame. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Morticia and Gomez. Luke and Lorel— actually, he was damn near verbally abusive to her. Buffy and Ang— okay, he was 200 years older than her, that’s pretty weird. Harley and Jok— why are we even starting that sentence?
It turns out that a lot of fictional couples are toxic as hell. Just because their scenes make a good YouTube montage set to an emo song from 2003 or their story is ripe for fanfic doesn’t necessarily mean a relationship is worth emulating, and a lot of you need to hear that. That’s why, when user Dragonball_Z137 asked r/AskReddit, “What are some fictional couples everybody loves that are actually toxic?” Reddit could basically recite the entire Spirit Halloween couples section.
But don’t worry: They’ll never take Morticia and Gomez away from us.
Cam and Mitchell from Modern Family
Carrie and Mr. Big from Sex and the City
Ross and Rachel from Friends
Turk and Carla from Scrubs
Chuck and Blair from Gossip Girl
Donna and Eric from That ‘70s Show
Jim and Pam from The Office
Marshall and Lily from How I Met Your Mother
Rory and Amy Pond from Doctor Who
Owen and Claire from Jurassic World
Allie and Noah from The Notebook
Mr. and Mrs. Fox from Fantastic Mr. Fox
Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey from Fifty Shades of Grey
Edward and Bella from Twilight
Ron and Hermione from Harry Potter
Jesse and Jane from Breaking Bad
Cinderella and Prince Charming from Cinderella
Gatsby and Daisy from The Great Gatsby
Heathcliff and Catherine from Wuthering Heights
Ezra and Aria from Pretty Little Liars
Romeo and Juliet from Romeo and Juliet
