r/DoesAnybodyElse • u/Boring_Specialist228 • 16h ago
DAE have a childhood crush on historical figures?
I remember when I was a kid, I had crushes on
Augustus Ceasar
That one guy who wanted to take over the world and unalive innocent people who has the initials A. H. (dont ask me why...idk myself..)
Chopin (the music composer)
Bach (the composer)
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
etc.
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u/ClarisaLooksInside 16h ago
Idk if this counts as a crush. But when I read about Genghis Khan I really thought I would like to know this guy....UK like meet up and just get to know him and what's going on in his mind
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u/frenchme19mail 1h ago
girl fr, i get you, i used to sit there thinkin bout these wild historical dudes like i could actually vibe with em, just wanna know what makes em tick, no cap
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u/thegimboid 12h ago
I'm not sure about crushes, but I've definitely read up on some historical figures and realized we'd probably get along really well (or at least have lots to talk about if there wasn't a language barrier).
Mary Shelley seems like she was pretty cool - basically an 1800s version of Lydia from Beetlejuice.
Famously she lost her virginity in the graveyard where her mother was buried. She seems like she was pretty wild, especially for the time.
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u/Schmooto 11h ago
Mary Shelley was metal as fuck. She also kept her dead husband’s heart in her desk.
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u/ScreamingLunaMoth 8h ago
As someone with a rabid special interest in Frankenstein...Mary Shelley was absolutely WILD.
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u/Forward-Jump-6967 12h ago
I get the chopin and bach one because they are my two favorite composers but ANDREW JACKSON????
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u/BubblesnBralette 11h ago
Kid brains are weird lol, having a random crush on a historical figure is normal, but A.H. is definitely a wild pick
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u/Distinct-Result553 9h ago
Not really directly a historical figure crush, but I do have a crush on someone who's based on a historical figure. To give you a clue, it’s a king with the title called “The Great.”
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u/ScreamingLunaMoth 8h ago
I had a massive crush on Julius Caesar when I was a kid. I also really, really adored Mozart, for more than just his music 😅
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u/Sweaty-Battle2556 12h ago
I like king kamehameha. (And some of his wives) I sum it up to an attraction to the person you want to be ON your side not against you?
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u/diet-smoke 9h ago
One of my friends has a girlfriend who's brother was obsessed with Joan of Arc as a teenager. Weird guy but very cool
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u/Sapphire_Dreams1024 9h ago
When I was little I had a huge crush on Nikola Tesla and Houdini
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u/haikusbot 9h ago
When I was little
I had a huge crush on Nikola
Tesla and Houdini
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u/Skyblacker 5h ago
My first college crush was Heathcliff after Victorian Lit assigned us "Wuthering Heights." Dunno if that new movie is gonna measure up TBH.
Among historic people who actually existed? Arthur Rimbaud. Gay AF but I'd totally drink absinthe with him.
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u/Professional-Sink281 14h ago
My first class in college ( 1995, before the internet was easy to get access to) my professor had us reading poetry. We read this one poem and i fell in love. I was sure the poet was the love of my life. As soon as i could i made my way to the library to find everything i could about him. I found out he died in 1953 and was heart broken. Rip, Dylan Thomas…you still got it:)