17 Responses to “What Really Happened to the Cravens?”

1. web Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

   1 Well… college freshman sweethearts, still happy after 21 years, so I have no trouble at all envisioning my favorite romance couples HEA forever.

2. web Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 1:06 pm

   2 And it’s clear that Diane would be the one making the big bucks, and Lloyd the support staff. So they’re good.

3. December/Stacia Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 2:19 pm

   3 I’m not in love with Lloyd Dobbler. I’m in love with Lane Meyer. Lloyd is good and all, but Lane has that bitchen Camaro. Honestly, though, that was always my problem with Say Anything. As a chick of a certain age I’m required by law to adore the movie, and I do, but it always bugged me that you knew they’d probably break up.

4. fiveandfour Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 2:52 pm

   4 I’m just back from Hawaii and I indulged in one of my favoritest of all favorite pleasures: re-reading The Shadow and the Star while there. (I highly recommend it!) Sam and Leda will always live in a magical kind of place in my mind and there’s no convincing me that they’re not getting along swimmingly. As for the ninja stars, Leda might make some genteel hints to Sam and in turn Sam would acknowledge and apologize for anything he’s done to violate Leda’s code of proper behavior (there might be an ironic tone to his apology, but Leda would accept it nevertheless). There would be no yelling between those two. As for Lloyd and Diane - I read some fan fiction last spring or summer on the topic of their relationship as of the 20 year reunion for their graduating class which has stuck with me because it seemed true to the characters to me. The story went with the idea that they were together for a couple of years in London, then various things tore them apart and she went on to marry someone else. Now that marriage is over and Diane still occupies a large part of Lloyd’s heart so he’s wondering if they’ve now matured to a place where they can try again. It was a melancholy yet hopeful view of their relationship, which I quite like.

5. Lorelie Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pm

   5 :::blink blink:::: What do you mean? My fave romance couples are all living happily ever after in the Land of Shangrila. Sometimes Cian and Jessi from Moning’s Spell of the Highlander go out for dinner with Kenny and Savannah from Brockmann’s Out of Control. Date night, you know. (Tried to make with the linkage and couldn’t get it to work. I stoopid.)

6. Josie Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

   6 Most of my favourite couples are of course living happily ever after. I say most because I’m fairly certain that a couple of months after their story ended, (Shannon McKenna’s) Raine would have applied for a restraining order on Seth after he locked her in her bedroom for a week for not telling him she had nipped down to the shops for some bread and milk. That book is my guiltiest pleasure. Sigh.

7. Ella/L Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 3:58 pm

   7 Samuel and Leda had awesome ninja babies, I know that much. I don’t so much what happened to the couples I love, so much as to the ones I hated, being which those all died a mean, fiery death and will not be plaguing the Victorian era with their stupidity anymore. Sometimes, it’s just best to ignore the HEA.

8. SweetNSourGirl Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 4:47 pm

   8 I’ve always been a big supporter of the Happily Enough for Now ending. It’s far more realistic and generally it makes more sense.

9. Wendy Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 5:33 pm

   9 Mark Henry rocks! Can’t wait to see what he has to say. Probably something hilrarious about zombies.

10. Rosie Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 8:18 pm

    10 Webb and Roanna are one of my very fave couples. Since this is one of the few books I’ve read more than once I have given their future some thought. Of course they have two little Tallants which Webb is thrilled about because he has a little Webb to raise to take over the family dynasty. Although Roanna has her horses as a diversion she gets distressed as Webb begins to drift further and further away as he obsesses over business. It isn’t until he realizes that Roanna is spending a lot of time with the new trainer and taking trips entering the horses in high stakes races that Webb wakes up and begins to court and woo her like she deserved to be the first time around.

11. Jackie Posted: Oct 19th, 2007 at 5:13 am

    11 [I’m resending this comment; it looks like it didn’t take the first time.] I (heart) Lloyd. And damnnit, NOTHING will ever convince me that he and Diane are anything but perfect together and happy and enjoying life, even through the rough patches. He gave her his heart, she gave him a pen…and then, after that, they worked it out. Communication, baby. Lloyd is my ultimate good guy hero. And he’s happy. With Diane. I know it. And you know what? I married my high school crush. We just had our 10-year anniversary. And I’m pursuing the career of my dreams (fine, it might not be the sport of the future, but that’s okay), and he’s completely supportive. (Granted, I still have a day job, so I bet Lloyd had to do something to help contribute to the family income while going after his dream too. Reality check, even in the perfect HEA.) It’s possible. It’s my life. And I say that Lloyd and Diane do go on to live happily ever after. PS: Mark Henry is pretty damn awesome. The best zombedy writer out there!

12. Ann Bruce Posted: Oct 19th, 2007 at 5:34 am

    12 I say most because I’m fairly certain that a couple of months after their story ended, (Shannon McKenna’s) Raine would have applied for a restraining order on Seth after he locked her in her bedroom for a week for not telling him she had nipped down to the shops for some bread and milk. After Erin sneaks out the window and undergoes plastic surgery so she no longer matches the photo Connor is flashing around as he tries to find her, she and Raine can open a group home for McKenna’s heroines.

13. Ann Bruce Posted: Oct 19th, 2007 at 5:38 am

    13 Do you think Leda screams bloody murder at Sam every time she accidentally steps on one of the ninja stars he had left laying around on the floor? I’m not too fond of ninjas because of what they usually represent, but any true martial artist has respect for his weapons and would not leave them lying around… Or is that just the martial arts nut I work with who keeps his katanas in a glass case?

14. Teresa Posted: Oct 19th, 2007 at 9:37 am

    14 I hope Lloyd wised up and dumped Diane Court shortly after they got to London. She was extremely annoying and NOT WORTHY of the goodness that is John Cusak. He needed to run, not walk, back to Lili Taylor’s Corey and beg forgiveness for not seeing how perfect they are together.

15. Jackie Posted: Oct 19th, 2007 at 9:51 am

    15 Teresa, the only problem is that Corey would have started writing songs about Lloyd. Playing “In Your Eyes” is one thing. But an entire soundtrack of “Lloyd” songs? Gah…

16. Teresa Posted: Oct 19th, 2007 at 1:15 pm

    16 Corey would have outgrown the song writing thing. Ione Skye would always be stiff as a board.

17. Mrs Giggles Posted: Oct 20th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

    17 I’m that kind of person who is not interested in the characters after the movie/story has ended, although sometimes a well-told story featuring a couple that I am absolutely sure will break up (like Alec and Richard St Vier in Ellen Kushner’s Swordspoint) often leave me with a bittersweet kind of joy at the end of the story. (Ellen Kushner then proceeded to break up those two so that they will be miserable ever after in the next two sequels but THAT is a different thing.) What is the purpose of that initial post about how high-school relationships tended not to last anyway? Pointing out the obvious, no?