Favorite couples (OLD POST REPOST)

[Carol]

Carol earlier:
> > <SNIP>
> > > I'm trying to think of a Shakespearean couple that I really like, individually and as a couple, but I can't think of one. Romeo and Juliet don't have much personality, I can't stand either Portia or Antonio in "The Merchant of Venice," and I remember the heroines much more clearly than the heroes in the comedies.

Alla responded:
> > 
> > Hm, hard for me as well. I do enjoy Beatriche and Benedict, however, I wonder if they will make it as a couple, I mean I enjoy their chemistry and bickering (especially in the movie), but long term, am not sure.
> > 
> > And yes, cannot stand Portia or Antonio myself.
> 
> a_svirn:
> And they aren't even a couple! Antonio and Bassanio make for some interesting dynamic, though. 

Carol responds:

Oi! My fault. I didn't even remember Bassanio, only that I hated the other two and felt great sympathy for Shylock.

Carol, who was going to mention Benedick and Beatrice as an *interesting* couple, but, like Alla, I'm not sure they'll have a happy marriage