Husband Reads My Spicy Romance Books 🌶️📚

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 263

  • @saltynikita5095
    @saltynikita5095 5 месяцев назад +1433

    My husband is a history professor and accidentally picked up my Kindle in the middle of a very smutty scene he came into my office and was like wtf its this? 😅

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +217

      ✨ corn ✨

    • @katherinebraxton5068
      @katherinebraxton5068 5 месяцев назад +4

      Oh my goodness.Was he like turned on by it at some point?

    • @JacquelinElizabethWrites
      @JacquelinElizabethWrites 5 месяцев назад +133

      Better than the time my roommate was wondering what I was listening to and just stuck my ear up in her ear without asking. Never did that again though.

    • @laughingcorrpseholly4136
      @laughingcorrpseholly4136 5 месяцев назад +218

      My husband picked up my phone I had a book open on and it was during a very very spicey scene in a book and he was like “my goodness.. I’m gonna have to start using these books as references….” 😂😂😂

    • @tzdtug
      @tzdtug 5 месяцев назад +101

      A PROFESSOR?! GURL OMG YOU ARE LIVING THE DREAM😩😔😭

  • @ElisabetTX
    @ElisabetTX 5 месяцев назад +839

    “You can’t read this with pants on” lol

  • @marissaguajardo6451
    @marissaguajardo6451 6 месяцев назад +767

    “There’s no sex??” Lolll me when I’m reading a closed door book 😭

  • @Loverera2023
    @Loverera2023 5 месяцев назад +275

    11:19 “that is A WEOPONNn!” Literally dying on the floor. 😆 I really needed that laugh. It literally felt so good. TSA won’t be stopping my man, he’s non existent 😅

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +10

      his commentary is great 🤣

  • @Moxee11
    @Moxee11 5 месяцев назад +274

    “That thing is a nuisance to bring everywhere” 😂😂😂 dead🤣

  • @bookswiithsoph
    @bookswiithsoph 6 месяцев назад +456

    this video is HILARIOUS omg props to you for not turning tomato red!! 🤣

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  6 месяцев назад +43

      i was sweating for sure 😅

  • @Harleyjane22
    @Harleyjane22 6 месяцев назад +474

    “Let me just Go get two inches from the store”. 😂

    • @nishthagupta1357
      @nishthagupta1357 5 месяцев назад +14

      Ikr I'm not even reading with them but it's so funny😂

  • @DesertBean
    @DesertBean 4 месяца назад +39

    3:09 “You should be ashamed 🙄 “ 😂😂

  • @lakshmia8264
    @lakshmia8264 2 месяца назад +48

    “You should be embarrassed”and “you can’t read this with pants on” got me lol 😂

  • @Queencereal
    @Queencereal 6 месяцев назад +163

    Genuinely the funniest video I’ve seen in a long time! Please do these monthly

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  6 месяцев назад +10

      definitely doing another video with him soon 😊

  • @DioneN
    @DioneN 5 месяцев назад +80

    I also love kindle reading because you can read the smuttiest stuff at work and no one has to know. It’s great!

    • @BBK83
      @BBK83 4 месяца назад +3

      Yep!!! That's what I do 😂

    • @KenjiiH
      @KenjiiH 4 месяца назад

  • @aprilskylynn
    @aprilskylynn 6 месяцев назад +323

    I wonder if its hard for audiobook narrators to read this aloud in a recording studio along with others working there? Ik I'd either be cackling or turn red. You know what I'll keep it real- BOTH!!! LMAOOO 👋🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks so much sharing this! 💀👻📖

    • @jessicagarcia98002
      @jessicagarcia98002 6 месяцев назад +30

      They don’t pay them enough 😂

    • @YunuPolsen
      @YunuPolsen 5 месяцев назад +19

      I can listen to audio books as I work which is great fun, but I sure pray those spicy scenes don't suddenly become audible to my fellow co-workers. Yikes! 😊

    • @KM-xq2xr
      @KM-xq2xr 4 месяца назад +9

      Most of them record in an at-home studio.

    • @acelovesdiyschristopher7023
      @acelovesdiyschristopher7023 22 дня назад

      ​@YunuPolsen have u ever heard the horror stories? The ones where someone's Bluetooth headphones run out of battery and disconnect or if they get pulled over by a cop or someone they see at their kids school stops them while they're listening to an audiobook in their car.

  • @niciswandering1576
    @niciswandering1576 5 месяцев назад +30

    your guys banter is so fun, loved both your energies. "that thing is a WEAPON" look

  • @eugeniev-a4
    @eugeniev-a4 3 месяца назад +14

    You two are so cute. The fact that you have your library, your space is... Goal

  • @LanaCloon
    @LanaCloon 5 месяцев назад +140

    „Because I’ve been taking 9 inches before myself“ IM CRYING 😭😭

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +26

      brock doesn't have a filter & i love it

  • @Fnndjkvlf
    @Fnndjkvlf 16 дней назад +7

    Men are into visual corn, whereas women into literary corn.

  • @nikieria
    @nikieria 5 месяцев назад +72

    “Sometimes, sometimes” 😂😂😂😂

  • @jenniferf.1601
    @jenniferf.1601 5 месяцев назад +121

    I would LOVE to get a man’s take on Rhysand’s confession in A Court of Mist and Fury. There isn’t a single woman I know who has read the book and isn’t inlove with Rhys for that heartbreaking confession! You should definitely have your husband read it…although he can’t read it in isolation so that’s somehow getting him to actually read the book 😂😂

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +21

      i made him read ACOTAR last year, but he’s refusing to read ACOMAF right now :,) one day he will.

    • @laughingcorrpseholly4136
      @laughingcorrpseholly4136 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@MadiCovingtonhow come he’s refusing to read ACOMAF? Lol he’s gotta!!!

    • @StephenGreene-y8b
      @StephenGreene-y8b 5 месяцев назад +14

      @MadiCovington My wife started reading romance novels just a few years ago (and romance fantasy more recently) and when questioned about the spicy stuff she would be very vague. I finally took it upon myself to start listening to the audiobooks so we could talk about it. Made it through all the Bridgerton books and ACOTAR + sequels. There is a lot to make fun of but also a lot to enjoy. I would say to all the other spouses of romance readers out there... don't knock it until you try it. At best you enjoy it with them... at worst you have something with which to tease them relentlessly😂

    • @seer6755
      @seer6755 4 месяца назад +2

      I am a guy i also just finished reading the series i can give you my opinion. I assume you are talking about the cabin scene but if you can confirm for me i would be happy to give an opinion

    • @RED-my9hl
      @RED-my9hl 2 месяца назад +3

      U haven't met a single woman who isn't in love with rhys? Now u have 😂

  • @kalitaylor9064
    @kalitaylor9064 4 месяца назад +46

    I always wondered how narrators get thru the smut without bursting into laughter. Definitely not meant to be read aloud...more under the covers with 'no pants on' 😂😂😂

  • @michellepatten7460
    @michellepatten7460 6 месяцев назад +96

    This is why I make book covers for my books 😊 because spice…. 😂

    • @kimma508
      @kimma508 5 месяцев назад +7

      Good idea!

  • @high.lady_3818
    @high.lady_3818 5 месяцев назад +32

    “It is a weapon” BYEEE PLSSSS 😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @dh7m7
    @dh7m7 19 дней назад +1

    This is actually literally so funny😭🤍 we literally need more of these kind of videos it’s a NEED🙏🏻.

  • @fabricofdreams.
    @fabricofdreams. 4 месяца назад +47

    Your husband seems so likeable! Loved this 😆

  • @nicolemcmahon1250
    @nicolemcmahon1250 6 месяцев назад +59

    I laughed out loud soooooo much in this video!! Especially for Dixon Rule 🤣 You two are so awesome!!

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  6 месяцев назад +4

      glad you liked it, brock reading the application from The Dixon Rule is hilarious

  • @katerynamastero6196
    @katerynamastero6196 5 месяцев назад +12

    Wow, the change of the dogs was so cute! And husband is having fun, nice to see that 😁

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +2

      the pups are needy & brock is great 🤣🐶

  • @willowmoon5063
    @willowmoon5063 5 месяцев назад +9

    Every mate should read these if their partner has, it's such a connection to them.

  • @tlglock1637
    @tlglock1637 4 месяца назад +16

    I agree with him. It is difficult for me to read male characters written by female writers. I just don't think men's hearts wrench lol

  • @PaulinaReadsss
    @PaulinaReadsss 6 месяцев назад +23

    This was the funniest thing ever 😂😂😂 I love how you were kind of blushing kinda laughing 😆 I would blush too for sure 😳😂

  • @tcshaitan1
    @tcshaitan1 5 месяцев назад +7

    I just came across your channel and I love it. I used to read so much when I was younger but life got so busy I stopped. So I'm working on getting back to it. Great video you and your husband are so funny together.😂

  • @Talhn
    @Talhn Месяц назад +2

    lmao "ok let me go get 2 inches from the store real quick" hahahhahahah his quotes are gold.

  • @georginarippingale9627
    @georginarippingale9627 5 месяцев назад +8

    ‘That’s a nuisance to carry round’ 😂😂

  • @haileyberkenpas5448
    @haileyberkenpas5448 5 месяцев назад +12

    I genuinely giggled throughout this entire video. MORE PLEASE 👏

  • @JuiceyBabs
    @JuiceyBabs 5 месяцев назад +22

    This was hilarious! Especially Brock’s commentary on the Dixon rule and the spine of a book. TSA indeed 😂😂😂

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +3

      he secretly wants to read The Dixon Rule for sure

  • @beanvvv
    @beanvvv 5 месяцев назад +9

    the meter stick clip was too funny omgg😭😆

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +3

      i’m glad i got that on camera 😆

  • @bayleenicolereads
    @bayleenicolereads 6 месяцев назад +16

    This video is literally so funny 😂 love seeing Brock on the channel 🤩

  • @Johanna_reads
    @Johanna_reads 5 месяцев назад +12

    Madi, I just discovered your husband's channel in the Lit-Fic area of BookTube, and now I'm happy to find yours as well! This was hilarious! I had no idea Gravity's Rainbow had smut!

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +1

      hi johanna! thanks for supporting us both, we have super similar taste in books if you can’t tell 😅😂

  • @phglam
    @phglam Месяц назад +3

    Omg this is too cute. My husband read some passages from my smutty romance on kindle and boy o boy hilarious 😂 had my dieing laughing.

  • @wendyfisher7090
    @wendyfisher7090 6 месяцев назад +27

    Omg! Y’all literally made me lol. His opinion on these books had me in tears from laughing. 🤣

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  6 месяцев назад +3

      he's so honest about his opinion too 😂

  • @yencymartinez4138
    @yencymartinez4138 Месяц назад

    I absolutely love seeing you laugh so much and seeing the great sense of humor you both have. We all should laugh more.

  • @saraferguson1156
    @saraferguson1156 5 месяцев назад +17

    I’m team Brock because I don’t know how that scene is important to the plot 😂😂😂 your husband is hilarious!!

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +3

      the smut definitely comes out of left field sometimes, but SOMETIMES it makes sense 😂

  • @kimma508
    @kimma508 5 месяцев назад +6

    I’m a new subscriber and I love you already! I just started reading Dixon Rule and I’m hooked. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Your husband is hilarious and a good sport! You guys are adorable!

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +1

      yay! thank you for the support! 🥹🤍

  • @mousegrey6747
    @mousegrey6747 3 месяца назад +3

    I just want to point out that I actually prefer when the spice doesn’t add to the story- because when I don’t want to read it (or I’m in public) it’s a lot easier to skim through

  • @ShaleBeeLinn
    @ShaleBeeLinn 5 месяцев назад +9

    I’m loving his Fireheart shirt 😮🩵

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +3

      he supports my etsy shop more than anyone 🤣🥹

  • @Inconsistent-Dogwash
    @Inconsistent-Dogwash 5 месяцев назад +6

    I feel like getting him to read one of those alien “romance” books would be fun.

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +1

      he would be so confused 😂

  • @singinglibrarian
    @singinglibrarian 4 месяца назад +4

    I feel like you need to have him read a historical romance, like one of the smut scenes in bridgerton

  • @peyton-
    @peyton- 6 месяцев назад +15

    This was soooo funny!! 😂 We need more.

  • @Crazykajunchic
    @Crazykajunchic 6 месяцев назад +39

    Oh man, when you pulled out The Dixon Rule.. I was REALLY hoping for the scene with Will cause that was 🥵🥵🥵

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  6 месяцев назад +20

      so. i thought about doing that one… but it’s a little advanced for him 🤣

  • @heyitsheatherc
    @heyitsheatherc 6 месяцев назад +20

    We need more Brock commentary! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @katherinebraxton5068
    @katherinebraxton5068 5 месяцев назад +4

    😂I love the watching the facial exexpressions on my coworkers faces when I allow them to read a page of my spicey novels.

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +2

      oh god, i couldn’t imagine letting my coworkers read them 🤣

  • @ariusrainer9345
    @ariusrainer9345 5 месяцев назад +4

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 EEEEEEW!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "I feel like you shouldn't read this with pants on"!🖤

  • @dogmom2844
    @dogmom2844 3 месяца назад +1

    I love the vicious lost boys. I just wished that Nikki Saint Crowe would’ve bound the first two books together and then books 3 and four together because they’re so. Thin

  • @rlg2926
    @rlg2926 5 месяцев назад +7

    This kind of reminds me of when I read Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. There was that one scene where the characters did it on a moving horse. I could not help it I started cackling because it sounded too impossible to me. Like wth. 😂😂

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +4

      brock said "there's no way, that's insane" 😂

    • @Sky-Child
      @Sky-Child 9 дней назад

      Haha has the author ever ridden a horse? Like alone?!
      Nonsense

  • @ozzygirl098
    @ozzygirl098 5 месяцев назад +7

    Just came across your video and decided to click on it…. Your husband is hilarious and I couldn’t stop laughing! Thank you for this video as it gave me more books to check out for sure! Much love all the way from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
    Sharon H❤

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +2

      thanks for commenting! he is pretty dang funny 😆

  • @theellasteel
    @theellasteel 4 месяца назад +1

    oh my good the dixon rule was so fun to read!!!

  • @elliecheung4527
    @elliecheung4527 3 месяца назад +1

    The Dixon Rule FWB application... cracked me up XD

  • @b.knotty
    @b.knotty 5 месяцев назад +6

    Brock’s commentary was hilarious!

  • @samanthaaffleck1855
    @samanthaaffleck1855 4 месяца назад +8

    Laughed so hard when he said “COMPARED TO WHAT I READ?!” 😧🫣

  • @Ashley-xe9gs
    @Ashley-xe9gs 4 месяца назад +2

    I’m dying 😂 you and your husband are hilarious together 😂

  • @ShortGard3nGnom3
    @ShortGard3nGnom3 2 месяца назад

    OMG ANOTHER JUST FOR THE SUMMER FAN YESS!!! ALSO I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO SMUT IN IT I THOUGHT IT CUT OFF INTO BLANKNESS-

  • @Rachel-xx9hu
    @Rachel-xx9hu 5 месяцев назад +5

    His shelf looks amazing- Hegel’s Phenomenology of the Spirit & Heidegger’s Being & Time!!
    Such a funny vid though ❤️

  • @laughingcorrpseholly4136
    @laughingcorrpseholly4136 5 месяцев назад +4

    Tell me how I knew that last book was A Court of Silver Flames before we even got started 😂😂😂

  • @amira_856
    @amira_856 15 дней назад +1

    As a girl that loves romance, but isn’t really into smut, I LOVED watching this. This is exactly why I don’t like it, since I would just end up laughing at it😂

  • @WildLyulf3
    @WildLyulf3 4 месяца назад

    @Madi Covington, not sure if you've read them but you should try the Buttons& Lace set by Penelope Sky as well as Hungry for her Wolves by Tara West

  • @bettytrembly6538
    @bettytrembly6538 5 месяцев назад +2

    My cousin read a book with strong romance..lol in the same room with her grandfather and had to get up and leave because she was embarrased.

  • @radudumanovschi3387
    @radudumanovschi3387 5 месяцев назад +9

    If you make your husband read smut, make him read Looking to Score by Alley Ciz. It is American football romance and has the masculine perspective of smut.

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +2

      thanks for this rec! i'll add to my goodreads!

  • @factssstation
    @factssstation 5 месяцев назад +7

    Is this YA???( acosf)
    "NO"
    oh my gosh "NO" 😂😂😂😂

  • @nishthagupta1357
    @nishthagupta1357 5 месяцев назад +6

    I love his reactions so much omg😂❤

  • @AthenaCat0324
    @AthenaCat0324 Месяц назад +1

    My guy best friend came to visit one time while I was reading a Judith Mcnaught book (Until You) and I quickly hid it under a throw pillow only for him to discover it when I went to get him some soda😂😂😂 I think he was traumatized

  • @Sheezal_Chauhary
    @Sheezal_Chauhary 25 дней назад

    "She chants his name" *Proceeds to chant* IT GOT ME ROLLING-

  • @ToReadersItMayConcern
    @ToReadersItMayConcern 5 месяцев назад +4

    Best series on BookTube.

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +2

      it’s too funny to get his opinion on these

  • @high.lady_3818
    @high.lady_3818 5 месяцев назад +1

    12:30 CRACKED ME UP 💀😭

  • @shruti8154
    @shruti8154 5 месяцев назад +9

    First time viewer❤. Im telling you if my future husband doesn't engage like this i dont need him. 😂😂😂

  • @Ashley_e
    @Ashley_e 5 месяцев назад +1

    reaction to the RH face is 😂 I completely agree with that face. I’m like I can’t read this. What are you talking about! I can’t do Rh! But it’s funny reaction nonetheless “ let me get 2 inches from the store real quick” 😂😂

  • @KcE-in4fc
    @KcE-in4fc 5 месяцев назад +3

    My husband was listening to my auto while we're driving. Every time it was the guys part, it was a guy talking, and he didn't care for it. He thought it was strange. That guy size was rare. It's definitely not something women want, lol.

  • @AndressaSilva-hh6mx
    @AndressaSilva-hh6mx 4 месяца назад

    What a great idea this video is!!! Never saw this nowhere 😂😂😂 great for us to laugh and feel second hand embarrassed

  • @rima97_
    @rima97_ 5 месяцев назад +3

    His commentary is legendary 😂😂😂

  • @ascia158
    @ascia158 5 месяцев назад +1

    I just checked his channel it's amazing ! He's not a boring reader

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +1

      he’s not a boring reader, we just tease eachother 🥰

  • @TinyPrettyNini
    @TinyPrettyNini 5 месяцев назад +2

    He is so funny💀😭 I was laughing so much!

  • @cynthia1957
    @cynthia1957 12 дней назад +1

    This is my first video of yours and it was hilarious LOLL

  • @enakshiXO
    @enakshiXO 5 месяцев назад +4

    This was so fun watching 😂😂😂

  • @caitlinboycher8596
    @caitlinboycher8596 2 месяца назад +1

    Shamelessly read my books and switch to audible occasionally at home without earbuds. Does my husband hear? Yes, do I care? No, am I ever embarrassed by my books, nope!

    • @windssn3z
      @windssn3z Месяц назад

      Wow 😂❤
      Does he say something?

  • @peoniesandparchment
    @peoniesandparchment 5 месяцев назад +3

    you guys are adorable!!!

  • @user-rt8es1xg5d
    @user-rt8es1xg5d 5 месяцев назад +2

    Don’t be shy….bring out THE Shantel Tessier lol

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад

      i made him read a haunting adeline scene in the first video we did together!

  • @matolerma9462
    @matolerma9462 4 месяца назад +2

    Im laughing and dying of embarrassment

  • @hookedonlove5821
    @hookedonlove5821 3 месяца назад +1

    I love this!!! He’s hilarious

  • @emanueladadarlat3159
    @emanueladadarlat3159 5 месяцев назад +2

    Your husband is hilarious. He's definitely a keeper ...better than 9in guy over there. ;)

  • @missdank8009
    @missdank8009 5 месяцев назад

    You should've had him read "put your hands on the headboard" scene in ACOSF

  • @arpitapalande
    @arpitapalande 5 месяцев назад +2

    Omg this was hilarious, you know I always imagined what a guy would feel like reading all this, and now ik lol😂, this was my first time watching your video and i enjoyed myself thoughout the vid. Anyway you have good taste, definitely gonna watch your book recommendations 😂❤

  • @ItsNotthatDeep_86
    @ItsNotthatDeep_86 4 месяца назад

    I love reading dark adaptations of the "Lost Boys" I explained to my husband its an explicit adult version of Peter Pan.. 💀

  • @TheLinguistsLibrary
    @TheLinguistsLibrary 3 дня назад

    Oh my days....so you're the fabulous wife behind the Active Mind videos! Didn't know you had a channel....I am a boring reader lol. You guys are so cute and you both sick tattoos

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  2 дня назад

      hi!! thank you 🥹🤍

    • @TheLinguistsLibrary
      @TheLinguistsLibrary День назад

      @@MadiCovington I would love to hear your thoughts on Murakami's spicy scenes btw!

  • @TheBookSkeptic
    @TheBookSkeptic 5 месяцев назад +3

    This was so fun! Keep it up! 😉

  • @katherinebraxton5068
    @katherinebraxton5068 5 месяцев назад

    I didn't know I would love the reverse harem books like I did Goldie and The Three Bears by Theodora Taylor. ❤❤

  • @MadisonNewton-w7t
    @MadisonNewton-w7t 23 дня назад

    His shirt❤️❤️❤️ I love throne of glass❤️❤️❤️

  • @camillemayers103
    @camillemayers103 5 месяцев назад +3

    Your husband is very esthetically pleasing.😊

  • @gracepower180
    @gracepower180 5 месяцев назад +1

    😂😂😂😂 we need more of this

  • @nishthagupta1357
    @nishthagupta1357 5 месяцев назад +5

    7:12 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @sirinehaddad3167
    @sirinehaddad3167 5 месяцев назад +3

    his t-shirt🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @NicoleMVS92
    @NicoleMVS92 Месяц назад

    did you read "dark prince" by Christine Feehan? Carpatos are my fv

  • @ClairesUniverse
    @ClairesUniverse 5 месяцев назад +1

    He needs to read the Will scene in Dixon Rule lol

    • @MadiCovington
      @MadiCovington  5 месяцев назад +2

      we need to work our way up to that one 😆🥵

    • @ClairesUniverse
      @ClairesUniverse 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@MadiCovington i about died😂 but I also need his book immediately!

  • @latofatifa8395
    @latofatifa8395 5 месяцев назад +5

    the thing about heroes in books that they aren't real they are fictional charachters created mostly by women .. it's hard to find a realistic man charachter in books that say real thing and beeing romantic at the same time ... i myself feel the jealousy in my husband but never heard one word that mean i feel jaloues or i wanna kill evry man staring at you . and trust le he is so so jealous somtimes it's so frustrating and unbearable .. and it goes for other thing in tbeir personalities ... but the thing is we love that i' fictiin that's why we read them... they just fiction