Romantic hero?

I eventually dragged myself away from wandering through everyone's blips late, late last night. The TV had been on in the background and instead of switching it off I got caught up in a programme about literary Romatic Heros. It was comparing the pros and cons of Mr Darcy (Pride & Prejudice), Mr Rochester (Jane Eyre), Rhett Butler (Gone with the wind) and Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights). What their appeal is and why in real life no one actually would want to get stuck with any of them.

Personally I have never seen the appeal of Mr Darcy (with the possible exception of Colin Firth in wet breeches) I read the book a long time ago and found him incredibly dull. Mr Rochester? Started Jayne Eyre, never finished it, might read it again one day and see if he's as OTT as they made him out to be. Rhett, he's probably the best of the bunch and at least he had the sense to walk away from the madwoman.

And Heathcliff, well I do love the book and have read it many times. He does have a certain brooding appeal, until things go bad and they all spiral into doom. Heathcliffe isn't exactly someone you'd want more than a brief passionate fling with. Way to much baggage. And obsession isn't really a trait I admire.

I do love the book though. For me it's the bleak landscape and the total madness of it all that appeals. In the end though I think the part of me that sides with Heathcliff enjoys watching them destroy themselves.

Does that make him my romantic hero? Or does it just make me a bit strange?