What is this romantic fixation with the Titanic?

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Tonnes of other things have happened in recent memory, equally as heartbreaking.

[ETA] Not to detract from the tragedy that was the Titanic, of course.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I think had she not been on her maiden voyage she would have been just a shipwreck along with all of the others. I think the fact also that we know so many of the stories of passengers and what they did on that night helps. I watch everything I can about the Titanic, but I wouldn't call it a 'romantic' interest. The human stories and the ship itself fascinate me. This has been since before the ship was discovered. I read Raise the Titanic when I was a kid, and was spellbound.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Never thought about the story at all until Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet did the movie with the Titanic as the backdrop.

The romance is all about Leonardo & Kate... although Leonardo has since morphed into a lecherous old man Hollywood stereotype chasing young women and looking a bit creepier by the year.

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