The relationship between Charles and Sebastian in Brideshead Revisited has been the subject of much debate. Those that perceive the relationship as homosexual point towards the reference made to Charles impatiently awaiting Sebastian’s letters as though love-smitten. At the culmination of the book, it is suggested that Charles fell in love with Julia later because of the marked similarity between Sebastian and her. When Julia asks Charles if he loved Sebastian, Charles replies, “Oh yes! He was the forerunner!” With so much evidence to suggest a less than platonic relationship between the two, it is understandable why so many readers are convinced of their homosexuality. Another interpretation posits that Charles and Sebastian shared a strong but platonic relationship. This interpretation posits that the two shared a very strong attachment which simply prefigured the heterosexual relationships they would later have. Lord Marchmain’s mistress says in the book Cara that Charles’ relationship with Sebastian is part of an emotional development that is normal for the English and the Germans. Hmmm.. I don’t think VPN is convinved.