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[zatoichi]

Morrigan, on 31 March 2012 - 10:13 PM, said:

My pick: I don't recall if bearded, long-haired filthy Jaime in his Riverrun cell is meant to be attractive or not, but that's my favourite-looking version of him (well, minus the filth... then again, yum...)

In one of her POV chapters, Lady Stark says even in his filthy state he was still beautiful. She then proceeds to kick a bucket of filth. Brienne agrees even when Jaime acts all kinds of mean to her and she thinks him a monster.

(In the show, I had a nervous laugh when one of the Northerners, after he is captured outside Whispering Wood, calls him "pretty man.")

[verona stark]

Jorah Mormont, obviously. I kept having to remind myself that he wasn't good-looking while reading the series.
I thought Oberyn Martell was written as attractive. I guess I just kept mentally picturing it. xD
For some reason, I kept picturing Quentyn as attractive in that geeky sort of way. I rooted for him, at least.
I keep seeing Ygritte as attractive, but then again, plain Jane is kind of attractive to me.

Was Ser Patrek described as handsome? Also, I pictured Ser Hyle as handsome. And Ser Justin, I think - the guy that's trying to court Asha and she's just like, lawls u so dumb. I pictured all the assholes as attractive. And Littlefinger - he's very good-looking in my head. He pretty much looks exactly like show-Littlefinger.

Also, Asha. Hot. As. Hell. At least in my head. xD And Theon. Yeah, him too.

And - for some UNGODLY reason - I keep thinking that Ramsay is supposed to be attractive. I know he's not - and I am in NO WAY attracted to his character - but I keep picturing him as good-looking in that "I'm so handsome but I'm actually a raging sociopath" sort of way like Christian Bale in American Psycho. o__O

Screw it though. Mance Rayder will ALWAYS be attractive whenever I picture him. That man is FANTASTIC.

Edited by verona stark, 31 March 2012 - 11:39 PM.

[Lyanna Stark]

verona stark, on 31 March 2012 - 11:34 PM, said:

Jorah Mormont, obviously. I kept having to remind myself that he wasn't good-looking while reading the series.

Isn't Jorah described in the books as having a hairy back? That's a bit off putting.

[Queen of Winter]

Lyanna Stark, on 01 April 2012 - 06:07 AM, said:

Isn't Jorah described in the books as having a hairy back? That's a bit off putting.

I think so, Lyanna. It's said he's very hairy. I always thought it was amusing considering he comes from Bear Island.

Edited by Queen of Winter, 01 April 2012 - 06:57 AM.

[Caz]

The gods save me, but there's something about Roose Bolton that attracts me.  Quite what it is I find so attractive, I don't know, but when I read his parts in the books, I come over all unnecessary

[Kittykatknits]

Lyanna Stark, on 01 April 2012 - 06:07 AM, said:

Isn't Jorah described in the books as having a hairy back? That's a bit off putting.

Queen of Winter, on 01 April 2012 - 06:57 AM, said:

I think so, Lyanna. It's said he's very hairy. I always thought it was amusing considering he comes from Bear Island.

Just want to put out that this is nothing a bit of manscaping can't fix.

[Nausicaä]

Morrigan, on 31 March 2012 - 10:13 PM, said:

I don't get the non-attraction to men with long hair myself. 90% of men look better with long hair. It is known.

My pick: I don't recall if bearded, long-haired filthy Jaime in his Riverrun cell is meant to be attractive or not, but that's my favourite-looking version of him (well, minus the filth... then again, yum...)

Oh, he is.

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Jaime Lannister had been allowed no razor since the night he was taken in the Whispering Wood, and a shaggy beard covered his face, once so like the queen’s. Glinting gold in the lamplight, the whiskers made him look like some great yellow beast, magnificent even in chains. His unwashed hair fell to his shoulders in ropes and tangles, the clothes were rotting on his body, his face was pale and wasted . . . and even so, the power and the beauty of the man were still apparent.

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Catelyn stared down at him in revulsion. Was there ever a man as beautiful or as vile as this one?

Not so much afterwards, when he shaves his head but keeps the beard and whiskers.

I have to admit, I find it very puzzling that so many people got the impression that Ramsay is on Cillian Murphy's level of attractiveness.

Jamie Lannister, on 31 March 2012 - 02:39 PM, said:

It's an honest query! I can't for the life of me recall how he's described physically, aside from the eyes and lips. If he's ever flat out said to be heinously unattractive then my mind's eye needs to alter its interpretation. >.<

Here you go:

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Ramsay was clad in black and pink; black boots, black belt and scabbard, black leather jerkin over a pink velvet doublet slashed with dark red satin. In his right ear gleamed a garnet cut in the shape of a drop of blood. Yet for all the splendor of his garb, he remained an ugly man, big-boned and slope-shouldered, with a fleshiness to him that suggested that in later life he would run to fat. His skin was pink and blotchy, his nose broad, his mouth small, his hair long and dark and dry. His lips were wide and meaty, but the thing men noticed first about him were his eyes. He had his lord father’s eyes; small, close-set, queerly pale. Ghost grey, some men called the shade, but in truth his eyes were all but colorless, like two chips of dirty ice.

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A fleshy young man with fat moist lips and long hair who smelled like a privy.

[Shingo]

Lyanna Stark, on 30 March 2012 - 02:47 AM, said:

Not attractive as such, but I find myself quite often just wanting to hug Samwell Tarly.

SamCuddles

[Ser Sweets]

Reek. If he bathed. Maybe.

I didn't think there was anything attractive about Theon, but there's something so alluring about a broken man.

It's a shame that when I read descriptions of him I realise, 'Eugh, no. Nevermind.'

But when there isn't much description of his physical, elderly appearance I like to imagine him as ruined, but attractive in a sickly sort of way.

[Chocolate_dream]

No Daario or Jaquen H'ghar?  Big brutes don't interest me much I guess.

[Ser Sweets]

Chocolate_dream, on 12 April 2012 - 05:00 AM, said:

No Daario or Jaquen H'ghar?  Big brutes don't interest me much I guess.

I think they're both meant to be attractive canonically, though.

[Blood Rider]

Ser Barristan Selmy - old geezer can out-fight the present Kingsguard.
Tyrion Lannister - a quick mind and a sharp tongue is very attractive.

[Lord of the Night]

Character I think isn't done fairly is Jorah Mormont. Daenerys describes him as unattractive, yet he isn't really. He's not drop-dead gorgeous or beautiful but he isn't ugly.

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Also Tyrion Lannister. Everybody calls him ugly I doubt he is really, I personally always pictured him looking similar to Peter Dinklage, even before Dinklage was cast as Tyrion, so I say its the dwarf-thing that makes everyone think he's ugly rather than any actual characteristics that are his own.


LotN

[Red Raven]

I started watching the show before reading the books so, with the exception of Lysa, I imagine all of the characters looking like they do on TV and most of the ugly ones look more attractive on screen than written.  Dinklage's Tyrion is the obvious example and Jorah as well.

I tend to discard TV!Lysa and imagine her as like the overstuffed sausage with a gaudy painted face described in the books.

[N. Baratheon]

Ser Derpstein, on 31 March 2012 - 01:45 AM, said:

Meera Reid. Is that weird? I can't recall how old she's supposed to be, and if it's below legal age of consent, I apologize She just seems really sweet and free spirited in the book. I really enjoy her character.

I agree completely, except since I think I'm close to her in age, I feel none of your shame

[Phénix.]

DAVEN LANNISTER I WANT TO SEE MORE OF HIM!

[Bride of Winter]

the Boltons (particularly Roose)

*runs and hides*

Besides that, Edmure, the Blackfish, Asha, Bronn, Bloodraven for some strange strange reason. I also find Jon Snow quite hot but he's never been described poorly, just plain.

[Datepalm]

Bride of Winter, on 14 April 2012 - 12:53 PM, said:

Bloodraven for some strange strange reason.

Yeah, me too. Then I remind myself he has mushrooms growing out of his head.

I think Grey Worm is totally hot. Then I remind myself he's a eunuch, but, hey, thats not his fault.

(I like Theon, Jaquen, Beric and Aeron Greyjoy too, but all of them are actually described as good looking at some point.)

[Ser_Patreck]

I have a thing for fighter women, so, Brienne of Tarth and the two older Mormonts (Dacey and Alysanne). Also, Obara and Nymeria Sand aren't described as particularly attractive, but that's how I imagine them anyway.

Oh, and Meera Reed. She's described as a lean girl, with none of the voluptuousness Westerosi women must have, but I'm attracted to her all the same, and I think Bran would agree with me.

[Caz]

Bride of Winter, on 14 April 2012 - 12:53 PM, said:

the Boltons (particularly Roose)

*runs and hides*

Besides that, Edmure, the Blackfish, Asha, Bronn, Bloodraven for some strange strange reason. I also find Jon Snow quite hot but he's never been described poorly, just plain.

Phew!  I'm so glad it's not just me that feels a strange attraction to Roose Bolton!   I was beginning to worry about my state of mind