tormund's beard Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Now this is how I picture Rhaegar http://www.google.gr...9&tx=194&ty=115 http://www.google.gr...16&tx=237&ty=45dude that's the mad king! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willard/Mitt Lannister Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 This is the closest to how I picture Rhaegarhttps://fbcdn-sphoto...004547117_n.jpgDoes anyone know who the actor this picture is based off of is? I'd like to stalk him please. no, rhaegar was the manPlease go do this... :bang:Hmm.. Is Sephiroth feminine? Cuz that's what Rhaegar looks like in my mind. 'No' is the answer I think.Yeah, I would say Sephiroth was very androgynous. If we are discussing looks, Rhaegar sounds pretty androgynous to me. Fine, delicate features? Check. Long flowing locks? Check. Soft, sad purple eyes? Check. He is kind of the antithesis to the uber masculine, bearded, and muscular Robert Baratheon. If being feminine, means that a man doesn't go around pounding his chest like "Kong" and only fighting when it truly matters; while also being kind, open, intelligent and by all accounts a decent person. Then yes, he is feminine to some; as would be any other man who does the same. Personally, I would just call it being a real man and a decent human being. See Ned, Davos and a several other male characters in this series.Now, I know every one is probably annoyed by this by now. But, considering it is the only purpose of my existence I will go on with it anyway. The masculinity by which a "real man" is defined is nothing more than a social construction. Real men in the 17th century wore heels, eye make-up, and had funny wigs.... Rhaegar is an honorable and noble person (debatably, we can argue that another time), but that doesn't have any bearing on his masculinity because women can also be honorable and noble. He is also a severe introvert who seems to, at times, despise the confines placed upon him by society. That doesn't sound like someone who would really give much of a shit if they are fitting into their prescribed gender roles. Rhaegar, to me, seems like someone who doesn't really place much thought into whether or not he is sufficiently "masculine," which may make him feminine by default. Such ephemeral concerns have no real value to him. He is concerned with prophecy and potentially his own delusions of grandeur. So, being masculine isn't a priority to him because it is a trite thing associated with a common culture he believes himself to be above. In short to answer your question, Rhaegar seems pretty androgynous in behavior and appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon's Queen Consort Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 dude that's the mad king! no this is tha MK http://www.google.gr...12&tx=87&ty=108 http://www.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimages3.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20120426193418%2Fprincenuadapetition%2Fimages%2F0%2F0e%2FKing_balor.png&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fprincenuadapetition.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FKing_Balor&docid=zwLQteMQid10eM&tbnid=InYTPEzrRHA40M&w=514&h=558&ei=bc0wUqmDIsqXtQaOuoCACQ&ved=0CAMQxiAwAQ&iact=c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3ol3o Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I don't think Rhaegar acted feminine but I always pictured him with feminine features. Kind of like Japanese anime or cartoons where the men have very feminine faces. I don't see Rhaegar acting feminine either. So he reads and plays music. The musicians in ASOIAF get more ass then anyone else. Rhaegar was the ultimate playboy and soldier who happened to also be an intellect. The man stood toe to toe with ole King Bob. Girly men don't do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tormund's beard Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 did rhaegar's chest glitter when exposed to sunlight ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned's Epic Beard Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Rheagar was an idiot and asshole. Stupidity and douchbary can not be associated with femininity. Hence we can assume that he was not feminine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasta11 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Do remember this is a medieval setting where burly men like Robert tend towards the norm. Anyone who shaved was probably labeled as a pretty boy automatically (Loras and Jaime being other notable examples). I doubt Ray-Man was an androgynous Sephiroth/Cloud lookalike, since he was also a pretty good warrior and you need muscle for that in this setting (remember he wounded Robert himself on the Trident, no mean feat). I picture him as more of a classically handsome guy, a Jaime or Renly with the long white hair and purple eyes to make the ladies fawn as a bonus.His behavior was certainly more ''feminine'' than most, especially considering, again, the setting. He certainly was no Robert Baratheon or Randyll Tarly. But playing the harp doesn't make one an emo, albeit it does dock points on one's manliness rating if you ask me. Sorry, I can't help it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanmp16 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Ive always pictured rhaegar as a kind of more muscular legolas, its been stated a few times that rhaegar was the best looking in westeros, and he won the tourney of harrenhall plus went to war with robert, a feminine man could not do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nami Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 I don't think Rhaegar acted feminine but I always pictured him with feminine features. Kind of like Japanese anime or cartoons where the men have very feminine faces.UghWhy is anime shit all over my entertainment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nami Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 Do remember this is a medieval setting where burly men like Robert tend towards the norm. Anyone who shaved was probably labeled as a pretty boy automatically (Loras and Jaime being other notable examples). I doubt Ray-Man was an androgynous Sephiroth/Cloud lookalike, since he was also a pretty good warrior and you need muscle for that in this setting (remember he wounded Robert himself on the Trident, no mean feat). I picture him as more of a classically handsome guy, a Jaime or Renly with the long white hair and purple eyes to make the ladies fawn as a bonus.His behavior was certainly more ''feminine'' than most, especially considering, again, the setting. He certainly was no Robert Baratheon or Randyll Tarly. But playing the harp doesn't make one an emo, albeit it does dock points on one's manliness rating if you ask me. Sorry, I can't help it.Hey, Robert was clean shaven in his youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodsteel bitterraven Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I believe it's in AFfC where Jaimie describes the Mad King towards the end. Jaime said no blade was admitted to his presence so the Mad King had finger nails nine inches long and hair that fell to his waist. Basically a dirty Targish Howard Hughes.Yes, that's what I said in my own post. But other than Aerys, why are all the Targaryens portrayed with long hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tormund's beard Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Hey, Robert was clean shaven in his youth.was he ? i think he used a closed-cropped beard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Walda Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Viserys in the GOT series was quite effeminate IMO? Harry Lloyd has very delicate features and he's not very masculine, he's boyish looking. Perhaps it's a targaryen trait?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minisa Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Does anyone know who the actor this picture is based off of is? I'd like to stalk him please.He's called Alex Pettyfer according to this: http://denkata5698.d...n-WIP-320287619In short to answer your question, Rhaegar seems pretty androgynous in behavior and appearance.I agree with this and pretty much everything you said except for the part that he was honourable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nami Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 was he ? i think he used a closed-cropped beard.I remember in one of Ned's chapters he thought of how Robert was clean shaven when young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 What I find interesting is that all Targaryen men have long hair in fan portraits. We know that Aerys had long hair, but I don't think it was ever mentioned that the other Targaryens had long hair. Is it simply assumed that it was common for all men to have long hair in Westeros (all the Starks have long hair too)?Well Vis and Rhaegar did, because they're described this way. Aerys had long hair because he didn't want blades near him post-duskendale. Men seem to have a semi-long style, Aegon I had short hair, Maegor had very short hair. Other Targ kings had short hair, just go back through the GRRM commissioned pictures. But generally they have a decent amount, but on occasion men are described as having hair as long as a girls (Sweet Robin comes to mind) implying men have it cut shorter than most women.GRRM seems to have decided short hair is too modern, and avoided the alternative (most medieval portraits have bowl cuts.) So long it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodsteel bitterraven Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Was Rhaegar described as having long hair? I don't remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tormund's beard Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I remember in one of Ned's chapters he thought of how Robert was clean shaven when youngyeah but not his face... nedbert f*content.Was Rhaegar described as having long hair? I don't remember that.don't know if long shoulder lenght iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gneisenau Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I pictured this :http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/File:MiguelRegod%C3%B3nHarkness_Rhaegar_Targaryen.jpgSephiroth looks with a muscular body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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