[ SECRET POST #2216 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2216 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Of course they're pretty. Fictional characters tend to be because people like pretty people. His male characters were attractive too, in different ways. Exception being Beldin but the man spent most of his time as a hawk anyway.

When did Mirtai flutter her eyelashes to get her way? Kring was ready to walk through fire for her because he loved her, not because she fluttered her eyelashes or anything like that.

[ariakas]

Mirtai was described as pretty, though. Several times. While Sparhawk was frequently described as unattractive, grizzled, and his nose badly broken. Not to mention "too old" for Ehlana. I loved the Elenium/Tamuli anyway, but dude could have stood to have one Brienne.

Eh, you both have a point, though. Fictional characters do tend to be pretty, especially the female ones. At least he doesn't pull Weis and Hickman's "she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen" with every new female character they meet. So by the end of the books, the last woman's either unimaginably hot, or the first one was hideous, lol.

Doesn't mean it's not sexist, however. And it doesn't mean I don't have a lot more respect for authors who break that trope.

[(Anonymous)]

Uh, no. If the author cares about realism, not every character is going to look like a model. In Eddings' work, ALL the women are pretty, but the men show more variation in appearance. And nope, Beldin is not the only exception, since Silk is described as having a "rat-like" face. None of the main male characters in the Belgariad/Mallorean series are described as exceptionally handsome, yet nearly all of them score a hot chick at the end, even if they are assholes. Weird how that works, huh?