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A lot of people are posting Game of Thrones characters. I've NOT watched the HBO series. I AM reading the books, and am partway through the novel series. What I'm noticing is that (sadly not unlike the vast majority of popular books in the fantasy-scifi genre), the women characters are drawn REALLY weakly. I have to assume that the people who are all about the female GoT characters are all about them due to the show, and not the books. I'm hoping they're less one-dimensional in the show than they are in the books. Or is it just about the actresses being pretty? Serious question, no judgment. In the books, the females are, by and large, just kind of "meh."
I haven't read any of the books. I've watched GOT from the beginning on HBO. Some of the ladies on the HBO version have different strengths, always thinking, some are manipulative. I enjoy watching...
The OP clearly said "fictional characters," not actors who play them.
My example was Data from Star Trek TNG. I don't find Brent Spiner, the actor who plays him, attractive at all. But the character Data, I find very attractive.
I wonder how many women would still pick Rick or Shane from Walking Dead if they weren't played by good-looking actors.
Shane the character was a major DB. Doesn't speak highly of the women that liked the guy
He certainly wouldn't be the first mysogynistic fantasy author. Thus far, in the novels, the ONLY female character that is even a little interesting is Arya Stark. I've read things where Martin is praised for writing strong female characters, but, eh. Not seeing it yet, in any pervasive way. I'm not usually a fantasy reader, though, so it's possible my expectations are a bit high. Maybe these women are strong, for the genre.
the "I like the actor" vs. the "I like the character" thing is why it's more interesting to me to go with literary characters than film characters.
I don't know how far you are in the books, but there are a few. Arya, Brienne and Melissandra are a few...and there's a couple others that flex their muscle in the political arena rather than in battle, which I find intriguing. If you DO decide to watch the show, the female characters are fleshed out a little bit better in my opinion.
Some of the characters happen to be attractive though.
That's why, as Tabula mentioned....literature is a better example for this, so the two are more easily separated.
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The OP clearly said "fictional characters," not actors who play them.
My example was Data from Star Trek TNG. I don't find Brent Spiner, the actor who plays him, attractive at all. But the character Data, I find very attractive.
I wonder how many women would still pick Rick or Shane from Walking Dead if they weren't played by good-looking actors.
Or Gambit......exactly. I don't care for Sarah Clarke's looks, but I LOVE the Nina Myers character on 24.
Sherlock Holmes would be a terrible boyfriend, IMO. He's a drug addict, for one, and he's misanthropic with a superiority complex and also practically asexual.
That's why, as Tabula mentioned....literature is a better example for this, so the two are more easily separated.
That's true but there are so many pieces of literature that have been made into movies and the characters were portrayed by good looking actors/actresses.
Sherlock Holmes would be a terrible boyfriend, IMO. He's a drug addict, for one, and he's misanthropic with a superiority complex and also practically asexual.
That's perhaps true. Never really thought about it though.
That's true but there are so many pieces of literature that have been made into movies and the characters were portrayed by good looking actors/actresses.
Well, if someone is unable to separate the two, they probably can't contribute much. I think Jennifer Love Hewitt is crazy hot, but I wouldn't want to deal with any of her made-for-TV movie characters. As I understand it, the OP was about the character themselves that you'd be attracted to date, not the person playing them.
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