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Aganzir · 06-29-2008, 04:39 PM

Ever wondered why of all my favourite book characters I only liked Boromir and Saruman in the movies?
I always, always favour characters with a hooked nose (unless they are absolute fools, which is very seldom, though, for authors always seem to associate hooked noses to a certain kind of personality which I find attractive). Actually, nose is the first thing I notice in a person also in real life. I am quite confident it has something to do with the fact that I have a hooked nose, too, but it might also be possible that I just find them beautiful without any conceited reasons.

My friends say I look like a dwarf, but I am not sure if that is just because they want to be nasty (you see, most people probably think that telling a young maiden she looks like a dwarf is not to be taken as a compliment). Though as far as I recall they started it only after I had expressed my identification with the noble dwarvish race. Pets come to resemble their owners and vice versa, or however they say it.
I don't really know how I look like a dwarf, though. Maybe because of my profile? The way my cheeks and eyes go when I smile? I am short but not that short. But I am pretty positive I would look good with a beard.

More often than not I like characters because of their personality, not looks, though. But I don't know if anyone else has noticed it is sometimes hard to like ugly characters (except for Quasimodo), or characters whose looks differ much from what is usually considered "beautiful". I guess they are difficult to identify with (I just don't believe people can seriously consider themselves ugly), and therefore more difficult to really like. Or then writers just want the character's looks to reflect his foul nature. Or then I am a snob who cannot tolerate abnormality.
(Anyway, if anyone has read the Soldier Son trilogy by Robin Hobb they hopefully know what I mean. It took me the whole of Forest Mage and a greater part of Renegade's Magic to get used to Nevare's sudden obesity, yet I was ultimately disappointed when he eventually lost weight.)

06-29-2008, 04:39 PM	#6
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Ever wondered why of all my favourite book characters I only liked Boromir and Saruman in the movies? I always, always favour characters with a hooked nose (unless they are absolute fools, which is very seldom, though, for authors always seem to associate hooked noses to a certain kind of personality which I find attractive). Actually, nose is the first thing I notice in a person also in real life. I am quite confident it has something to do with the fact that I have a hooked nose, too, but it might also be possible that I just find them beautiful without any conceited reasons. My friends say I look like a dwarf, but I am not sure if that is just because they want to be nasty (you see, most people probably think that telling a young maiden she looks like a dwarf is not to be taken as a compliment). Though as far as I recall they started it only after I had expressed my identification with the noble dwarvish race. Pets come to resemble their owners and vice versa, or however they say it. I don't really know how I look like a dwarf, though. Maybe because of my profile? The way my cheeks and eyes go when I smile? I am short but not that short. But I am pretty positive I would look good with a beard. More often than not I like characters because of their personality, not looks, though. But I don't know if anyone else has noticed it is sometimes hard to like ugly characters (except for Quasimodo), or characters whose looks differ much from what is usually considered "beautiful". I guess they are difficult to identify with (I just don't believe people can seriously consider themselves ugly), and therefore more difficult to really like. Or then writers just want the character's looks to reflect his foul nature. Or then I am a snob who cannot tolerate abnormality. (Anyway, if anyone has read the Soldier Son trilogy by Robin Hobb they hopefully know what I mean. It took me the whole of Forest Mage and a greater part of Renegade's Magic to get used to Nevare's sudden obesity, yet I was ultimately disappointed when he eventually lost weight.) __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.