Westerosi babes: A study in who’s the flyest honey
So using a search of ice and fire, I documented each and every time the word ‘beautiful’ came up and in the text and was used to describe a person, to determine who is textual the FLYEST honey, backed up by anecdotes and numbers. I did not include ladies who had been referred to as beautiful only the once or twice in the text. So, sorry Jeyne Westerling. You were no doubt packing some kind of punch to make Robb Stark give up the trident for that wagon you draggin, but you simply don’t have the relevancy. ANYWAY, The following findings are:
Coming in sixth and essentially last of the best, is melisandre
She referred to as beautiful 3 times. By Stannis, Davos and Jon. But, all 3 men also claim she is terribly unnerving at the same time. A creepy hot weirdo.
The hottest of the dead lady gang, the only one showing up posthumously a total of six times, remembered as beautiful by 5 seperate people, Ned, Robert, Arya, Kevan and Davos. Also an official ‘queen of love and beauty’ Lyanna must have had that something something, as Rhaegar lost everything throwing in for her and Robert still can’t get over her. Legend status. Lyanna said ‘Ashara Dayne’ who.
She’s called beautiful 8 times, by 6 different people. Joffrey, Cersei, Tyrion, Sansa, cat, and some random named crakehall. Notably makes Cersei so jealous she’s actively trying to have her arrested and executed. Thats when you know you’ve got heux’s pressed.
She is referred to as beautiful 20 times by 9 different people. Daario, Quentyn, victarion, Mollander, Xaro, Hizdar, reznak, and two different randoms. (surprisingly didn’t find a quote from Jorah? I guess it’s implied?) and a lot of it from the meerenese and xaro is shameless flattery that honestly Dany is low key VERY over, but regardless, she is gaining LEGEND status by word of mouth, with random commoners spreading the word far and wide that the dragon queen is the most beautiful woman in the world. Icons only.
A hot mess on the inside, no one can discredit her outside, Cersei is referred to as beautiful 23 times by 11 different people, Jaime, Tyrion, Jon, Ned, Sallador Saan, Sansa, Petyr, Stannis, Taena, kevan and a random. The official fire and blood asoif lore book describes Cersei in her teens as the most beautiful girl in westeros. Even people who don’t like her at all describe her as beautiful. Too bad its fading fast and theirs a younger more beautiful queen ready to take all she holds dear, but Cersei in her prime even had her haters singing praises. The power in that.
and the FLYEST of honeys, first, number 1, is Sansa
Referred to as beautiful a total of 34!! times by 21 people. Tyrion, Petyr, Lysa, Cat, Arya, Joffrey, Cersei, Loras, Kevan, Marillon, Brienne, Mya, Myranda, Jeyne, Harry, and six other randoms such as maids, knights and courtiers. Seems like where ever she goes as a princess, a hostage or a bastard, basically everyone who comes across sansa goes ‘oh, damn’. Tall, tully blue eyes, red hair, she got men out here deserting their kings, KILLING their kings, just to marry her. And remember Cersei started to really hit her stride at sixteen, Sansa’s only just coming into her power. You heux’s WAIT till she’s out of her westerosi equivalent training bra, they aint ready!!!
Now. Is this study bias considering characters like Sansa and Cersei are POV characters and thus, would be the focus of a lot more talk on their looks? yes. . We KNOW there are legend status beauty’s like Ashara, Shiera ‘she must bathe in blood to be so hot’ Seastar, baddie Arianne Martell, all ladies who’s looks don’t really get to get mentioned, even if we know they no doubt have it going on. I’m just here with the hard cold figures ladies. And not to be that girl in the playground insisting HER barbie is no doubt the prettiest in the recess fashion show, but GRRM textually wants you to know, Sansa stark, my fave, like stacey’s mom, has it going on.
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