EDIT: Adjustments here okay but i know i painted Storm Front Harry attractive and iām standing by it because the text is literally on my side here
like letās lay this out properly:
first of all: man is 6ā9ā with that whole ālooming wizard in a trench coatā energy. that "not afraid to wear jewelry" energy. that alone is doing numbers
he gets his exercise going out on brooding walks ā he's not jacked in Storm Front like he is in the most recent books but I like this young, 25-ish look for him
the narration downplays everything because itās from harryās POV and his self-image is⦠charitable to call it inaccurate
admittedly he needs to learn to shave consistently and comb his hair but nobody's perfect and the scruff works wonders for the female gaze
a little pale and sleepless but again that's its own kind of raccoon-in-trash-can charm
but more importantly: other characters tell us whatās actually going on right from the first book
Bianca St. Claire ā a literal supernatural seductress who does not hand out compliments for free ā calls him āprettyā in Storm Front
and this is before theyāre enemies
she had absolutely no reason to gas him up
she simply looked at this man and went āyeah. pretty.ā
multiple women across the series flirt with him, notice him, or react to him physically
and not just random civilians ā weāre talking dangerous, confident, often supernatural women who are not easily impressed
and then thereās his vibe, which honestly might be the strongest evidence:
deep voice
dry, slightly unhinged humor
that whole āhasnāt slept, covered in bruises, will still put himself between you and something horrifying without hesitationā thing
like iām sorry but that is not āunattractive manā coding. that is ātall, intense, kinda scrunkly feral, completely not intentionally compellingā coding
the only reason this is even a debate is because we are trapped inside harryās brain while heās like āi look terrible. I look like a scarecrow that lost a fight with a coat rackā
sir.
respectfully.
bianca said you were pretty and she is an expert in this field












