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Nature's Beauty lies in the Eye of the Beholder. Or does it?

ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
edited May 2016 in General Discussion (Spoiler Warning!)
Some of you might be familiar with the high level druid spell "Nature's Beauty":


As you can see in the area I have highlighted for you, it is stated that the perception of beauty is for most men the the same while it varies much more for most women.

Now, I am not here to discuss the statement itself ... I am here to do an experiment!

Please post below what your gender is and up to five characters (actors, musicians, fictional characters, etc.) that you find sexually attractive and why.

And be honest.

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  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    @Aedan It's the nose, isn't it.
  • AedanAedan Member, Translator (NDA) Posts: 8,551
    @Buttercheese
    THAT and being a super cute and funny gnome with blue hair and lots of humor.
    I wanna see him in BG2!!!
  • SkatanSkatan Member, Moderator Posts: 5,352
    Born and identifies as male.

    I have a sweet spot for:
    * Jennifer Connelly (natural beauty, great actor and my 'free card')
    * Gina Carano (power and beauty in one explosive package)
    * Emma Watson (very smart and beautifull as well)
    .. but I actually find beauty in most women and spend way, way too much time fantasizing about women.

    The only character in a game I've ever really found interresting enough to feel "attracted" too would be Miranda from ME2/3. I like the actor they used for her face as well.
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    @Artona I desperately need that extra dex point, so let me try:
    He's entertaining and when he doesn't fumble his wisdom rolls, he is insanely smart. Plus he's a super powerful magician and probably knows some ... useful ... metamagic as well *cough* And the stare. Also accent. His beard from BG1 is flippin amazing. He obviously keeps himself tidy (which I can tell you, is definetly NOT a common trait among a lot of men :expressionless:). AND IT'S SO MUCH FUN TO PICK ON HIM, especially considering that he'd definetly have his revenge >:D He'd be fun to argue with.

    Plus, he's a challenge and you probably wouldn't get bored with him.
  • ArtonaArtona Member Posts: 1,077
    Fair enough, @Buttercheese. Have fun with that dex point, hope it'll improve your AC. ;)
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,760
    Buttercheese said:

    five characters (actors, musicians, fictional characters, etc.) that you find sexually attractive and why.

    Gender: Male

    Ideals of beauty: Cate Blanchett as Galadriel (Gimli style), Lucy Liu, Safana from BG (especially with Stephanie Wolfe's voice), Annah-of-the-Shadows from PST and Dorian from DA:Inquisition, yes, he's that awesome!
  • AchterkladAchterklad Member Posts: 114
    edited May 2016
    Male, born and bred.
    • Virgil (Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magic Obscura)
    • Thrall (World Of Warcraft)
    • Daelan Red Tiger (Neverwinter Nights)
    • Zaknafein Do'Urden (The Dark Elf Trilogy)
    • Moritsugu Katsumoto (The Last Samurai) Nalia de'Arnise (Baldur's Gate II)
    Edit: Just thought about it a little more.
    Post edited by Achterklad on
  • ButtercheeseButtercheese Member Posts: 3,766
    @Nimran I am sorry to hear that :(
    But I hope you and Noober will have a bright future together, with a lot of cookie baking involved UvU

    @bengoshi Nobody can blame you for Dorian, he's got 25 on Charisma xD

    @Achterklad I had to look up some of these but you get a big YES on Thrall and Zak from me :D
  • abacusabacus Member Posts: 1,307
    Male

    Rachel Riley (British TV personality) - she's tall, blonde and fits fairly typical standards of beauty, but she's also a brilliant mathematician

    Catherine Zeta Jones - particularly in the Zorro movies... I could happily fall into her eyes and never surface.

    Liv Tyler as Arwen... Again, her eyes seem to fill the screen and she's breathtakingly elegant.

    Beckett from Castle... although I'd only love her from afar because it would be awful to come between those two.

    Cameron Diaz in walking into the bank in The Mask was probably my 'awakening' moment.
  • JarrakulJarrakul Member Posts: 2,029
    edited May 2016
    Male

    Alyson Hannigan (particularly as Willow Rosenberg), Viggo Mortensen (particularly as Aragorn), Liv Tyler (as basically anything, but Arwen comes to mind), Varric Tethras (from Dragon Age), Garrus Vakarian (from Mass Effect).

    EDIT: Oh, right. Reasons.

    Alyson Hannigan -- Hard to say. She's adorable, energetic, and awkward, but I'm not sure I can explain why she's also hot as hell. She just is.

    Viggo Mortensen -- The dirtier and less shaven he gets, the prettier he is. But that beard of his is incredible.

    Liv Tyler -- Something about the shape of her face, and especially her eyes, is just really attractive.

    Varric Tethras -- Four things: chest hair, jawline, attitude, voice.

    Garrus Vakarian -- THAT VOICE. The vocal trilling gets me every time, but none of the other turians have voices as sexy as Garrus's. Also, this is gonna sound weird, but something about the turian facial structure is appealing to me.
  • semiticgoddesssemiticgoddess Member Posts: 14,903
    Gender: Male

    Stuff I find attractive: Multiple unrelated things. I have no fictional characters or actors to name; just people I've known personally.

    Physically? Very, very small and very, very pale women. But there have also been tall, dusky women I like as well.

    Romantically? I kinda fall in love with anybody I get to know very well, but the general trend is that I like artistic, smart, and educated women who have a warm and fuzzy attitude. People I can talk with about politics or history or art or science and the like for hours and then go home and cuddle up with and watch some sappy Hallmark or Disney or Pixar movie.

    The kind of person I'd want to raise kids with.
  • doggydoggy Member Posts: 313
    Female.

    Young Harrison Ford. And of course Sean Connery and Johnny Depp because reasons.

    Dorn because muscles and Rasaad for walking around without a shirt and being cute.

    Irl men who can make me laugh.
  • dunbardunbar Member Posts: 1,603
    Gender: Male
    Age: Older than most people here.

    Viconia
    Ziva David (character from NCIS)
    Debbie Harry
    Suzi Quattro
    Catherine Zeta Jones

    I like to live dangerously.
  • ArtonaArtona Member Posts: 1,077
    I raise y'all Jim Morrison's voice.
  • DJKajuruDJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300
    I was going to name celebrities, but I guess naming BG characters I find attractive is more fun .

    Gender:male. ,gay orientation

    Attractive npc's (which does not necessarily mean only physical attractiveness)

    Bg1: Khalid , Rasaad and Kivan (I'm attracted to exotic types, and good guys).

    Bg2: Anomen ( only physically, as I'm a total leftist) , Haer D'Alis (all bg bards are fun and sexy) and Valygar ( I like his unpolished beauty.)



  • dotsdots Member Posts: 37
    edited May 2016
    Sure, for science. Female.

    Cassandra Pentaghast and Aveline Vallen (Dragon Age)
    Shar-Teel
    Sameen Shaw (Person of Interest)
    ........GLa.....DOS...............................

    That voice, ok. Otherwise I live and breathe for butch women and/or women who could bench press me tbh.

  • deltagodeltago Member Posts: 7,811
    Heterosexual Male.

    Had to think about this but here are 5 in no particular order

    Bethany from DA2. Strong and independent with an adventurous side, but mostly its the voice so Rebekah Staton gets a nod. She also seems like a real person and not just a character with quirky indistinguishable traits so she is the only video game character I can name.

    Clarke (Eliza Taylor) and Lexa (Alycia Debnam Carey also in Fear the Walking Dead) from The 100. The whole cast is beautiful though, but those two seem down to earth girl next door appeal.

    Lisa Hannigan (singer) just listening to Flowers or I Don't Know makes me want to marry her.

    And one more... hmmm... I guess my desktop is an image of Shizuku Mizutani from the anime "My Little Monster" so I will go with her and her emotionless apathetic view towards others.
  • TheArtisan TheArtisan Member Posts: 3,277
    Nonnahswriter said:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlYKlrf0poI


    I started Fire Emblem Awakening as a male character when I first got it. Then I got to this cutscene, only a few minutes into the game. I heard Chrom's voice. I took in the close-up of his face as he helped my character off the ground. Stared deep into his gorgeous blue eyes, watched as his hair swayed in the breeze... And I immediately turned the game off and restarted as a female character with every intent of making him mine. :heart:

    Chrom is probably the only man on the list that I would actually dedicate myself to. Bad boys are fun to fantasize about, but in real life, I stay the hell away from them. Sorry, but murdering psychopaths just aren't fun at family dinners. Chrom is charismatic, cares deeply for the people he loves, heroic to a fault, and will never give up on you, no matter how dire the circumstance. For those who've played the game and know the plot, you know what I'm talking about.

    Sadly, Chrom isn't real. :cry: But I've got a loving boyfriend who will one day be my husband, and I'd rather have him over a fantasy any day. :blush:
    Ahh, Matt Mercer is such a brilliant voice actor. His voice is half the reason Ryoma is my favorite character in Fates. I made a soundset out of his voice clips just because he's that awesome.
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