u/Szalony20

Hey. Yesterday, during a discussion under one post, I suggested that Isendre could be in the top 10 female characters from The Wheel of Time in terms of beauty.

This led to a question in the comment exchange: which female characters would be in such a top 10?

This is highly subjective, and I have a feeling that only Lanfear and Berelain would have an almost 100% chance of being in anyone's top 10.

It depends on whether, for example, physical attractiveness (many characters have large breasts) or facial beauty would be more important, etc.

If I were to subjectively choose my top 10, in no particular order, it would be:

- Lanfear

- Berelain

- Amathera

- Nynaeve

- Aviendha

- Elayne

- Morgase

- Sarene

- Sevanna

- Isendre

What would your top 10 be and would there be room for Isendre in it?

Gawyn, Elaida, Tylin, Sevanna, Galina, and Therava are some of the characters who seem most fit to my question. I rarely see anyone liking these characters; they're often mentioned in posts about the most disliked/hated characters and they're important to the plot.

If you like these characters, or others that fit the theme of the post, my question is—why do you like them? What makes you not have as low an opinion of them as most readers do? Because let's face it—even if these characters are antagonists with terrible personalities (expect Gawyn), there's something to like about them.

"As she rode closer, he realized she had a nude woman draped across her tall bay in front of the saddle. A woman bound at ankles and knees, wrists and elbows. Her long golden hair almost brushed the ground, and there were jeweled necklaces and ropes of pearls caught in it. A strand of large green stones and gold slid free and fell to the dirt as Tylee reined in. Removing her peculiar helmet with gauntleted hands, she rested it on the woman’s upturned bottom."

Did you immediately recognize nude woman as Sevanna?

"“Sevanna.” Faile said in a cold voice. The smell of her hatred was nearly as strong as it had been while speaking of Galina.

The golden-haired woman twisted herself upward, shaking hair out of her face and losing several more necklaces in the process. Her eyes, glaring at Faile, were green fire above a strip of cloth that had been tied for a gag. She stank of rage.

“Sevanna of the Jumai Shaido.” Satisfaction was strong in Tylee’s voice. “She told me so proudly. She’s no coward, either. Met us wearing nothing but a silk robe and her jewels, but she managed to spear two of my Altarans before I took it away from her.” Sevanna snarled through her gag and struggled as if to throw herself from the horse. Until Tylee smacked her bottom, anyway. After that, she contented herself with glaring at everyone in sight. She was nicely rounded, though he should not be noticing something like that with his wife there. Except that Elyas said she would expect him to notice, so he made himself study her openly."

That slap on her ass from Tylee... It's a good thing Tylee is not a man. And Perrin registers that Sevanna is attractive, because he thinks he should, no because she want this. Her attractiveness has been noted, but it's irrelevant. She won't seduce anyone with her large breasts in her current situation...Because I'm guessing Sevanna is currently lying on her stomach, so anyone can't even see them?

Overall, the fact that Sevanna is naked, bound, and gagged in front of Faile is satisfying because... How many times has Faile been naked because of Sevanna's captivity? How many times has Faile been spanked in that captivity?

And now we see a foretaste of what Sevanna will experience in captivity, same what Faile experienced in Sevanna's captivity.

And the fact that Tylee is a woman helps greatly that Sevanna's karma isn't sexual. If a male general had her naked, bound, and gagged, thrown in front of his saddle... Yeah, that would be controversial. And with Tylee, you can focus on Sevanna's karma.

What do you think?