The plumply pretty line at a glance would make her seem lesser than Lanfear. But when you really think about it, is plumpness a negative? I would count it as a positive. Who doesn't like a girl with a little more oomph?
Often the idea of beauty is assumed to be this homogenized figure with no real outstanding qualities. Well formed, but conservatively so. Graendal sounds like she has a little something extra that puts her over.
And besides, in the wot universe, black hair is most often described as the most beautiful hair. And while that is in reality a more subjective matter, it does go to show where the biases in the book stands. Graendal could be treated as lesser for the fact that she has blonde hair.
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Graendal.
The plumply pretty line at a glance would make her seem lesser than Lanfear. But when you really think about it, is plumpness a negative? I would count it as a positive. Who doesn't like a girl with a little more oomph?
Often the idea of beauty is assumed to be this homogenized figure with no real outstanding qualities. Well formed, but conservatively so. Graendal sounds like she has a little something extra that puts her over.
And besides, in the wot universe, black hair is most often described as the most beautiful hair. And while that is in reality a more subjective matter, it does go to show where the biases in the book stands. Graendal could be treated as lesser for the fact that she has blonde hair.