Attolia's Beauty

[velvetrose09.livejournal.com]

Okay, I know I've been posting a lot, but I've just re-read and you know how it is.

So this new thought struck me and I was wondering what you lot would make of it. Attolia and her beauty. Gen falls in love with Attolia. Attolia is known for her beauty (which Gen always forgets because she is also known for her cruelty). But he is able to fall in love with her still, despite everything. Maybe more so, because he gets to know her and how hard she has fought to keep her country. 
Only I still can't help but wonder, if Attolia was not only cruel but ugly too. I don't mean this is a 'mean' way. Eddis is described by Gen as ugly, but her personality makes her more loved. Where as with all Attolia's beauty she is only feared and well very much the opposite of Eddis. However, if Attolia was described as cruel, with a hooked nose and choppy hair...would Gen be able to find and love the real woman beneath?

Thoughts?  
 

On another note. I've been keep tract of Eddis/Sounis/Attolia vs. Mede with points so far it's 3:2
with our favorites leading! All the explanations are in this post: http://community.livejournal.com/sounis/441443.html :)

Comments

[brandy-painter.livejournal.com]

I always read it like she knew all along. The way Moira came and went in her room she could hardly be a mortal being. I think that's the reason she was determined to have Gen caught in the palace. She didn't want to be indebted to the gods. Which also accounts for the, "They were not her gods and she would not worship them". It wasn't that she didn't believe in them it was that she didn't want to serve them.

[hazelwillow.livejournal.com]

This is how I read it too. i think Attolia has been hedging her power for so long that the idea of not being in control or being some god's pawn frightens her.

[elvenjaneite.livejournal.com]

That, and her reaction when she hears that Moira visited Nahuseresh.