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* The books' Three-eyed Crow is a one-eyed albino with a wine-stain birthmark on his cheek who's pierced through with weirwood roots (one of which is described as coming out of one of his eye sockets) and looks [[https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3299c77835ae06b681f461ba6be1c914 more like a corpse than a living man]]. The show's Three-eyed Raven is a two-eyed WizardClassic who seems to be merely tangled in the roots, and with the magic of TheOtherDarrin turned into a graceful and dashing old sage.
* The sleek and smooth-voiced HotWitch Cersei met as a child in the show is a far cry from the [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/2/2f/Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg/300px-Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg squat, croaking crone]] described in the novels.
* Lancel is very infirm, disheveled, and prematurely aged after his brush with death in the books, but is even healthier and more muscular than before in "The Wars to Come". Conversely, he gets a seven-pointed star CarvedMark [[GoodScarsEvilScars on his forehead]], which doesn't happen in the books.
* The sleek and smooth-voiced HotWitch Cersei met as a child in the show is a far cry from the [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/2/2f/Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg/300px-Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg squat, croaking crone]] described in the novels.
* Lancel is very infirm, disheveled, and prematurely aged after his brush with death in the books, but is even healthier and more muscular than before in "The Wars to Come". Conversely, he gets a seven-pointed star CarvedMark [[GoodScarsEvilScars on his forehead]], which doesn't happen in the books.
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* The books' Three-eyed Three-Eyed Crow is a one-eyed albino with a wine-stain birthmark on his cheek who's pierced through with weirwood roots (one of which is described as coming out of one of his eye sockets) and looks [[https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3299c77835ae06b681f461ba6be1c914 more like a corpse than a living man]]. The show's Three-eyed Raven is a two-eyed WizardClassic who seems to be merely tangled in the roots, and with the magic of TheOtherDarrin turned into a graceful and dashing old sage.
* The sleek and smooth-voiced HotWitch Cersei Lannister met as a child in the show is a far cry from the [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/2/2f/Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg/300px-Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg squat, croaking crone]] that Maggy the Frog is described as being in the novels.
* Lancel Lannister is very infirm, disheveled, and prematurely aged after his brush with death in the books, but is even healthier and more muscular than before in "The Wars to Come". Conversely, he gets a seven-pointed star CarvedMark [[GoodScarsEvilScars on his forehead]], which doesn't happen in the books.
* The sleek and smooth-voiced HotWitch Cersei Lannister met as a child in the show is a far cry from the [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/2/2f/Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg/300px-Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg squat, croaking crone]] that Maggy the Frog is described as being in the novels.
* Lancel Lannister is very infirm, disheveled, and prematurely aged after his brush with death in the books, but is even healthier and more muscular than before in "The Wars to Come". Conversely, he gets a seven-pointed star CarvedMark [[GoodScarsEvilScars on his forehead]], which doesn't happen in the books.
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* Euron Greyjoy has only a scar on his cheek left by Balon's knife instead of his sinister EyepatchOfPower, the "[[RedRightHand crow's eye]]" beneath it (which Theon describes as "black and shining with malice") and the creepy blue lips from drinking Shade of the Evening like Pyat Pree from Season 2.
* Obara Sand in the books is described as very plain, big-boned, and mannish. The show ''tries'' to make her out to be gruff and aggressive (Olenna tells her she looks like an angry boy), but she's still every bit as lovely as her sisters, as she's played by the beautiful Creator/KeishaCastleHughes.
* Obara Sand in the books is described as very plain, big-boned, and mannish. The show ''tries'' to make her out to be gruff and aggressive (Olenna tells her she looks like an angry boy), but she's still every bit as lovely as her sisters, as she's played by the beautiful Creator/KeishaCastleHughes.
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* Euron Greyjoy has only a scar on his cheek left by his brother Balon's knife instead of his sinister EyepatchOfPower, the "[[RedRightHand crow's eye]]" beneath it (which Theon describes as "black and shining with malice") and the creepy blue lips from drinking Shade shade of the Evening evening like Pyat Pree from Season 2.
* Obara Sand in the books is described as very plain, big-boned, and mannish. The show ''tries'' to make her out to be gruff and aggressive (Olenna Tyrell tells her she looks like an angry boy), but she's still every bit as lovely as her sisters, as she's played by the beautiful Creator/KeishaCastleHughes.
* Obara Sand in the books is described as very plain, big-boned, and mannish. The show ''tries'' to make her out to be gruff and aggressive (Olenna Tyrell tells her she looks like an angry boy), but she's still every bit as lovely as her sisters, as she's played by the beautiful Creator/KeishaCastleHughes.
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* Daario Naharis, although attractive, [[https://external-preview.redd.it/_4JMu-qbs7YuUvJvdQ2ldSfwOW0cVgw9ooMCPRCTnoE.png?auto=webp&s=2c9f4114576172398abc954099e9c95ff4d29482 dyes his hair sky-blue in Tyroshi tradition and has a triple-forked, blue beard, a blue mustache with the tips dyed gold, and a golden tooth]]. In the series, [[Creator/EdSkrein the first actor]] who played him was clean-shaven (although [[Creator/MichielHuisman the second]] had a normal beard), his hair is not dyed blue, and he has no golden tooth.
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* Daario Naharis, although attractive, [[https://external-preview.redd.it/_4JMu-qbs7YuUvJvdQ2ldSfwOW0cVgw9ooMCPRCTnoE.png?auto=webp&s=2c9f4114576172398abc954099e9c95ff4d29482 dyes his hair sky-blue in Tyroshi tradition and has a triple-forked, blue beard, a blue mustache with the tips dyed gold, and a golden tooth]].tooth]] in the books. In the series, [[Creator/EdSkrein the first actor]] who played him was clean-shaven (although [[Creator/MichielHuisman the second]] had a normal beard), his hair is not dyed blue, and he has no golden tooth.
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* In "Blood of my Blood", the late King Aerys is briefly shown in Bran's vision [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/0b/a8/a90ba8cf9107d2f65f6575efe8f8f3d1.jpg and has none of the]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/ca/f6/7bcaf6958155e282414a354909ccfaa8.png disheveled appearance that he has in the books]]: no cut wounds from the throne, no overgrown and unwashed hair and beard, no fingernails that are nine-inches long, not extremely gaunt. It was kind of considered a major blunder that the ''brief'' seconds-long flashbacks of Aerys in Season 6 depicted a cleanshaven actor, when he not only had an infamously crazy appearance in the books, but prior ''Histories & Lore'' animated featurettes had depicted him with his infamously uncut and unkempt beard and hair. To top it off, even the Season 6 set of ''Histories & Lore'' videos very prominently depicts him this way, and even has Meera Reed point out in explicit detail that his inches-long fingernails and matted, filthy beard made him look obviously insane.
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* In "Blood of my My Blood", the late King Aerys Targaryen is briefly shown in Bran's vision [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/0b/a8/a90ba8cf9107d2f65f6575efe8f8f3d1.jpg and has none of the]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/ca/f6/7bcaf6958155e282414a354909ccfaa8.png disheveled appearance that he has in the books]]: no cut wounds from the throne, Iron Throne, no overgrown and unwashed hair and beard, no fingernails that are nine-inches long, not extremely gaunt. It was kind of considered a major blunder that the ''brief'' seconds-long flashbacks of Aerys in Season 6 depicted a cleanshaven actor, when he not only had an infamously crazy appearance in the books, but prior ''Histories & Lore'' animated featurettes had depicted him with his infamously uncut and unkempt beard and hair. To top it off, even the Season 6 set of ''Histories & Lore'' videos very prominently depicts him this way, and even has Meera Reed point out in explicit detail that his inches-long fingernails and matted, filthy beard made him look obviously insane.
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* Walda Bolton (nicknamed "Fat Walda" in the books) may avert HollywoodPudgy, but she still has a pretty face, healthy hair, and a soft, euphonious voice. Her book counterpart is not only obese but also red-faced, has limp yellow hair, and an annoying squeaky voice to boot. Show!Walda is also kindhearted with an attractive personality while Books!Walda is implied to have [[spoiler:played an active role in planning the Red Wedding.]]
* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost some of its former luster due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margaery Tyrell. All that said, it's still Lena Heady.
* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost some of its former luster due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margaery Tyrell. All that said, it's still Lena Heady.
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* Walda Bolton Frey-Bolton (nicknamed "Fat Walda" in the books) may avert HollywoodPudgy, but she still has a pretty face, healthy hair, and a soft, euphonious voice. Her book counterpart is not only obese but also red-faced, has limp yellow hair, and an annoying squeaky voice to boot. Show!Walda is also kindhearted with an attractive personality while Books!Walda Book!Walda is implied to have [[spoiler:played an active role in planning the Red Wedding.]]
* In the books, whenCersei's Cersei Lannister's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost some of its former luster due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margaery Tyrell. All that said, it's still Lena Heady.
* In the books, when
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* Walder Frey's daughters are described as quite ugly in the books--even the prettiest, Roslin, is not as beautiful as Creator/AlexandraDowling's depiction of her. In the show, they all look like perfectly normal, if not somewhat plain girls. It's somewhat made up for in their shabby clothes, poor postures, and greasy hair.
* In the books, Tommen is a short, fat kid. In the show, he's played by the handsome Dean-Charles Chapman.
* In the books, Tommen is a short, fat kid. In the show, he's played by the handsome Dean-Charles Chapman.
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* Most of Walder Frey's daughters are described as quite ugly in the books--even the prettiest, Roslin, is not as beautiful as Creator/AlexandraDowling's depiction of her. In the show, they all look like perfectly normal, if not somewhat plain girls. It's somewhat made up for in their shabby clothes, poor postures, and greasy hair.
* In the books, Tommen is a short, fat kid. In the show, he's a teenager and played by the handsome Dean-Charles Chapman.
* In the books, Tommen is a short, fat kid. In the show, he's a teenager and played by the handsome Dean-Charles Chapman.
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* At the end of Season 1, Daenerys still has a full head of hair when she's found after Khal Drogo's funeral pyre. In the books, all her hair is burned off. Poor Dany also goes through two periods of near-starvation, one in ''Clash'' and the other in ''Dance''.
* Dolorous Edd is described as thin and grey-haired, with a dour face. His show counterpart is much younger and more conventionally attractive, and his gloomy demeanor isn't as omnipresent.
* In the novels Xaro Xhoan Daxos of Qarth is described as skinny and pasty, with jewels encrusting his huge beaky nose, while in the show he's played by [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996829/ Nonso Anozie]] with no nose-gems to be seen; additionally, the show doesn't include the concept of Qartheen men weeping at the drop of a hat.
* Dolorous Edd is described as thin and grey-haired, with a dour face. His show counterpart is much younger and more conventionally attractive, and his gloomy demeanor isn't as omnipresent.
* In the novels Xaro Xhoan Daxos of Qarth is described as skinny and pasty, with jewels encrusting his huge beaky nose, while in the show he's played by [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996829/ Nonso Anozie]] with no nose-gems to be seen; additionally, the show doesn't include the concept of Qartheen men weeping at the drop of a hat.
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* At the end of Season 1, Daenerys still has a full head of hair when she's found after in the remains of Khal Drogo's funeral pyre. In the books, all her hair is burned off. Poor Dany Book!Dany also goes through two periods of near-starvation, one in ''Clash'' and the other in ''Dance''.
* Dolorous Edd Tollett is described as thin and grey-haired, with a dour face. His show counterpart is much younger and more conventionally attractive, and his gloomy demeanor isn't as omnipresent.
* In the novels Xaro Xhoan Daxos of Qarth is described as skinny and pasty, with jewels encrusting his huge beaky nose, while in the show he's played by [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996829/ Nonso Anozie]] with no nose-gems to be seen; additionally, the show doesn't include the concept of Qartheen men weeping voluntarily at the drop of a hat.
* Dolorous Edd Tollett is described as thin and grey-haired, with a dour face. His show counterpart is much younger and more conventionally attractive, and his gloomy demeanor isn't as omnipresent.
* In the novels Xaro Xhoan Daxos of Qarth is described as skinny and pasty, with jewels encrusting his huge beaky nose, while in the show he's played by [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996829/ Nonso Anozie]] with no nose-gems to be seen; additionally, the show doesn't include the concept of Qartheen men weeping voluntarily at the drop of a hat.
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General clarification on work content; I wouldn't say plain, and that's the same hair that both Rhaegar and Viserys have in the books, so it's not part of a trope about differences in an adaptation.
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* Ned is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than the handsome and adventurous Brandon (though she got over it).
* Like his father, Jon is described as having the traditional long-faced Stark features and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books besides one reference by Ygritte to his "sweet face" being scarred by Orell's eagle, but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
* Arya is often called "horse-faced" in the books by Sansa and Jeyne Poole, and is mistaken for a boy before she starts posing as one but Creator/MaisieWilliams is round-faced and cute. However, even in the books, several characters note that she is getting prettier as she grows up and she is noted to favorably resemble her aunt Lyanna, who was quite attractive, if not a great beauty.
* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good-looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag or two when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard and Margaery claiming that it makes him look dashing. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
* Like his father, Jon is described as having the traditional long-faced Stark features and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books besides one reference by Ygritte to his "sweet face" being scarred by Orell's eagle, but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
* Arya is often called "horse-faced" in the books by Sansa and Jeyne Poole, and is mistaken for a boy before she starts posing as one but Creator/MaisieWilliams is round-faced and cute. However, even in the books, several characters note that she is getting prettier as she grows up and she is noted to favorably resemble her aunt Lyanna, who was quite attractive, if not a great beauty.
* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good-looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag or two when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard and Margaery claiming that it makes him look dashing. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
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* Ned Stark is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books his wife Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than the handsome and adventurous Brandon (though she got over it).
* Like hisfather, father Ned Stark, Jon Snow is described as having the traditional long-faced Stark features and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books besides one reference by Ygritte to his "sweet face" being scarred by Orell's eagle, but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
* Arya Stark is often called "horse-faced" in the books by her sister Sansa and Jeyne Poole, and is mistaken for a boy before she starts posing as one but Creator/MaisieWilliams is round-faced and cute. However, even in the books, several characters note that she is getting prettier as she grows up and she is noted to favorably resemble her aunt Lyanna, who was quite attractive, if not a great beauty.
* Tyrion Lannister is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good-looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag or two when his sister Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard and Margaery Tyrell claiming that it makes him look dashing. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
* Like his
* Arya Stark is often called "horse-faced" in the books by her sister Sansa and Jeyne Poole, and is mistaken for a boy before she starts posing as one but Creator/MaisieWilliams is round-faced and cute. However, even in the books, several characters note that she is getting prettier as she grows up and she is noted to favorably resemble her aunt Lyanna, who was quite attractive, if not a great beauty.
* Tyrion Lannister is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good-looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag or two when his sister Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard and Margaery Tyrell claiming that it makes him look dashing. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
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* Brienne is described as hideous in the books by everyone who meets her, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/2/2b/Brienne_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150515223934 with an overly broad face, coarse freckly features, an overly wide mouth, puffy lips that look swollen, large crooked teeth, a nose that's been broken several times and so upturned she looks somewhat pig-like, brittle hair, and a figure that actually looks ''worse'' in a gown]]. Creator/GwendolineChristie is made up to look plain and mannish with some minor facial scars but not really ugly and SheCleansUpNicely in her time at Harrenhal - out of armor and after a good bath she starts to look a little more like the normal Gwendoline Christie. The show also avoids the part from the books where Biter takes two large bites out of her face.
* Ygritte is described in the books as having [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/5/52/Ygritte_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150516155457 crooked teeth and a pug nose]], but she is considered beautiful by Jon. In the series, she's played by the conventionally attractive Creator/RoseLeslie.
* Pod is a debilitatingly shy and stuttering twelve-year-old in the books, whereas in the show, he's aged up to a handsome if somewhat awkward young man.
* Ygritte is described in the books as having [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/5/52/Ygritte_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150516155457 crooked teeth and a pug nose]], but she is considered beautiful by Jon. In the series, she's played by the conventionally attractive Creator/RoseLeslie.
* Pod is a debilitatingly shy and stuttering twelve-year-old in the books, whereas in the show, he's aged up to a handsome if somewhat awkward young man.
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* Brienne of Tarth is described as hideous in the books by everyone who meets her, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/2/2b/Brienne_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150515223934 with an overly broad face, coarse freckly features, an overly wide mouth, puffy lips that look swollen, large crooked teeth, a nose that's been broken several times and so upturned she looks somewhat pig-like, brittle hair, and a figure that actually looks ''worse'' in a gown]]. Creator/GwendolineChristie is made up to look plain and mannish with some minor facial scars but not really ugly and SheCleansUpNicely in her time at Harrenhal - out of armor and after a good bath she starts to look a little more like the normal Gwendoline Christie. The show also avoids the part from the books where Biter takes two large bites out of her face.
* Ygritte is described in the books as having [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/5/52/Ygritte_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150516155457 crooked teeth and a pug nose]],but though she is considered beautiful by Jon. In the series, she's played by the conventionally attractive Creator/RoseLeslie.
* Pod Payne is a debilitatingly shy and stuttering twelve-year-old in the books, whereas in the show, he's aged up to a handsome if somewhat awkward young man.
* Ygritte is described in the books as having [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/5/52/Ygritte_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150516155457 crooked teeth and a pug nose]],
* Pod Payne is a debilitatingly shy and stuttering twelve-year-old in the books, whereas in the show, he's aged up to a handsome if somewhat awkward young man.
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* Even without the greyscale scars, Shireen is described in the books as an extremely plain girl and the unfortunate recipient of her [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/0/03/Shireen_Baratheon.jpg father's square jaw and mother's large ears]]. [[http://winteriscoming.net/features/cast/season-three/kerry-ingram/ Kerry Ingram is adorable]].
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* Even without the greyscale scars, Shireen Baratheon is described in the books as an extremely plain girl and the unfortunate recipient of her [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/0/03/Shireen_Baratheon.jpg father's square jaw and mother's large ears]]. [[http://winteriscoming.net/features/cast/season-three/kerry-ingram/ Kerry Ingram is adorable]].
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* Inverted with Theon before his breakdown. Book Theon is described as [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/a/a1/Brittmartin_Theon.jpg/300px-Brittmartin_Theon.jpg tall, handsome, and a ladies man]]. Theon in the show is notably plainer with little success with women.
* Also inverted tragically with Rhaegar Targaryen himself, as in the books he was described as being so [[PrettyBoy goddamn beautiful]] even Cersei's heart melts just remembering his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSER0rTkCFpZtVEOC-LltLH69IEOXNm7sgbDQ&usqp=CAU appearance]]. The one time we see Rhaegar in a flashback... he's just kinda plain looking and unfortunately has the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaobWq0xXzDF8l-Jq5kZlT2mYSZ3sEDtSiSw&usqp=CAU same hair]] as his despicable brother Viserys. Fans made their disappointment quite clear.
* Also inverted tragically with Rhaegar Targaryen himself, as in the books he was described as being so [[PrettyBoy goddamn beautiful]] even Cersei's heart melts just remembering his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSER0rTkCFpZtVEOC-LltLH69IEOXNm7sgbDQ&usqp=CAU appearance]]. The one time we see Rhaegar in a flashback... he's just kinda plain looking and unfortunately has the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaobWq0xXzDF8l-Jq5kZlT2mYSZ3sEDtSiSw&usqp=CAU same hair]] as his despicable brother Viserys. Fans made their disappointment quite clear.
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* Inverted with Theon before his breakdown. Book Theon is described as [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/a/a1/Brittmartin_Theon.jpg/300px-Brittmartin_Theon.jpg tall, handsome, and a ladies ladies' man]]. Theon in the show is notably plainer plainer, with little success with women.
* Also inverted tragically with Rhaegar Targaryen himself, as in the books he was described as being so [[PrettyBoy goddamn beautiful]] even Cersei's heart melts just remembering his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSER0rTkCFpZtVEOC-LltLH69IEOXNm7sgbDQ&usqp=CAU appearance]]. The one time we see Rhaegar in aflashback... flashback, he's just kinda plain looking and unfortunately has the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaobWq0xXzDF8l-Jq5kZlT2mYSZ3sEDtSiSw&usqp=CAU same hair]] as his despicable brother Viserys.ordinary looking. Fans made their disappointment quite clear.
* Also inverted tragically with Rhaegar Targaryen himself, as in the books he was described as being so [[PrettyBoy goddamn beautiful]] even Cersei's heart melts just remembering his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSER0rTkCFpZtVEOC-LltLH69IEOXNm7sgbDQ&usqp=CAU appearance]]. The one time we see Rhaegar in a
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate her posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are maesters and septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen or feminist, and on top of that, had close ties with House Hightower, Rhaenyra's enemies. That being said, GRRM himself called Rhaenyra as a "stout woman with a thick waist" when offering descriptions for some of his characters.
* Similarly, Helaena Targaryen was described as being chubby and rather plain-faced for a Targaryen, albeit still appealing. Of these descriptors, only "appealing" could be applied to either of her actresses Evie Allen and Creator/PhiaSaban.
* Similarly, Helaena Targaryen was described as being chubby and rather plain-faced for a Targaryen, albeit still appealing. Of these descriptors, only "appealing" could be applied to either of her actresses Evie Allen and Creator/PhiaSaban.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate her posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are maesters and septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen or feminist, and on top of that, had close ties with House Hightower, Rhaenyra's enemies. That being said, GRRM himself called Rhaenyra as a "stout woman with a thick waist" when offering descriptions for some of his characters.
characters. Creator/EmmaDArcy, however, portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra.
*Similarly, Helaena Targaryen was described as being chubby and rather plain-faced for a Targaryen, albeit still appealing. Of these descriptors, only "appealing" could be applied to either of her actresses Evie Allen and Creator/PhiaSaban.
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* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good-looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
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* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good-looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag or two when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard.heard and Margaery claiming that it makes him look dashing. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
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* Walda Bolton may avert HollywoodPudgy, but she still has a pretty face and healthy hair. Her book counterpart is not only obese but also red-faced, has limp yellow hair, and an annoying squeaky voice to boot.
* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost some of its former luster due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margaery Tyrell.
* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost some of its former luster due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margaery Tyrell.
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* Walda Bolton (nicknamed "Fat Walda" in the books) may avert HollywoodPudgy, but she still has a pretty face and face, healthy hair. hair, and a soft, euphonious voice. Her book counterpart is not only obese but also red-faced, has limp yellow hair, and an annoying squeaky voice to boot.
boot. Show!Walda is also kindhearted with an attractive personality while Books!Walda is implied to have [[spoiler:played an active role in planning the Red Wedding.]]
* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost some of its former luster due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margaery Tyrell. All that said, it's still Lena Heady.
* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost some of its former luster due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margaery Tyrell. All that said, it's still Lena Heady.
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* Mirri Maz Duur, the witch and healer whom Daenerys saves in the middle of a rape and then [[spoiler:poisons Khal Drogo]], is played by Mia Soteriou, who, despite being an already mature woman, is certainly not like her book counterpart, who's described as horrible, obese and flat-nosed.
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* Mirri Maz Duur, the witch and healer whom Daenerys saves in the middle of a rape and then [[spoiler:poisons Khal Drogo]], is played by Mia Soteriou, who, despite being an already mature woman, is certainly not like Soteriou. Like her book counterpart, who's described as horrible, obese and flat-nosed.she is a mature woman. Unlike her ugly, obese, flat-nosed book counterpart, Show!Mirri is fit with chiseled features.
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* Similarly, Helaena Targaryen was described as being chubby and rather plain-faced for a Targaryen. This isn't a description that could apply to either of her actresses Evie Allen and Creator/PhiaSaban.
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* Similarly, Helaena Targaryen was described as being chubby and rather plain-faced for a Targaryen. This isn't a description that Targaryen, albeit still appealing. Of these descriptors, only "appealing" could apply be applied to either of her actresses Evie Allen and Creator/PhiaSaban.
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* In the novels Xaro Xhoan Daxos of Qarth is described as skinny and pasty, with jewels encrusting his huge beaky nose, while in the show he's played by [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996829/ Nonso Anozie]] with no nose-gems to be seen; additionally, they drop the concept of Qartheen men weeping at the drop of a hat.
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* In the novels Xaro Xhoan Daxos of Qarth is described as skinny and pasty, with jewels encrusting his huge beaky nose, while in the show he's played by [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996829/ Nonso Anozie]] with no nose-gems to be seen; additionally, they drop the show doesn't include the concept of Qartheen men weeping at the drop of a hat.
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* In the novels Xaro Xhoan Daxos of Qarth is described as skinny and pasty, with jewels encrusting his huge beaky nose, while in the show he's played by [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996829/ Nonso Anozie]] with no nose-gems to be seen; additionally, they drop the concept of Qartheen men weeping at the drop of a hat.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate her posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are maesters and septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen or feminist, and on top of that, had close ties with House Hightower, Rhaenyra's enemies.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate her posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are maesters and septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen or feminist, and on top of that, had close ties with House Hightower, Rhaenyra's enemies. That being said, GRRM himself called Rhaenyra as a "stout woman with a thick waist" when offering descriptions for some of his characters.
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* Ned is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than the handsome and adventurous Brandon (she got over it).
* Like his father, Jon is long-faced and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books besides one reference by Ygritte to his "sweet face" being scarred by Orell's eagle, but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
* Like his father, Jon is long-faced and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books besides one reference by Ygritte to his "sweet face" being scarred by Orell's eagle, but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
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* Ned is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than the handsome and adventurous Brandon (she (though she got over it).
* Like his father, Jon is described as having the traditional long-faced Stark features and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books besides one reference by Ygritte to his "sweet face" being scarred by Orell's eagle, but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
* Like his father, Jon is described as having the traditional long-faced Stark features and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books besides one reference by Ygritte to his "sweet face" being scarred by Orell's eagle, but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
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* For all their gruesomeness, Sandor Clegane's [[http://www.theironthrone.it/it/images/stories/attori/sandor_clegane.jpg facial burns]] are far less extensive than [[https://static.zerochan.net/Sandor.Clegane.full.2484274.jpg in the books]]. This was at least partially [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic]] since a more extensive prosthetic affected the actor's vision, making it impractical for a character with so many fight scenes.
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* For all their gruesomeness, Sandor Clegane's [[http://www.theironthrone.it/it/images/stories/attori/sandor_clegane.jpg facial burns]] are far less extensive than [[https://static.zerochan.net/Sandor.Clegane.full.2484274.jpg in the books]]. This was at least partially for [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic]] pragmatic purposes]], since a more extensive prosthetic affected the actor's vision, making it impractical for a character with so many fight scenes.
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* Pod is a debilitatingly shy, stuttering twelve-year-old in the books, who has been aged up to a handsome, if somewhat awkward, young man in the show.
* In the books, Osha hardly looks like a woman, with a lean, scarred body and a hard face. Music/NataliaTena is an attractive actress with a feminine physique and far more youthful than the Osha of the books. Her costuming, including a shapeless robe and scraggly hair, goes a long way in toning it down, but even so she's able to seduce male characters twice.
* Selyse Baratheon is thin and plain, with large Florent ears and a mustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.
* Even without the greyscale scars, Shireen is described in the books as an extremely plain girl and the unfortunate recipient of her [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/0/03/Shireen_Baratheon.jpg father's square jaw and her mother's large ears]]. [[http://winteriscoming.net/features/cast/season-three/kerry-ingram/ Kerry Ingram is adorable]].
* In the books, Osha hardly looks like a woman, with a lean, scarred body and a hard face. Music/NataliaTena is an attractive actress with a feminine physique and far more youthful than the Osha of the books. Her costuming, including a shapeless robe and scraggly hair, goes a long way in toning it down, but even so she's able to seduce male characters twice.
* Selyse Baratheon is thin and plain, with large Florent ears and a mustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.
* Even without the greyscale scars, Shireen is described in the books as an extremely plain girl and the unfortunate recipient of her [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/0/03/Shireen_Baratheon.jpg father's square jaw and her mother's large ears]]. [[http://winteriscoming.net/features/cast/season-three/kerry-ingram/ Kerry Ingram is adorable]].
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* Pod is a debilitatingly shy, shy and stuttering twelve-year-old in the books, who has been whereas in the show, he's aged up to a handsome, handsome if somewhat awkward, awkward young man in the show.
man.
* In the books, Osha hardly looks like a woman, with a lean, scarred body and a hard face. Music/NataliaTena is an attractive actress with a feminine physique and far more youthful than the Osha of the books. Her costuming, including a shapeless robe and scraggly hair, goes a long way in toning it down, but evenso so, she's able to seduce male characters twice.
* Selyse Baratheon is thin and plain, with the trademark largeFlorent ears of the Florents and a mustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, gaunt and severe, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] and help downplay it.
* Even without the greyscale scars, Shireen is described in the books as an extremely plain girl and the unfortunate recipient of her [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/0/03/Shireen_Baratheon.jpg father's square jaw andher mother's large ears]]. [[http://winteriscoming.net/features/cast/season-three/kerry-ingram/ Kerry Ingram is adorable]].
* In the books, Osha hardly looks like a woman, with a lean, scarred body and a hard face. Music/NataliaTena is an attractive actress with a feminine physique and far more youthful than the Osha of the books. Her costuming, including a shapeless robe and scraggly hair, goes a long way in toning it down, but even
* Selyse Baratheon is thin and plain, with the trademark large
* Even without the greyscale scars, Shireen is described in the books as an extremely plain girl and the unfortunate recipient of her [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/0/03/Shireen_Baratheon.jpg father's square jaw and
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* Also inverted tragically with Rhaegar Targaryen himself, as in the books he was described as being so [[PrettyBoy goddamn beautiful]] even Cersei’s heart melts just remembering his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSER0rTkCFpZtVEOC-LltLH69IEOXNm7sgbDQ&usqp=CAU appearance]]. The one time we see Rhaegar in a flash back... he’s just kinda plain looking and unfortunately has the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaobWq0xXzDF8l-Jq5kZlT2mYSZ3sEDtSiSw&usqp=CAU same hair]] as his despicable brother Viserys. Fans made their disappointment quite clear.
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* Also inverted tragically with Rhaegar Targaryen himself, as in the books he was described as being so [[PrettyBoy goddamn beautiful]] even Cersei’s heart melts just remembering his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSER0rTkCFpZtVEOC-LltLH69IEOXNm7sgbDQ&usqp=CAU appearance]]. The one time we see Rhaegar in a flash back...flashback... he’s just kinda plain looking and unfortunately has the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaobWq0xXzDF8l-Jq5kZlT2mYSZ3sEDtSiSw&usqp=CAU same hair]] as his despicable brother Viserys. Fans made their disappointment quite clear.
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* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost part of its beauty due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margaery Tyrell.
* In the books, Ser Amory Lorch is described as fat and pig-like, while in the TV series he looks a lot more badass.
* Harry Strickland in the books is described as being [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/ac/60/a9ac6065a6de3b1a53415b2794aae90f.jpg portly, balding and not very attractive]], while in the show he appears younger and is much more handsome, likely due to the fact that he seems to have take up Griff's role as a more martial commander of the Golden Company (though he's still much younger in the show than Griff).
* In the books, Ser Amory Lorch is described as fat and pig-like, while in the TV series he looks a lot more badass.
* Harry Strickland in the books is described as being [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/ac/60/a9ac6065a6de3b1a53415b2794aae90f.jpg portly, balding and not very attractive]], while in the show he appears younger and is much more handsome, likely due to the fact that he seems to have take up Griff's role as a more martial commander of the Golden Company (though he's still much younger in the show than Griff).
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* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost part some of its beauty former luster due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margaery Tyrell.
* In the books, Ser Amory Lorch is described as fat and pig-like, while in the TVseries series, he looks a lot more badass.
* Harry Strickland in the books is described as being [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/ac/60/a9ac6065a6de3b1a53415b2794aae90f.jpg portly, balding and not very attractive]], while in the show he appears younger and is much more handsome, likely due to the fact that he seems to havetake taken up Griff's role as a more martial commander of the Golden Company (though he's still much younger in the show than Griff).
* In the books, Ser Amory Lorch is described as fat and pig-like, while in the TV
* Harry Strickland in the books is described as being [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/ac/60/a9ac6065a6de3b1a53415b2794aae90f.jpg portly, balding and not very attractive]], while in the show he appears younger and is much more handsome, likely due to the fact that he seems to have
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* Mirri Maz Duur, the witch and healer whom Daenerys saves in the middle of a rape and then [[spoiler:poisons Khal Drogo]], is played by Mia Soteriou, who, despite being an already mature woman, is certainly not like her book counterpart described as horrible, obese and flat-nosed.
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* Mirri Maz Duur, the witch and healer whom Daenerys saves in the middle of a rape and then [[spoiler:poisons Khal Drogo]], is played by Mia Soteriou, who, despite being an already mature woman, is certainly not like her book counterpart counterpart, who's described as horrible, obese and flat-nosed.
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* King Viserys zigzags this. In the book, he was described as a BigFun and AdiposeRex who got so overweight in his later years that he couldn't even walk up the stairs, whereas his actor Creator/PaddyConsidine is lean and conventionally handsome. However, in the show, Viserys does become much more weathered and prematurely aged due to his worsening illnesses to point of straight up BodyHorror.
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* King Viserys zigzags this. In the book, he was described as a BigFun and AdiposeRex who got so overweight in his later years that he couldn't even walk up the stairs, whereas his actor Creator/PaddyConsidine is lean and conventionally handsome. However, in the show, Viserys does become much more weathered and prematurely aged due to his worsening illnesses to the point of straight up straight-up BodyHorror.
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* Ned is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than the handsome and adventurous Brandon.
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* Ned is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than the handsome and adventurous Brandon.Brandon (she got over it).
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* Ned is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than Brandon.
* Like his father, Jon is long-faced and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
* Like his father, Jon is long-faced and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
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* Ned is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than the handsome and adventurous Brandon.
* Like his father, Jon is long-faced and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books besides one reference by Ygritte to his "sweet face" being scarred by Orell's eagle, but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
* Like his father, Jon is long-faced and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books besides one reference by Ygritte to his "sweet face" being scarred by Orell's eagle, but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate her posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are Maesters and Septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen or feminist, and on top of that, had close ties with House Hightower, Rhaenyra's enemies.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate her posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are Maesters maesters and Septons, septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen or feminist, and on top of that, had close ties with House Hightower, Rhaenyra's enemies.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate her posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are Maesters and Septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen, and on top of that, had close ties with House Hightower, Rhaenyra's enemies.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate her posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are Maesters and Septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen, pro-Targaryen or feminist, and on top of that, had close ties with House Hightower, Rhaenyra's enemies.
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* The books' Three-eyed Crow is a one-eyed albino with a wine-stain birthmark on his cheek who's pierced through with weirwood roots and looks [[https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3299c77835ae06b681f461ba6be1c914 more like a corpse than a living man]]. The show's Three-eyed Raven is a two-eyed WizardClassic who seems to be merely tangled in the roots, and with the magic of TheOtherDarrin turned into a graceful and dashing old sage.
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* The books' Three-eyed Crow is a one-eyed albino with a wine-stain birthmark on his cheek who's pierced through with weirwood roots (one of which is described as coming out of one of his eye sockets) and looks [[https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3299c77835ae06b681f461ba6be1c914 more like a corpse than a living man]]. The show's Three-eyed Raven is a two-eyed WizardClassic who seems to be merely tangled in the roots, and with the magic of TheOtherDarrin turned into a graceful and dashing old sage.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate her posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are Maesters and Septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen.pro-Targaryen, and on top of that, had close ties with House Hightower, Rhaenyra's enemies.
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* Robin Arryn is a small and sickly child with epilepsy in the books but looks fairly normal, if a bit gawky, in the show. Then in the last season, he makes an appearance and the actor Lino Facioli has grown up into a [[HesAllGrownUp fairly attractive young man]]. [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/game-of-thrones-all-grown-up-robin-arryn-actor-reacts-to-thirsty-fans/ar-AABKs1r Fans even joked about this]] by marking him as the [[Film/HarryPotter Neville Longbottom of Game of Thrones]].
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* Robin Arryn is a small and sickly child with epilepsy in the books but looks fairly normal, if a bit gawky, in the show. Then in the last season, he makes an appearance and the actor Lino Facioli has grown up into a [[HesAllGrownUp fairly attractive young man]]. [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/game-of-thrones-all-grown-up-robin-arryn-actor-reacts-to-thirsty-fans/ar-AABKs1r Fans even joked about this]] by marking him as the [[Film/HarryPotter Neville Longbottom Longbottom]] of Game ''Game of Thrones]].Thrones''.
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* Robin Arryn is a small and sickly child with epilepsy in the books but looks fairly normal, if a bit gawky, in the show. Then in the last season, he makes an appearance and the actor Lino Facioli has grown up into a [[HesAllGrownUp fairly attractive young man]]. [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/game-of-thrones-all-grown-up-robin-arryn-actor-reacts-to-thirsty-fans/ar-AABKs1r Fans even joked about this]] by marking him as the [[Neville Longbottom of Game of Thrones]].
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* Robin Arryn is a small and sickly child with epilepsy in the books but looks fairly normal, if a bit gawky, in the show. Then in the last season, he makes an appearance and the actor Lino Facioli has grown up into a [[HesAllGrownUp fairly attractive young man]]. [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/game-of-thrones-all-grown-up-robin-arryn-actor-reacts-to-thirsty-fans/ar-AABKs1r Fans even joked about this]] by marking him as the [[Neville [[Film/HarryPotter Neville Longbottom of Game of Thrones]].
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* Similarly, Helaena Targaryen was described as being chubby and rather plain-faced for a Targaryen. This isn't a description that could apply to either of her actresses Evie Allen and Phia Saban.
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* Similarly, Helaena Targaryen was described as being chubby and rather plain-faced for a Targaryen. This isn't a description that could apply to either of her actresses Evie Allen and Phia Saban.Creator/PhiaSaban.
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* Selyse Baratheon is plump, with large Florent ears and a mustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.
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* Selyse Baratheon is plump, thin and plain, with large Florent ears and a mustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.
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* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
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* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good looking good-looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
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* Brienne is described as hideous in the books by everyone who meets her, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/2/2b/Brienne_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150515223934 with an overly broad face, coarse freckly features, an overly wide mouth, puffy lips that look swollen, large crooked teeth, a nose that's been broken several times and so upturned she looks somewhat pig-like, brittle hair, and a figure that actually looks ''worse'' in a gown]]. Creator/GwendolineChristie is made up to look plain and mannish with some minor facial scars but not really ugly and SheCleansUpNicely in her time at Harrenhal - out of armour and after a good bath she starts to look a little more like the normal Gwendoline Christie. The show also avoids the part from the books where Biter takes two large bites out of her face.
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* Brienne is described as hideous in the books by everyone who meets her, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/2/2b/Brienne_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150515223934 with an overly broad face, coarse freckly features, an overly wide mouth, puffy lips that look swollen, large crooked teeth, a nose that's been broken several times and so upturned she looks somewhat pig-like, brittle hair, and a figure that actually looks ''worse'' in a gown]]. Creator/GwendolineChristie is made up to look plain and mannish with some minor facial scars but not really ugly and SheCleansUpNicely in her time at Harrenhal - out of armour armor and after a good bath she starts to look a little more like the normal Gwendoline Christie. The show also avoids the part from the books where Biter takes two large bites out of her face.
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* Selyse Baratheon is plump, with large Florent ears and a moustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.
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* Selyse Baratheon is plump, with large Florent ears and a moustache mustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.
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* Robin Arryn is a small and sickly child with epilepsy in the books but looks fairly normal, if a bit gawky, in the show. Then in the last season he makes an appearance and the actor Lino Facioli has grown-up into a [[HesAllGrownUp fairly attractive young man]]. Fans lampshades this by marking him as the [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/game-of-thrones-all-grown-up-robin-arryn-actor-reacts-to-thirsty-fans/ar-AABKs1r Neville Longbottom of Game of Thrones]].
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* Robin Arryn is a small and sickly child with epilepsy in the books but looks fairly normal, if a bit gawky, in the show. Then in the last season season, he makes an appearance and the actor Lino Facioli has grown-up grown up into a [[HesAllGrownUp fairly attractive young man]]. Fans lampshades this by marking him as the [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/game-of-thrones-all-grown-up-robin-arryn-actor-reacts-to-thirsty-fans/ar-AABKs1r Neville Fans even joked about this]] by marking him as the [[Neville Longbottom of Game of Thrones]].
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* Yoren is much more put together and reputable-looking than the filthy, hunchbacked old man from the books.
* In the books, Rorge's nose has been cut off. In the series, keeps it for [[PragmaticAdaptation practical reasons]] and instead merely has a couple of scars on his forehead and face, and while his companion Biter retains his filed-down teeth, he's still better looking than the animalistic, pallid and obese man with weeping sores that is described in the book.
* In the books, Rorge's nose has been cut off. In the series, keeps it for [[PragmaticAdaptation practical reasons]] and instead merely has a couple of scars on his forehead and face, and while his companion Biter retains his filed-down teeth, he's still better looking than the animalistic, pallid and obese man with weeping sores that is described in the book.
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* Yoren is much more put together put-together and reputable-looking than the filthy, hunchbacked old man from the books.
* In the books, Rorge's nose has been cut off. In the series, he keeps it for [[PragmaticAdaptation practical reasons]] and instead merely has a couple of scars on his forehead and face, and while his companion Biter retains his filed-down teeth, he's still better looking than the animalistic, pallid and obese man with weeping sores that is described in the book.
* In the books, Rorge's nose has been cut off. In the series, he keeps it for [[PragmaticAdaptation practical reasons]] and instead merely has a couple of scars on his forehead and face, and while his companion Biter retains his filed-down teeth, he's still better looking than the animalistic, pallid and obese man with weeping sores that is described in the book.
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* Giants are hairy, ape-like beings more similar to Bigfoot than men in the books, but are merely over-sized men with brutish facial features in the show.
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* Giants are hairy, ape-like beings more similar to Bigfoot than men in the books, but are merely over-sized oversized men with brutish facial features in the show.
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* Lancel is very infirm, dishevelled, and prematurely aged after his brush with death in the books, but is even healthier and more muscular than before in "The Wars to Come". Conversely, he gets a seven-pointed star CarvedMark [[GoodScarsEvilScars on his forehead]], which doesn't happen in the books.
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* Lancel is very infirm, dishevelled, disheveled, and prematurely aged after his brush with death in the books, but is even healthier and more muscular than before in "The Wars to Come". Conversely, he gets a seven-pointed star CarvedMark [[GoodScarsEvilScars on his forehead]], which doesn't happen in the books.
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* Daario Naharis, although attractive, [[https://external-preview.redd.it/_4JMu-qbs7YuUvJvdQ2ldSfwOW0cVgw9ooMCPRCTnoE.png?auto=webp&s=2c9f4114576172398abc954099e9c95ff4d29482 dyes his hair sky-blue in Tyroshi tradition and has a triple-forked, blue beard, a blue mustache with the tips dyed gold, and a golden tooth]]. In the series, [[Creator/EdSkrein the first actor]] who played him was clean-shaven (although [[Creator/MichielHuisman the second]] had a normal beard), his hair is not dyed blue, and has no golden tooth.
* Lysa Tully/Arryn is overweight in the books, but is played on TV by Creator/KateDickie, who is anything but. In the books, Lysa is described as being lovely and slender in her youth, but let herself go later in life. The series played up her paranoia and bizarre behavior to make up for this.
* The Davos of the books is described as being short, slight and with a "common" face, whereas Creator/LiamCunningham is fairly tall and well-built, and also attractive in a rugged sort of way.
* In "Blood of my Blood", the late King Aerys is briefly shown in Bran's vision [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/0b/a8/a90ba8cf9107d2f65f6575efe8f8f3d1.jpg and has none of the]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/ca/f6/7bcaf6958155e282414a354909ccfaa8.png disheveled appearance that he has in the books]]: no cut wounds from the throne, no overgrown and unwashed hair and beard, no fingernails that are nine-inches long, not extremely gaunt. It was kind of considered a major blunder that the ''brief'' seconds-long flashbacks of Aerys in Season 6 depicted a cleanshaven actor, when he not only had an infamously crazy appearance in the books, but prior ''Histories & Lore'' animated featurettes had depicted him with his infamously uncut and unkempt beard and hair. To top it off, even the Season 6 set of ''Histories & Lore'' videos *very prominently* depicts him this way, and even has Meera Reed point out in explicit detail that his inches-long fingernails and matted, filthy beard made him look obviously insane.
* Lysa Tully/Arryn is overweight in the books, but is played on TV by Creator/KateDickie, who is anything but. In the books, Lysa is described as being lovely and slender in her youth, but let herself go later in life. The series played up her paranoia and bizarre behavior to make up for this.
* The Davos of the books is described as being short, slight and with a "common" face, whereas Creator/LiamCunningham is fairly tall and well-built, and also attractive in a rugged sort of way.
* In "Blood of my Blood", the late King Aerys is briefly shown in Bran's vision [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/0b/a8/a90ba8cf9107d2f65f6575efe8f8f3d1.jpg and has none of the]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/ca/f6/7bcaf6958155e282414a354909ccfaa8.png disheveled appearance that he has in the books]]: no cut wounds from the throne, no overgrown and unwashed hair and beard, no fingernails that are nine-inches long, not extremely gaunt. It was kind of considered a major blunder that the ''brief'' seconds-long flashbacks of Aerys in Season 6 depicted a cleanshaven actor, when he not only had an infamously crazy appearance in the books, but prior ''Histories & Lore'' animated featurettes had depicted him with his infamously uncut and unkempt beard and hair. To top it off, even the Season 6 set of ''Histories & Lore'' videos *very prominently* depicts him this way, and even has Meera Reed point out in explicit detail that his inches-long fingernails and matted, filthy beard made him look obviously insane.
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* Daario Naharis, although attractive, [[https://external-preview.redd.it/_4JMu-qbs7YuUvJvdQ2ldSfwOW0cVgw9ooMCPRCTnoE.png?auto=webp&s=2c9f4114576172398abc954099e9c95ff4d29482 dyes his hair sky-blue in Tyroshi tradition and has a triple-forked, blue beard, a blue mustache with the tips dyed gold, and a golden tooth]]. In the series, [[Creator/EdSkrein the first actor]] who played him was clean-shaven (although [[Creator/MichielHuisman the second]] had a normal beard), his hair is not dyed blue, and he has no golden tooth.
* LysaTully/Arryn Tully-Arryn is overweight in the books, books but is played on TV by Creator/KateDickie, who is anything but. In the books, Lysa is described as being having been lovely and slender [[IWasQuiteALooker in her youth, youth]] but had let herself go later in life. The series played plays up her paranoia and bizarre behavior to make up for this.
* The Davos Seaworth of the books is described as being short,slight slight, and with a "common" face, whereas Creator/LiamCunningham is fairly tall and well-built, and also attractive in a rugged sort of way.
* In "Blood of my Blood", the late King Aerys is briefly shown in Bran's vision [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/0b/a8/a90ba8cf9107d2f65f6575efe8f8f3d1.jpg and has none of the]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/ca/f6/7bcaf6958155e282414a354909ccfaa8.png disheveled appearance that he has in the books]]: no cut wounds from the throne, no overgrown and unwashed hair and beard, no fingernails that are nine-inches long, not extremely gaunt. It was kind of considered a major blunder that the ''brief'' seconds-long flashbacks of Aerys in Season 6 depicted a cleanshaven actor, when he not only had an infamously crazy appearance in the books, but prior ''Histories & Lore'' animated featurettes had depicted him with his infamously uncut and unkempt beard and hair. To top it off, even the Season 6 set of ''Histories & Lore'' videos*very prominently* very prominently depicts him this way, and even has Meera Reed point out in explicit detail that his inches-long fingernails and matted, filthy beard made him look obviously insane.
* Lysa
* The Davos Seaworth of the books is described as being short,
* In "Blood of my Blood", the late King Aerys is briefly shown in Bran's vision [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/0b/a8/a90ba8cf9107d2f65f6575efe8f8f3d1.jpg and has none of the]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/ca/f6/7bcaf6958155e282414a354909ccfaa8.png disheveled appearance that he has in the books]]: no cut wounds from the throne, no overgrown and unwashed hair and beard, no fingernails that are nine-inches long, not extremely gaunt. It was kind of considered a major blunder that the ''brief'' seconds-long flashbacks of Aerys in Season 6 depicted a cleanshaven actor, when he not only had an infamously crazy appearance in the books, but prior ''Histories & Lore'' animated featurettes had depicted him with his infamously uncut and unkempt beard and hair. To top it off, even the Season 6 set of ''Histories & Lore'' videos
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* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair that isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost part of its beauty due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margeary Tyrell.
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* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith of the Seven, they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair that BoyishShortHair, which isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost part of its beauty due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margeary Margaery Tyrell.
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* Mirri Maz Duur , the witch and healer who Daenerys saves in the middle of a rape and then she [[spoiler:poisons Khal Drogo]] is played by Mia Soteriou, who, despite being an already mature woman, is certainly not like her book counterpart described as horrible, obese and flat nosed.
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* Mirri Maz Duur , Duur, the witch and healer who whom Daenerys saves in the middle of a rape and then she [[spoiler:poisons Khal Drogo]] Drogo]], is played by Mia Soteriou, who, despite being an already mature woman, is certainly not like her book counterpart described as horrible, obese and flat nosed.flat-nosed.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely an embellishment meant to denigrate on her posthumously, as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are Maesters and Septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen.
* Similarly, Helaena and Viserys Targaryen were also described as plump in the books, which isn't the case for their actors Phia Saban and Creator/PaddyConsidine.
* Similarly, Helaena and Viserys Targaryen were also described as plump in the books, which isn't the case for their actors Phia Saban and Creator/PaddyConsidine.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Creator/EmmaDArcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely [[UnreliableNarrator an embellishment meant to denigrate on her posthumously, posthumously]], as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are Maesters and Septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen.
* Similarly, Helaenaand Viserys Targaryen were also was described as plump in the books, which being chubby and rather plain-faced for a Targaryen. This isn't the case for their actors a description that could apply to either of her actresses Evie Allen and Phia Saban Saban.
* King Viserys zigzags this. In the book, he was described as a BigFun andCreator/PaddyConsidine. AdiposeRex who got so overweight in his later years that he couldn't even walk up the stairs, whereas his actor Creator/PaddyConsidine is lean and conventionally handsome. However, in the show, Viserys does become much more weathered and prematurely aged due to his worsening illnesses to point of straight up BodyHorror.
* Similarly, Helaena
* King Viserys zigzags this. In the book, he was described as a BigFun and
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Creator/{{HBO}}'s live-action adaptations of Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's ''Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire'' universe have a lot of [[AdaptationalAttractiveness this]], partly because the novels actively avert HollywoodHomely and BeautyIsNeverTarnished and partly because simulating gruesome injuries is just plain [[PragmaticAdaptation impractical]] for television:
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* Ned is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than Brandon.
* Like his father, Jon is long-faced and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
* Arya is often called "horse-faced" in the books by Sansa and Jeyne Poole, and is mistaken for a boy before she starts posing as one but Creator/MaisieWilliams is round-faced and cute. However, even in the books, several characters note that she is getting prettier as she grows up and she is noted to favorably resemble her aunt Lyanna, who was quite attractive, if not a great beauty.
* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
* For all their gruesomeness, Sandor Clegane's [[http://www.theironthrone.it/it/images/stories/attori/sandor_clegane.jpg facial burns]] are far less extensive than [[https://static.zerochan.net/Sandor.Clegane.full.2484274.jpg in the books]]. This was at least partially [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic]] since a more extensive prosthetic affected the actor's vision, making it impractical for a character with so many fight scenes.
* Jorah Mormont is [[https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/181d74bf-7e2c-43d2-860e-f32a5e972f79/d159cvv-2e792e26-1a7c-47db-82f2-8b3bd325f931.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzE4MWQ3NGJmLTdlMmMtNDNkMi04NjBlLWYzMmE1ZTk3MmY3OVwvZDE1OWN2di0yZTc5MmUyNi0xYTdjLTQ3ZGItODJmMi04YjNiZDMyNWY5MzEuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.8yMBHFHY_oHqovgsBAMUJ6waDmrM-0tu1yIAfhcIQ58 hefty, hairy, balding, and "not a handsome man" in the books]], in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Jorah_8603.jpg stark contrast]] to the quite appealing Creator/IainGlen (which is echoed by a number of the female cast), and he's spared the dreadful facial brand used by the slavers to mark him as dangerous and disobedient in the books.
* Brienne is described as hideous in the books by everyone who meets her, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/2/2b/Brienne_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150515223934 with an overly broad face, coarse freckly features, an overly wide mouth, puffy lips that look swollen, large crooked teeth, a nose that's been broken several times and so upturned she looks somewhat pig-like, brittle hair, and a figure that actually looks ''worse'' in a gown]]. Creator/GwendolineChristie is made up to look plain and mannish with some minor facial scars but not really ugly and SheCleansUpNicely in her time at Harrenhal - out of armour and after a good bath she starts to look a little more like the normal Gwendoline Christie. The show also avoids the part from the books where Biter takes two large bites out of her face.
* Ygritte is described in the books as having [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/5/52/Ygritte_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150516155457 crooked teeth and a pug nose]], but she is considered beautiful by Jon. In the series, she's played by the conventionally attractive Creator/RoseLeslie.
* Pod is a debilitatingly shy, stuttering twelve-year-old in the books, who has been aged up to a handsome, if somewhat awkward, young man in the show.
* In the books, Osha hardly looks like a woman, with a lean, scarred body and a hard face. Music/NataliaTena is an attractive actress with a feminine physique and far more youthful than the Osha of the books. Her costuming, including a shapeless robe and scraggly hair, goes a long way in toning it down, but even so she's able to seduce male characters twice.
* Selyse Baratheon is plump, with large Florent ears and a moustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.
* Even without the greyscale scars, Shireen is described in the books as an extremely plain girl and the unfortunate recipient of her [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/0/03/Shireen_Baratheon.jpg father's square jaw and her mother's large ears]]. [[http://winteriscoming.net/features/cast/season-three/kerry-ingram/ Kerry Ingram is adorable]].
* Robin Arryn is a small and sickly child with epilepsy in the books but looks fairly normal, if a bit gawky, in the show. Then in the last season he makes an appearance and the actor Lino Facioli has grown-up into a [[HesAllGrownUp fairly attractive young man]]. Fans lampshades this by marking him as the [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/game-of-thrones-all-grown-up-robin-arryn-actor-reacts-to-thirsty-fans/ar-AABKs1r Neville Longbottom of Game of Thrones]].
* [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/1/17/Rafal_Hrynkiewicz_dagmarcleftjaw.jpg/350px-Rafal_Hrynkiewicz_dagmarcleftjaw.jpg In the books]], Dagmer Cleftjaw takes his name from a [[FacialHorror horrific scar]] from an axe that [[ShapedLikeItself cleft his jaw]]. In the show, he's just plain Dagmer and only has some minor facial nicks.
* Ramsay Snow is explicitly described in the books as being "[[https://cantuse.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/ramsaysnow-e1402684419444.jpg?w=300 ...an ugly man.]] Even splendorous garb cannot disguise this fact. He is big boned and slope shouldered, with a fleshiness to him that suggests that later in life he will turn to fat. His skin is pink and blotchy, his nose broad, his mouth small, his hair long and dark and dry. His lips are wide and meaty, wormy looking, but the thing that men notice most about him are his eyes. He has his lord father's eyes: small, close-set, and queerly pale." Creator/IwanRheon has none of these traits except the eyes.
* Yoren is much more put together and reputable-looking than the filthy, hunchbacked old man from the books.
* In the books, Rorge's nose has been cut off. In the series, keeps it for [[PragmaticAdaptation practical reasons]] and instead merely has a couple of scars on his forehead and face, and while his companion Biter retains his filed-down teeth, he's still better looking than the animalistic, pallid and obese man with weeping sores that is described in the book.
* Walder Frey certainly doesn't turn any heads in the show, but he's still far younger and sprier looking than the bald, toothless, half-blind, [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/e/e6/Old_Walder_Frey.jpg crippled old vulture of a man]] described in the books, despite being described as being nearly ninety at the end of "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things".
* Giants are hairy, ape-like beings more similar to Bigfoot than men in the books, but are merely over-sized men with brutish facial features in the show.
* Beric Dondarrion is much gaunter and disfigured by a blow to the head in the book, which is dropped for pragmatic reasons.
* Reek (Theon Greyjoy) is described in the books as looking [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9urpgep5n1rb2vh2o1_500.jpg ghastly pale and malnourished, with broken teeth and premature white hair]], as well as the missing fingers and limp featured in the show.
* Inverted with Theon before his breakdown. Book Theon is described as [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/a/a1/Brittmartin_Theon.jpg/300px-Brittmartin_Theon.jpg tall, handsome, and a ladies man]]. Theon in the show is notably plainer with little success with women.
* Also inverted tragically with Rhaegar Targaryen himself, as in the books he was described as being so [[PrettyBoy goddamn beautiful]] even Cersei’s heart melts just remembering his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSER0rTkCFpZtVEOC-LltLH69IEOXNm7sgbDQ&usqp=CAU appearance]]. The one time we see Rhaegar in a flash back... he’s just kinda plain looking and unfortunately has the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaobWq0xXzDF8l-Jq5kZlT2mYSZ3sEDtSiSw&usqp=CAU same hair]] as his despicable brother Viserys. Fans made their disappointment quite clear.
* The books' Three-eyed Crow is a one-eyed albino with a wine-stain birthmark on his cheek who's pierced through with weirwood roots and looks [[https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3299c77835ae06b681f461ba6be1c914 more like a corpse than a living man]]. The show's Three-eyed Raven is a two-eyed WizardClassic who seems to be merely tangled in the roots, and with the magic of TheOtherDarrin turned into a graceful and dashing old sage.
* The sleek and smooth-voiced HotWitch Cersei met as a child in the show is a far cry from the [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/2/2f/Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg/300px-Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg squat, croaking crone]] described in the novels.
* Lancel is very infirm, dishevelled, and prematurely aged after his brush with death in the books, but is even healthier and more muscular than before in "The Wars to Come". Conversely, he gets a seven-pointed star CarvedMark [[GoodScarsEvilScars on his forehead]], which doesn't happen in the books.
* Lollys Stokeworth is obese and mentally handicapped in the books, but is fairly average-looking in the show, with her dim-witted descriptor being played more as [[TheDitz ditzy]] [[ManChild childishness]] than as a severe handicap.
* The slaver Yezzan zo Qaggaz is basically a humanoid [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba the Hutt]] [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/1/17/Yezzan_zo_Qaggaz1.jpg in the novels]], being too fat to stand and suffering from a debilitating disease that leaves him jaundiced and unable to control his bladder. Actor [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162281/ Enzo Cilenti]] is not the slightest bit ugly or overweight.
* Euron Greyjoy has only a scar on his cheek left by Balon's knife instead of his sinister EyepatchOfPower, the "[[RedRightHand crow's eye]]" beneath it (which Theon describes as "black and shining with malice") and the creepy blue lips from drinking Shade of the Evening like Pyat Pree from Season 2.
* Obara Sand in the books is described as very plain, big-boned, and mannish. The show ''tries'' to make her out to be gruff and aggressive (Olenna tells her she looks like an angry boy), but she's still every bit as lovely as her sisters, as she's played by the beautiful Creator/KeishaCastleHughes.
* Magister Illyrio is morbidly obese in the books (to the point that people who have never met him comment on it upon seeing one of his specially made chairs), but he's a pretty normal-looking overweight man in the show.
* Daario Naharis, although attractive, [[https://external-preview.redd.it/_4JMu-qbs7YuUvJvdQ2ldSfwOW0cVgw9ooMCPRCTnoE.png?auto=webp&s=2c9f4114576172398abc954099e9c95ff4d29482 dyes his hair sky-blue in Tyroshi tradition and has a triple-forked, blue beard, a blue mustache with the tips dyed gold, and a golden tooth]]. In the series, [[Creator/EdSkrein the first actor]] who played him was clean-shaven (although [[Creator/MichielHuisman the second]] had a normal beard), his hair is not dyed blue, and has no golden tooth.
* Lysa Tully/Arryn is overweight in the books, but is played on TV by Creator/KateDickie, who is anything but. In the books, Lysa is described as being lovely and slender in her youth, but let herself go later in life. The series played up her paranoia and bizarre behavior to make up for this.
* The Davos of the books is described as being short, slight and with a "common" face, whereas Creator/LiamCunningham is fairly tall and well-built, and also attractive in a rugged sort of way.
* In "Blood of my Blood", the late King Aerys is briefly shown in Bran's vision [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/0b/a8/a90ba8cf9107d2f65f6575efe8f8f3d1.jpg and has none of the]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/ca/f6/7bcaf6958155e282414a354909ccfaa8.png disheveled appearance that he has in the books]]: no cut wounds from the throne, no overgrown and unwashed hair and beard, no fingernails that are nine-inches long, not extremely gaunt. It was kind of considered a major blunder that the ''brief'' seconds-long flashbacks of Aerys in Season 6 depicted a cleanshaven actor, when he not only had an infamously crazy appearance in the books, but prior ''Histories & Lore'' animated featurettes had depicted him with his infamously uncut and unkempt beard and hair. To top it off, even the Season 6 set of ''Histories & Lore'' videos *very prominently* depicts him this way, and even has Meera Reed point out in explicit detail that his inches-long fingernails and matted, filthy beard made him look obviously insane.
* In the books, Lord Wyman Manderly is so massively fat that he has been nicknamed ''Lord Too-Fat-to-Sit-a-Horse'' by his peers. While still obese in the show, he is considerably leaner and more martial looking.
* In the books, Syrio Forel is described as bald and leathery, in contrast to his charming appearance in the series.
* In the books, Roose Bolton is described as "neither handsome nor plain", with [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/4/40/Roose_bolton_by_berghots.jpg/300px-Roose_bolton_by_berghots.jpg pale eyes "like morning mist"]]. His voice is also described as soft and whispery in the books, but [=McElhatton=]'s deep, smooth voice has earned him quite a few fangirls.
* Walda Bolton may avert HollywoodPudgy, but she still has a pretty face and healthy hair. Her book counterpart is not only obese but also red-faced, has limp yellow hair, and an annoying squeaky voice to boot.
* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair that isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost part of its beauty due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margeary Tyrell.
* In the books, Ser Amory Lorch is described as fat and pig-like, while in the TV series he looks a lot more badass.
* Harry Strickland in the books is described as being [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/ac/60/a9ac6065a6de3b1a53415b2794aae90f.jpg portly, balding and not very attractive]], while in the show he appears younger and is much more handsome, likely due to the fact that he seems to have take up Griff's role as a more martial commander of the Golden Company (though he's still much younger in the show than Griff).
* A bit with Polliver. His book counterpart is described as being more outwardly unappealing, while the show's Polliver looks completely normal.
* Walder Frey's daughters are described as quite ugly in the books--even the prettiest, Roslin, is not as beautiful as Creator/AlexandraDowling's depiction of her. In the show, they all look like perfectly normal, if not somewhat plain girls. It's somewhat made up for in their shabby clothes, poor postures, and greasy hair.
* In the books, Tommen is a short, fat kid. In the show, he's played by the handsome Dean-Charles Chapman.
* Mirri Maz Duur , the witch and healer who Daenerys saves in the middle of a rape and then she [[spoiler:poisons Khal Drogo]] is played by Mia Soteriou, who, despite being an already mature woman, is certainly not like her book counterpart described as horrible, obese and flat nosed.
* At the end of Season 1, Daenerys still has a full head of hair when she's found after Khal Drogo's funeral pyre. In the books, all her hair is burned off. Poor Dany also goes through two periods of near-starvation, one in ''Clash'' and the other in ''Dance''.
* Dolorous Edd is described as thin and grey-haired, with a dour face. His show counterpart is much younger and more conventionally attractive, and his gloomy demeanor isn't as omnipresent.
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* Ned is described as plain and long-faced but is played by MrFanservice stalwart Creator/SeanBean and described as "even more impressive" than his late brother Brandon, while in the books Catelyn recalls her "childish disappointment" that Ned was shorter, plainer, and more solemn than Brandon.
* Like his father, Jon is long-faced and never pointed out as notably attractive in the books but is played by MrFanservice Creator/KitHarington and is constantly described as "pretty" in the show. This is likely meant as an allusion to his true parentage, as [[spoiler:Rhaegar Targaryen]] was known to have been exceptionally beautiful.
* Arya is often called "horse-faced" in the books by Sansa and Jeyne Poole, and is mistaken for a boy before she starts posing as one but Creator/MaisieWilliams is round-faced and cute. However, even in the books, several characters note that she is getting prettier as she grows up and she is noted to favorably resemble her aunt Lyanna, who was quite attractive, if not a great beauty.
* Tyrion is frequently described as TheGrotesque in the books, with a deformed face and mismatched eyes to go along with his dwarfism. He also receives a gruesome facial wound midway through the series that removes half his nose. The character is played by the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tyrion_5_6967.jpg handsome]] Creator/PeterDinklage without any attempts to ugly him up. The character is even described as rather good looking in spite of his height. There's also a MythologyGag when Cersei notes his scar isn't as bad as she'd heard. Mitigating matters a small bit is the fact that Dinklage is slightly older than the actors playing his older siblings.
* For all their gruesomeness, Sandor Clegane's [[http://www.theironthrone.it/it/images/stories/attori/sandor_clegane.jpg facial burns]] are far less extensive than [[https://static.zerochan.net/Sandor.Clegane.full.2484274.jpg in the books]]. This was at least partially [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic]] since a more extensive prosthetic affected the actor's vision, making it impractical for a character with so many fight scenes.
* Jorah Mormont is [[https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/181d74bf-7e2c-43d2-860e-f32a5e972f79/d159cvv-2e792e26-1a7c-47db-82f2-8b3bd325f931.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzE4MWQ3NGJmLTdlMmMtNDNkMi04NjBlLWYzMmE1ZTk3MmY3OVwvZDE1OWN2di0yZTc5MmUyNi0xYTdjLTQ3ZGItODJmMi04YjNiZDMyNWY5MzEuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.8yMBHFHY_oHqovgsBAMUJ6waDmrM-0tu1yIAfhcIQ58 hefty, hairy, balding, and "not a handsome man" in the books]], in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Jorah_8603.jpg stark contrast]] to the quite appealing Creator/IainGlen (which is echoed by a number of the female cast), and he's spared the dreadful facial brand used by the slavers to mark him as dangerous and disobedient in the books.
* Brienne is described as hideous in the books by everyone who meets her, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/2/2b/Brienne_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150515223934 with an overly broad face, coarse freckly features, an overly wide mouth, puffy lips that look swollen, large crooked teeth, a nose that's been broken several times and so upturned she looks somewhat pig-like, brittle hair, and a figure that actually looks ''worse'' in a gown]]. Creator/GwendolineChristie is made up to look plain and mannish with some minor facial scars but not really ugly and SheCleansUpNicely in her time at Harrenhal - out of armour and after a good bath she starts to look a little more like the normal Gwendoline Christie. The show also avoids the part from the books where Biter takes two large bites out of her face.
* Ygritte is described in the books as having [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/iceandfire/images/5/52/Ygritte_by_amoka.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150516155457 crooked teeth and a pug nose]], but she is considered beautiful by Jon. In the series, she's played by the conventionally attractive Creator/RoseLeslie.
* Pod is a debilitatingly shy, stuttering twelve-year-old in the books, who has been aged up to a handsome, if somewhat awkward, young man in the show.
* In the books, Osha hardly looks like a woman, with a lean, scarred body and a hard face. Music/NataliaTena is an attractive actress with a feminine physique and far more youthful than the Osha of the books. Her costuming, including a shapeless robe and scraggly hair, goes a long way in toning it down, but even so she's able to seduce male characters twice.
* Selyse Baratheon is plump, with large Florent ears and a moustache in the books. Creator/TaraFitzgerald is quite gorgeous in real life. The worst that can be said is that she's made to look gaunt, though frequent contrasts with [[MsFanservice Melisandre]] help downplay it.
* Even without the greyscale scars, Shireen is described in the books as an extremely plain girl and the unfortunate recipient of her [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/0/03/Shireen_Baratheon.jpg father's square jaw and her mother's large ears]]. [[http://winteriscoming.net/features/cast/season-three/kerry-ingram/ Kerry Ingram is adorable]].
* Robin Arryn is a small and sickly child with epilepsy in the books but looks fairly normal, if a bit gawky, in the show. Then in the last season he makes an appearance and the actor Lino Facioli has grown-up into a [[HesAllGrownUp fairly attractive young man]]. Fans lampshades this by marking him as the [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/game-of-thrones-all-grown-up-robin-arryn-actor-reacts-to-thirsty-fans/ar-AABKs1r Neville Longbottom of Game of Thrones]].
* [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/1/17/Rafal_Hrynkiewicz_dagmarcleftjaw.jpg/350px-Rafal_Hrynkiewicz_dagmarcleftjaw.jpg In the books]], Dagmer Cleftjaw takes his name from a [[FacialHorror horrific scar]] from an axe that [[ShapedLikeItself cleft his jaw]]. In the show, he's just plain Dagmer and only has some minor facial nicks.
* Ramsay Snow is explicitly described in the books as being "[[https://cantuse.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/ramsaysnow-e1402684419444.jpg?w=300 ...an ugly man.]] Even splendorous garb cannot disguise this fact. He is big boned and slope shouldered, with a fleshiness to him that suggests that later in life he will turn to fat. His skin is pink and blotchy, his nose broad, his mouth small, his hair long and dark and dry. His lips are wide and meaty, wormy looking, but the thing that men notice most about him are his eyes. He has his lord father's eyes: small, close-set, and queerly pale." Creator/IwanRheon has none of these traits except the eyes.
* Yoren is much more put together and reputable-looking than the filthy, hunchbacked old man from the books.
* In the books, Rorge's nose has been cut off. In the series, keeps it for [[PragmaticAdaptation practical reasons]] and instead merely has a couple of scars on his forehead and face, and while his companion Biter retains his filed-down teeth, he's still better looking than the animalistic, pallid and obese man with weeping sores that is described in the book.
* Walder Frey certainly doesn't turn any heads in the show, but he's still far younger and sprier looking than the bald, toothless, half-blind, [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/e/e6/Old_Walder_Frey.jpg crippled old vulture of a man]] described in the books, despite being described as being nearly ninety at the end of "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things".
* Giants are hairy, ape-like beings more similar to Bigfoot than men in the books, but are merely over-sized men with brutish facial features in the show.
* Beric Dondarrion is much gaunter and disfigured by a blow to the head in the book, which is dropped for pragmatic reasons.
* Reek (Theon Greyjoy) is described in the books as looking [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9urpgep5n1rb2vh2o1_500.jpg ghastly pale and malnourished, with broken teeth and premature white hair]], as well as the missing fingers and limp featured in the show.
* Inverted with Theon before his breakdown. Book Theon is described as [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/a/a1/Brittmartin_Theon.jpg/300px-Brittmartin_Theon.jpg tall, handsome, and a ladies man]]. Theon in the show is notably plainer with little success with women.
* Also inverted tragically with Rhaegar Targaryen himself, as in the books he was described as being so [[PrettyBoy goddamn beautiful]] even Cersei’s heart melts just remembering his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSER0rTkCFpZtVEOC-LltLH69IEOXNm7sgbDQ&usqp=CAU appearance]]. The one time we see Rhaegar in a flash back... he’s just kinda plain looking and unfortunately has the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSaobWq0xXzDF8l-Jq5kZlT2mYSZ3sEDtSiSw&usqp=CAU same hair]] as his despicable brother Viserys. Fans made their disappointment quite clear.
* The books' Three-eyed Crow is a one-eyed albino with a wine-stain birthmark on his cheek who's pierced through with weirwood roots and looks [[https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3299c77835ae06b681f461ba6be1c914 more like a corpse than a living man]]. The show's Three-eyed Raven is a two-eyed WizardClassic who seems to be merely tangled in the roots, and with the magic of TheOtherDarrin turned into a graceful and dashing old sage.
* The sleek and smooth-voiced HotWitch Cersei met as a child in the show is a far cry from the [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/2/2f/Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg/300px-Matt_Olson_Maggy_Maegi.jpg squat, croaking crone]] described in the novels.
* Lancel is very infirm, dishevelled, and prematurely aged after his brush with death in the books, but is even healthier and more muscular than before in "The Wars to Come". Conversely, he gets a seven-pointed star CarvedMark [[GoodScarsEvilScars on his forehead]], which doesn't happen in the books.
* Lollys Stokeworth is obese and mentally handicapped in the books, but is fairly average-looking in the show, with her dim-witted descriptor being played more as [[TheDitz ditzy]] [[ManChild childishness]] than as a severe handicap.
* The slaver Yezzan zo Qaggaz is basically a humanoid [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba the Hutt]] [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/1/17/Yezzan_zo_Qaggaz1.jpg in the novels]], being too fat to stand and suffering from a debilitating disease that leaves him jaundiced and unable to control his bladder. Actor [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162281/ Enzo Cilenti]] is not the slightest bit ugly or overweight.
* Euron Greyjoy has only a scar on his cheek left by Balon's knife instead of his sinister EyepatchOfPower, the "[[RedRightHand crow's eye]]" beneath it (which Theon describes as "black and shining with malice") and the creepy blue lips from drinking Shade of the Evening like Pyat Pree from Season 2.
* Obara Sand in the books is described as very plain, big-boned, and mannish. The show ''tries'' to make her out to be gruff and aggressive (Olenna tells her she looks like an angry boy), but she's still every bit as lovely as her sisters, as she's played by the beautiful Creator/KeishaCastleHughes.
* Magister Illyrio is morbidly obese in the books (to the point that people who have never met him comment on it upon seeing one of his specially made chairs), but he's a pretty normal-looking overweight man in the show.
* Daario Naharis, although attractive, [[https://external-preview.redd.it/_4JMu-qbs7YuUvJvdQ2ldSfwOW0cVgw9ooMCPRCTnoE.png?auto=webp&s=2c9f4114576172398abc954099e9c95ff4d29482 dyes his hair sky-blue in Tyroshi tradition and has a triple-forked, blue beard, a blue mustache with the tips dyed gold, and a golden tooth]]. In the series, [[Creator/EdSkrein the first actor]] who played him was clean-shaven (although [[Creator/MichielHuisman the second]] had a normal beard), his hair is not dyed blue, and has no golden tooth.
* Lysa Tully/Arryn is overweight in the books, but is played on TV by Creator/KateDickie, who is anything but. In the books, Lysa is described as being lovely and slender in her youth, but let herself go later in life. The series played up her paranoia and bizarre behavior to make up for this.
* The Davos of the books is described as being short, slight and with a "common" face, whereas Creator/LiamCunningham is fairly tall and well-built, and also attractive in a rugged sort of way.
* In "Blood of my Blood", the late King Aerys is briefly shown in Bran's vision [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/0b/a8/a90ba8cf9107d2f65f6575efe8f8f3d1.jpg and has none of the]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/ca/f6/7bcaf6958155e282414a354909ccfaa8.png disheveled appearance that he has in the books]]: no cut wounds from the throne, no overgrown and unwashed hair and beard, no fingernails that are nine-inches long, not extremely gaunt. It was kind of considered a major blunder that the ''brief'' seconds-long flashbacks of Aerys in Season 6 depicted a cleanshaven actor, when he not only had an infamously crazy appearance in the books, but prior ''Histories & Lore'' animated featurettes had depicted him with his infamously uncut and unkempt beard and hair. To top it off, even the Season 6 set of ''Histories & Lore'' videos *very prominently* depicts him this way, and even has Meera Reed point out in explicit detail that his inches-long fingernails and matted, filthy beard made him look obviously insane.
* In the books, Lord Wyman Manderly is so massively fat that he has been nicknamed ''Lord Too-Fat-to-Sit-a-Horse'' by his peers. While still obese in the show, he is considerably leaner and more martial looking.
* In the books, Syrio Forel is described as bald and leathery, in contrast to his charming appearance in the series.
* In the books, Roose Bolton is described as "neither handsome nor plain", with [[https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/thumb/4/40/Roose_bolton_by_berghots.jpg/300px-Roose_bolton_by_berghots.jpg pale eyes "like morning mist"]]. His voice is also described as soft and whispery in the books, but [=McElhatton=]'s deep, smooth voice has earned him quite a few fangirls.
* Walda Bolton may avert HollywoodPudgy, but she still has a pretty face and healthy hair. Her book counterpart is not only obese but also red-faced, has limp yellow hair, and an annoying squeaky voice to boot.
* In the books, when Cersei's hair is cut off by the Faith they shave her completely bald. In the show, they leave her with BoyishShortHair that isn't completely unattractive. She also has a perfect physique due to the scene being done with Rebecca Van Cleave (a rather pretty woman in her late 20s) acting as a body double, while in the corresponding part of the book her body is described as having lost part of its beauty due to Cersei's age and pregnancies, not to mention bloating somewhat from drinking lots of wine. That said, the series makes little effort to polish Lena Headey's natural minor blemishes as Cersei (her crow's feet are clearly visible, for example), so the general idea of "beauty weathered by age" still gets across, particularly when she's paired in scenes with the blossoming Sansa Stark and the young, in-her-prime Margeary Tyrell.
* In the books, Ser Amory Lorch is described as fat and pig-like, while in the TV series he looks a lot more badass.
* Harry Strickland in the books is described as being [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/ac/60/a9ac6065a6de3b1a53415b2794aae90f.jpg portly, balding and not very attractive]], while in the show he appears younger and is much more handsome, likely due to the fact that he seems to have take up Griff's role as a more martial commander of the Golden Company (though he's still much younger in the show than Griff).
* A bit with Polliver. His book counterpart is described as being more outwardly unappealing, while the show's Polliver looks completely normal.
* Walder Frey's daughters are described as quite ugly in the books--even the prettiest, Roslin, is not as beautiful as Creator/AlexandraDowling's depiction of her. In the show, they all look like perfectly normal, if not somewhat plain girls. It's somewhat made up for in their shabby clothes, poor postures, and greasy hair.
* In the books, Tommen is a short, fat kid. In the show, he's played by the handsome Dean-Charles Chapman.
* Mirri Maz Duur , the witch and healer who Daenerys saves in the middle of a rape and then she [[spoiler:poisons Khal Drogo]] is played by Mia Soteriou, who, despite being an already mature woman, is certainly not like her book counterpart described as horrible, obese and flat nosed.
* At the end of Season 1, Daenerys still has a full head of hair when she's found after Khal Drogo's funeral pyre. In the books, all her hair is burned off. Poor Dany also goes through two periods of near-starvation, one in ''Clash'' and the other in ''Dance''.
* Dolorous Edd is described as thin and grey-haired, with a dour face. His show counterpart is much younger and more conventionally attractive, and his gloomy demeanor isn't as omnipresent.
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* ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' establishes that Rhaenyra Targaryen had put on weight as a result of her multiple pregnancies and is no longer as beautiful as she once was. Emma D'Arcy portrays a conventionally slim and attractive Rhaenyra. In the books, it is also most likely an embellishment meant to denigrate on her posthumously, as the InUniverse author and some of their sources are Maesters and Septons, who are not particularly known for being pro-Targaryen.
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