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* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has Cullen and Cassandra - companions of the Inquisitor who are acknowledged in-universe to be considerably attractive, and who each have facial scarring. Their scars are indicators of their respective experiences in battle but do little to detract from their appearance. Fellow warrior the Iron Bull takes it even further, as he is CoveredInScars and missing an eye, but still attracts a great deal of attention from both male and female members of the Inquisition. The player may also, during character creation, give facial scarring to the Inquisitor while otherwise making them incredibly good-looking, [[spoiler: which gets taken even further at the end of ''Trespasser'' when the Inquisitor loses their left arm]].

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Prince Aemond Targaryen lost his left eye in a childhood fight. He grows up into a LongHairedPrettyBoy. His EyepatchOfPower and the scar that peaks out around it do not detract from his good looks. If anything, it just makes him look [[RuggedScar dangerous]] and sexier. On the rare occasion he removes the eyepatch, you can see the sapphire he wears as a GlassEye and the {{Creepy Blue Eye|s}} makes him look striking and unnerving. This is a RedRightHand--but a very attractive one, with a FashionableAsymmetry element.

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* Yusei Fudo, the TallDarkAndHandsome hero of ''Anime/{{YuGiOh 5Ds}}'', gets branded with a criminal mark a few episodes into the first season. He spends the rest of the first two arcs (before the good guys are able to radically change their society) being met with mixtures of horror and disgust from most strangers as soon as they lay eyes on him.

* [[ActionGirl Baiken]] in the ''Videogame/GuiltyGear'' series has a [[EyeScream scar over her left eye]], which she therefore can't open (she gets an [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]] in later entries), and [[AnArmAndALeg lacks her right arm]], making her the poster child for HandicappedBadass, but otherwise [[DisabledHottie she's quite a looker]].

* Adar from ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' is an intentional example to differentiate him from the other orcs. He is the most DemiHuman looking orc in a Tolkien work until now, and his looks are the first clue of the origins of the Orcs. He is a corrupted Elf from Beleriand, and unlike the other orcs he kept many of his Elvish good looks despite some minor BodyHorror, at worst being a EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette with long hair.

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* ''Literature/BewareOfChicken'': As it's a {{xianxia}} world, freckles are generally considered to be a blemish, to the point where Meiling's etiquette lessons include specific training in calmly handling insults based on the freckles across the bridge of her nose. However, Jin is originally from Canada, and finds them to be cute.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Todoroki has a prominent burn scar over one eye. This doesn't stop Mina from considering him the "preeminent [[{{Bishonen}} pretty-boy]]" of the class.

* ''Anime/InuYasha'': Though not seen often, Sango has a massive scar on her back from where she was stabbed by the weapon of her possessed brother.
* ''Anime/{{Leijiverse}}'': SpacePirate Emeraldas sports both the iconic willowy "[[Creator/LeijiMatsumoto Matsumoto]] Woman" looks and a rugged DuelingScar across her face, while [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas her own series]] reveals that the rest of her body is also covered in old battle scars.

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': Viper/Madame Hydra is quite beautiful, save for scarring over the upper right side of her face (which she usually hides behind her PeekABangs).

** Alte is shown to have [[EyeScream a burn scar over her left eye]] (which is otherwise hidden with PeekABangs) in concept art and on her plushie. Despite this, she's still shown to be quite attractive.

* ''Literature/TheLostMetal'': One noblewoman has a ChildishToothGap that's seen as cute in-universe, though Steris suspects it's primarily because the rest of her is ''also'' seen as cute:
-->''Curious, how minor flaws became cute when their bearer also happened to be conventionally attractive.''

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Nice Holystone is a pyromaniac and quite very attractive. As a teenager, she was in an accident with her explosives that resulted in her arms and face being scarred, and shrapnel penetrating one of her eyes. She currently wears an eyepatch over the empty socket and glasses to help her see. This does not take away from her looks.
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. Being a [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]], Celty's head is naturally apart from the rest of her body, but both are very nice looking. Several characters fall madly in love with the head on its own, and not for one second do they wish it were attached to a body, content to just stare at it. Shinra, on the other hand, is in love with the rest of Celty, despite most others being shocked and afraid by her headless nature. He doesn't even see her lack of a head as an issue and prefers it when Celty isn't wearing her helmet to hide it, although she admits she fears he just has a fetish for headless women.

** Like the fire she's associated with, Yang Xiao Long favours asymmetry as a mark of beauty, so her fashion choices reflect this aesthetic. After coming to terms with her Volume 3 injuries, she turns it into a feature as part of her asymmetrical design. It doesn't stop her turning heads; a bandit in Volume 5 unsuccessfully makes a pass at her because he thinks her appearance is "just right". [[spoiler:In Volume 3, she loses her right arm when Beacon Academy is destroyed. Once she adapts, she repaints her plain cyberarm a vivid yellow with black accents.]]

Compare FreakinessShame, when the character has something supernatural about their body (horns, wings, etc) and are ashamed by it; other characters may say that the character is beautiful even with all that stuff. Contrast UglyCute where a character's physical appeal stems from its perceived ugliness, InformedDeformity, which is when a deformity isn't obvious to the audience, FanDisservice, which highlights ugliness more than attractiveness, RedRightHand, where a person's deformity marks them as being evil, and most definitely BeautyIsNeverTarnished, which is an aversion/inversion in the case of female characters. May invoke IAmNotPretty and IJustWantToBeBeautiful.

* ''Literature/InfernalDevices'' has Sophie, who has a noticeable scar on her face from a spurned suitor. Tessa's narration emphasizes her beauty despite this.

* ''Literature/TheLostMetal'': One noblewoman has a ChildishToothGap that's seen as cute in-universe, though Steris offers a more cynical interpretation: