Honestly, I like the more traditionally ugly ducking characters, where you get that nice makeover montage.
I have to narrow it down slightly because there's always been something that bugs me a little bit about ugly duckling characters when it comes to more romantic stories. The ugly duckling character is a great person, quirky, smart, etc. but nobody really pays attention to them until they're pretty. The makeover bits are fun, but the subtext tempers my enjoyment somewhat.
This depends - sometimes I'm weak in the knees, sometimes I just want to kill them.
Yes, I suppose I don't always find them sexy per se, but they're almost always interesting. I'm usually quite fond of 'love to hate' type characters. For a Harry Potter example, I've always liked the obnoxious, cowardly canon!Draco over the sexed-up, leather pants fanon one; he's such an entertaining little jerk in the books. :)
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I have to narrow it down slightly because there's always been something that bugs me a little bit about ugly duckling characters when it comes to more romantic stories. The ugly duckling character is a great person, quirky, smart, etc. but nobody really pays attention to them until they're pretty. The makeover bits are fun, but the subtext tempers my enjoyment somewhat.
Yes, I suppose I don't always find them sexy per se, but they're almost always interesting. I'm usually quite fond of 'love to hate' type characters. For a Harry Potter example, I've always liked the obnoxious, cowardly canon!Draco over the sexed-up, leather pants fanon one; he's such an entertaining little jerk in the books. :)