So, this business of Galad being described as so beautiful that women swoon over him at every turn. Quite literally, if they're female and not related to him, we're told that his smile will put butterflies in their stomachs, that they'll find yourself smiling back, helplessly. When he's in the room, they're half-hypnotised, they can't look away, other men fade into the background. Innocent country girls are dazzled. Happily married women have thoughts they shouldn't. He is just that good-looking.

Um, what? Do men like this actually exist? (or women, for that matter?) Surely no one is universally attractive, as Galad is described as being? Have you ever encountered anyone like this? What was RJ trying to achieve with it?