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Tournament! Hottest Character in the HCLU

  • Hannah Dalton 61
  • Sutton Spencer 99
  • Ellie Beckett 5
  • Taylor Vandenberg 44
  • Charlotte Thompson 261
  • Caroline Parker 125
  • Brooke Watson 14
  • Mia Sharpe 23
  • Regan Gallagher 11
  • Katherine Spencer 15
  • Gianna Mäkinen 60
  • 2023-05-09
  • 718 votes
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Have you ever wondered who is the hottest character in the Haley Cass Literary Universe? Me, neither. Until two lovely people (who I believe are both patrons here... 👀) decided to have this discussion on twitter

But it did get me to wonder... who exactly is the hottest character in the HCLU? 

Hear me out - I know that a lot of instinctive answers will be Charlotte, right? And I do get that. But! If you've been following Midnight Rain (and as alluded to in the chapter in TWW at the museum...), Sutton is ultimately the more take charge of the two in the bedroom. Then, as discussed on twitter, you have Caroline, who is experienced like Charlotte, and has real life, practical competence, but also emotional competence (that, lbr, Charlotte lacks unless your name is Sutton). Taylor would be a lot of genuine fun in many ways. 

I also included 3 secondary (for now, in Regan and Gianna's cases) characters, who I've seen thrown into the mix for this debate, for some fun. And I'm allowing you to vote for more than one person (in this poll)

So, really think through your answer! And feel not only free but encouraged to explain your thoughts in the comments... we would love to see why. And by we, I obviously mean me. 

Comments

Nicole

Speaking of Midnight rain….CHAPTER 11. PLEASE

Hana Huskovic

I re-read TWW more times than I can count, and Charlotte has ways been my “OG” choice. She is smart, driven and headstrong. What she lacks emotionally, she ends up learning from It. Even though she is not the most vulnerable, she tries her damndest to hurdle over. Ahh and Taylor, I love her. I love her humour, her tenacity as well as her capability to love so freely. I know these women are beautiful, but their personalities make them stunning.

Angie Bobinger

It’s so hard to choose one so I chose four.

Betsy Walker

Part of me wanted to vote Mia just for the literal take of firefighter and hot xD I’m too big of a Charlotte fan though

Mostly Amy

Lol hottest is different than who’s date-able. So many of them seem exhausting. Lol

Sonia

It’s Charlotte. She knows it and owns it and allows herself to be vulnerable with Sutton which is even hotter. It could’ve been Mia (because firefighter duh 🔥) but I’m not sure I saw enough to truly know. And I think Hannah Dalton is but she doesn’t realize it

Sonia

Also idc if I’m the only vote for Katherine Spencer but I will vote for her all day longggg

Clara Nhu

I answered to Macon on twitter and now I am confused about what to answer beside my obvious first answer

Jenny Graham

I'm a Charlotte pick because I think Lori prince's audio did me in forever. When she says darling. I just can't. She's a solid 17 hot out of 10. Runner up Mia Sharpe. If I was single I'd go for a Mia. Never a Charlotte. Way out of my league. So is Mia but the tats. Sold.

Melissa Saxon-Price

My knee jerk thought was Sutton and then you reminded me of the TWW museum moment and that confirmed it!

Jodell Clingo

Charlotte, hands down. Courage is far hotter than dominance.

kimberlys323

Charlotte is perfect. It’s not that she’s emotionally unavailable, she’s just reserved and keeps things super close. A woman in politics, it makes sense she probably worries about public perception if she has emotions on display.

Grace

I think Katharine Spenser is smokin’. Since we don’t know nothin’ - she’s even hotter. Carolyn and Hannah are hot and they make ‘together time’ count because they have so much going on. Carolyn is driven and always thinking so when they have a chance - they make their time count. She communicates and creates a space for them to be creative which is very hot.

Dalene Engelbrecht

Caroline gets my vote. Her kindness and genuineness wins me over every time.

Dani

Charlotte was always my first choice until I read ITLR again recently and now it’s a toss-up with Taylor. I love how ambitious and confident they are and how they have a strong sense of self to follow their dreams. And yet, they care so much about their partners, and they’re willing to expose the vulnerable parts of themselves…even when it’s scary and they’re unsure what that means/the future holds. Caroline is a close 3rd, for all the same reasons. Guess I have a thing for vulnerable career-driven women 🥵😂

Misty

I want to BE Charlotte but BE WITH Sutton. But you can’t not vote for Katherine Spencer.

Monica McCallan

My only regret is that I can only give Gianna a single vote.

Carol Morales

Hannah has my vote! She has a quiet strength. She had the courage to upend her life and leave Michael. She then later has the courage to explore her feelings for Caroline, all while continuing to make positive changes I her life! Sutton would come in second for me! I am a sucker for the quiet/shy strong types!

drocks27

I'm going with the less obvious. I think Brooke is hot because she is super dedicated to her job and hometown. She's a little nerdy too.

Jodell Clingo

Doesn’t matter.. courage is courage, no matter when.

Macon Books

It is my firm belief that there are four core factors that contribute to hotness: Attractiveness Sexiness Competence Personality We all know Haley writes exceptionally attractive women. Her imagination is just a wellspring of beautiful people. We are picking amongst a sea of 10s. So, with attractiveness totally maxed out across the board, the other three factors are what must be considered. Sexiness - Now, there are so many factors around what makes a person sexy. This is undeniable. However, when we are talking about straight-up hotness, I’m working from the dictionary definition of “the quality of being sexually attractive or sexually exciting.” Competence - It is a known scientific fact the hottest thing a person can be is competent - at their job, in their lives, with their emotions. Being good at life is hot. Personality - This is really the intangibles of hotness. Being kind. Being engaged. Being funny. The ways you are in the world. The ways you approach the world. Now that our terms are defined I present my definitive ranking of 5 hottest Haley Cass Characters: 5 Charlotte - through the roof sexy, exceptional personality, and great work competence - but not well rounded and let’s work get in the way of the the other hotness factors. 4 Mia - she is a firefighter who loves nerds. A FIREFIGHTER WHO LOVES NERDS Y’ALL! Sutton - it is factually Sutton - Sutton of the Guggenheim and radical vulnerability and bravery to stand when most would bow. It’s Sutton. Taylor - There is the obvious well traveled, well read, wholly accepting YOGA INSTRUCTOR of it all. But the hottest thing about Taylor is she looks to see and understand and know in a world where most people never lift their head Caroline - 10s across the board. All the 10s, some 15s. Crazy, outrageously hot. Major caveat: The absolute hottest human Haley Cass has written is AU Sutton. It’s not close. Sexy English professor, remarkable mom, and owns Charlotte at every turn. Maybe the hottest protagonist in romance period. So. Hot.

Shelley S.

Hannah Dalton is the hottest in my opinion. She is so independent, sweet, and caring. But that whole scene with her and Caroline against her front door in nothing but her heels - FUCK!!! I had to step away from it all (the book, daylight, life, etc.) for 20-30 minutes to get my wits about me.

kassandra gravel

For me it's Caroline. Because she is clearly experimented, but through her relationship with Hannah you can also see that she really cares about her partner and know just the right ways to make her feel wanted and sexy

Court

Yes! 💯 agree. AU Sutton is in a category of her own. 🔥

Dani

“Taylor looks to see and understand and know in a world where most people never lift their head.” 🥺😩

Melissa Saxon-Price

I respectfully disagree. I think Sutton had more courage than Charlotte. She speaks her mind, no matter how awkwardly it may come out, and she goes for what she wants instead of running from it. That is courage. Charlotte is great, but her courage comes in the form of manipulation at times.

Macon Books

She is so perfect. In the Long Run is my favorite Cass novel and a top five all-time novel for me - I've spent a lot of time thinking about Taylor. And Brooke. And... it's so good.

Jodell Clingo

By all means, you are welcome to disagree. But Sutton was forced to by Regan to even be on a dating site. I think if Sutton was truly courageous, she would have done that for herself. She grew into her bravado, self discovery, yada yada yada but she had to grow into it. Which is great but Charlotte is still my number one pick for being willing to throw it all away for love. What did Sutton have to loose? Not much.

Macon Books

I am so excited to live in this human's world for a bit.

Melissa Saxon-Price

That's a fair assessment, I see where you are coming from 😊

Jodell Clingo

I should have become a lawyer 😉

Liam Lintemuth

Like I genuinely struggled with this. Like each character has things about them that make them "hot". But honestly, I think caring is hot. So I was torn between Caroline and Hannah. We get to see a lot of the genuine care these two have for each other... But the ways Hannah breaks out of her comfort zone is hot. She is assumed straight but doesn't question the attraction beyond acknowledging it. I love the fact that despite the fear Hannah cares and wants enough to pursue a willing Caroline. That is what it was. Caroline fell in love and gave and Hannah, while frightened, decided to pursue.

Camille C.

As someone who suspects herself to be in the ace spectrum, I generally find it difficult to figure out what makes people think "oh, this person is hot/sexy" so when I had that oh moment reading When you least expect it, I knew 100% that Caroline was written exceptionally hot she's produced enough carbon emissions to burn through the ozone her ecofriendly firm would be very disappointed 😔

M Hills

I voted for both Sutton (because of the later stories) and Caroline. Both are physically beautiful and both have huge hearts (which I FIND to be very sexy).

Kenzi Rose

Wait is this scene in one of the books of on Patreon?

Shelley S.

It’s in the book “When You Least Expect It”. It is brought up again in the book “Better Than Expected” but from Hannah’s point of view.