Literature

Literature provides no visuals or voices and thereby more fully engages the imagination. The author and the reader work together to create a world, so the version of a character that exists in the mind of the reader is uniquely theirs. The connection with such characters can therefore run incredibly deep.

Each character below is the waifu of her listed work of literature. But there can only be one true Literature Waifu. The other waifus are only Harem Tier on the overall Literature level.

Waifu Tier

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The best of the best. Only one character may be in this tier for a given work or medium. This character... is Mai Waifu.

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  Electra

  from The Works of Piers Anthony

  Electra is a character from the long-running Xanth series. Introduced in the eleventh book, Heaven Cent, she spends some time as the Betty in a Betty and Veronica love triangle with Princess Nada and Prince Dolph. In the thirteenth book, Isle of View, Dolph finally realizes that he loves Electra and the two marry.

  I was close to Dolph’s age (nine years old in Heaven Cent) when I read these books and I identified pretty strongly with his character. As a result, I considered Electra to be the type of girl I should marry. As a formative character, Electra instilled an appreciation of “Betty” type characters.

  Portrait art taken from Return to Centaur, a graphic novel adaptation of the Xanth book Isle of View.