Midweek Mancandy: Richard Madden

In honor of the season 3 premiere of "Game of Thrones," we decided that this week, we wanted to honor somebody who helped steam up the land of Westeros. But who? There are so many hot guys on that show!

Finally, we settled on Richard Madden, who plays Robb Stark.

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Poor Robb often gets overshadowed, at least in the minds and hearts of fangirls, by his hot bastard half-brother, Jon Snow (played by Kit Harington). While we do appreciate Harington, and it's likely that he could get the mancandy treatment at some other time, we think that Madden is more of a rugged, manly hottie who doesn't tend toward the pretty-boy hotness that Harington has. Also, he is Scottish, and he has fantastic hair and big, beautiful, soulful eyes.

Plus, he is dating Jenna-Louise Coleman, who is playing Clara Oswald, the new companion on "Doctor Who," which is, as Kel put it, "10 shades of nerd-fabulous."