Question About JKR's Male Characters...

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

Some comments I've seen about JKR's writing have led me to the thought that possibly, one reason why certain characters in the story have to keep insisting on their manliness and not doing anything "girly" like crying, etc. might have to do with the fact that Rowling just isn't good with writing men, and so resorts to stereotypes to do the job, except when writing "evil" feminine men like Snape. You know, kind-of like how Rowling wants Harry to be not-gay, but probably can't imagine being attracted to a woman, and so he ends up seeming gay by discussing the beauty of various men.

Any men in this community care to weigh in here? Part of the reason why I ask is because I sometimes doubt my own abilities to portray men convincingly in the stories I write :P

Comments

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

And then of course she shoots herself in the foot by making Voldemort turn out to be hideously ugly in the story itself! So it goes....

Incidentally, I've seen an anime in which the villain is this ridiculously-gorgeous, golden-haired man, who is also the evilest person in the world. And no, that's not hyperbole; he is literally supposed to be the evilest person in the world (whether or not he wants to be is more complicated, however)! That actually works because it symbolizes how seductive evil can be, but Rowling squanders it as she does every other opportunity to make Voldemort anything other than a pathetic stereotype!

[kahran042]

Out of curiosity, what anime would this be?

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

It's called 'Monster.' It's awesome :D

[urbanman1984.livejournal.com]

What's that? A Sword of Truth anime?