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Totally inspired by a photo Stephanie posted of Baron Harkonnen from Dune in "Random BHM Hotness," which made me realize...
I have a thing for evil fat guys.
There's an article about Villainous Gluttons on the fantastic tvtropes.org that skewers a lot of mainstream perceptions about fat people and how that coincides with what an audience expects from a villain. I'm having trouble thinking of examples beyond Harkonnen-- well, Jabba the Hutt, but I'm not into, er, aliens-- but I know they're out there, I'm just a bit fuzzy-headed from lack of sleep at the moment.
I'm also trying to figure out what the underlying cause of this attraction is, since IRL I put as much distance as is possible between myself and jerks. I think being attracted to powerful men is certainly part of it, but there's also the unbridled hedonism aspect. The fat villain is usually completely open and shameless in his pursuit of earthly pleasures, to the point of base immorality. Again, not something I condone IRL, but in fiction, I find it titillating.
Anyone else share similar feelings? Who's your favorite fat villain?
ETA: The Puppet Master from Heroes. There, thought of one.
I have a thing for evil fat guys.
There's an article about Villainous Gluttons on the fantastic tvtropes.org that skewers a lot of mainstream perceptions about fat people and how that coincides with what an audience expects from a villain. I'm having trouble thinking of examples beyond Harkonnen-- well, Jabba the Hutt, but I'm not into, er, aliens-- but I know they're out there, I'm just a bit fuzzy-headed from lack of sleep at the moment.
I'm also trying to figure out what the underlying cause of this attraction is, since IRL I put as much distance as is possible between myself and jerks. I think being attracted to powerful men is certainly part of it, but there's also the unbridled hedonism aspect. The fat villain is usually completely open and shameless in his pursuit of earthly pleasures, to the point of base immorality. Again, not something I condone IRL, but in fiction, I find it titillating.
Anyone else share similar feelings? Who's your favorite fat villain?
ETA: The Puppet Master from Heroes. There, thought of one.
