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No! Not an Ugly Hero! Aaaarrrrr!

9/9/2011

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Does this revolutionary idea sending you running off screaming and waving your arms as if a zombie attack is imminent? Can you see yourself picking up a book with an ugly hero? Would you rather kiss a zombie than read about a guy with zits smooching the heroine?

I ’m not talking real life here. So puh-leese don’t throw things at me. I know we’re not all model material and I regularly wear a paper bag at the supermarket so as not to scare the customers.

Moving on… This is a common gripe of readers -- handsome, shiny heroes who are like sculptures in manly flesh, all hairless and muscular with an abdomen you could snuggle up to for eternity while purring happily, and licking…mustn’t forget the licking. And don't get me started on the length of their magnificent nine inch cocks that in a pinch can be used to decapitate villains or rip open beer cans.

I’d have to say I’m guilty of writing in such men, though sometimes I do leave the exact dimensions of the manly appendages unsaid. Imagination is king in a book. Readers like to exercise it every so often and an author spoonfeeding us every single detail is like eating cold porridge after a while.

I’d also say that faced with such a man in reality, I’d be looking at those abs and wondering if you could play them like a xylophone. Too perfect is a downer. Give me some wrinkles, some evidence that the man has lived and done more than visit the gym and polish his pecs on a daily basis.

What would be the line that is uncrossable though? Pimples? Bad breath and missing teeth? Baldness (noooo, I like my bald guys!).  Is there a line at all or is it just a matter of ‘does the author have the talent and cojones to pull it off?’

Of course beauty, or ugliness, is in the eye of the beholder. A common perception is that publishers demand these Adonis types but I think authors can get away with a far from perfect main man if he appeals to the reader and rocks the lady’s socks (or stockings, corset, g-string and fuck-me shoes) off. I’ve seen delectable men written who are missing limbs or blind. Way to go authors! You’ve given me food for thought.

Maybe this is the new trend? Imperfect men -- physically imperfect that is -- we all know and love men with tortured souls. So now it’s time for erotic romance to embrace those with tortured bodies. Or at the very least, those with bodies in need of a pedicure, and the attention of a team of plastic surgeons.

Not that I’m letting those surgeons and beauty therapists near my new men. Stay as you are guys. I’ve got my shotgun out and locked and loaded -- um…can you do that with shotguns? And while I’m waiting for the therapists and surgeons to launch their assault, I’m off to blow away some tea party zombies.
                                                                 go HERE for zombies
Here’s a game thrown at us BDSM authors by Lesli Richardson, who obviously likes her men with a few bits missing too…noses, eyes, arms, just not the pecker. Leave the pecker be. Please.

Like a taste of BDSM instead? Click on the BDSM authors Playroom link over there on the right.

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Tracie link
9/9/2011 10:51:02 am

Hairy men! Let's celebrate our hirsute brethren. Stay AWAY from the waxing pot, guys...

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Bianca Sommerland link
9/9/2011 11:18:08 am

I'll allow a bit of hair. But back hair--nope, sorry, not happening.

Honestly, I write about the kinda guys I'd be attracted to IRL. I commend people less shallow than I! You get the nice guys.

*sigh* And I'm stuck with sexy jerks. ;)

Love the post, Cari!

Hugs,
Bianca

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Cari Silverwood
9/9/2011 01:00:29 pm

Oh no, I have a shallow friend! Oh the agony!

Bianca I guess I'll let you write in those guys. But then I've seen them in your stories and they're not over-the-top handsome or muscle-builder stereotypes.

Tracie, I'm with you. A bit of hair isn't a turn off. Nature made us this way, so hair must be good!

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