Quote Originally Posted by BandD View Post


Yep, and sadly 'it's not just them' but more of a main issue with society. It's like you know in bad campy TV shows, the villain of the week is often a male who is effeminate. The 'good guys' are all the ones that are macho and gruff and str8-acting heteronormative. You see it even so-called gay friendly shows like Supernatural a lot. And there's even an entire tv trope about it:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...n/SissyVillain

(When we demonize people it's all too easy to justify discrimination against them cuz the good guys win in the end and the bad guys always die/get stopped, right?)

GLBT people do get tarred with the 'narcissistic' brush too often. And maybe you are, and maybe I am. But see, I fail to see how they are any less narcissistic than we are. Because their sex makes the babies? Well oops, there goes the gene pool. <evil grin>

I mean, I don't mind playing the villain tbh. For example, if I went on a reality show I'd hope to be the villain of my season. BUT, I also have noticed that effeminate male villains thing - I mean that might apply to you more with you being a gay male, I identify as female so I'd come under a different category of course.

There are 2 possible explanations for the "Sissy Villain" trope in my eyes:
A) Homophobia
B) Effeminate male characters are usually very loud and showy, which more typical villains usually are to be more entertaining

Now, I'd see the homophobia actually coming into play more when we look at the comparison between the hero and the villain, rather than the villain individually.