Is it OK for adult female readers to fancy fictional men in (their) children’s books?
After a wet and muddy walk on holiday some years ago I found myself with another couple of mothers, discussing Remus Lupin. I’d secretly found him very attractive in the Prisoner of Azkaban, but then I know I’m weird. Now I was comparing notes with others. And soon after I heard J K Rowling admitting in an interview that she rather liked him too.
If liking a werewolf is bad; is a bear better? An armoured bear. I really like Iorek Byrnison from His Dark Materials. It’s probably not that he’s all that good looking; more that he has integrity and feels safe. And in the audio book he has an attractive voice.
Can anyone suggest other candidates for oldies to like?
I’d never realized how much I liked PD James’ Adam Dagliesch until I saw the cover for the videos featuring Roy Marsden. Now, I know nothing about Marsden, and this made-for-TV series may be good, but I lost all interest in giving them a try because the Dagliesch in my mind just doesn’t look like Marsden–not that I know what Dagliesch looks like in my head–I just am certain that were we to meet, I’d find Dagliesh attractive, and Marsden I don’t!
Ah, Laurie, you want to check out the (I think) couple of books filmed with Martin Shaw as Dalgliesh. Good enough to eat…