[HPforGrownups] Re: Temperance/overweight & a question

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3548

Denise Rogers wrote:

> I don't agree that being overweight is associated with
> villains as such - I'd say most bad guys are portrayed as thin and dark.
> Doubtless, someone will now post a list of fat villains.

Not villains, necessarily, but generally buffoons at the best. Or both, like the bad guy in Jurassic Park. A villain per se must be taken seriously, and part of the whole overweight thing is they're not quite real people who can be truly respected or truly feared.

--Amanda, whose daughter is a superb example of that last bit