Canon Veelas WAS Re: More thoughts on the Elder Wand subplot - Owner?

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 187389

> > Magpie:
> > It doesn't necessarily mean they have personalities like humans do. People often refer to machines as being tempermental. I assumed Ollivander just means that he doesn't find Veela hair to be reliable enough as a wand core. (I also get a subtle, unfortunate sexist connotation.)
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> Alla:
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> Hm, why? I certainly do not remember, but is it specified in the canon definition of veela that only female veelas exist? I strongly suspect that I got it from bad fanfiction that male veelas exist too, but I am not sure one way or another.
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> I mean I know we only see female veelas, but it does not necessarily mean that only females exist?

Magpie:
Whether or not there are supposed to be male veelas the fact that we only see them as females and they're consistently associated with feminine wiles etc. I think makes them all-female in this universe. And it just seems like given all we see of Veelas, the idea that Veela hair is too tempermental links to those Veela turning into harpie-like creatures when they get angry etc., which Arthur cheerfully makes into a lesson about why you shouldn't just go for the pretty face etc.

I don't think it's meant to be a big sexist jab, but it does seem to me to go along with the characterization of Veela, which in turn fits into a lot of the basic characterization of the female sex in the books. 

-m