[HPforGrownups] Canon Veelas WAS Re: More thoughts on the Eld er Wand subplot - Owner?

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 187399

> James:
> 
> Male Veelas are directly implied by the text even though they are never
> mentioned. We are given a string distinction between full Vellas and part
> Vellas (thru interbreeding with humans). The existence of that distinction
> requires that there is some way for full Vellas to breed, which requires
> males of the species.

Magpie:
I completely follow that logic--if there are full Veelas it means they have mothers and fathers and a full Veela must have two Veela parents. But I'm not sure that really translates into the author imagining male Veela and then implying them. She avoids the question by giving half-Veelas Wizard fathers. Plus her history with genetics in the books has never been too dependent on that kind of logic. If called on to create a male Veela she might be starting from scratch. They would probably be very vain, I guess. But I still think the Veelas that we see draw from certain female stereotypes/ideas and the Veela hair draws on that same stereotype.

-m