Let's hear it for the boys!

[geoviki]

Amidst all the chaos of posting Delicate Sound of Thunder, I never had a chance to show off all the icons ravurian made for me; just the primary Harry and Draco one. Aren't these great? Isn't he talented? The one of Sully (post-Daniel make-over) is too much!

And it got me thinking... I always think of new LJ names as default female, but there are a plethora of men in HP fandom, too. So here's an attempt to list the ones I know. Let's hope I don't wholly embarrass myself by putting someone in the wrong column (or hope that I can edit fast enough so you won't notice). And I want you to help, too, by adding the guys you know of in the comments, 'k?

arrmaitee, black_dog, copperbadge (aka Sam Vimes), danxsunday, idiotic_savant, jexay, kayen (aka Andreas), nopejr, nothingbutfic (aka Abaddon), pauraque (aka Eodrakken), petulantgod, phreid, ravurian, son_of_darkness, tipgardner, titanic_days (aka AlexMalfoy).

ETA: aegeus, ap_aelfwine, bookofjude, cadeyrn, coffeesama, dalhessian, dadelius, emeraldjay, folk (aka John), flyngaimlessly, lightnote_blend, jcalanthe, jiggery_pokery, jonem, kenboy, malachan, mark356, owlman, petulans, portkey, slowfox, stanharding, stormwynd, the_gentleman, tromboneborges, wemyss, ziggy1278

ETA Jan 2006: anothersuperboy, clsgraduate, daddybear716, flayer_of_minds, kelvinyip, onlydeepwithin, tm_nicholas, xtremewiccan

	Sully by Ravurian
	Carr and Snape by Ravurian
	Daniel and Draco by Ravurian
	Dean and Hermione by Ravurian

ETA: Daniel is Ryan Gosling, Hermione is Thora Birch, Dean is Kele Okereke, Carr is Alfred Molina, Snape is Alan Rickman, Harry is Hugh Dancy, and Draco is Boyd Holbrook. I whined about insisted on Boyd; Ravurian selected the others, and I love them.

Comments

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure all of these guys are still technically in the fandom, actually, but on my list are aegeus, coffeesama, lightnote_blend, jiggery_pokery, malachan, owlman, slowfox, Alex, and tromboneborges. Cool guys, the lot of them.

[phreid.livejournal.com]

I try to keep a gender-neutral attitude toward lj names, but I do have a female bias. I've found that most people default to female, and upon finding out I'm male they tend to assume I'm gay.

I'm trying to think of other males in the fandom, and at the moment am only coming up with Jaig, who is mostly inactive fandomwise lately. (Not that I've been posting much at all the last few months, must change this.)

[fungus-files.livejournal.com]

gorgeous icons, and gosling as daniel is perfect casting.

I had a head full of DSoT while driving home last night. it was excellent. but I was disappointed it wasn't 10 times longer. :P

and, sorry, but I have no boys to contribute. my flist is entirely ruled by estrogen.

[hearts-n-roses.livejournal.com]

The icons are incredible! I adore the Sully one, and the H/D one. Hugh makes a lovely Harry and Boyd IS Draco. *sighs*

I just finished DSoT after re-reading ATBT and I owe you a comment, but I LOVED IT! So plotty and wonderful.

The only guys in fandom I know are already on your list.

[mctabby.livejournal.com]

More fandom guys: stanharding, mark356, ap_aelfwine.

[luci0logy.livejournal.com]

When I saw the banners(?) ravurian made I squealed in like a fan girl - very embarrassing for someone my age - because my mental image of older Harry is Hugh Dancy, such beautiful eyes and an expressive face. The direct link to DSoT even has the same images of Hugh and Boyd as the icon slytherinboyz made for me.

You can add flyngaimlessly to your list of gentlemen Lj users.

[fluffyllama.livejournal.com]

dalhessian and cadeyrn are probably the only ones on my f-list who would consider themselves in fandom.

[lazy-daze.livejournal.com]

Also portkey and kenboy are guys on my flist I can add to the list :D

[jonem.livejournal.com]

*raises masculine hand*

Unfortunately though, the only male on my flist is copperbadge.

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

Erm, geoviki, it's nice to do, but what are the HP fangirls meant to do with the information? Hunt them down in packs?

*rubs chin thoughtfully*

You know, I've always sort of considered Eminem for Draco really.

*runs away*

[jcalanthe]

*waves* Also a guy. I mean, I prefer to transcend gender, but if I must pick in the binary, male it is.

[mayflo.livejournal.com]

Holiness! That's quite a revelation! There are a couple of LJ users I've friended but didn't know they were guys! OMG! Here I thought they were girls o_@ *hehe*

*lmao* Sully's icon is teh hilarious!!! XD

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

i, like you, always assume female, until proven otherwise. most of the fine gentleman you mention i don't know, most of the ones i did know, i knew their gender, only one surprised me.

love the icons. and i just finished dsot (i know, i know, i am soooo behind). love it. i think you should do a whole story with daniel as the center. i love him. have him meet a nice gay wizard. someone with class and style. [*giggle*] honestly though, i love the world and want to see your lovely daniel happy. the story is fabulous, had my hook, line and sinker. even though you gave us all the clues i hadn't figured out what was going on until you spelled (pun not intended) it out. love your writing. completely. adore it. you are v. talented, and you don't rely on jkrs world for your stories, you use hers to texture your world. really, can't bow down to you enough. ♥

[nothingbutfic.livejournal.com]

I was also curious as to your reasons for this post, and the breakdown; how are you defining fandom? do you mean both slash and het discourse? it looks that way. how then do the male participants break down in terms of that? it's a long held belief that slash fandom of course, is predominantly female, and that men in fandom conversely tend to hang around het (statistically most men are straight, therefore straight men do the het stuff.) it'd be interesting to see who identifies as a slasher/hetter/general fanficcer vs. gender identity or sexuality, and also who has written what: for example, male fen (me) who tends to write a lot of slash fic (but has also written het and femslash and gen) and as a result, objects to terms such as slash and slasher.

or you could just not bother. *G*

[pauraque]

Hello again! I was just peering through your recent entries after reading your fic earlier. I also usually assume that people I meet in fandom are female, since that's the clear majority -- I'm certainly not offended when people assume I'm a girl.

There are also several people in fandom who don't like to be identified with a gender, or who don't care whether they're called 'he' or 'she', or something else along those lines. switchknife and alibi_factory come to mind, though I know there are more I'm not remembering at the moment.