1. Because feline == sexy, apparently? I think it's silly to reduce a cat to any single trait, but there we have it.
2. C.S. Lewis does this too, though with less overt sexuality, in the Narnia books. Every time Aslan shows up (speaking of powerful big-cat men) dude is panting on stuff as a blessing.
3-5. I don't even.
6-7. ARGH.
8. I think there's some cultural common ground here, particularly with points 3-7 - that particular set of nasties has a firm grounding in US mainstream culture.
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Date: 2012-08-29 02:09 pm (UTC)2. C.S. Lewis does this too, though with less overt sexuality, in the Narnia books. Every time Aslan shows up (speaking of powerful big-cat men) dude is panting on stuff as a blessing.
3-5. I don't even.
6-7. ARGH.
8. I think there's some cultural common ground here, particularly with points 3-7 - that particular set of nasties has a firm grounding in US mainstream culture.