And Ursula, and Cinderella's stepmother, he evil queen in Snow White, Mother Gothel, and... Disney has quite a few, though many of them are from their older movies.
Bellatrix is not only a sidekick, but is fanatially devoted, and possibly infatuated with Voldy. Umbridge, I think would happily take power on her own if she were in a position to do so. Look how fast she changes masters. She's another character who would lose a lot of her punch as a man, without her technocolor cats and pink sweaters. She's like an all grown up Darla Dimple.
YA is disproportionately written by women, as is Romance. Maybe women are more comfortable writing female villains? (Rick Riordan excepted, who draws from a source full of evil witches and vengeful goddesses)
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Date: 2012-09-06 12:51 pm (UTC)Bellatrix is not only a sidekick, but is fanatially devoted, and possibly infatuated with Voldy. Umbridge, I think would happily take power on her own if she were in a position to do so. Look how fast she changes masters. She's another character who would lose a lot of her punch as a man, without her technocolor cats and pink sweaters. She's like an all grown up Darla Dimple.
YA is disproportionately written by women, as is Romance. Maybe women are more comfortable writing female villains? (Rick Riordan excepted, who draws from a source full of evil witches and vengeful goddesses)