Painting Dragons: What Storytellers Need to Know About Writing Eunuch Villains (Original)

Monstrous: physically, mentally, morally. Castrated men are often portrayed this way in fiction. What's the "evil eunuch" stereotype, and why do novelists reproduce it?

In Painting Dragons: What Storytellers Need to Know About Writing Eunuch Villains, Tucker Lieberman explores the stereotypes that fashion these cruel, warped characters. He encourages fiction writers to change the game.