I admit it, I have a thing for the hyper-masculine man. I like warriors. Hard, big, rough, a bit feral even. I can see the beauty in a man with eyeliner but he does not flip my switch in the same way a man, gleaming with clean sweat, broad shoulders blocking the sun as he towers over me, can do. However, don't worry, I'll be back next time with a tribute to the pretty men who make life better by just existing (mmm, Orlando Bloom)
So today's TT is a tribute to the warrior, the hot, hard manly man. At the end I'll even throw in a brief excerpt from one of my books, Cascadia Wolves: Enforcer - featuring a werewolf Enforcer (a cop of sorts) - Lex is big, bad, rough, hard and well, he's a werewolf so he's got feral down quite nicely.
But first - before brain candy - how about some eye candy?
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Fabulous post! Really lovely writing and beautiful presentation.
I'm gobsmacked by your technical wizardry. Wow! Wow! Wow!
Phew, hot excerpt!
I wouldn't say that 'hyper' man is my fave, although I do like them sometimes. I used to like 'eyeliner' man... and still do, a bit. But I'm more a 'quirky weirdo but cute in an off beat sort of way' man fan nowadays...
I think... LOL
Just thinking of that hot, hard male body, his golden skin glimmering with a slight sheen of sweat made me come over all weak at the knees!!
ABC - Thank you very much!
Portia - thanks! Don't worry, eyeliner guy will have his day in Titilating Tuesday too (Megan would kill me if I didn't!)
Deanna - thank you - I do love that imagery myself. When my dude comes in from working in the yard it drives me crazy. I don't think he has any idea how sexy it is.
What alpha male slideshow would be complete without Clive Owen *sigh*
Unfortunately eyeliner guy could never do it for me. I like my guys 100 % alpha like Lex, Cade, Gabe, Nick...seeing a pattern here? :)
Hm, I'm definitely an guys in eyeliner loving girl. Can't wait for eyeliner day.
Joy - LOL - but it's a pattern I love. No complaints here. Wait til you meet Ash.
Madelynne - next time, I promise!
Hey, I can totally appreciate the big burly brutish warriors.
I just happen to like boys with flat ironed hair and eyeliner and emo souls on occasion, too. :)
M
Loveeeee the alpha man too, and thanks for the eye candy, Lauren!! As for the excerpt, MOREEEE!!! :) Very hot!!
M- LOL! I'll be sure to consult you when I do the next one. Brandon Routh will definitely be in it.
Red - aw thanks!
Whew, is it hot in here or is it just the writing? And all those hunky men?
I think you've made a great point in underscoring that part of the appeal of the alpha male is the warrior aspect, even in modern dress. For some of us, the dominance is hot as well, but that sense of an older code, fierce and ruthless and yet honorable and protective, is appealing. (Which may explain why hippie-ish me married someone who carries a gun to work every day.)
Daniel Craig as Bond was a great choice for your gallery: He's part warrior, part rogue, hyper-smart AND dangerous, thus hitting all my buttons at once. Mind you, he's also a cold-hearted borderline sociopath and a woman would be well advised to stay clear of him, but who'd be able to be that sensible?
Teresa - for me, I think that's a huge part of the appeal. That code, the way the warrior type protects AND respects (if not for the respects part, he'd be an ass).
And you're so spot on about Daniel Craig's Bond - mmmm!
oh...yes...oh yum...oh thank you for a great excerpt! I love the big hunks too, my intergalactic vikings are like that-all hard um everything :)
Brandon doesn't flat-iron his hair! BWAHAHA! And indeed, he was Superman, so he could also be the big, brawny warrior man. Just sensitive, that's all.
M
They won't all be guyliner guys! I said the pretty men who make life better just by existing. Orlando Bloom is one of them and he's not much for guyliner but even though he's a hot warrior in the LOTR movies, he tends toward pretty rather than hard, big and feral. Same with Brandon. He's pretty and sweet in an "aw shucks ma'am" sort of way. Not that he couldn't use all that height to um, well yeah, you get the picture.
Thanks, Kate!
Great post- loved the eye candy. Great excerpt too. I love the warrior heroes - kinda like why people love their SEALs/Ranger/Marine heroes - on the off chance technology goes kaput and everything falls apart, you know the guy can handle things. :P
There's also that quiet intensity. Yum.
Coming late to the party... I vacillate between emo and alpha - or at least, skinnymalinky and alpha, can't be doing with petty emotional emo hassles! But I was on the side of thin-and-sensitive for a long time until Aragorn burst through the doors in The Two Towers. Then it all came rushing back. Oh me. Oh my. There are two thousand of them massing on the plains. They will be here by nightfall. BRING 'EM ON! So, erm, yes, shifting in my seat, in a word, yum. I'm the author of Skinny boys, but it's not the first time I've had to eat my words. As for fresh sweat: pure pheremones. I'll lick him clean.
LC - Mmm, quiet intensity! yes.
Olivia - I can see the appeal of the skinny boy, although frankly, when they're very young and thin, I feel maternal not lusty!
But yes, Aragorn, whooo! When he's all on the ramparts at Helm's Deep - mmm, taking charge, taking names, kicking ass and saving it all for Evenstar.
I love alpha males and my favorite bit of eye candy (Viggo as Aragorn) was included in your manly man montage. The excerpt is smoking hot. Yum! Great post, Lauren!
Francesca
Thanks, Francesca! I have to say, I loved The Two Towers most of the three movies because he spends a lot of it sweaty and in charge. I'm so wrong on so many levels.
Lauren, just dropping by to say hi, all though you've probably left. Loved your video.
The black Gentleman in at the front with the silver (looks like chain mail) tank top is looks exactly as I pictured Nate from Thrice United.
I love all of your men. Especially Skye all though I know it will be a while for his story.
Greta - that's Keith Hamilton Cobb and he was a huge inspiration for Nate!
this is my favorite book of all your werewolf books. love me some lex.
Pam, thank you! It's one of my favorites too.
Lauren, now that's my kind of man! The warrior can-take-on anything and anyone!
Great sexy-hot excerpt!
Thank you, Savanna
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