History EvenTheGuysWantHim / Literature

* A very dark example occurs with Acheron in the ''Dark Hunter'' series -- since [[BlessedWithSuck everyone]] wants him, the guys do too. This often ended badly for him, especially as a child.

* Eric of ''Every Fifteen Minutes'' by Lisa Scottoline has three woman that have expressed interest in him. Also, his attorney Paul is very friendly with Eric, jokes about their interactions being "foreplay" and says Eric looks "damn good" when he dresses up. Paul also informs Eric when he does something badass: "I might be in love with you".
* [=FitzChivalry=] Farseer turned into one during his second trilogy.

* Christopher Marlowe's poem "HeroAndLeander" practically name-drops this trope. It barely describes Hero, the beautiful woman, but Leander is described in detail, as a really hot guy. Then, this happens:

* Francis Crawford of Lymond in Dorothy Dunnett's ''Lymond Chronicles''. His male lackeys always seem to fall in love with him, even his sister wants him, and in one book he screws half the French court.
** In the first book, even the prosecutor at Lymond's trial says if he were ten years younger and a girl, he'd woo Lymond.

* Percy Jackson of ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' can now be officially classified as this as of ''The House of Hades'', since it's revealed that [[spoiler: Nico di Angelo]] had a crush on him in the first series, and is implied to still have one.

* ''Literature/{{S|2005}}'': Shiba.

* El Draco from Oksana Pankeeva's ''Strange Kingdom Chronicles'' [[spoiler:until he was mutilated and raped by really BAD guy who wanted him. He was not only raped, but tortured so badly that it took corrective surgery to make him looking normally, let alone handsome. Anyway, his charisma still remained and the {{scars|are forever}} only attracted the girls]].
* Hikaru Genji from ''Literature/TheTaleOfGenji'' was known to inspire men to weep from his beauty. Of course, [[EveryoneIsBi Everyone Was Bi]] back in the Heian era, so it wasn't as much of a big deal.
** Not just Genji; a lot of the beautiful men in that story spend a lot of time surreptitiously admiring each other and thinking "Man, if he were a woman, I'd totally do him... You know what, maybe I'd do him anyway."
* Tik-Tok, the VillainProtagonist of the 1983 novel of the same name, is occasionally subject to advances by [[{{Robosexual}} humans of both sexes]]. He doesn't mind the attention...most of the time.

* Implied with Finnick in ''Literature/TheHungerGames''.

* Thomas of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is a supernaturally-sexy [[HornyDevils White Court Vampire]], and this is a good thing in his usual circles but causes problems when he must walk among {{Muggles}}. When he brought up how hard holding down a job was given what happened to women when they got around him, Dresden says something to the effect of "At least it was a woman that time." An apparently straight male character once said of him (when believing him to be Dresden's lover) "it's okay, even I notice how good he looks."

* In ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'', Armand, so, so much.
** And Lestat. And Louis. And Nicolas. And Marius. A good deal of the series is built on this trope.

* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Ferdinand, the cast SexyPriest, has plenty of female admirers. When his disciple with PastLifeMemories of modern-day Japan introduces picture printing to the setting by mass-producing flattering illustrations of Ferdinand, they sell like hotcakes. Later, two of Ferdinand's male retainers, one of whom is a widower, turn out to have been among the people who purchased the illustrations.

* ''[[LightNovel/{{S2005}} S]]'': Shiba.

* Hikaru Genji from ''Literature/TaleOfGenji'' was known to inspire men to weep from his beauty. Of course, [[EveryoneIsBi Everyone Was Bi]] back in the Heian era, so it wasn't as much of a big deal.

* ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'': Alcuin and Delaunay are both bisexual YaoiGuys with more notable male lovers than female ones. Averted with Joscelin when he and Phèdre are sold into slavery. The Skaldi women find him, um, desirable, but the Skaldi men thinks he's a pretty-boy with no beard. At least, they acknowledge his "manliness" when he kills one of their own in a sanctioned duel.

* ''Literature/InCryptid'': Incubi like Ted Harrington and his son Artie produce [[LivingAphrodisiac pheromones]] that make anyone who's attracted to men be attracted to them. It's even worse if they bleed; Antimony found out her dad[[note]]who has genetic resistance to incubus/succubus pheromones[[/note]] was bi when he made a pass at a bleeding Ted, and Artie took advantage of his blood to snap [[spoiler:James]] out of a mind-control haze (though it's ambiguous if [[spoiler:James]] is bi as well, and he was able to control himself enough to get away and take an antidote).

* Apparently, Hughie Erskine from the ''Model Millionaire'' by Oscar Wilde. In the first page he is described as really handsome and "as popular with men as he was with women".

* Dorian Gray from ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray''. Considering it was written by [[AuthorAppeal Oscar Wilde]], what can you expect?

* Luke Sunborn from ''Literature/InOtherLands''. He is the most popular boy in the camp and is highly admired by everyone because he comes from a famous warrior family. Elliot, the protagonist, attempts to set him up with his crush Dale Wavechaser, who is the only other gay guy at the camp besides Elliot. Elliot doesn't like Dale much so he tries to set him up with his straight friend Peter instead. Even though he doesn't like guys, Peter actually considers it when told THE Luke Sunborn might like him and is visibly upset when Luke makes it clear to Elliot that he's not interested in Peter whatsoever. Elliot invokes the trope when he complains that, compared to him, Luke had such an easy love life that not only did his crush clearly like him back but also even guys who didn't like guys were open to dating him.

* The titular ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' gets attention from a lot of obsessive fangirls, Cho, Ginny, and one fanboy (Collin Creevey).

* In Literature/TheZombieKnight, Imas, a confirmed lesbian, has a crush on Jackson.
* In the ''Literature/{{Hurog}}'' duology, there are some examples. Ward treats it as a fact that a pretty slave boy will be in danger of being molested by men, and when he meets Garranon, the king's "favourite", he can easily imagine why the king wants him. [[spoiler: Garranon is HappilyMarried to a woman, and actually more of a SexSlave to the king than anything else.]]
* Thomas of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is a supernaturally-sexy [[HornyDevils White Court Vampire]], and this is a good thing in his usual circles but causes problems when he must walk among {{Muggles}}. When he brought up how hard holding down a job was given what happened to women when they got around him, Dresden says something to the effect of "At least it was a woman that time." An apparently straight male character once said of him (when believing him to be Dresden's lover) "it's okay, even I notice how good he looks."
* Hikaru Genji from ''Literature/TaleOfGenji'' was known to inspire men to weep from his beauty. Of course, [[EveryoneIsBi Everyone Was Bi]] back in the Heian era, so it wasn't as much of a big deal.
** Not just Genji; a lot of the beautiful men in that story spend a lot of time surreptitiously admiring each other and thinking "Man, if he were a woman, I'd totally do him... You know what, maybe I'd do him anyway."
* Dorian Gray from ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray''. Considering it was written by [[AuthorAppeal Oscar Wilde]], what can you expect?
* A very dark example occurs with Acheron in the Dark Hunter series- since [[BlessedWithSuck everyone]] wants him, the guys do too. This often ended badly for him, especially as a child.
* [=FitzChivalry=] Farseer turned into one during his second trilogy.
* Raziel of ''Literature/LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff''. Ave. the decidedly straight male protagonist who hates the angel's guts admits that he's probably the prettiest thing he's ever seen.
* Francis Crawford of Lymond in Dorothy Dunnett's ''Lymond Chronicles''. His male lackeys always seem to fall in love with him, even his sister wants him, and in one book he screws half the French court.
** In the first book, even the prosecutor at Lymond's trial says if he were ten years younger and a girl, he'd woo Lymond.
* Mentioned in the [[http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/fitz.html official bio]] (fourth paragraph) of the ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'''s Fitz Kreiner, despite the fact it's [[InformedAttribute never really brought up in. the text]]. He's a bit of a HoYay magnet, but he's never treated as any sort of StupidSexyFlanders and no one ever seems to remark upon his quietly intense charms.

* The novelization of the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'', specifically the episode "Who Weeps for Adonis?", has Bones telling Kirk about the medical mystery buried in Apollo's "gorgeous chest"; then again, ''Greek god''.
* In the ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' series, it's rather ironic to note that Claire's husband Jamie seems to end up having more male admirers than ''Claire herself''. The author must be a YaoiFangirl. Especially interesting in the case of how her husband from the present's ancestor Captain John Randall (who looks identical to him), was almost made to look like a romantic interest for Claire in the past timeline, only for him to become obsessed with Claire's husband and ''hate Claire because he's jealous of how she's Jamie's wife''. Also, the Duke of Sandringham apparently tried (unsuccessfully) to do Jamie when Jamie was young, as well.
* Raoul and the Persian are as entranced by Erik's CompellingVoice as Christine is in ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.[[note]]So the Phantom has Creator/KeithDavid's voice?[[/note]]
* Irial from ''Literature/WickedLovely''. Niall too. Remember the scene with Seth lusting on him in ''Fragile Eternity''?
* Even outside of ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'', Luke is quite popular in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse. [[ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron Wedge]] hugs him at every chance he gets. Then there's Brakiss.
* Christopher Marlowe's poem "HeroAndLeander" practically name-drops this trope. It barely describes Hero, the beautiful woman, but Leander is described in detail, as a really hot guy. Then, this happens:
-->''Had wild Hippolytus Leander seen\\
Enamoured of his beauty had he been.\\
His presence made the rudest peasant melt\\
That in the vast uplandish country dwelt.\\
The barbarous Thracian soldier, moved with nought,\\
Was moved with him and for his favour sought.\\
Some swore he was a maid in man's attire,\\
For in his looks were all that men desire.''
** Translated into Modern English, that says: "So hot even the guys want him, even guys who like hunting better than sex. But we're straight guys, so he must be a woman in drag!"
* El Draco from Oksana Pankeeva's ''Strange Kingdom Chronicles'' [[spoiler:until he was mutilated and raped by really BAD guy who wanted him. He was not only raped, but tortured so badly that it took corrective surgery to make him looking normally, let alone handsome. Anyway, his charisma still remained and the {{scars|are forever}} only attracted the girls]].
* ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'': Alcuin and Delaunay are both bisexual YaoiGuys with more notable male lovers than female ones. Averted with Joscelin when he and Phèdre are sold into slavery. The Skaldi women find him, um, desirable, but the Skaldi men thinks he's a pretty-boy with no beard. At least, they acknowledge his "manliness" when he kills one of their own in a sanctioned duel.
* In ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'', Armand, so, so much.
** And Lestat. And Louis. And Nicolas. And Marius. A good deal of the series is built on this trope.
* Apparently Hughie Erskine from the Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde. In the first page he is described as really handsome and "as popular with men as he was with women".

* Tik-Tok, the VillainProtagonist of the 1983 novel of the same name, is occasionally subject to advances by [[{{Robosexual}} humans of both sexes]]. He doesn't mind the attention...most of the time.
* Patrick Bateman of ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'' (in the film adaption as well where he's portrayed by Creator/ChristianBale) In one scene Bateman is about to kill his associate, Luis, by strangling him from behind, but Luis mistakes this as Bateman coming onto him, causing him to reveal that he's gay and in love with Bateman.
* ''[[LightNovel/{{S2005}} S]]'': Shiba.
* ''Literature/SongAtDawn'' Dragonetz tries to avoid romantic interest in himself yet even men [[spoiler: Such as crossdressing ''lady'' Sanchez]] are in love with him.
* Implied with Finnick in ''Literature/TheHungerGames''.
* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'':
** De Quincy and Magnus Bane both hint at this about Will.
** Of course this applies to [[CampGay Magnus Bane]] as well since De Quincy was interested in him, "as more than friends". Tessa ''didn't'' know what Magnus was hinting at, but that was because such things were ''unheard'' of in such a time period... (or just not talked about).

* [[TheCasanova Aiden]] from ''Literature/OfFearAndFaith'' mentions that his charms work on men as well as women and he occasionally takes advantage of this, flirting with them to get what he wants.
* Percy Jackson of ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' can now be officially classified as this as of ''The House of Hades'', since it's revealed that [[spoiler: Nico di Angelo]] had a crush on him in the first series, and is implied to still have one.
* The titular ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' gets attention from a lot of obsessive fangirls, Cho, Ginny, and one fanboy (Collin Creevey).
* ''Literature/EndersGame'': Alai has what is very strongly implied to be a crush on Ender.
* ''Literature/KnightLifeSeries'': In the original ''Knight Life'', a TV reporter comments that he's almost tempted to turn gay for Arthur Penn (secretly Arthur Pendragon, one time King of the Britons.)

* In ''Literature/TheKharkanasTrilogy'' Finarra Stone asserts that young Spinnock gets plenty attention from all genders.
--> Spinnock Durav had been pursued by women and men since he had first come of age.

* ''Literature/ChildBallads'': In Ballad #100, "Willie O' Winsbury", a king threatens to hang the man who got his daughter pregnant, but when he meets the eponymous Willie O' Winsbury he's stunned by Willie's good looks.
-->''"And it is no wonder," said the king,\\
"That my daughter's love you did win.\\
If I were a woman, as I am a man,\\
My bedfellow you would have been."''

* Imai Kanchira from the Literature/TomoeGozenSaga is repeatedly stated to be as pretty as a girl, to the point that his sister's husband flirts with him because of their similar appearance.
* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Ferdinand, the cast SexyPriest, has plenty of female admirers. When his disciple with PastLifeMemories of modern-day Japan introduces picture printing to the setting by mass-producing flattering illustrations of Ferdinand, they sell like hotcakes. Later, two of Ferdinand's male retainers, one of whom is a widower, turn out to have been among the people who purchased the illustrations.

* ''LightNovel/{{S2005}}'': Shiba.

* Even outside of ''ComicBook/MarvelStarWars'', Luke is quite popular in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse. [[ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron Wedge]] hugs him at every chance he gets. Then there's Brakiss.

* ''LightNovel/{{Esu}}'': Shiba.

* In ''Literature/MindGames'', the first time Anthony sees James after his {{Charisma}} stat boost, he says, "I'm straight as a ruler and ''you're'' looking kinda tasty.''

* In the Literature/RealRPG novel ''Literature/MindGames'' the first time Anthony sees James after his {{Charisma}} boost, he says, "I'm straight as a ruler and ''you're'' looking kinda tasty.''

* Even outside of ''ComicBook/MarvelStarWars'', Luke is quite popular in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse. [[ComicBook/XWingSeries Wedge]] hugs him at every chance he gets. Then there's Brakiss.

* Raoul and the Persian are as entranced by Erik's CompellingVoice as Christine is in ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.[[note]]So the Phantom has Creator/KeithDavid's voice?[[/note]]

* The titular ''Series/HarryPotter'' gets attention from a lot of obsessive fangirls, Cho, Ginny, and one fanboy (Collin Creevey).

* El Draco from Oxana Pankeeva's ''Strange Kingdom Cronicles'' [[spoiler:until he was mutilated and raped by really BAD guy who wanted him. He was not only raped, but tortured so badly that it took corrective surgery to make him looking normally, let alone handsome. Anyway, his charisma still remained and the {{scars|are forever}} only attracted the girls]].