(with some faint puzzlement in the background as to why you object to such an outstanding character)
Dude, no. I'm as susceptible as any other girl to a "bad boy" character, but there's a difference between "bad boy" and "giant prick with a frankly disturbing behaviour and no redeeming quality". Plus I can't abide the stalking thing (yeah, maybe all the rest, whatever, but I don't like stalkers)(!).
But, yeah, okay, it's a universal truth that women are prone to forgive assholes when they're good-looking, especially when they're good-looking (which is exactly the case in Twilight: replace Edward with a fat ugly creepy guy and see if Bella doesn't immediately call the police or stake the motherfucker instead of fawning all over him). Well their good looks make at least ONE thing going on for those guys, doesn't it? Which makes this Phantom situation all the more incomprehensible to me. WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE HIM???
And because of you I tried to imagine, what if Toreth was a fat ugly creepy guy would I still love him like I do... I could argue that being handsome is entirely constituent of his personality, which can be argued to be true, but in truth of truths maybe, MAYBE I wouldn't love him as much. But I also know I can fall in love with guys that aren't good-looking just because they're awesome. Like this guy:
Or this guy:
(granted they're not particularly repulsive but I can't say they would normally be my type) Or Tyrion, when he was still a cool character in the books. And I know you loved Tyrion too, don't lie.
And the sad thing is, I do think that women can do that more easily than men.
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Date: 2011-08-25 09:28 am (UTC)Dude, no. I'm as susceptible as any other girl to a "bad boy" character, but there's a difference between "bad boy" and "giant prick with a frankly disturbing behaviour and no redeeming quality". Plus I can't abide the stalking thing (yeah, maybe all the rest, whatever, but I don't like stalkers)(!).
But, yeah, okay, it's a universal truth that women are prone to forgive assholes when they're good-looking, especially when they're good-looking (which is exactly the case in Twilight: replace Edward with a fat ugly creepy guy and see if Bella doesn't immediately call the police or stake the motherfucker instead of fawning all over him). Well their good looks make at least ONE thing going on for those guys, doesn't it? Which makes this Phantom situation all the more incomprehensible to me. WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE HIM???
And because of you I tried to imagine, what if Toreth was a fat ugly creepy guy would I still love him like I do... I could argue that being handsome is entirely constituent of his personality, which can be argued to be true, but in truth of truths maybe, MAYBE I wouldn't love him as much. But I also know I can fall in love with guys that aren't good-looking just because they're awesome. Like this guy:
Or this guy:
(granted they're not particularly repulsive but I can't say they would normally be my type)
Or Tyrion, when he was still a cool character in the books. And I know you loved Tyrion too, don't lie.
And the sad thing is, I do think that women can do that more easily than men.