Not a serious answer like the rest. But I think every character Adam Sandler or Seth Rogen has played in a “romantic comedy” has been the LVM wet dream on what he wants to happen to him.
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Seth Rogen in Knocked Up 🤢! Like really how can these two be a thing?
You know sometimes I think Seth Rogan has a goal in life to show women why we shouldn’t give “ugly” lazy men a chance. I don’t know if it’s inadvertent or on purpose though 😂
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Whiny Nate from "The Devil Wears Prada". I think we all know why. Entitled man-baby who sulked that his girlfriend Andy was going places. Her friends were low-value, too.
Yes! Totally! But that’s so difficult to see from inside. It’s funny how this settling thing goes. I believe Big thought he was settling for her even though objectively Carrie was younger/smarter/funnier/pretty. But she made him believe he was above her and the scrote believed that himself. I did the same to my own Mr Big 🤢
I'm not sure if I can put this here, butI despise damon from vampire diaries. He's the reason I couldn't stomach an episode.
Chuck bass, nate and penn Badgley's character from gossip girl. I hate cheater redemption arcs.
Mel gibson in that movie where he can read women's minds. He gains a conscience overnight because he just realizes "women get sad too, sometimes I hurt their feelings". I hated how he hooked up with that waitress. She looked like a college student and was probably just a bit older than his daughter. He didn't deserve the woman he ends up with
It reminds me of how "he was drunk" makes men that get into car accidents seem worse and more irresponsible But "he was drunk" is supposed to excuse them of rape and make them less responsible for it because "they didn't know what they were doing". Scrote logic
But if the woman was drunk she probably can't remember consenting. Women should not get drunk in case they get raped, but for men it's an excuse to be a rapist? Make it make sense
I think the reverse is easier: which fictional male love interest is NOT shitty? I think it's funny that romantic movies are looked down upon for being "chick flicks" but most of them are blatantly made by men or at least from a male-centric perspective. I seriously can't remember the last time I genuinely liked a male love interest.
I was just thinking about this in historical literary dramas. I love Jane Eyre but despite Edward Rochester's wealth and status he is so shitty to Jane! He lies to her the whole story and negs her constantly. Has her taking care of the child of a prostitute he was infatuated with...he's a real piece of work. When she goes back to him at the end I used to think it was so romantic but now I just roll my eyes. He lied to her about being married and she still went back to basically be his nurse after he was blinded in a fire. But "love" ya know...Also, Mr. Darcy. I love Pride ad Prejudice but damn. His turn around at the end is so nice but SO unrealistic. Real men in real life do not have any kind of emotional kindness awakening like him. Everything he did to Elizabeth and her sister Jane before that clearly makes him a LV manipulator.Sometimes I wish I could sue romance novels and literature for false advertising when it comes to men. I can't even read it anymore bc it's a trigger and pisses me off. All it does is make women cling to fictional men and fictional outcomes rather than remain grounded in reality.
Yeah, it's definitely an overused trope to romanticise men with serious issues in need of intense therapy and present them as worthy love interests. The whole Barb the builder concept is really entrenched in both literature and film so it can be really hard to grow out of that way of thinking. I always hated Mr Rochester but I've definitely liked some problematic male love interests in fiction before, I think we all have!
Joe from You (bro's a criminal)Dan from Gossip Girl (bro's a criminal, again)Chuck Bass from Gossip Girl (LVM all over)Christian Grey (self explanatory)The guy from 356 Days (self explanatory)Oops that's more than one. There are too many of them
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They should have killed him off the show in season 1.
I just saw that you added Dan Humphry LMFAO. I still can't believe Dan was Gossip Girl it makes 0 sense💀. I remember Jennie Humphrey (sister) had to run out of town because of something Gossip Girl wrote. I think she also tried to commit suicide and Dan was all crying.Like y'all telling me it was Dan all along? He did do that shit to his sister? 💀
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Both Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from Twilight. Bella is emotionally manipulative, she pressures her mate to sex, forcing fatherhood on him, While Edward gaslight, lies and is toxic. Maybe that's why they found each other.
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I need to re-read Twilight for a good laugh! I loved the first book as a teen....but now I might have an entirely different perspective lol.I remember when all the girls were running to Forks Washington trying to be Bella lmfao!
Not just unattractive, his character is absolutely forgettable and socially awkward.
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In the movie, Micheal Cera's character was dating a teenager and he was like 21. One day he saw Ramona out and about and claimed to have fallen in love with her. After a while, he would ignore his teenage GF and act like she was bothering him. And all of a sudden he hated that she acted like a teenager 🙄...even though at the beginning of the movie it was the first thing he liked about her. He liked that the teenage girl worshipped him and his band like gods.
I always hate that main guy from " the ugly truth". I hate the whole movie actually, and movies like it...strong, successful female character, but her love life sucks ( this movie trope 😒) but she just needs to change and she needs guidance from a guy who is some kind of playboy who has all the answers on how she should act to better her love life. Even though they start off openly disliking each other in the end she just needed him to loosen her up so to speak and they fall in love...gross.
Rhett Butler - the scrotest moment was when he decides to join the army and leave Scarlet in the middle of nowhere with sick Melanie and two kids while war is going on and deserters could have raped killed them. Just urgh
Heathcliff in the 1939 rendition of "Wuthering Heights" with Lawrence Olivier was pretty bad. He married Cathy's SIL out of spite, never cared for her, and was always brutal towards her, because he'd been rejected by spoilt rotten Cathy. The husband in "Gaslight" with Ingrid Bergman was awful, and so was the rich playboy and the ex husband in "Mildred Pierce." Scrotes all the way back thru history.
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I'm not 100% sure if this counts because he's more like the main character, but John Cusack's character from High Fidelity is a top tier scrote. In the book it's worse and it spells it out, but in the movie it kind of glosses over what an unrepentant, self absorbed dirt bag with a victimized mindset he is who should Die Alone. It's been a long time since I've read the book or seen the film, but in summary he's a guy who gets back in touch with all of the women who "hurt" him. One girlfriend from highschool refused to have sex with him so he broke up with her. Afterwards she dated another guy who she did have sex with. The HORROR! He obviously held onto this for years into adulthood and marriage. So years later when she told him the truth, that the other guy raped her, he was ..... *Drumroll* .... RELIEVED! Thrilled even!! He didn't get sexually rejected after all! She was "just" raped due to the trauma he caused, which doesn't matter one fucking bit to him. This was rarely brought up as an issue with the character at all.
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I cant think of a male one off the top of my head, but the female love interest in A Knight’s Tale is a straight up narcissistic sociopath.
I suppose most of the male leads in Love Actually were pretty awful too…
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Not a serious answer like the rest. But I think every character Adam Sandler or Seth Rogen has played in a “romantic comedy” has been the LVM wet dream on what he wants to happen to him.
Whiny Nate from "The Devil Wears Prada". I think we all know why. Entitled man-baby who sulked that his girlfriend Andy was going places. Her friends were low-value, too.
Surprised nobody wrote it yet but Mr Big
Hate the boyfriend in kissing booth
Of course we hate Christian gray
I'm not sure if I can put this here, butI despise damon from vampire diaries. He's the reason I couldn't stomach an episode.
Chuck bass, nate and penn Badgley's character from gossip girl. I hate cheater redemption arcs.
Mel gibson in that movie where he can read women's minds. He gains a conscience overnight because he just realizes "women get sad too, sometimes I hurt their feelings". I hated how he hooked up with that waitress. She looked like a college student and was probably just a bit older than his daughter. He didn't deserve the woman he ends up with
I think the reverse is easier: which fictional male love interest is NOT shitty? I think it's funny that romantic movies are looked down upon for being "chick flicks" but most of them are blatantly made by men or at least from a male-centric perspective. I seriously can't remember the last time I genuinely liked a male love interest.
I was just thinking about this in historical literary dramas. I love Jane Eyre but despite Edward Rochester's wealth and status he is so shitty to Jane! He lies to her the whole story and negs her constantly. Has her taking care of the child of a prostitute he was infatuated with...he's a real piece of work. When she goes back to him at the end I used to think it was so romantic but now I just roll my eyes. He lied to her about being married and she still went back to basically be his nurse after he was blinded in a fire. But "love" ya know... Also, Mr. Darcy. I love Pride ad Prejudice but damn. His turn around at the end is so nice but SO unrealistic. Real men in real life do not have any kind of emotional kindness awakening like him. Everything he did to Elizabeth and her sister Jane before that clearly makes him a LV manipulator. Sometimes I wish I could sue romance novels and literature for false advertising when it comes to men. I can't even read it anymore bc it's a trigger and pisses me off. All it does is make women cling to fictional men and fictional outcomes rather than remain grounded in reality.
Joe from You (bro's a criminal) Dan from Gossip Girl (bro's a criminal, again) Chuck Bass from Gossip Girl (LVM all over) Christian Grey (self explanatory) The guy from 356 Days (self explanatory) Oops that's more than one. There are too many of them
Both Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from Twilight. Bella is emotionally manipulative, she pressures her mate to sex, forcing fatherhood on him, While Edward gaslight, lies and is toxic. Maybe that's why they found each other.
Micheal Cera's character in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.
I always hate that main guy from " the ugly truth". I hate the whole movie actually, and movies like it...strong, successful female character, but her love life sucks ( this movie trope 😒) but she just needs to change and she needs guidance from a guy who is some kind of playboy who has all the answers on how she should act to better her love life. Even though they start off openly disliking each other in the end she just needed him to loosen her up so to speak and they fall in love...gross.
Rhett Butler - the scrotest moment was when he decides to join the army and leave Scarlet in the middle of nowhere with sick Melanie and two kids while war is going on and deserters could have raped killed them. Just urgh
Heathcliff in the 1939 rendition of "Wuthering Heights" with Lawrence Olivier was pretty bad. He married Cathy's SIL out of spite, never cared for her, and was always brutal towards her, because he'd been rejected by spoilt rotten Cathy. The husband in "Gaslight" with Ingrid Bergman was awful, and so was the rich playboy and the ex husband in "Mildred Pierce." Scrotes all the way back thru history.
I'm not 100% sure if this counts because he's more like the main character, but John Cusack's character from High Fidelity is a top tier scrote. In the book it's worse and it spells it out, but in the movie it kind of glosses over what an unrepentant, self absorbed dirt bag with a victimized mindset he is who should Die Alone. It's been a long time since I've read the book or seen the film, but in summary he's a guy who gets back in touch with all of the women who "hurt" him. One girlfriend from highschool refused to have sex with him so he broke up with her. Afterwards she dated another guy who she did have sex with. The HORROR! He obviously held onto this for years into adulthood and marriage. So years later when she told him the truth, that the other guy raped her, he was ..... *Drumroll* .... RELIEVED! Thrilled even!! He didn't get sexually rejected after all! She was "just" raped due to the trauma he caused, which doesn't matter one fucking bit to him. This was rarely brought up as an issue with the character at all.
I cant think of a male one off the top of my head, but the female love interest in A Knight’s Tale is a straight up narcissistic sociopath.
I suppose most of the male leads in Love Actually were pretty awful too…