Why Your Love Interest Sucks

[m_pendulum]

 Ladies and Gentleman it is time for me to explain to those writers of horrible, horrible, horrible YA romances why your male love interest sucks ass in three short and simple points.

You are very welcome.

Comments

[ashling_c]

1. I don't actually know how this showed up on my friends feed. Odd.
2. Glad it did! You're so damn right. If it was an ugly guy sneaking into your room at night and watching you sleep, you'd mace that fucker! But apparently if he was instead a walking statue of an Adonis, it's OK to swoon and spread for him.
I find that freaky and disturbing.

[astridmyrna]

<3333

Actually, I hated Rochester throughout the book and when Jane leaves after the whole reveal of Rochester locking up his cuckoo wife, I was like, "GOOD! DON'T EVER GO BACK!" But at the end he finally becomes the wiser of his douchebaggery and I didn't hate him as much.

[tehanu_chan]

May I say that your use of gifs of the delightful Santana Lopez is FLAWLESS?
XD

As almost always I agree with you. It seems that this female authors forgot all the FEMALE POWA that those classic novels had (for their time). I'm curious about your thoughts on 'Beautiful Creatures', since it's written from the guy's perspective (and he's the human) I thought it might not be that bad... though I haven't read it yet.

See you around!!

[elofan80]

Blame "Gone With The Wind" for the "Rape Is love" trope; Ayn Rand used that trope in her horrible writing.

[anticagirl]

you Basically summed up everything that is going on in writing today, like you said in one of your vids. Love interests (guys) are not created just to fit into the fantasy of writers without taking into consideration that they are creating an actual person who had a life prior to meeting the heroine which really irritates me. Also I have to admit I do like the bad boy hero but only if he steps up and doesnt treat the heroine like shit or put her in a bad relationship
awesome post Melina .. going into my favs ^^