im so sick of the characterisation in media of the playboy man, the guy that sleeps around and knows he’s attractive and jokes about it,  but as soon as the woman (who is probably ‘uptight’) starts to be interested in someone, the man gets all jealous and shitty abt it and starts making snide comments and refusing to speak to her, bc he just assumed she would always be there, dateless and alone, just waiting for him to notice her, and in the end SHE’S the one who ends up apologising and repairing his poor broken ego and they all live happily ever after. fuck that.
classic tropes:
the fancy event : there is some event that requires the characters to dress up nice. the woman walks down the stairs. she is wearing a beautiful dress and has diamond earrings. wow says the twat man. she blushes. she has been validated.
running into her ex: the woman bumps into her ex boyfriend. they are happy to see each other. they hug and laugh. the man stands on the sidelines. oh no. he is not the focus. unacceptable. he jumps in and makes up a bs excuse and rushes the woman off. he mentions disparagingly how she was making goo goo eyes. he sucks.
running into HIS ex:Â carOLiNE?!? is that you??? they kiss on the cheek. the ex girlfriend runs her hands up his arms. the man pays no attention to the main woman character.
the working woman: the man observes that if the woman weren’t so focused on her job she might get laid more often. the woman tries to protest that she’s not a workaholic but stutters and flusters and in the end just tells the man to shut up. he smirks. bc it’s true. (it’s not what the fuck)
the engagement: Â the woman gets engaged. but not to the man. tragedy has struck. the man realises he is madly in love with her and that he must have her for himself. fuck the fact that she might be happy. she has to be with him. he sets about sabotaging their engagement and making her fall in love with him. she does. for some reason.
surprise bikini scene:Â for some reason a scene is included in which the woman takes off her baggy shirt to reveal she is actually toned as fuck. arooooga. the man no doubt comments, who knew you were hiding that under there i wanna know what other secrets u have bbbbyyyyy.Â
the hotness affirmation: the woman says something abt the man being attractive. he says did you just call me hot. she blushes and says no. he says you called me hot, you think im hot. she keeps protesting but the truth is out. she thinks he’s hot. the world is at peace. he, however, will not notice her attractiveness until the fancy event, the surprise bikini scene, or the engagement (see above).
the personality flaws: she has many personality flaws, pointed out throughout. he is also flawed, but it doesn’t detract from his attractiveness and ability to get chicks. she however, is unlucky in love :(   in the end though, the man decides that he can live with all of her flaws bc he loves her (most likely bc she’s hot and soMeHow has redeeming qualities). his flaws on the other hand, are all part of his charm and so despite herself she comes to love all of him  :)  Â
feel free to add, ugh,
