Echoes of a Deranged world

Perceptions of Romance Part 4: What about The Bad Guys?

        You know, in probably every single romance novel, movie or story, the protagonist( who lets assume is the guy) will end up with the girl…after a completing a massive task and the girl, likened to the prize or in a more insensitive manner, the spoils of war.

MAINSTREAM ROMANCE FORMULA:

1) Insert geek/nerd/jock-who actually is a nerd inside but is ‘sensitive’.(PROTAGONIST)

2) And then insert the desirable-but misunderstood-cheerleader/ damsel in distress, etc…(any pretty girl will do…yup guys, you can start imagining now…hmm mm)

3) Then, insert insensitive jerk boyfriend of the said girl. (THE BAD GUY). (portrayed with good looks and a nice toned body but arrogant and snobbish with an evil taste for humour, mostly involving bullying the protagonist)

4) Throw in some insensitive and mean things that the bad guy will do to the protagonist and voila! The girl is instantly attracted to the plight of the protagonist.

5) Thus events will lead to the protagonist riding off with the girl into the sunset, leaving the poor original boyfriend(bad guy) in a state of heartbreak and disappointment.

6) We, the viewers, or readers, or any participants on the receiving end of the mass media, will think that Hey! Wow, that’s a happy ending…the bad guy deserves it!!!

7) We leave the cinema, book, or any form of media mediums with a giddy feeling that the underdog has won the day once again!

        What irks me however is that this formula has been replayed on nearly every romance story and the thing is…I can’t help but wonder if it is a subtle form of stereotyping and discrimination?

        Hear me out, why are the ‘jocks’ always the bad guys? And why do we rally in joy as they are left in a ditch at the end of the day, alone and dissipated?

        Although I’m far from being a ‘jock’( you know, the good looks and toned body part? OKAY!!! You can stop laughing now, you’re just mean, aren’t you?). I still cant help but feel the injustice that the media has chosen to cast these people( who I garner are really deprived emotionally, thus the constant need to bully and undermine others) as the bad guys who deserve to be sided against.

        Let us take a moment to contemplate why in the world do we take these type of people to be villains and not misunderstood victims?

        So I’ll keep it short and sweet this time by offering a public apology to all ‘jocks’ or ‘bad guys’…be it in the movies or real life.

P.S= If the girl ditches you, remember God still loves you!

*For all nerds out there( or social outcasts), let us learn to love and embrace the people who throws us into dumpsters as a form of entertainment, the people who make fun of our extra flab and how funny we look when we start crying like little babies, begging them to stop hitting us….ahhh, nostalgic memories…(but that’s a story for another time, dear reader)

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