Why It's Good To Be Bad
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So, I’ve restarted watching The Vampire Diaries (I know, you Star Trek fans reading this are permitted to roll your eyes) because I haven’t completed season 1 since 2010. Mentioning this to my female accomplices this week has revoked numerous responses, the likes of: “Ew. Stefan shouldn't even be on the show. He’s hot, ya know? But not like, Damon hot, ya know?” or “OMG! Damon is sooo hot! He should be the lead character”. Or worse yet, “I know Damon is like, old and 34 now, but he’s just sooo hot and dangerous and mysterious!”
For those of you who don’t watch the show (because you’re either too heterosexually male or prefer Top Gear to watching sexy bloodsuckers), Damon and Stefan Salvatore are the sexy lead characters on ‘The Vampire Diaries’ – both having surpassed the edge of dangerously gorgeous since episode 1. I mean it, sometimes when I press pause on an episode and then return, I’ll look at the freeze frame: So far, Ian Somerhalder (the actor who plays Damon) has never had a bad picture. He’s like Barney Stinson in that sense. The guy is just too good looking, it should be a crime! But the thing that makes Damon more popular as a choice of fans compared to his brother Stefan is his character: Damon is the evil brother of the pair; dangerous, seductive, charming, indifferent, careless and vindictive. He’s a regular “Bad Boy”; whereas Stefan is sweet, caring, responsible, trustworthy, NICE… (yawn).
Damon doesn’t get angry – he gets even. And that’s entertaining.
Now, I’m not the type that falls for bad boys (though we’ve all been there, done him at some point haven’t we?), but even I’d rather press pause when Damon is on the screen. But I just don’t get it: Why do most females go for the bad boy type? Guys don’t really like girls that are bad – they call it slutty, though I don’t think boys actually realize that one is only considered a slut by sleeping around with various men and throwing your ‘cat’ everywhere.
Let’s throw some ideas around. The typical bad girl, personified in the form of Rizzo from Grease would be someone who generally:
- Is by the correct definition, a whore. Aka, sleeps around
- Smokes like a chimney
- Drinks or gets drunk a lot, resulting in public misdemeanors
- Probably has a tattoo somewhere between her thighs
- Has a piercing in just as awkward a place
Yes, I realize I kind of described Amy Winehouse. BUT it’s basically someone who does all the wrong things. It could even be someone generic and clean-cut, who just loves scheming and making everybody else her slaves – like Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl.
I’m not an expert, but I think guys would rather bring home Jessica Alba than Ms. Winehouse to their mothers.
Now let’s consider what requirements make one a bad boy. After all, every boy band has one:
- For starters, definitely a smooth operator; someone who is charming and slick by nature
- Always calm and collected, even when holding a gun
- He is probably pretty buff and has a tattoo to amplify every other muscle
- Is either a loner with a deep tattooed message, eg: “Only God Can Judge Me”; or he is Mr Popular – always surrounded by tons of girls and his two best friends
- Drives a motorcycle (preferably a Harley Davidson) or a fast car – or just drives a crappy car really fast
- He is also probably really good looking or rich – otherwise he wouldn’t be able to have said fast car or all the girls. Oh yeah, that makes him a player too
In other words, he’s FUN. Maybe dangerously fun – like someone who can only have a good time by getting drunk, high or drag racing – but he knows how to seem ‘cool’. And if you happen to date a bad boy, you’ll know that it’s probably all a façade. Deep down he’s really just a sweetheart with family issues.
So maybe it’s true that nice guys finish last, but if there is such a thing as a Good Guy and a Bad Boy, then why are girls always complaining that ALL guys are jerks? If you ask me, they’re all bad boys anyway, just waiting for the chance to come out and show you. The difference is that nice guys are smarter – they only become bad once they’ve got you. BUT nice guys are made out to seem gay by bad boys, which I just realized might be a ploy by the so-called bad boys, since nice guys are equal competitors in the Vag Games.
Jeesh. Writing this piece has made me realize that maybe it all comes down to Nice Guys Vs. Bad Boys. Jedi Vs. Sith. Coke Vs. Pepsi, and all that carbonated racism.
So now you have your answers readers:
1. Bad girls are tacky
2. Bad boys are fun and always the first to go at the toy shop
But from I’ve learnt (and am still learning), some boyfriends put the EX in EXperience.
So if you’re still struggling with your real-life Stefan and Damon feud, just make sure you pick the right vampire.
It could cost you a bite in the ass.
For those of you who don’t watch the show (because you’re either too heterosexually male or prefer Top Gear to watching sexy bloodsuckers), Damon and Stefan Salvatore are the sexy lead characters on ‘The Vampire Diaries’ – both having surpassed the edge of dangerously gorgeous since episode 1. I mean it, sometimes when I press pause on an episode and then return, I’ll look at the freeze frame: So far, Ian Somerhalder (the actor who plays Damon) has never had a bad picture. He’s like Barney Stinson in that sense. The guy is just too good looking, it should be a crime! But the thing that makes Damon more popular as a choice of fans compared to his brother Stefan is his character: Damon is the evil brother of the pair; dangerous, seductive, charming, indifferent, careless and vindictive. He’s a regular “Bad Boy”; whereas Stefan is sweet, caring, responsible, trustworthy, NICE… (yawn).
Damon doesn’t get angry – he gets even. And that’s entertaining.
Now, I’m not the type that falls for bad boys (though we’ve all been there, done him at some point haven’t we?), but even I’d rather press pause when Damon is on the screen. But I just don’t get it: Why do most females go for the bad boy type? Guys don’t really like girls that are bad – they call it slutty, though I don’t think boys actually realize that one is only considered a slut by sleeping around with various men and throwing your ‘cat’ everywhere.
Let’s throw some ideas around. The typical bad girl, personified in the form of Rizzo from Grease would be someone who generally:
- Is by the correct definition, a whore. Aka, sleeps around
- Smokes like a chimney
- Drinks or gets drunk a lot, resulting in public misdemeanors
- Probably has a tattoo somewhere between her thighs
- Has a piercing in just as awkward a place
Yes, I realize I kind of described Amy Winehouse. BUT it’s basically someone who does all the wrong things. It could even be someone generic and clean-cut, who just loves scheming and making everybody else her slaves – like Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl.
I’m not an expert, but I think guys would rather bring home Jessica Alba than Ms. Winehouse to their mothers.
Now let’s consider what requirements make one a bad boy. After all, every boy band has one:
- For starters, definitely a smooth operator; someone who is charming and slick by nature
- Always calm and collected, even when holding a gun
- He is probably pretty buff and has a tattoo to amplify every other muscle
- Is either a loner with a deep tattooed message, eg: “Only God Can Judge Me”; or he is Mr Popular – always surrounded by tons of girls and his two best friends
- Drives a motorcycle (preferably a Harley Davidson) or a fast car – or just drives a crappy car really fast
- He is also probably really good looking or rich – otherwise he wouldn’t be able to have said fast car or all the girls. Oh yeah, that makes him a player too
In other words, he’s FUN. Maybe dangerously fun – like someone who can only have a good time by getting drunk, high or drag racing – but he knows how to seem ‘cool’. And if you happen to date a bad boy, you’ll know that it’s probably all a façade. Deep down he’s really just a sweetheart with family issues.
So maybe it’s true that nice guys finish last, but if there is such a thing as a Good Guy and a Bad Boy, then why are girls always complaining that ALL guys are jerks? If you ask me, they’re all bad boys anyway, just waiting for the chance to come out and show you. The difference is that nice guys are smarter – they only become bad once they’ve got you. BUT nice guys are made out to seem gay by bad boys, which I just realized might be a ploy by the so-called bad boys, since nice guys are equal competitors in the Vag Games.
Jeesh. Writing this piece has made me realize that maybe it all comes down to Nice Guys Vs. Bad Boys. Jedi Vs. Sith. Coke Vs. Pepsi, and all that carbonated racism.
So now you have your answers readers:
1. Bad girls are tacky
2. Bad boys are fun and always the first to go at the toy shop
But from I’ve learnt (and am still learning), some boyfriends put the EX in EXperience.
So if you’re still struggling with your real-life Stefan and Damon feud, just make sure you pick the right vampire.
It could cost you a bite in the ass.