Definition of a loser: someone who isn't likely to succeed in life.
Lovable: you love them anyways because they are cute, charming and have many forgiving qualities.
As much as it's attractive to date someone who is successful and well in control of his life, I feel that pop culture has conditioned women to be infatuated with this particular type of men.
Some examples: Rob Gordon from High Fidelity, Archie from Archie and Friends, Ted Moseby from How I Met Your Mother, the lead male from the Korean movie, My Sassy Girl.
Traditionally, women are brought up to be attracted to successful, powerful, important men; presidents, CEOs, executives, etc. But many movies these days show women with ordinary men. Ex: choosing to marry for love rather than for power/money/fame. It's like the movie Aladdin.
I can't think of the last movie I watched where the woman chose the rich guy over the poor guy. Women are always choosing the poor guy in movies. Ex. Noah Calhoun in The Notebook, the woman in The Illusionist, Mary Jane picking Peter Parker in Spiderman... It goes on and on and on.
I suppose everyone realized that there simply weren't enough princes for all the princesses to "live happily ever after with", so they created the loveable average/ poor guy character.
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i must say, peter parker is not your average loveable poor guy. i personally prefer spiderman over a prince any day.
ReplyDeletebut if his secret identity isn't revealed, he is kind of nerdy. he is short too.
ReplyDeleteand notice how I said peter parker, not spiderman lol
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