Reformed Rakes: Difference between revisions

** In fairness, it is demonstrated very clearly that Seth ''does'' love her; it's not just an [[Informed Attribute]], and as much as he gets around, he's not shacking up with someone new every night of the week—or having sex with someone and lying about it, whether to a current partner or otherwise. He's also not seducing women away from their boyfriends/husbands, nor does he look at the people he does take to bed as conquests. As for his relationship with Aislinn, he goes to incredible lengths to help Aislinn and to keep her safe, and she does so in return. They have a very strong friendship as a base, as well as complete trust in each other. Above all, Seth ''respects'' her. Seth doesn't have the personality of a rake. He's just a guy who enjoys sex, but hasn't wanted to get too serious with anyone. When he ''does'' want to have a committed relationship—specifically, of course, with Aislinn—he's fine with sleeping with her alone.

** Wait, what do his piercings have to do with anything? You might as well have mentioned that he owns a snake. [[I Thought It Meant|No, not like that]].

* Naveen from ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', after he marries. Considering he says that [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|he's dated thousands of women]]...

* There's a romance novel titled ''Stranger In My Arms'' that actually [[Deconstruction|deconstructs]] this trope: The heroine's husband has been presumed dead for years, and she isn't too sad about it because he was unfaithful to her and never seemed to enjoy having sex with her. Then, out of the blue, he returns [[Back from the Dead]], says that he's a changed man, and proceeds to be passionate and devoted to her in a way he never was before. The heroine is pleasantly surprised, but can't shake off the feeling that rakes don't reform ''that'' thoroughly, and gets uneasy when her friend uses her husband's changed behavior to justify [[Love Martyr|her staying with her own physically abusive husband in the hope that he'll change eventually]]. It turns out that {{spoiler|the heroine's husband ''did'' die all these years ago, and her current "husband" is actually her husband's half-brother who [[Love Before First Sight|learned about her through diaries her husband left behind]] and decided to [[Dead Person Impersonation|use his impersonation abilities to be the loving husband she never had]]}}.