Bastard Boyfriend: Difference between revisions

[[Spear Counterpart]] of [[Bastard Girlfriend]]. Usually a type of [[Romanticized Abuse]] and subtrope to [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]], with a side order of [[Evil Is Sexy]]. If the Kichiku character also has status, power, and [[Sexy Spectacles|hot little glasses]], he's a ''kichiku megane'' (see [[Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend]]). For sort-of Western equivalents, see [[Handsome Devil]], who is usually more sarcastic than cruel, and the [[Romance Genre Heroes]] under The Bastard and The Sadist, although those are usually played as villains. Contrast the [[Jerkass]] varieties of [[Romantic False Lead]] and the [[Disposable Fiance]], who are superficially similar but guaranteed ''not'' to get the girl, and the [[Domestic Abuser]] and [[Unsexy Sadist]], who have the cruelty minus the fetishization.

 

* Wants nothing to do with him: [[Stalker with a Crush]]

* Thinks his behavior is ''sooooo'' romantic: [[Stalking Is Love]]