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Fuck, did I just describe anora?

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    I don’t understand why you got so much hate either.

    I find the idea somewhat silly and a bit self contradicting, I’ll explain why but first, to answer your question, no, I don’t know of any romance movies where the MC is a tatebro asshole.

    Why it’s a silly idea: if the MC is such an asshole then it’s probably not going to be romance but you would instead have a solid drama/thriller plot device there. She thinks he loves her but instead she gets abused and that’s the point of the story.

    You could say though, that it’s a romance story in which the male love interest is an incel tatebro asshole and somehow we get a character arc in which he sees the errors of his ways and actually changes, but I’m not sure this would make for a good movie. Perhaps a romantic comedy with some fantasy/magic elements which would explain why he can change so drastically. Something like ‘Shallow Hal’ would be an example for this category (and not a good movie btw) and the best runner up for your original question. But I still think as a plot idea it would be tacky at best. You’d need some solid writing to pull that off.

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    Probably not.

    Even if you’re going into things like dub con hetero omegaverse content, the men are still written in a way that is attractive to women.

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    So kind of like Taming of the Shrew but more so?

    Instead of it being a man cleverly trying to win over a woman through manipulation and abuse, it’s a woman-hating man cleverly trying to win over a woman through manipulation and abuse?

    Even if it did exist, I’m not sure it’d be that watchable. Taming of the Shrew is pretty dubious as it is, but it was written over 400 years ago, so it can be excused somewhat.

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      I really dont know what nerve this struck. I was just watching some anime shit on Netflix and wondered how fucking nuts it would be to see the male lead as some manosphere d-bag.

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    A stupid question, I suppose. Weird. I feel like I’ve seen plenty of movies that convey nicely ideology, but not really any proper recognition of the manosphere in anything I’ve watched.

    Loads of hallmark movies where the incel gets the girl, though.

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    2 days ago

    Does Superbad count?

    Its in no way a romance, but the entire adventure is fuelled by the quest to get laid.

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    Not a movie, but you could take a look through some Summer’s Eve marketing videos.