Squeal if you love bad boys...
Ah, bad boys. Is there anything better? I’ve been thinking (read: fantasizing) about them a lot lately. Why are they so wonderfully appealing? It’s more than their sexy tattoos, rock hard muscles and I-can-give-you-untold-pleasure lips. I think it’s their confidence. Their I-can-take-you-or-leave-you vibe that dares us to try and become the one they really can’t be without. The hint of danger. The chance to tame something wild.
Think about it. How seductive is the thought that you can capture something no other woman has been able to hold? Other women might want him (might? Ha!) but he only wants you. Just the thought can make your bones melt.
If a bad boy falls for a woman, he’s hers for life. He’ll never be able to look at another woman and feel the same insatiable lust. That’s the dream, isn’t it? This bad boy will do anything, anything, to protect what belongs to him. He makes your heart pound and your blood burn with just a look because there’s a knife’s edge of savagery in his eyes – savagery that’s contradicted by the gentle touch he gives you.
For god's sake, someone hose me down!
Who's with me? Who's against me? Tell me about your own love/hate for bad boys.
I am not sure I am as into bad boys as I am the rakes. The dissolute bad boys who you know are untamable. Hugh Grant characters. Their indulgent vices speaks to the part of me that is the same way.You know you are going to get burnt, but, ahhh the bliss of it.
Though I have been known to think Vin is hot under certain circumstances:)So go figure!
Teri
TJBrown said... 12:37 PM
Okay, now I have that song in my head. "Bad boys, bad boys. Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad boys, bad boys..."
I like the concept of a bad boy, but in reality, I married an engineer. Ah, to walk on the wild side!
Michelle said... 12:51 PM
I married an engineer but luckily he was also a bad boy. :) I love bad boys! My father was a preacher so, you know, I HAD TO HAVE THE BAD BOYS.
Suzanne said... 1:47 PM
Bonnie Ferguson said... 2:05 PM
I think in terms of fiction, yes, because then a bad boy isn't ever really bad, just honorable with an edge to him :)
Bonnie Ferguson said... 2:09 PM
Oh, I am so lucky! My husband was a bad boy (still is a bit). Ten years in the military, adrenaline junky, hard as a rock mentally and physically, etc. - I had to have him! And, I knew he was mine when he started treating me with as much respect and even more tender care than his mother. Goody for me!
Now, ten years into our marriage, he will still give me a particular look. I call it the 50-yard stare, eyes slightly squinted, staring intently with dark purpose and a smirk. Yum! Now THAT makes me squeal and run for the bedroom, because I know exactly what I'm about to get!
klynn said... 5:53 PM
Gotta love those bad boys! Of course, they may not make soul mate material but they sure are a lot of fun finding out!
Dorothy said... 6:47 PM
I have trouble with "bad boys" in fiction because, more often than not, the way they're portrayed ... I find it hard to believe that they can settle down with one woman. Perhaps I've just known too many girls badly hurt by this type of guy, but it's hard for me to get into in fiction.
That said, it's not impossible, either. I think the "bad boys" I've liked have been more are untameable. The sort that will always be themselves, always wild, and who want a woman just as strong, passionate, and free as themselves. I think it's the "transformation" aspect with some "bad boy" stories I have trouble with ... because I've always felt that if someone has to change in order to be with you, then they're not right.
That said, I think a cross between gothic and bad boy heroes are probably my favorite. (Damon Sadi from Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy ... oh. my. god. I want one! *grins*)
Nonny said... 10:28 PM
To me, the real question is...can he make a chocolate cheesecake?
Gina Black said... 6:39 AM
Was never into bad boys/rakes/tortured heroes of any variety. Though that's pretty much the order of the day in romance fiction. I think it's because women like the idea of "reforming" and/or saving the hero. Never went through that phase myself, though I completely understand it and have in fact written about it plenty. Closest I got was being into boys that were bad for me. ;-)
Diana Peterfreund said... 8:01 AM
terri,
I love rakes and rouges, too.
michelle,
handcuffs can be purchase LOL. that's all i'm going to say.
suzanne, you naughty girl! Did you dad protest?
Bonnie,
Honorable with an edge. Great description! I have to admit, I even like it when they *have* done something dishonorable (nothing horrible, mind you, just. . . naughty :).
klynn,
your husband sounds awesome!! That kind of look is what dreams are based on!
dorothy,
so right! there's nothing funner :)
Excellent point, Nonny! I know you aren't talking physically, but in principal it's the same as when Belle falls in love with the beast and then he is transformed into the handsome prince. She loved the beast, so he should stay a beast!
gina,
a bad boy who can cook. . . now *that* is a man I crave.
diana,
ah, those boys who are bad for you are just as delicious!
Gena Showalter said... 2:20 PM
Ohmigod, as I tried to think of the bad boys I've liked both in reality and fiction, I discovered there weren't any.
My dh is a pitbull of a lawyer, so he is a bad boy in one sense, not in the fun, sexy dangerous way but rather the "what a schmuck" way.
I have always been more interested in the bulge in the back of their jeans where there wallets are.
Rene said... 7:51 AM
I married a nice guy, but I'm totally totally totally with you on the bad boy thing.
And now, after reading your post, I have to go hose myself down. :wink:
Lynn said... 9:22 PM
I liked them bad but I don't like them tortured, "woe is me, I need a good woman to make me whole." You know the type. He is bad but deep inside he worships the kind, virginal lady who has none of his vices.
D. said... 2:46 AM
Oops, sorry, my computer decided it had its own opinion on where my post ended :) I mean is that I am not attracted to the secret self-loathing which is typical for many bad boys of romance.
And I'm with TJBrown about rakes :) I'm always sorry to see them tamed into good familymen though, I think it makes them less interesting at the end.
D. said... 2:49 AM
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