AFTER - A Painfully Awful and Creepy Harry Styles Fanfic [See Description]

[@CynicalReviews]

This video is demonetised, despite me uploading several versions of it - each more censored then the last - there doesn't seem to be anyway around it. I expect to make very little revenue for the week's worth of time I put into it, which fucking sucks, to put it midly. So if you enjoy the video and want to support the channel, please consider throwing me a tip via Paypal, or becoming a Patron or channel member. Paypal: paypal.me/cynicalreviews Patreon: www.patreon.com/CynicalReviews Channel Memberships: kzbin.info/door/1DCPS2j-o0bvfIilkc8RSwjoin $20 - Definitely Not A Furry DannyElk Kaylee Tnoyb Michael Lowe $10 - Probably Not A Furry Boring AF Brian Christensen Chewzilla Guiseppe La Monica Jessie Acosta Kobayashi Maru Raddels Scottish Twolves Fan $5 - Active Homosexuloid Anna Marta Batog Brooke Preaseau Fona AL-mansour Francisco J. Fritz Garking Konnor Johnson Michael Evans $5- Channel Members Boring AF Bryan Courtney Collings James Moore KrashandBurn Lianne Perez-Santiago Matthew Sommer Nathaniel_the_Spaniel Ray Slocumb Samuel Nielsen William Morrison Virtruvious $2 - Proven Homosexuloid A Carolin Tomczak Carsten Krogh-Simonsen Colton DaLoveDocta69AllDay Dorron Hopeman Gulferamus Joakim Myhre Lee Stewart Little Maecenas Lunayy-chan Maff Gibson Martha W Matthew McKenzie Michael Barnes Muki Ongrad Raven’s Cry Rebecca Warner Robert Fithen Rocket5000 SirAttlich Til87 William Hornstra Woad Warrior Art Zoraprincess91 $1 - Homosexuloid Alastair Oxby Avery Swanson Carla Hoffman Carol-ann Teasdale Clarissa Wee Coco Connor M Daemonumcamo Dawid Gołosz Fallon George Jerome Williams Laura Lipponen Liam Byrd Luke Swales Maruis Zydyk Munchman Myuu chu Nicki Purnell Nicole Brosman Pan Manis Philip Emmerson Wayne Bawden

[@trinaq]

I adore your videos so much! 😍 Please cover the awful Fine Brothers movie "F the Prom", as it seems right up your alley! 😊

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Yeah, I just did. It's a fucking shame how these videos get demonetized. Best luck to you, mate!

[@falynoliver81]

I guess I don't understand how YT works. I thought of a video had ads on it it was monitized. Am I wrong?

[@falynoliver81]

@Sven Tempest that is so messed up.if they aren't paying the creators because the video doesn't coincide with the advertisers values then they shouldn't be allowed to add the ads and collect the revenue. Like you said YT is broken and cares nothing for its creators. Its a travesty. Thank you for the info.

[@gracekim1998]

I’m sorry KZbin screwed with you getting an income😣

[@Casey5693]

Spoiling a book is not a good dating technique, guys. If some guy walked up to me and spoiled the book I was reading, I would just be pissed.

[@ecofriendlyadventures5154]

I'd probably hit them in the face with the book. No one ruins a book for me and gets away with it! Lol!

[@trinaq]

Me too, I wouldn't think it was "charming" or "suave", I'd immediately give them the cold shoulder, and it would mean that they'd have absolutely NO chance of a date! 😠

[@darkpixel1128]

who would be happy with that, it's an asshole move

[@rhiannon_the_human9860]

Yeah If some guy came up to me and spoiled my book i would probably punch them

[@pagatryx5451]

Don't worry, if anybody honestly uses pick up moves from super seducer they are extremely limited in number and would probably not get a date regardless.

[@monicacreator3168]

"You're a vigin? Ew, we have to change that" Every single teen movie

[@jeweldreams1286]

Ik totally agree w u. Y r girls pressured to lose their virginity? They can do with it what they want and if they want to wait, then just let them wait.

[@lepeselo8949]

This is rather a hentai sentence then a teen movie but allright

[@basakozdamar3722]

Its so weird that in America girls are bullied because they’re virgins, but in my country non-virgins girls are bullied because society sees them as sluts. It’s both ridiculous in my opinion

[@aliyahmaidenname9255]

anyway, give your virginity to somebody who's worth it.

[@basakozdamar3722]

Aliyah Maiden Name exactly

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Teen movies" aren't even teen movies, as most teens would find them cringy

[@debzykvids]

I'm a teen, and I agree with this. If anything the only ones I prefer are the fantasy or dystopia movies. At least they try to have more about them than just the usual teen drama - most of the time.

[@bige9856]

Eyy it’s the guy we see everywhere

[@ashikjaman1940]

Yeah, maybe my friend group is just really weird but I don’t know anybody who would enjoy this.

[@cinnamonroll96]

That’s nice but I think there are more that actually like this and this concerns me so much

[@ultimatekunochi6577]

267622 I can tell from your thumbnail that you watch more cultured shows

[@FarhanaK]

Let's give a moment of silence for poor Harry Styles who has this stain forever in his history.

[@alyssapinon9670]

Not even a Harry styles fan and I feel bad for him

[@_valstrax_8748]

@@alyssapinon9670 same here

[@esotericschizoidoccultconjurer]

RIP F

[@periflores1002]

But at least he’s got a Grammy now.

[@esotericschizoidoccultconjurer]

@@periflores1002 Even so I am not entirely sure that Grammy was worth his dignity.

[@undeadladybug7723]

Harry Styles actually had to block the girl who wrote this train wreck of a series because she apparently got so insane toward him, let that sink in.

[@blackbangtan8943]

Oh how did you know this?

[@jasminedubois6711]

I wouldn't blame him.

[@silashurd3597]

She’s basically saying that he’d be abusive in a relationship and I don’t get why she’d portray him as that

[@undeadladybug7723]

@@silashurd3597 She likely read Twilight/Fifty Shades, or something else happened to make her think abusive relationships are what you should want. Either way, I think therapy would be a good idea.

[@silashurd3597]

@@undeadladybug7723 yeah, probably

[@arisa552]

Wattpad has so many abusive "romantic" stories, it's kind of scary ...

[@ΣκοτώνωΧαρά]

A friend of mine is slowly interested in reading stories from Wattpad is it recommended I disconnect their net connection by bashing the cell towers and cutting their landlines? Oh also I have another friend locked up in my basement.

[@lunad27]

Ah Wattpad- creept fanfic central. I always associated it with One Direction and other celebrity fanfics. I'll stick with AO3 and even Fanfiction.net.

[@vassilyvodka2638]

Can you support me? I have a Wattpad, but it's written in German. My stories are original and have a Bukowski type of style

[@mrs.katsukibakugou115]

@@vassilyvodka2638 send username

[@herlocksholmes-uv5qw]

I legit suffer to find a mildly good book around there, since I write there. I treat red flags as red flags and I legit think that is the reason I have 2-3 readers while the incest fanfictions are with 1k readers kill me

[@bethanyoneal5789]

Why the hell is “Wattpad studios” even a thing?

[@madi.5898]

RIGHT

[@aenea7407]

More like: Why the hell they can't pick anything good? Wattpad has a lot of great stuff. But this kind of crap ruins the reputation of this studio for the eternity!

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Aenea Wattpad actually does have some good books and you can tell those are some great writers in the making there! I’s wish they’d use those stories of people who care for their books and write it well.

[@jennifershaw6439]

Next your going to tell me Tumblr productions is a thing

[@VillainessAO]

because no one cares about quality these days, they just want to profit off of known cliche crap that they know 12 year old girls are going to beg their parents to see on the big screen

[@siriuslyconfused1]

“Christian Beige” is the new name for this guy, it’s legitimately a better name than “Hardon”.

[@aquasilver4293]

Hahahaha. "Hard on". Hahaha 😂

[@mrs.katsukibakugou115]

@@aquasilver4293 my thoughts exactly

[@killian9314]

Hard-on Pfffft

[@lynx8594]

is his name “hardON” because he’s always hard and turned on?

[@trinaq]

They could have easily kept his name as Harry, as aside from the name, nobody would really connect him with Styles. "Hardin" somehow makes it sound even worse! 😢

[@just-trying-my-best-everyday]

Comparing Elizabeth and Darcy's relationship to Hardin and Tessa's is the most insulting way to justify his abuse I've ever heard.

[@sunnyday4055]

preach it girl 👏👏👏👏

[@cobasvalentinaa.9859]

I was thinking about that, pride and prejuice is one of my favorites books and it horrible and insulting that compares this two relationships (Sorry if i wrote something wrong English isn't my first language)

[@adeline9103]

Thank you !!!

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

Darcy was meant to be a "looks like he would kill you but is actually a cinnamon roll"-type of character (if I'm not mistaken)

[@amyj4283]

@@ezelfrancisco1349 I think you are. Darcy never gave the impression that he wanted to or would kill anyone, just that he was above them (because of his place in society and theirs). If you read the book, you’ll see that the idea of killing is not the subject matter at all. The book is called pride and prejudice (both his and Elizabeth’s), which both end up overcoming in the end.

[@andreakim8986]

Sooooooooo who’s gonna tell him 365 days exists............?

[@Obinndash]

Who's gonna tell him they dropped a trailer for a sequel

[@darrionanaya]

Oh god dude I question anyone who likes that

[@darrionanaya]

@@Obinndash dude like I question our future

[@Obinndash]

@@darrionanaya they must have made enough money to make a sequel. Also the name After We Collided is a stupid name

[@frida73773]

@@Obinndash wait there’s a sequel? I knew it was based on a book series but are they really going to continue to it as a franchise?

[@trinaq]

This is a Netflix film, adapted from a Wattpad story, about a bland, goodie two shoes girl who falls for a troubled, abusive, controlling bad boy... This is basically "The Kissing Booth, Part 2"!🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

[@anita_loves_apples765]

I use wattpad and I agree this movie is gay

[@raegannn6336]

Park bom's talented legs gay??what does that mean lol?

[@anita_loves_apples765]

@@raegannn6336 i just liked how it sounds

[@ΣκοτώνωΧαρά]

Oh Wattpad

[@noahbossier1131]

No this was released into theaters. And grossed and absurd amount of money, and is getting a sequel this year. Btw it won ten choice awards because pandering to teen girls somehow works. This film is awful.

[@goosegirl941]

Oversexualized teen movies creep me out.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

What is the obsession with high schoolers and first year college students, who might not even be legal age, having "intimate scenes" in these tripe flicks? Do the writers forget the ages?

[@davel7037]

Men like to jerk off to this so its important

[@CorbCorbin]

Don’t watch the ones from the 80s then.

[@sukiBambina]

Same!! Wtf did they do to the Archie comics?!!

[@hoikoi1793]

Yeah there was this show called teenage bounty hunters. It literally says teenage and in the first episode she sleeps with someone. On top of that he said he was waiting for marriage and she basically manipulated him into sleeping with her. Like did we forget consent exists?

[@87alsjth]

Fun fact: the dude that plays Holden is the child Tom Riddle from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

[@Megatron_95]

I heard about that

[@rubykgarrett]

he's really let himself go huh

[@trinaq]

Apparently, the casting director didn't even know that Hero was Ralph's nephew, he liked the haunting quality that Hero brought to young Tom in the auditions.

[@Xehanort10]

So basically Tessa is After's Bellatrix where she's completely obsessed with Hardin but he doesn't care about her and instead manipulates her so he can win a bet. The difference is that in Harry Potter it's made clear that Voldemort only sees Bellatrix as a useful servant whereas in this Hardin is portrayed as caring about Tessa even though he doesn't and just used her.

[@noxturne16]

How could he go from being a psycho child to a douchebag, what a downgrade

[@masteryoda8009]

imagine being pregnant for 9 months and your child is turn out to be like this girl

[@eliekira7521]

Imagine having to raise her for 18 years.

[@ortezac.5339]

Imagine her at the doorstep with a jackass for a boyfriend, who would later on threaten to burn her house down. And imagine just fishing at some lake when you see two hormonally-raging teenagers getting it on...in the lake

[@alyssapinon9670]

Me: I did not raise you to be a pretentious NLOG who thinks hating other women is a personality trait. and I certainly didn’t raise you to date a guy who thinks reading books that we all required to read for high school makes him smarter than everyone else.

[@NAME-yg8sl]

Honestly, if I was her mom I would be done with her I want back my money that I paid for her college and then seeing as she is an adult and I am not contributing nothing to her, I'll let her destroy her own life. Then I would adopt so I have one child to be proud of

[@talia7027]

The author or Tessa?

[@Cheetahgirl_Studios]

Even his NAME is stupid: Hardon. HARD. ON. SURELY I’m not the only one who sees what the author was going for.

[@Haileyyyo.o]

it's actually spelled Hardin but that's still just as stupid, like just give him a not weird sexual sounding name like Kevin or something please. this whole movie is cursed anyway.

[@Cheetahgirl_Studios]

Hailey R The whole entire concept of “After” is cursed. Period.

[@Haileyyyo.o]

Cheetahgirl Studios u right, u right I went to see this shit show in theaters with my mom, aunt and two cousins and the night ended with me crying cuz i regretted my decision with every fiber of my being

[@Cheetahgirl_Studios]

Hailey R You poor soul. Thankfully I have a severe intolerance to shitty teen movies so I stayed far away from it. I hope whoever decided making a movie based on a Wattpad fanfic was a good idea got fired.

[@cartooncritique6625]

It's like a bad porno! XD

[@pukimon6705]

In the book Hardin dared his friends, that he could get Tessa to sleep with him. When they do have s**, he takes the bed sheets (with her blood on them), puts them in his trunk and shows them to his friends.... And that is after he (supposedly) "falls in love" with her... Edit: Some people in the comments (and I remember that too) informed me that he even kept the condom with his sperm in it.

[@ayyylmao101]

Aaaand I am now sick. What the f**k, if I was in her place, I'd be traumatised by that knowledge! WHYYY IS THIS SERIES A THING

[@gillianroy6069]

that’s gonna be a yikes from me

[@gizmodobaggins7040]

Fuck these teens never got a good sex education.

[@vocalcalibration8033]

That sounds like it should result in jail time. Matter of fact wouldn't that count as sex under false pretenses, and as such be classified as rape?

[@destini3264]

@@vocalcalibration8033 it's absolutely NOT rape because she fully consented but yeah I think lying to get sex should have some kind of consequences nothing to severe though because although she was "tricked" in a sense and betrayed it's not the same as having nonconsensual sexual contact. Regretting that you had sex with Someone shouldn't be equated to a guy forcing himself onto you just my opinion

[@Leon-169]

First it was Sierra Burgess is a Loser, Then it was Kissing Booth, Next it was Swiped, After that it was The Perfect Date, Beyond that it was Tall Girl, And finally we have After. Will the epidemic never end?

[@JDGreen-vj7wx]

You forgot Cyberbully. *shivers*

[@CynicalReviews]

These movies are a fucking plague.

[@taags]

Just check on the people who makes and finance these movies. You will se a pattern.

[@debzykvids]

Don't forget *Unfriended* hehehe

[@trinaq]

Don't forget "F the Prom", it's another teen movie that tried to be relatable to its target audience, but failed miserably! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Lovelyclarii]

I nearly pissed myself when I heard the American accent.

[@willowgray2455]

What’s the time stamp?

[@amityislandchum]

@@willowgray2455 3:40

[@annulizbeth]

I couldn't resist just barfing. To me fake southern accents just sound puke inducing...

[@fuziontonygaming]

I’m from the south and this hits home.

[@thedeliveryboy1123]

i live in the south and can confirm that *what?*

[@kingofjs]

Wattpad is making movies now. We are truly in the end times

[@zuttoaragi8349]

And not even from the GOOD fics.

[@silashurd3597]

We’re not just telling stories, We’re making purely cringe movies about toxic teen relationships -Definitely not Dharr Mann

[@ms.chomper5024]

@@zuttoaragi8349 If anything, AO3 has the better stories. I've read some that was actually good and one Destiny Fanfic I read was very wholesome.

[@loveisanopendoor3532]

I literally hate how they make the perfectly normal, sweet loving caring original bf the villain and obstacle in the way of some abusive asshole. It's so wrong to teach ppl but also werid af. It's even more disappointing that this was written by a young women

[@christinethuo6840]

Ole girl was 24 when she wrote the book and Harry was barely legal . 🤢🤢 . To make things better , she was married while writing this great literary piece

[@alyssapinon9670]

To be fair Noah was also possessive and controlling. She should have left both of their asses

[@Xehanort10]

In these bad romances they always do that. Portray the boyfriend the girl starts off with as an asshole whether they are one or not to justify her cheating on him with and leaving him for the male lead.

[@moonstone6133]

@@alyssapinon9670 i still think there was an unfair power imbalance though, because tessa was in college and noah was in high school so noah's gonna be less immature and look down on dribking alchohol (which is why he seems weirded out that she was drinking)

[@Artaxerxes.]

L.M.A.O It's definitely more fun that way tho

[@KGDanny02]

That moment when you realize that all the money invested in these shitty teen movies could’ve been used in making lots of good low-budget films.

[@814912]

Whenever I think about the amazing books that have never been made into films, and some of the brilliant wannabe film-makers who've never had the opportunity to bring the ideas into being, and then... things like this... it honestly makes me die a little inside.

[@aldenwashington3285]

Because it’s so easy to make crap like it takes no effort

[@KGDanny02]

@Emma Theresa it’s honestly sad

[@kupotenshi]

They could have even turned a well written fanfiction into a movie instead

[@chenqingsspirit]

kupotenshi there are lots of well written fanfics, especially on AO3, and they don’t necessarily require a larger budget than most so I don’t understand why chose the shitty ones

[@amessiguess3773]

Your American accent makes me want to die. Magnificent.

[@MixMasterLar]

Thought the same

[@alexricky87]

It has a southern country twang to it

[@lukeamoakoh5333]

@@alexricky87 Fr I hope that's what he was going for 😂

[@Gayfrogscollective]

It definitely has a mocking-but-not-intentionally-mocking feel to it.

[@annulizbeth]

Ikr I was in a coffin giggling myself to sleep =(

[@josephwayneliang6524]

That would have been a slightly better book if it was a psychological thriller about a series abuser.

[@jimerodriguez8332]

People probably wouldn't understand it and it would've ended up like _you_ (people rooting for a psycho).

[@Emeraldkyber]

@@jimerodriguez8332 you is freaking amazingly twisted

[@victoriaslater6008]

@@jimerodriguez8332 Oh God. I heard about that too and I was just like "Lord help me!" It's terrible to see girls actually shipping the intended psycho with the victim. Even the actor who plays the crazy obsessive guy was shocked by this.

[@olezka_dostoevsky]

@@victoriaslater6008 is it You?

[@Wally-id7yo]

all the movies like this could be way better if given that change in narrative.

[@pjmathison9787]

This is the creepiest role that kid has played. He also played a young Voldemort

[@donnamitsuki281]

The part that offends me more is that this... Girl author person... Really went and made Harry Styles an abusive,toxic,"bAd BoY" thinking it was actually okay. You see this is why I dislike Fanfic that involves real people. They go and make them have these cliché horrendous personalities when they don't know how that could affect the person in question. In fact,Harry Styles has the author of this shit blocked on Twitter. And I personally don't give a fuck about Harry Style but man do I actually feel bad for him,if he blocked her,he knows about this shit.

[@scarecrow484]

HONESTLY PREACH!

[@astracrits4633]

Preeeeeeeeeeach. Ship whatever you want, as long as it stays *strictly confined to fiction.*

[@Teresa-pe4yg]

If you watch a Harry Styles interview you can notice that he's actually a very sweet and kind guy

[@yeetlol3537]

Good thing I only read fan fics of fictional characters.

[@lullabyluna7170]

Crazy ass 15 year olds...

[@DonniedrakoE]

This one of the few times that the book is absolutely worse than the movie.

[@daniboy4153]

The movie tried to do the whole "Suicide Squad" thing Make the relationship in the adaptation more healthy than how violent it was in the literature version

[@Zarastro54]

“It’s my life, and you have to let me live it.” An appropriate mom response would be: “Then have fun funding YOUR college with YOUR money, because I’m not paying all this tuition so you can skip class and have a romantic getaway.”

[@randiscott2647]

That would make too much since for this movie.

[@angygremlin4423]

Parents need to let their kids live their own lives once they get older, but I agree that this is way too far. How is it fair to take you parent's money for college when you constantly skip class and go on romantic vacations? I would be especially pissed as her mom if I knew that she cheated on her ex with Hardin. Why should I fund you when you keep running off with the dude you cheated on your ex with while not working or going to class?

[@s.a.8548]

@@angygremlin4423 Yup. Independence as you grow up is important but so are bounderies and reason.

[@amakiethagod]

If you read the book, you'd see the intense animosity and strife between Tessa and her mother. Some really truculent things happens on Tessa's part and obviously her mum is not having it and this whole experience shattered the bond of their relationship. Like when Tessa decided to live with Hardin after 3 MONTHS OF KNOWING HIM. Her mother is extremely upset and they have this showdown and Tessa gets slapped across the face at one point. I can't even remember every single detail of this circus show of a book, but the way Tessa regarded her mother after the Hardin encounter was so shocking and frankly unappreciative and disrespectful

[@p.art4705]

That would be way too reasonable for a movie like this.

[@Le-cp9tr]

Whoever writes these stories has never interacted with a teenager in their lives

[@oscarwilde3670]

The lady who wrote the Kissing Booth was 14 at the time

[@JohnDoe-vw4zf]

@@oscarwilde3670 oh no

[@night-seeker666]

@@oscarwilde3670 Fuck this world.

[@ΣκοτώνωΧαρά]

They were comatose during their puberty time and read too much fanfic to compensate their lack of social interaction.... Ok that seems a bit too sad

[@Trailtracker]

Σκοτώνω Χαρά yeah that sounds right

[@thekavestation]

it's funny how these actually misogynistic movies are presented as female fantasies

[@zuttoaragi8349]

Because. They. Are. There are hundreds of women and teenage girls that legitimately love these movies and find them romantic. I know this because several of them are in my family.

[@eliekira7521]

@@zuttoaragi8349 you should talk to them, or show them this video. If they really want such a toxic relationship, they're not going to be happy in the future.

[@seph1109]

Mostly young girls who have never been in a relationship.

[@thekavestation]

@@seph1109 the altruistic side of my brain hopes thats true and most will grow out of it but the cynical part of my brain is like people are dumb and nearly half people are women so there has to be a lot of overlapping

[@alyssapinon9670]

Don’t get me wrong I love sexy trash but after is just trash. Like it didn’t do anything for me both plot wise and steaminess wise

[@user-pm1gb2eo1s]

Based on my experience with Wattpad teen romcoms, women find the following qualities romantic: 1) emotionally manipulating your partner 2) lying to your partner 3) abandoning your friends 4) acting over-possessive 5) choking your partner 6) low-key sexual assault 7) bad boys There are a few I’m missing, but can’t wait to use these in the real world!

[@darrionanaya]

Sounds like people at my school

[@GalaxyDogenut]

There are two 4s and 5s.

[@mia-lc2om]

**dont forget the falling in love after 1 date

[@hannahannette1047]

And some good Ol' fashioned Virgin Shaming

[@GalaxyDogenut]

@@hannahannette1047 yup.

[@真冬-c6f]

I’ve unfortunately read the book series and it gets worse, the main character and her love interest keep going through a abusive (not well-written) cycle. The lover cheats, she gets mad and breaks up, they fuck, get back together.

[@aldenwashington3285]

I love how most of the people who read this book can look back on it and realize how stupid and problematic it was

[@真冬-c6f]

Alden Washington i read it out of PURE boredom on Book app.

[@kiaragreen7621]

Leen Q that is exactly why I stopped reading that shit on the 2nd book I don’t even remember how I even made it through the first book. That whole series it fucking dumb as shit and made me lose my brain cells I wanna sue!!

[@kiaragreen7621]

Leen Q also I think there was a time harden hit Tessa and she was okay with it. I was just done at that point. Like that bitch is really on crack.

[@Hoganply]

There are literally people who get off on this kind of toxic relationship drama irl. Thankfully I never associated with them.

[@ScottTrogam]

Just had my wife listen to the dramatic reading portion. She gave me a confused look Thank you sir, for confusing my wife.

[@CynicalReviews]

I'm very good at confusing wives.

[@night-seeker666]

@@CynicalReviews I see...

[@ΣκοτώνωΧαρά]

@@CynicalReviews I see indeed

[@night-seeker666]

@gamewizard I The man that steals wives by confusing them. *Interesting.*

[@bige9856]

If this is the worst movie you’ve seen I’m worried for the future

[@CynicalReviews]

Me too, buddy. Me too...

[@anton2192]

"Always a bigger fish"

[@sushiRawlls]

Another content for cynical, I guess. 😂😂

[@balladhe]

Time to get to know 365...

[@skirk248]

@@CynicalReviews looking forward to the sequels

[@limitlesssoul2882]

Are we going to talk about how they clearly haven't read Pride and Prejudice?

[@kimjongunsmother]

Ikr pride and prejudice is class, elegant, beautiful, iconic and so precious. I don't think they have enough brain cells to understand that.

[@isobelduncan]

@@kimjongunsmother A lot of writers like Todd only have surface knowledge of the classics they reference, and it's normally just them saying "Look at me, I know books! I'm smart!"

[@corahtheskeleton8062]

Didn't read the book but watched part of the Pride&Prejudice Zombies movie, it sucked so hard I didn't last 30 minutes I'm glad to see from so many people how the original work is so much better

[@soapy4066]

@@corahtheskeleton8062 that movie is so bad that it is actually quite enjoyable.

[@joseystrife8780]

@@soapy4066 agreed

[@RkEr-hd3xg]

Your American accent sounds like a teenage girl in a movie set in Texas about said teenage girl taming and riding a wild horse in a competition.

[@micahguillemette3344]

I love that

[@sshy_indigoo]

And it's a Disney Channel Original Movie

[@flyingkage]

Oh good I wasn't the only one who who was cracking up on that

[@madelinekurtz2243]

😂😂😂

[@silashurd3597]

Underrated comment my boy!

[@user-io9mn1eh1u]

Harry Stiles didn't deserve this! And can we talk how Tessa cheated on Noah and then Was suprised when he got mad? Like WTF

[@crazyhamburgerproductions1542]

If it happened in real life it would be in r/nicegirls

[@night-seeker666]

@@crazyhamburgerproductions1542 Fax.

[@trinaq]

Noah honestly deserved so much better than Tessa, he's pretty much the nicest guy ever, and she rewards his loyalty by shamelessly cheating on him! 😠

[@user-io9mn1eh1u]

@@crazyhamburgerproductions1542 and Noah whould unfortunetly turn into a fuckboi

[@user-io9mn1eh1u]

@@crazyhamburgerproductions1542 Watch Halloween 2018 and you will get it

[@r.j.penfold]

"Turn off emotions" Yeah sounds like psychopathy.

[@Xehanort10]

Him saying "Love is a transaction" as if he's getting money out of a cash machine sets off alarm bells too. Hardin admitted to being a narcissist too by saying he loved himself.

[@ravenknight4876]

I mean, it's possible, yeah. But also really, really, unhealthy. For everyone involved.

[@Tickerchicken]

I can do it, because I’m repressed as fuck, but it’s really hard and requires constant concentration I mainly use it for fear and anxiety.

[@יעללוי777]

A small trivia detail ,the tattoo on his hand, it is says "in love" in plural in Hebrew.(מאוהבים- Me'ohavim ) How exactly does this fit in with what he thinks about love? And why in Hebrew? They probably wanted a language that viewers couldn't read to make that word look mysterious. (Also, on the control panel of Darth Vader from Star Wars is written in Hebrew, only this is absolute nonsense, and some of the letters are even reversed there. Fans of the series came up with an idea that it is a code, and they even "solved" it, but as a Hebrew speaker, I see that it is just someone smashed a Hebrew keyboard.)

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Reminds me of The Vampire Diaries when the vampires quite literally could turn off their emotions.

[@bbz1724]

fun fact i heard somewhere that harry blocked anna todd on all social media

[@rubykgarrett]

idk if it's true but i really hope it is

[@horseeatsdogfood5721]

ruby it is true

[@cheribitch5396]

as he should

[@theoverratedchannel6225]

Can’t say I blame him.🤷‍♀️

[@kaeyawithawaffle3280]

This is my classmate's favorite movie. Unironically. She wants a British guy to sneak into her house to "surprise" her.

[@Emeraldkyber]

JFC Can we destroy the earth

[@darrionanaya]

I worry about that person then

[@darwistresno6653]

Jack the Ripper, then

[@anib8863]

@@darwistresno6653 Holy shiz.

[@victoriaslater6008]

Somebody save her soul....

[@sophiearogundade9385]

Y'all should stop writing negative comments on After I'm tired of liking them all

[@wangarikimani1540]

Ha! good one

[@SunnysFilms]

He has a "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" tattoo. Given his character, that feels like red flag number 1.

[@Xehanort10]

And given that he looks and acts like a serial killer he'd probably take the saying literally by blinding Tessa, cutting her ears off and cutting her tongue out.

[@panicontheargo7034]

Xehanort10 now that would make a more interesting story

[@shadowwolf6205]

@@panicontheargo7034 you're absolutely right

[@cilliersvisser661]

The thriller angle actually sounds pretty neat. Ya know first Mr nice guy but the sleeves come off (pun not intended) then before you know it s**t hits the low fat soy latte.

[@HollywoodWhore17]

The actor has one of the worst british accents I’ve heard in a movie and he’s actually british. How is that even possible?

[@elirchi9214]

I've heard that the people who made the movie didn't like how the actor's British accent wasn't "British enough" (lmfao if this is actually real idk anymore) so they made him have an even faker sounding British accent.

[@angel-xi6ie]

Marylin Menhoe thats literally what the comment says

[@TM-il8rb]

angel Sorry I read it wrong

[@katiest-claire6102]

exactly I'M british and it just sounds so gross to me like he has tonsilitis or some phlem.

[@ayeshachorley5689]

I know too many people who sound like him lmao depends where in Britain you're from.

[@allydef]

I always thought of bad/punk boys as men who had an outward serious attitude, but were very kind and happy around their loved ones. A lot of Wattpad authors seem to confuse that with men that are angry, abusive stalkers that view women as property.

[@cheyennemiller4563]

I'd always try to find fan fiction that portrayed bad boys like that on Wattpad but nope, only abusive douches

[@oneinathousand2156]

Characters like that would have some depth, which is something these sorts of authors wouldn’t be able to accomplish.

[@Eqvil]

The bad boys that I remember the girls from my class dating were exactly what the movie shows them as. Slapping their girlfriends when they objected to them going out. Showing their gf's nudes to friends to brag. Cheating around. Using them for lunch money. I still remember sitting with a female friend and her confessing to me that she is madly in love with a guy who used to publicly slap her while we were on break between classes. She loved that guy for years. Luckily now she is happily married to a proper man.

[@wearelegallyrequiredtoeatd3580]

Same, I always thought the whole Bad Guy thing was like "They're bad to the people that deserve it and don't respect rules, but they respect and protect the people they care about, and they're also kind inside and have a heart of gold" Not an abusive pos who treats their partner as some sort of prize to keep, have literally no emotions and is actually a bad person, that's gross as hell

[@Xehanort10]

@@wearelegallyrequiredtoeatd3580 Yeah isn't the bad boy stereotype "Bloke who's rebellious and won't follow the rules or do as he's told." Never been a "bad boy" so I wouldn't know ha ha. But from what I understand that's what they are. Not complete abusive controlling scumbags who in films have their actions excused because people find them good looking.

[@songbird6414]

One of my friends legitimately loves this movie, and told me that Harden and Tessa were meant for each other. I’m very concernedz

[@13リナ]

send her this video lmao

[@elisamozo3808]

But they were meant to each other. They are both idiots and assholes, they don’t care about their families, and even if Hardin lied and abused Tessa emotionally, she is not much better. She checks his phone, cheated on her first boyfriend, discard his mother, and in the second movie only gets worse, slut-shaming, was more controlling, more detestable... Hardin lied and abused her, multiple times, but she gets worse and worse following suit until they truly deserve each other

[@songbird6414]

@@elisamozo3808 yes, we love toxic soulmates. Let’s promote that to young teenage girls.

[@elisamozo3808]

@@songbird6414 You are right. Tessa and Hardin is a couple who should never have touched the internet, and the book and movie should not be aimed at teenagers

[@adhirg]

whatever you do, don’t date this friend of yours lol

[@tinaabdalla3791]

“After is based on a Harry Styles Fanfic” Me, acting like I didn’t read it when I was 13: 👁👄👁

[@Ryan-gq2ji]

as long as you've grown out of it I suppose

[@zoeal-ali3142]

I really can’t judge a child on acting curious.. i blame the adults that allowed this to happen without supervision

[@undercooked_spaghettios]

The fact that there are people out there who support relationships littered with red flags in literature/media makes me feel very worried about the human race...

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

One person explained it in a way that makes sense - the authors are subs or have dominance fantasies in the submissive role, but they have no clue what an actual Dom/Sub relationship is like and think the power dynamic is more real and less consentual than it would be in real life. Particularly, they confuse "subordinate" with "enjoys being treated like garbage all the time."

[@sleepysera]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio "but they have no clue what an actual Dom/sub relationship is like" And why would they need to know? What they are writing is a FANTASY, not a real life romance guide. It doesn't have to be realistic. It isn't meant to be realistic. Any fictional story is a little fantasy to lose yourself in for a short while, actually not unlike a BDSM scene. Both very explicitly rely on the fact that the participants know that it isn't reality, because otherwise it would be abuse and/or sexual assault. Now ofc it becomes more of a problem when the author is convinced they wrote something that actually should be followed, as in the case of E.L. James, but I doubt the majority of writers are as self-absorbed as she is.

[@darrionanaya]

Yeah I question a lot....

[@crowthewicked8344]

The fact that people WANT relationships like that (A la Joker and Harley Quinn) makes me worry for us.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@virtue Everyone should, because it means that children are being given unrealistic expectations about how they should be living their lives and teaches them to normalize abuse.

[@raccoonclub9510]

Some fanfiction should just stay as fanfiction and this is a prime example of that rule. Plus out of ALL things that are being written on Wattpad, the story with the most bland, boring and overused plot was chosen to have a movie adaptation? There are literally hundreds if not thousands stories that are more interesting and engaging than After

[@sleepysera]

But they are less popular. When they make a movie, they want a big loyal fanbase that will definitely watch the movie to start with.

[@PrincessPheonix06]

@@sleepysera but there are some featured ones and those arnt movies

[@heyjosieposie6394]

Maya Andino but after is the most read book on all of Wattpad. Do I agree there are hundreds of better books there, like nova terra, enchanted rapture etc? Yes. But it does fit into the marketing strategy to adapt the book that comes with the most recognition.

[@ange8295]

Honestly don’t know why that crappy cliche book got so many people interested. Hardon is just an asshole and there’s no reason to even like him, he has no redeeming qualities and has the personality of burning garbage.

[@jemiialii]

Apparently Anna Todd made this fanfic when she was 24 and lied to her readers that she was 16 or 18. Not only that, if you go back and do some simple math, she was lusting over a 19-year-old Harry Styles at the time. I’m not sure but I think she was married at the time and she had a lot of time in her hands which led to After being created 🤢😔.

[@noahbossier1131]

Cue the vomit

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

She also got blocked by Harry on Twitter

[@nikachan5425]

I read on Wikipedia that she married when she was 18, so yes she was in fact married for several years when she wrote this :/

[@tiat3137]

Not saying that whole thing isn't bizarre but I don't think 24 and 19 is that bad an age difference. No one would blink twice if the genders were reversed.

[@friendlyghosthost1830]

Tia T where are you from? People would absolutely think it’s weird if a twenty four year old man was lusting after a nineteen year old girl (at least the none creepy ones).

[@nerovilio]

I’m going to say what is on everybody’s mind. The actor and the actress look like siblings. No one can deny it.

[@elisamozo3808]

They have the same eyebrows and maybe the same eyes, but I don’t see much likeness other than that

[@silashurd3597]

Yeah don’t you find it fascinating when couples look like they could be siblings? It’s very interesting

[@VitaNewbo]

My brother and sistet were actually mistaken for a couple in public. They weren't even doing anything romantic, just talking on a swingset. All I can say is people are weird, bro. The people who asked if they were dating gave them a "Oh, so its like That" look for literally no reason.

[@genocider9782]

Fr, and i know twins who have more differences in appearances.

[@TurtleGamers1]

Lmao at teen "romantic" movies that idolize abusive relationships. I don't think the women writing these stories have been in an abusive relationship because if they had been they wouldn't be romanticizing it lmao

[@seph1109]

Fr

[@scarlet2847]

The teen movies AFTER this one gotta be really bad.

[@icheckered]

This pun is so bad it deserves a like

[@itspienoon7883]

So coming to this conclusion, I've made a ranking list of the most abusive love interests in Netflix's teen romance movies: 1. Hardin from After 2. Noah from Kissing Booth 3. Sierra Hamburgers 4. Milk Boi from Tall Girl

[@destini3264]

There was another series of books that was a harry styles fan fic called secret and the guy in those books was far worse than Hardin lol I know that sounds crazy and I can't remember his name but he was so verbally and emotionally abusive he literally made "the love of his life" extremely depressed and suicidal but you know he excused it with " my childhood was bad".🤦

[@itspienoon7883]

@@destini3264 someone really needs to separate pens from every Wattpad writer ever

[@honestly1451]

@@destini3264 I also remember one fanfic where the main girl had Louis as her brother, and Harry was a friend of Louis. But somehow the girl and Harry end up together, Louis gets pissed, I think Harry hits Louis for getting pissed at harry for taking his sister. The sister gets pissed off at Louis too, goes to live with Harry, Harry reveals to be an asshole who abuses physically and verbally this girl, they have a lot of fights, I don't remember what happens exactly but the girl always goes back to Harry. This seems to be a theme..

[@destini3264]

@@honestly1451 oh my gosh 😂 I remember reading that too

[@kin1562]

honestly? there seems to be a lot of these

[@unclenought6385]

I hated this movie! It’s why Wattpad books should never have mainstream attention! The main character is bland and just a terrible person, so all you can feel for her is apathy at best and hatred at worst, the guy is also controlling borderline abusive but his dad isn’t nice so he’s excused apparently, all the other characters are only there to cause pointless conflict within the story and not to have actual personalities. Also this video is 23hrs old at the time of writing and I got the notification for it 5 mins ago... c’mon KZbin... I pay for this stuff.

[@realfromtherealreality4148]

Sad that Wattpad turned out to have such a shitty reputation. It wasn't that bad at first and you can still find cool stories but yeah... Why are these type of stories the most popular ? ;^; (I even saw the original fanfiction version of this movie but I didn't bother to read it ! XD)

[@trinaq]

I agree, why do problematic Wattpad stories featuring bland, mismatched couples get greenlit for godawful Netflix teen romps?! 📖🤦🏻‍♀️

[@unclenought6385]

Trina Q it’s like they want their young and impressionable mostly female audience to think that abusive controlling “bad boys” with money are attractive so that they can keep the flame of capitalism and misogyny alive and continue to profit off of it

[@unclenought6385]

Real From The Real Reality I know. Wattpad can be a place for talented novice writers who maybe wouldn’t make it with mainstream publishing to have their work seen and appreciated. I’ve read so many quirky and amazing stories from people who just write as a hobby or haven’t had the opportunity to get published. But then there’s the OTHER side of badly written fanfics where the only point of the story is for the main characters to get together in various levels of intimacy and cringe. I don’t understand the interest of writing about a real person that may (for some god forsaken reason) read your work about them. Makes me feel gross.

[@mrs.katsukibakugou115]

It's been 5 years and I'm still waiting for The Badboy and the Tomboy or The Last Virgin Standing to be a movie because that's how the badboy demographic is supposed to be done, make us care for the characters, make the girl have commonsense and most importantly, make the badboy likeable. Not a piece of shit

[@schwarzerritter5724]

The problem with: "He's different around me", is the whole problem! The only reason he treats you well n o w is because he feels the need to impress you. Soon he will treat you like crap just like he does everyone else.

[@asacarmichael9724]

That actor looks like a creepy mix between Hayden Christensen and the guy who played Edward in Twilight.

[@zuttoaragi8349]

... Just so you know, I'm sending you my therapy bills for that mental image.

[@olezka_dostoevsky]

No no no no no do not bring Hayden nor Robert into this they don't deserve it

[@mercedesschiappapietra2852]

His accent sounds so fake which is weird cause it's real

[@lokischild5170]

Wait WHAT.

[@FillaneAmmisto]

Was I the only teen girl who was rather afraid of those weird obsessive, controlling bad boys? I feel so

[@justicedreams]

Nope, me too

[@sam3562]

No, I'm afraid of them too. I never want to meet that kind of a person.

[@itspienoon7883]

Nope, me too, especially when you read the Wattpad version, where Hardin makes Christian Grey look better in comparison

[@gunterlehzen214]

i felt that way too. i never got the appeal of bad boy clichés lols

[@kin1562]

feel so w h a t

[@angelacausevic7563]

doctor: “you have 17 minutes and 42 seconds left to live” me:

[@nickityler8685]

Can we take a moment to appreciate cj’s dedication to his fan base. He will literally put himself through the worst of cringy films for our entertainment. We are grateful that you spend time analysing these terrible films.

[@squarecross7383]

„We are all hardwired to desire. We can turn it on and we can turn it off“ Correct me if I´m wrong but… I´m pretty sure that „hardwired“ means that you can´t just turn something on and off.

[@predatorasap5040]

Even if that is correct we all know the penis has its own brain

[@michaelkolman8313]

“We’re all hard wired to desire, we can turn it on and we can turn it off” that’s not what hard wired means

[@thatoneguy9582]

soft wired

[@The.Orange.Wizard]

I swear to god that line was in one of Onision’s shitty books.

[@anib8863]

@@The.Orange.Wizard Don't remind me!

[@adhirg]

“we have a switch connected to circumvent the hard wire.”

[@cassiehosh1677]

as a person who actually reads fanfics it's just baffling to me that the always choose the worst source material - i know it's because their popular but i still don't get WHY IF YOU WANT SOMETHING TO WORK WITH AT LEAST GO TO AO3 INSTEAD OF WATTPAD FOR FUCKS SAKE

[@dr.ambiguous4913]

It’s probably a bunch of 14 year old girls who have no understanding of reality that makes these things popular. It’s just unfortunate that there are so many teens and tweens on those grotty websites.

[@herlocksholmes-uv5qw]

AO3 is the place of *GODS*

[@kylemajerczyk8160]

naega cassie hosh Or FanFiction.net There’s a lot of really good stories there. There’s actually a really great Mass Effect series by AmityN7

[@sleepysera]

While the writing quality on AO3 tends to be miles above what you find on wattpad, very little of it deals with subject matters that would be considered easily marketable or safe for TV. No matter which fandom you look at, the amount of psychological trauma, all forms of abuse, extreme kink, mental issues and non-standard gender identities and sexualities and so on is absolutely staggering. It is MUCH harder to find a popular enough heteronormative little story you can make a few quick bucks with by turning it into a movie on AO3 because of that. But that is what sells and doesn't scare investors off, and unlike AO3, wattpad is full of that, so that's where they look for the next big thing.

[@tanukimika]

@@sleepysera this is so true it hurts, Ao3 has much higher quality writing than most of wattpad stuff, but it also has a ton of stuff that movie directors wouldn't find suitable for the target audience they're aiming for, and they wouldn't make the easy money these trashy movies make. It's honestly really sad

[@Flamme-Sanabi]

And next they'll make a movie based on a fanfiction about Markeplier and PewDiePie to finally get the PewdiePie-Markeplier porn.

[@AFarmerCalledChicken]

And it'll be Mpreg just to spice things up.

[@johnnydoe6325]

I'm pretty sure those already exist...If you look hard enough.

[@Flamme-Sanabi]

@gamewizard I At least no movie.

[@annulizbeth]

Nah it's probably going to be jacksepticeye x Markiplier...

[@kin1562]

gamewizard I as someone who read so many of these, you are right

[@voodoodummie]

imagine if this movie was well written and the end was about her breaking the romantic illusion and getting out of this abusive relation. She dug a hole and has to dig herself out. THAT would be a premise that could go a distance.

[@AndreasR86]

I'm baffled by how many stupid versions of what is essentially "Beauty and the Beast" people can make.

[@johngreen8921]

They replace the innocence and charm with abuse and sex

[@RobertFithen]

This is the only channel that makes me literally laugh out loud. No need to apologize to all of America for the accent, just South Carolina.

[@eddiedingle767]

Funny enough, it was filmed in Atlanta

[@trinaq]

Ditto, I'm not even from America, and I laughed out loud at his American drawl! 🇺🇸😂

[@justanormalpersonwholovesm8337]

As someone from South Carolina there’s no need to apologize. Trust me a lot of us talk like that

[@jacksona1049]

harry's character is just a compilation of everything on r/imfourteenandthisisdeep

[@Tombuglol]

Fifty shades of grey but on a Subway Sandwich budget.

[@KR-ue1gd]

Thank you for the following bright spots in my day: > Your "American" accent > "Christian Beige" > Reminding me of your hilarious "Super Seducer" livestream

[@gregtitizian2760]

His name is literally hard on. You know it’s gonna be a good movie when you see that

[@taten007]

These people who make “teen movies” are so out of touch, that even my teen sister who is as basic as it can get, finds them not even laughably bad. Are these people who make these movies even human beings? Aliens pretending to act human? That’s a real question no cap.

[@ArdonTHS]

I don't even think aliens are the reason why, as I'm pretty sure aliens know that real humans do not act like the "humans" in teen movies. In all seriousness, the reason why is because these movies are easy money. These types of movies are cheap to make and require no effort to produce. It's why these movies are filled with cliches, plot holes, unlikable characters, and unsettling implications (especially with this movie being based on a fucking FANFICTION). Plus, even if the target audience hates them, it doesn't matter in the end because the studios that make them and the companies that distribute them get to reap all the rewards, A.K.A. (obtaining the viewer's money). So, to the film companies and studios, it means nothing if their target audience hates or shit talks their movies, if making these movies means getting tons and tons of money, then it's absolutely justified to them.

[@sleepysera]

Most of these fanfiction-based movies were written by actual teen girls, including this one. So in a way, they are the exact opposite of "out if touch" - they are the actual fantasies of lonely teen girls. But that's the thing - they are *fantasies* and not reality. And I think most teens are aware that fantasy and reality do not tend to overlap, and the sexy bad boy won't fall for you and change his ways if you are a boring basic wallflower with no other interests than books in real life. I'm not saying no one on wattpad has an actual boyfriend because ofc that would be silly, but the readers wattpad in general and these teenage heartthrob AU fanfics in specific attract, tend to be of a certain kind. Maybe your sister just isn't one of them.

[@Theendman42]

@@sleepysera People only change if they want to change. No relationship is ever going to change someone unless that person wants it to change them.

[@cartooncritique6625]

@kinky chocolate A grown-ass woman who's apparently a creepy stalker.

[@corvus1374]

Is this aimed at the same audience who thinks that Edward in Twilight's stalkerism is romantic?

[@dinerosainphar8610]

Probably

[@Markcus003]

Absolutely

[@Xehanort10]

Yep. 50 Shades is a worse Twilight and After's a worse 50 Shades.

[@annabanana7659]

Yes.

[@cartooncritique6625]

At least Edward had the excuse of being a vampire.

[@SuperiorStudios]

Girls growing up on these movies are gonna get messed up

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

They're the ones writing them, too.

[@sylvatica7683]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio It's bad enough that a teenage girl feels like this is romance and writing this stuff. But that a studio full of adult people who should have the maturity and sense that this is not romantic but abusive behavior is producing this bs... I don' t blame the teenage girl, I blame the studio

[@shriyanv4407]

@@sylvatica7683 But that kaching-ching is more important to studios

[@flxwercxrpse1871]

Sylva Tica the author was like 22 when she wrote this though.....not a teenage girl.

[@SuperiorStudios]

flxwercxrpse so this is what they really REALLY want, very telling

[@frenchiestfry9045]

The second you said that they were making a sequel I froze up and a lump appeared in my throat. I’m 14, and me and my friends have attempted to watch this twice at sleepovers as a joke and we never managed to get even half way through, it’s that bad. I applaud you for not literally vomiting.

[@sunnybffr]

this reminded me that fifty shades of grey was started out as a twilight fanfiction... the trauma never ends

[@Royal__Kitsune]

I remember there was a bit in this movie where Harden compares himself to Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights. And if THAT isn't the most OBVIOUS *Red Flag* yet in this movie. I dont know what is

[@izzyy6469]

The director probably watched wuthering heights 1992 and cast Hero to impersonate his uncle’s heathcliff lol

[@user-pg9sw2td7w]

A character that *potentially* shagged his dead *potential* half sisters body. And he *potentially* murdered his *potential* half brother It’s a bit of a stretch but some critics have run with this interpretation. He’s a vengeful twat regardless you just wouldn’t want to compare yourself to him

[@Royal__Kitsune]

I mean fron what i know about heathcliff & harden. they're both c*nts itd be absolutely ridiculous if he compared himself to romeo or some actually decent love story protagonist

[@night-seeker666]

@@Royal__Kitsune While Christian Beige is worse, Romeo is far from a decent character.

[@Royal__Kitsune]

@@night-seeker666 Sorry foe the uber late rply but you're right i guess idk much about Romeos character but i merely used him as an example

[@t.r2603]

My only thoughts: "Wattpad has a film studio?!?"

[@Myth_or_Mystery76]

*Boyfriend runs over girlfriend in jealous rage* “I’m coming out of my shell!!”

[@oliharrison9488]

I was shocked to find out that harden (the male lead) is British why does he sound like he’s faking his own accent lmao

[@mariaemiliadesi1275]

When the book was all over in my country, there was a friend of mine who loved it and told me to read it. I read the summary and was like "another broken bad boy meets good girl? Heck no", so i decided to skip on the fun. Turns out that the friend that recommended me the book found herself a boyfriend and doesn't let him go, even to the bathroom. She even accepted him telling her not to use dresses cause they exposed her too much. Bottom line, this books are seriously damaging people

[@catarinacorreia2747]

"Christian Beige" I can't.... I can't stop laughing

[@child9836]

beige

[@catarinacorreia2747]

@@child9836 Thank you

[@thechannelmelynx9435]

I as an american can indeed say that everyone talks like that. Points for accuracy, well done.

[@issamykelz3531]

Yeah idk what everyone is talking about, he talks better american than like 90% of the people I know

[@magicrectangleEnt]

The American accent wasn't perfect or anything, but it was on track for sure. Wasn't clear if he was going full Texan or not lol

[@butterballporkbunthetoymak]

There’s a lot of good original stories on Wattpad buried in the mountains of shit. But if you wanna read fanfics go to AO3.

[@真冬-c6f]

AO3 is gay tho

[@mrs.katsukibakugou115]

Fact: all the good stories are never recommend even when I search with the freaking name! Wattpad has died

[@espurrhoodie1290]

AO3 has some good fanfics (with my personal favorite being Memoirs of the Holy War by Katriona_Subasa, a fan-made novellization of the game Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War), but even I agree there are some shitters on that site. But there's shitters in every medium, so.

[@butterballporkbunthetoymak]

Kiddie XCX I know I write original books on Wattpad but my god is it filled to the brim with trash.

[@morgoth_bauglir]

There's literally one wattpad story that I've liked in the past month, and it's Trust Fund by skunkberry99. Read it btw, it's really good

[@luckyspurs]

When authors start making up versions of abuse that don't exist in the real world, simply because the abusive character they're lusting after simply hasn't enough abusive traits already.

[@nateds7326]

I think hollywood screenwriters have legitimately forgotten the difference between the "hunky bad boy" and the "complete douchebag who has no redeeming qualities who happens to be hot"

[@Xehanort10]

They think a rebellious bad boy who doesn't do as he's told and an obsessive control freak are the same thing. They're not.

[@yttrash565]

The ideal bad boy is one who spits in a cop's face then jumps into a river to save a kitten

[@dreamxrbby4125]

The worst part is that there’s a second movie coming out

[@aldenwashington3285]

I can’t wait to watch it and laugh at how bad it is.

[@Messwithmitchie]

why the hell 😑

[@noahbossier1131]

@@Messwithmitchie because when this movie was released in theaters it grossed a crap ton of money and teenage girls loved the crap out of it.

[@bethanyoneal5789]

Oh dear god

[@앤젤]

Noah Bossier how and why do they like this piece of garbage.

[@athanasia791]

I remember reading After when I was a Wattpader, wondering why it was so popular : Terrible writing, bad grammar and one-dimensional characters. That and the glorified emotional abuse made me want to hit my laptop's screen. I believe After is so popular just because it's a Harry Styles fanfiction, nothing more. I then realised that Wattpad is full of terrible stories with bad boys and one-direc fanfiction that make you want to throw up. Avoid Wattpad folks, for your own sanity.

[@athanasia791]

@Moonwa La Worgen Jesus so true. I used to write a rants book about Wattpad (especially the awful werewolf stories, cliches and plagiarism) and a book reviews. Wattpad is full of creepy 1-D and Justin Bieber fanfics, along with ridiculous bad boys and mafia love stories. Wattpad is no place for a sane brain. Speaking of which, wattpaders can't take criticism. It happened to me more than once, but the fans attacked me and a few authors called me a cyber bully. Wattpad also deletes you if you criticise them or touch their precious authors. I legit shared what a popular author said to me, exposing her narcissistic behaviour but not mentioning her name, and got deleted by the site because she had more than 250k followers. Wattpad isn't a safe place and there is no freedom of speech there. Don't use it. Total waste of time. And from what I've heard from a friend who still uses it, the site has become worse.

[@jemiialii]

Sophia L I remember making a comment at the end of the third book of After saying the story was garbage and so many teenage girls were giving me shit for saying it was garbage. When I explained why it was garbage, they still were on my case for calling it garbage 🤦🏻‍♀️. After that experience, I decided to no longer read anything from Wattpad anymore.

[@athanasia791]

@@jemiialii you did a good thing. I personally boycott Wattpad since they treat their users like trash. The bad boys stories dominate the what's hot list like crazy. And the stories' lovers attack you when you say you dislike the story. It's insane.

[@mophead_xu]

theres an indonesian equivalent to After, called Dear Nathan. similar trope and tragic backstory (at least i think so; DN was a hot topic for a hot minute so i knew what was going on, and had a movie adaptation as well. After though, i only know bits and pieces about it from videos like these). i was trying to write teenfic, so looked up the top teenfic list on wattpad, tried reading Dear Nathan to get a feel of whats popular amongst the Youth™. couldnt even finish the first chapter lmao.

[@mophead_xu]

also, in me experience, best way to find good stories to read is through connection, not algorithm. it's a broken record at this point, but there *_are_* good, well written stories on wattpad. but since theyre often buried, not to mention scarce, best way to find other stories like those is to find at least ONE author who did the job well and whose story ye liked, then look through their personal reading list. there'll still be garbage amongst them, but the gems will be easier to find that way bc usually capable authors read stories from other capable authors/befriend them. so thats one way.

[@thunderclanwarrior1253]

It's stuff like this that gives fanfics a bad rep and while there is... a *massive* cesspool of fics to sift through a lot are very good. And what I mean by 'bad rep' is I get really uncomfortable telling people I write them because I don't want it to be assumed that I write things like... this. It's my passion for writing fanfics that helped me realize I'm meant to create things. I love experimenting. That being said, I'm not the best and I'm still learning, but that's what I love about fics. I get to test my creativity by coming up with new stories about books I love. So... here's to the amazing fics, the ones that are long or short but tell amazing stories which you binge in mere hours. Here's to the great fics, which still have something to improve on but are ultimately going places. Here's to the abandoned fics and the authors that write them. We love you, miss you, and hope you're doing well. Here's to the questionable-but-helped-scratch-an-itch fics that helped sate our desires for more content about stories or characters we love. And here's to the bad fics. The ones that are entertaining to watch be a mess, either by design or misguided ideas. Thanks for being here. We learned a lot.

[@petitluna2571]

The author was 23 yrs old when she wrote “After”. Bruh...

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

I wrote better fanfics when I was in high school, and mine were never even finished.

[@stocktonlord24]

The fact that the girl’s boyfriend is way better looking than b-tier Adrian Grey is god damn beautiful.

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

I actually think both are attractive and do find Mr. English boy more attractive, but the overall personality that the her bf had made him ultimately more attractive. Just felt bad for his character tbh

[@NewOrderOfAlexandria]

@@terra_the_nightingale135 these terrible teen dramas always have a nice guy being fucked over for some reason, it only makes the "bad boy" more unlikable lmao

[@mrs.katsukibakugou115]

This movie is an abomination. I read the book and I hated it. I watched the movie and I wanted to scratch my damn eyes out. After is fifty shade of gray rewritten

[@hoppinghessien]

How much do you have to hate yourself to read the book and watch the movie?

[@mrs.katsukibakugou115]

@@hoppinghessien I hate myself a lot I could've used that time to play overwatch but I read the book

[@Markcus003]

@@mrs.katsukibakugou115 ok buddy just relax I'm sure someone out there needs you.

[@kin1562]

Kiddie XCX bro i was gonna okay Overwatch but now I’m gonna go read the book & watch the movie

[@Allegruu]

Fun Fact: In the books Harden was dared to make her fall in love with him + take her viginity and when he succeded he KEPT THE SHEET with her blood on it... And he showed it to all of his friends as proof.

[@abigase135]

!!!

[@laurettagilbert2229]

That is absolutely d i s g u s t i n g what the fuck

[@sneha7910]

That's so disgusting and creepy

[@Emeraldkyber]

*S H O T G U N T I M E*

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

It's also ridiculously inaccurate considering it was written by a grown up woman Having sex for the first time doesn't always break hymen because, surprise surprise, every woman is different and if her lover is cautions enough it doesn't have to happen It means two things: a) Harden and his friends knows nothing about female biology b) he deliberately fuck her hard so there would be an evidence Idk which possibility is worse

[@amoolyavinjamur8616]

YES I WAS HOPING YOU'D REVIEW THIS MY FRIENDS AND I CRIED THROUGH THE WHOLE MOVIE BECAUSE WE WERE LAUGHING SO HARD

[@alyssapinon9670]

I made my friend hate watch it with me and it was so much fun. I want to hate watch the sequel too but all of my friends were done with after’s stupidity by that point

[@pealrz]

Gosh I can't believe they broke the Golden rule🤦‍♀️ what happens in wattpad stays in wattpad...

[@holpaer]

This channel is like: British man tortures himself watching terrible movies, reviewing them and sometimes not even getting paid for it

[@bertimusprime7900]

So, here’s what’s happening that causes all of these movies: the authors are always women, and without having any understanding of it, they are Subs, like-to-be-demeaned subs, but they also want to be loved, and they don’t understand that in a Dom/Sub relationship that that dynamic can exist. These women are instead spreading the idea that actual abusive relationships are just fine. They need to get dominated by someone who knows what they’re doing and can teach them what it’s actually all about. But good luck to any Dom who tries it because these women will get attached like one of their protagonists.

[@fuziontonygaming]

The bad thing is that they actually see it acceptable

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

These kind of fics always seem to ignore Rule Zero: Safe, Sane, Consentual. ESPECIALLY Consentual for some horrifying reason. This whole movie and especially the books are particularly horrible about that.

[@bertimusprime7900]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Exactly, and it stems from lacking even the barest speck of knowledge of anything even remotely BDSM.

[@wearelegallyrequiredtoeatd3580]

That... Actually explains a lot, so basically these women have a fetish that they have no idea how to deal with so they write shitty fanfic and then get lucky and these horrible movies get made? Holy fuck, this just makes me more worried for how the BDSM community is seen, and worried for inexperienced Subs that might bump into abusive Doms. They'll think this is what a Dom/Sub relationship is like so they won't recognize the abuse and might get stuck in a toxic relationship with a Dom that doesn't respect them

[@fightingmedialounge519]

I doubt that prime especially since these typically do point the suspicious behavior from the heroines. What's more likely us that they love drama and knows that it sells, so they make their relationships as toxic and dramatic as possible in order to get attention and have fun

[@tiredbean7066]

I can't believe one of my friends WROTE A FANFICTION ABOUT A FANFICTION sshjhshs I hate it here

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

DETAILS.

[@tiredbean7066]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio it was like in November /December of 2019 and I only read like one chapter, but I don't really remember what it was about. also, I don't think she published it anywhere haha

[@quietfangirl-_-7394]

@Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 365 Days (On Netflix) is based on 50 Shades, and 50 Shades is based on Twilight....kinda close... -_-

[@cinemint]

As an American, I can say with complete honesty that we adore when non-Americans speak with an American accent because we ourselves like making fun of our accent - please feel free to do a cheesy American accent whenever you feel like it, it made my day

[@marcelgardner8497]

Did anyone else just play videogames, hang out with friends , and enjoy the occasional school dance during their teenage years? It couldn't just be me right?