Why are TOXIC relationships so romantic in Movies

[@killbot1974]

Ah, the Twilight saga. The story of one young woman's struggle to choose between beastiality, or necrophilia.

[@vixen420]

YES! 😂

[@jonathanathor117]

We can all unite as humanity and hate this movie. Hence world peace.

[@Raccon_Detective.]

Thanks you made me hate this movie even more.

[@Bagel77]

69th like 👏

[@akilcharles3473]

Beastichrophilia!?

[@Raccon_Detective.]

If Edward looked like a 50 year old bald man this romantic franchise would become a horror franchise.

[@zencyn4682]

In another timeline, he looks like Nosferatu

[@PhillyCh3zSt3ak]

Just remember, if 50 Shades was based in a trailer park and the guy wasn't hot, it'd be an episode of Criminal Minds or CSI.

[@fjparasite1172]

Friday the 13. Jason. XD

[@joshelliott1826]

Having lived in those kind of trailer parks, the dude would have kids with 6 women, who all fight each other for who loves him most. Have you not seen Jerry Springer? Lol

[@Slitheringpeanut]

@@joshelliott1826 That's staged, always been.

[@xaviercopeland2789]

@@Slitheringpeanut no, I have seen people I know in real life end up on that show.

[@tenshi.kurama]

Ppl willing to take more risks if the guy brings more to the table and honestly if a billionaire wants you and you bring nothing really that's a red flag Gonna wake up in a street missing a kidney

[@Steroyd666]

Feminist Twitter: "We need to get rid of toxic masculinity" Women in mainstream: "Oh ma gawd, Twilight, 50 Shades and that Reylo pairing in Star Wars is like the best thing evaaaaah!"

[@knightmarespawn2690]

The second one sounds like something HeelsvsBabyface would say in his "bestest evah!!" voice.

[@Enchie]

I will never understand this modern world.

[@hirthviktor3215]

Im too old for this shit Im 17 btw

[@windghost2]

I really HATE Reylo so much. FinnXRey would've worked better for the relationship of the sequel trilogy.

[@Steroyd666]

@@windghost2 It would have been a less abusive relationship sure, but it would have been an owner and her loyal dog type relationship, Finn needed a full re-work of a character for it to not be a terrible pairing for different reasons.

[@blackdude6324]

Imagine actually having a relationship

[@Reaperlevii]

Mhm..

[@expervds02992]

IKR 😂

[@TallWomenEnjoyer]

BILLY says IKR

[@omegamecha7666]

Couldnt be me

[@littlesparrow303]

Honestly me this week!! Like I was close to going out w/ my crush before Covid. Now I’m not sure if it’s still a good time to try to start cause the way things are going

[@Yon-km3hk]

Honestly I think what is sad is that Joker and Harley, not the suicide squad version, is one of the best written toxic, abusive, and manipulative relationships ever to the point the general populace mistakes them as a great couple when really they are the best worst couple and its nice to see in the comics at least that harley finally moved away from him and joker has kept going strong as an amazing villain.

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

@Mandalorian Patriot in the DCAU it took him getting killed by Tim Drake and her pretty much faking her death to fully cut ties with the guy.

[@BeniTora]

I worry about people who glamorize them as a couple. Or the ones that get angry that Harley hates him now. I'm happy that in some comics and she and Ivy are in a healthy relationship.

[@TheMichaelStott]

Does anyone remember Twilight Mums (Moms for U.S people☺)40-50 year old women wearing their team Edward or Team Jakob T shirts? Yeah that wasn't cringy at all

[@metroplier8392]

Oof, that was cringe

[@kyrajones62]

One of my friends had a mom like that! I remember in high school when the last movie in the series came out, and the theaters showed all the rest leading up to it. Her mom went with us, and screamed, cried, laughed, and wet herself more than we did.

[@bagel1612]

@@kyrajones62 wha-💀

[@squalleonkeneddyheart4191]

Cuz Toxic Relationships only Look Good in Fiction, you don't wanna experience it or wanna experience it again in IRL

[@deathasuna8909]

“in IRL” 😂😂😂

[@adamrak7560]

According to what I heard about almost every abusive relationship survivor, the highs are incredibly good in such relationships, some victims stay for years, just because the rare highs of the relationship feel so good (make up phase), even if the lows are horrible emotional and physical abuse and manipulation. We only hear about those who got away, so we do not really have any statistics about how many live in an abusive relationship, but I guess that some never get away, because the rare positive feedback makes them believe that taming their partner is just around the corner.

[@NewsofPE]

@@deathasuna8909 in irl life

[@tommyspaghet6877]

@@NewsofPE english: 100

[@ApocalypticCrocodile]

My dream relationship is having a girl who sacrifice herself when I'm almost dead fighting a three headed dragon to give me more power to become a thermonuclear reactor

[@fjparasite1172]

Biolante imo is gorgeous.

[@MinagySan]

Sounds realistic

[@remuslazar2033]

My dream fantasy is to have a girlfriend that cam transform into a dragon (Maleficent style) and protects me

[@jag_rex2412]

Well crap it looks like you got your priorities straight. Of course I'd like that too, and also be the balance of nature or something like that.

[@ultimatevexation8782]

But she blows up your house to do it

[@chillychivy435]

Hollywood movie relationships are in there in own little world where the most crazy of shit could happen and they would still love each other

[@fjparasite1172]

Right? If a girl made me jump through hoops cheat and treat me like carp i wouldn't run after her to the airport.

[@jonathanathor117]

It would be really nice if Hollywood could make a truly realistic romance movie, no bullshit toxic relationships not stupid comedic moments and no cliches, just a realistic relationship that anyone can believe is possible. Is it that hard to make one? Anime does it to an extent so why Hollywood couldn't just emulate them?

[@CLDJ227]

@@jonathanathor117 There probably are some Hollywood romance films like that. 500 Days of Summer comes to mind though it's been a minute since I've seen it lol.

[@Dinoslay]

Its almost like brainwashing.

[@fjparasite1172]

@@jonathanathor117 scott pilgrim vs the world talks about the baggage of every relationship. From both Scott's side and Ramona's. Scott has insecurities because of Envy. Ramona has 7 (superpowered) Evil Exes trying to kill her 8th boyfriend.

[@chronicnightmare.]

“It seems like a book that should never have been published” - Robert Pattinson

[@theunitedcommonwealth715]

He's only saying that probably to keep face with those who hate the movie cowardly move really.

[@galahad3195]

That man is a legend. IIRC, he was high literally the whole time they were filming because Stephanie gave him the creeps.

[@Alteori]

Oh shit wow lol

[@CLDJ227]

@@theunitedcommonwealth715 Robert Patterson has mocked this franchise from day 1. It's good to see that him and Kristen Stewart have moved on to better things in their careers.

[@tenshi.kurama]

The grammer mistakes alone and second how dumb bella is

[@NotMyRealName6]

Least with Beauty and the Beast, the original anyway, you see the cracks in the facade and it isn't an "instant attraction" like it was in the other cases. I say the original because it's less abrupt when the dynamic changes between them than the remake. In the other three cases you cited, it was basically an instant connection to a toxic individual, no hesitation or anything, but at the very least enough time passed for Belle to actually get to know Beast on a personal level and the romance _built up_ instead of a switch flipping. And for the record this sort of thing is why I've basically always _despised_ Harley Quinn as I can admit at this point. Yes, more recent takes in the comics have tried to turn her into a posterchild for domestic abuse, but at the end of the day she's too far gone in the majority of cases. She's a perfect example of Stockholm Syndrome taken to the extreme.

[@littlesparrow303]

Looking back from Twilight as a teen I regret being into it. Seeing how toxic relationships are portrayed in movies makes me become self aware like the Notebook. I’m not even into romantic movies cause it’s not realistic

[@mikzpwnz_3199]

Isn't there a trap in one of the SAW movies that displays a microcosm of the love triangle cliche? It also showed the best ending as both the guys realised that she was just manipulating them both and they "dumped" her.

[@LpsRoseGold]

Honestly, the only romance movies I like are "Brokeback Mountain," "Call me by your name," and "WALL-E." These movies handle the romance aspect correctly, unlike other "Romance films!" (╯ರ ~ ರ)╯︵ ┻━┻

[@cameroncook653]

I can sum up why toxic relationships in media are popular with one of two phrases “its not like I like you or anything b-Baka” or “he’s only mean to you because he likes you” taught to everyone for generations and its a horrifically bad influence on them

[@mediatorraptor3349]

What worst is that some people try to do this in real life. My friend kept being bother by this boy for no reason. When she finally ask him why he was being mean to her, it turns out the boy had crush on her. She had none of this and immediately told him that shouldn't do that.

[@johannanguyen9101]

This is what happens when you confuse obsession and narcicism with love and romance.

[@AntaresTwo6]

Toxic relationships (whether it's a friendship, significant other, etc.) are no joke. One of the many reasons why I always keep my guard up (to a certain degree) with anyone I end up associating with.

[@osets2117]

Girl "God please send me a good guy" God "I did already you put them all in the friend zone"

[@meferswift]

Yeah, nice guy need to learn of what work and what morally accepted.

[@claytonmorris9040]

toxic relations never end well.

[@fjparasite1172]

50 shades would end like the new The invisible man.

[@bashfulbreloom9294]

Finally a new Alteori video I can watch without getting GvK spoiled. Seriously though I can already tell that this video is gonna be gold. I always thought that all these teen girl books and movies were so creepy.

[@Reaperlevii]

Yes.

[@ssharkyplayss2228]

why is everyone ruining it

[@flyinggothicsheer1346]

Ok I disagree with Belle and Beast though. Belle didn't fall in love with beast BECAUSE she was his prisoner. Beast changed , and their relationship wasn't toxic since they enhanced and appreciated the best pieces of eachother.

[@Tallacus]

Buffy and Angel were the true human and Vampire romance, and a man wrote that originally

[@Raccon_Detective.]

Agreed!

[@emberfist8347]

I would give Underworld some credit too even if Micheal and Selene were not 100% Human or Vampire by the end of the second film.

[@ABtheButterfly]

10:08 "a monster that keeps you against your will and refused to let you go" but The Beast DID let Belle go and it was Belle's choice to stay in the castle to take her father's place, she actually did escape but was attacked by wolves and saved by the Beast and she decided to help the Beast get back to the castle and heal his wounds instead of running away leaving him on snowy wolf fill forest and they didn't get along until after the Beast stop acting like a jerk

[@fjparasite1172]

Ok but what did Beast give her??? The library was ALREADY there. He didn't built it from scratch or wrote the books by himself!!!!

[@mattvoelker241]

@@fjparasite1172 do you just walk into people's homes to read their personal libraries? If so please stop.

[@fjparasite1172]

@@mattvoelker241 there's a difference between building a garden with flowers vs saying Here go in.

[@MrSophire]

But she now had control over the library, she can add or subtract the books she wants. Also when he found out that her father was sick, he let her go in the Disney version was about him getting better and growing as a person.

[@insertname3977]

That's actually a false equivalency, choosing to be a prisoner is not the same thing as having bodily autonomy. If a murderer gave you the choice to have your throat slit or your father's, does that mean they're no longer a murderer because you "chose" the outcome?

[@ssharkyplayss2228]

0:00 oh thanks Alteori i didnt plan on sleeping tonight anyways

[@NewsofPE]

why even put a timestamp

[@codynye1268]

It's probably because when something is messed up or broken it makes it even more entertaining watching someone, probably the main character, try to fix it or at least deal with it in any way possible.

[@troodonnetwork]

Movies when the relationship: *P O I S O N D A R T F R O G*

[@radexyz-fx8ix]

B O X J E L L Y F I S H

[@bloodknightazodrac9224]

CONE-SNAIL!!

[@ДмитроДорофеєв]

MALEPLATYPUS

[@anubisgodess2353]

I remember when Twilight first came out my mother completely banned the entire series from me because at that time I guess I was still able to cling and copy certain films actions and she was deadly afraid I'd end up like Bella.🤣🤣😂

[@eternallylearning2811]

Did she point your copying out and actually explained why she was censoring it

[@anubisgodess2353]

@@eternallylearning2811 nope she just straight up avoided me from watching it. She even had the novels in *PLAIN SIGHT* the whole collection, she never bothered to hide them cuz ig she knew I wouldn't read them but still she never let me cuz she was afraid id copy bella and be crazy depressed an jump infront of a car in hope a vamp boy may save me.🤣😂

[@eternallylearning2811]

@@anubisgodess2353 okay I guess it would have been an awkward conversation as an kid

[@LoneSilverW0lf]

Smart woman.

[@GNackers53]

This is almost the same kind of situation with guys in various forms of media. The girls in these shows/games/manga can be as toxic as they want to their love interest and would rarely be called out by their significant other. Heck, they could even put them through an experience similar to the holocaust, and they'd still spend a majority of their time trying to prove their love for them. Case in point: the relationship between Keiichi and Naru from Love Hina. Naru abused, beats up, and demeans Keiichi for the slightest of unintentional incidents, and he still does everything he can to show how much he cares for her. This is a problem on both sides of the spectrum.

[@flibbernodgets7018]

I like the part in HISHE's take on Twilight where he waits too long and she turns into a vampire and immediately she's like "WHOOOOOoooh! Let's go eat some PEOPLE!" Like maybe she was the psychopath all along.

[@shuckeegaming]

You just opened up a whole new perspective for me on women. Thank you.

[@keeysOST]

I remember having this conversation with my sister. I feel like a lot of girls that are still young genuinely find this attractive for some reason, but I really hope most grow out of it because toxic relationships aren't sexy at all.

[@theironmecha5612]

I could have gone the rest of my life without remembering twilight ever existed, now the memories of my sisters constantly forcing me to watch it with them are coming back.

[@DylanJo123]

Thank god i only have brothers

[@faking9397]

At this point I’m waiting for the one person who always says no step on snake on this channel

[@dirandrous7682]

He's like Justin Y

[@faking9397]

@@dirandrous7682 yes

[@blah6379]

Ey FaKing!

[@northernnightmare7986]

No step on Snek! 🚫🐍🇺🇸

[@faking9397]

@@blah6379 Hey Blah! 👋

[@whaitjeezus6734]

The movies were similar because 50 shades is literally based on Twilight. it started off as fanfiction and the author changed the names so they could sell the book without getting sued. So yeah. The blank slate character, the powerful hot guy that operates outside of the law... it's the same because it IS the same.

[@eowynsisterdaughter]

The animation on your avatar at 4:16 is perfection. Very insightful breakdown of the dynamics in these relationships.

[@ballsynigga9774]

Boy rob came a long way for shaking off the twilight saga off his back light house is a must watch masterpiece.

[@ichigokurosaki9098]

This is proof that if you are good looking enough as a guy, you will be viewed in a positive light regardless of your actions or morals

[@dennismason3740]

True power does not need to dominate.

[@extraordinarilyordinarygam6935]

It’s probably to normalise some of the horrible things like disrespect and inequality, which really shouldn’t happen

[@michaelfireheart8300]

Ironic, considering most of these stories/films are from women, so you're saying women want to be inequal? I think it's more just hormones overpowering actual love and these stories never being properly filtered, plus the writers never acknowledge the criticism they get.

[@extraordinarilyordinarygam6935]

@@michaelfireheart8300 well, I wouldn’t actually know, I have not watched a romance movie since 2018

[@michaelfireheart8300]

@@extraordinarilyordinarygam6935 I mean just look at most of these stories: Twilight, Fifty Shades Of Grey, Kissing Booth, Sierra Burgess, Tall Girl, True Blood, After and many more are written by either middle aged women or teenage girls. It's genuinely why the romance genre tends to be contributed to being just for girls....

[@FruityHachi]

@@michaelfireheart8300 "so you're saying women want to be inequal? I think it's more just hormones overpowering actual love and these stories never being properly filtered" no it's got more to do with the writers upbringing, if they grew up around toxic relationships that's how their mind is gonna be programmed to view abusive behavior as normal it's something called "repetition compulsion", the human mind seeks what's familiar and wants to repeat familiar patterns the reason the writers don't acknowledge the criticism is because they haven't unpacked their upbringing to see that what kind of things their mind was programmed with were unhealthy behaviors

[@everwildart3563]

How do people even see toxic relationships as romantic? I immediately turned off a movie or show if they portrayed a toxic relationship as "romantic" because it made me uncomfortable. Unless it's for dark humour or comedy, I don't enjoyed these kind of relationships. I'm surprised that many people does, well.. What do I know anyway?

[@stanshatter3875]

Bella gained eternal youth, a half demon baby, and rich just by selling her soul. That mad the movies even weirder.

[@FireheartSamurai]

Welp now I got another reason why I should avoid dating & getting married.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I remember having a huge crush on David Bowie in Labyrinth when I was in high school, and I do realize as an adult how not very appropriate that was (I wrote some real bad fan fiction lmao), but at least in that movie, Sarah rejects him and stays her own person.

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

THANK YOU! Someone finally talking about this prolific problem.

[@TheRavengolden]

I've never liked any of these romances, the trendy ones, the classic. I always preferred romantic comedies, most of the time they're a lot more realistic.

[@fjparasite1172]

Fun fact THE MOST realistic ones i've seen were She's out of my league (a super hot rich girl like an average guy) , Scott pilgrim vs the world (her seven evil exes want to kill him) and The ugly truth (how to get a Chad).

[@MrAranton]

The romcoms I‘ve seen are horror movies if you put yourself into the shoes of the man.

[@veramanuel55]

Let us not forget about the social experiment done on tinder. You had two profiles. A short, ugly, bald man who made pretty good money and came off as a nice person. And the other profile was a hired actor who was tall, handsome, and came off as a bad boy, in this profiles he states that he’s broke... who do ya think got the most matches? Also, when this actor interacted with women he would do and say such demeaning things and women would eat it all up. Where as the other man would be kind and people would ghost him on whatever little matches he had. Then the experiment goes weird... the handsome man starts telling women that he’s a felon and women still keep on trying to persuade him. He then moves on to specifics. He makes up stories about being abusive or being a pedo, and some women even said “everyone makes mistakes.” I have even seen similar things first hand. Women love projects and fixer uppers it seems. If their hypergamy doesn’t kick in to want to be with a rich dude, they go for very questionable men... That’s why when bella says “i don’t care” about the fact that he had killed people, a desperate woman who doesn’t get the attention from a highly attractive man, would throw all the extras aside and want to sleep with him... That’s just how we’re wired.

[@ichigokurosaki9098]

Facts

[@silverwizardess7921]

"Going twinkle twinkle is how you get the girls to drop them panties." Best line ever. 😂

[@LoneSilverW0lf]

“If his heart isn’t beating, then how does he get blood down to his … dish soap?” Made me laugh good. She is just great at this.

[@jobdiaz6262]

Alteori has entered relationship guru mode

[@DNation-jd3ns]

Literally every relationship in Bojack Horseman

[@igbotimehopper64yearsago46]

Except peanut butter and Diane

[@grelly_chan8401]

I remember watching Twilight as a kid and feeling so out of place with my friends cause I was the only one that saw Edward as creepy not romantic in the slightest and Jacob was as just as bad and wondering why Bella would even want to be in a relationship with these guys

[@jgr7487]

Alteori, check the story of the guy who used the pictures of a super-hot male model on his Tinder profile & sent weird & creepy messages to women left and right. he got all the matches he wanted & was unmatched less than 3 times. the supposed hot guy would start convos with "wanna smash" or stuff like that & got all the numbers he wanted.

[@ichigokurosaki9098]

Blackpill evidence

[@mrhatnclogs2391]

I'm so happy ya made this video, I've thought about this so much, especially with the whole Joker and Harley Quinn trend after Suicide Squad. Some sad shit to see

[@Das112293]

Characters development and to understand their background, where they are coming from. Anyway, another great video, Alteori, I like it, see you in the next one.

[@claws2129]

Oh I can hear the hate that's going to hit this channel. Can't speak raw truth like this without people coming for you. 😅

[@lyravain6304]

This has gone on long before Harley Quinn or Twilight. Do I need to remind you of Buffy's "romance" with Angel -and in particular her statement that when he kisses her, she wants to die? Truly, a relationship meant to last.

[@njalsand133]

Fantasies are very weird like that, but a fair point you are making

[@lucasfraczek4320]

Like I'm ALL FOR problematic couples where it's two idiots causing mischief and chaos, or one idiot and their impulse control, but a full on toxic relationship where both people are just shit not meant for each other? MMMMM GONNA NEED TO RETHINK YOUR LIFE CHOICES CHIEF!

[@kvar8205]

I was not ready for this vid especially what alteori was talking about

[@gendygoblin8391]

Haha it is always fun to see people point out the shit movies do all the time. Great video!

[@rickrogan2355]

I love Cars and Cars 2. I know they are stupid and nonsensical but I don't care. I loved them as a kid and love watching them even now.

[@Titanusrex1616]

Cars is not a stupid movie, now Cars 2 that’s a stupid movie

[@mediocri5y]

@@Titanusrex1616 how dare you

[@Titanusrex1616]

@@mediocri5y Yeah I said it! Cars 2 is a stupid movie!

[@mrporbig]

i haven't been watching for a while, did you become more comfortable with your natural voice or is it just me?

[@Ivan-xk4uy]

That’s why modern men and women believe that pain is love 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@melodyofloveinblood]

Altiori you are always right!

[@wolfboy18]

The Twilight Books are 50 Shades fanfiction made for teens. Also if I as a guy had to choose between a Vampire and a Werewolf; I'd choose the Pack Creatures, less likely to be abusive.

[@sandywolfr26]

Actually 50 shades of grey did start as twilight fan fiction. That why the characters are basically Bella and Edward but human and adults.

[@wolfboy18]

@@sandywolfr26 Uhm no? I think Twilight came after? I don't fricking care both are terrible movies that are really only made for stupid malleable Tweens and Teens. Just my opinion. Cute pfp btw.

[@jmdevon5117]

I'm a novelist as well and I write romantic\drama novels, that's why I don't write my lead males as bad boys I am tired of seeing it.

[@kryshunter]

Found your channel today, now I'm hooked.

[@made-line7627]

Edward "I've killed people before". Bella "It does not matter". Bella "You've _killed_ people, Jake!". Jacob "We're not killing anyone, Bella'...'The only thing we do kill...vampires". 👁👁

[@lukebeich]

To be fair, Belle and the beast is a little more different from the other examples because the subtext, I think, is about taming the beast and literally "making a man out of the beast" which figuratively means changing "your man" into something you like. Gaston is the antagonist there because while you can argue that it's also a "beast", he cannot be tamed and he will never change for Belle, therefore he is a bad partner.

[@emberfist8347]

Also Gaston is the type of dude who never takes no for answer. Beast gave her the chance to leave to save her dad even when it risked him being stuck as a monster for the rest of his life.

[@enjolireyes643]

The five people who disliked this video got great advice from Uncle Kevin but still refuse to listen!

[@Alteori]

🤣

[@Ironwill902]

Here's another question why can't relationships in entertainment can't be more like Moxie and Millie from Helluva Boss?!?!?!🤔

[@militaristaustrian]

YES

[@mr_doomspire2813]

Yes

[@theunitedcommonwealth715]

You mean Hells equivalent to Bonnie and Clyde ?.

[@militaristaustrian]

@@theunitedcommonwealth715 yes

[@harrybechtle4333]

Or alternatively, Charlie and vaggie

[@Existntlangst]

Stumbled across this channel... Love it! Great content and I love your voice.

[@PLASMA_2005]

Hi Aletori! Edit: keep up the good work!

[@prouddegenerates9056]

Oddly enough, makes me sorta feel better about being alone, like it's preferable to live by yourself instead of with someone who's, so mental they'd use you as a stand in for goals or a personality.

[@khandimahn9687]

Twilight, 50 Shades... these should be WARNINGS, not romantic!

[@UnifiedEntity]

Did myself a service and avoided the Twilight bullshit all together. The way they did Vampires? Yeah, wasn't a fan. Blade and Selena would've had a field day with those sparkling bastards.

[@markcobuzzi826]

Plus, I never cared enough about Twilight to even feel angry at it, for the most part. That was in-part because, if I wanted a good vampire story that blends gothic horror, romance, etc. in both novel and movie format, I was already satisfied with Bram Stoker’s Dracula. For me, the Dracula novel and the Francis Ford Coppola’s film adaptation delivered more on what I would expect from Twilight’s premise. Admittedly, the book’s romance is more between Mina and Johnathan Harker, while the movie puts more focus on Mina and Dracula, which I think could have been pulled off without sacrificing the former. But I digress, and when I put both Stoker’s and Coppola’s versions together, I get a collective experience that would render Twilight obsolete anyway.

[@wlfmanjack]

When it comes to romance, a lot of people get swept away by the passion of the story that the toxic undertones fly under the radar At best, romance stories are mediocre with a few exceptions just a handful of cute flirting between two characters, but often times writers try too hard to create drama while also trying to make the love between the two characters so deep and characters end up doing very shady shit that will put a wedge between the characters but quickly gets swept under the rug because of how in love they are

[@normansoccerref]

This was something I was thinking for a while.

[@QuelSalius]

There's literally nothing realistic about these movies...EXCEPT for the boring/dead-inside females! "Diamonds are a girl's best friend!" and non-caring men...what a combo! It is a "Tale as old as time...", Alteori! Glad that you had that thought at the end!!

[@Vexy7]

You do know 50 shades is a Twilight fanfiction that got laughed at and the author changed names and published it? So giving those 2 as half of examples is weak since one is a direct inspiration of the other. But it's a really nice vid! I don't watch a lot of movies these days since I always lived in the country and we never had a cinema and I never got in the habit and I don't watch TV anymore so it's not really relevant to me but it was good to hear and watch out for when someone drags me out of the house. P.S. I once was visiting my brother and he and his gf put 50 shades. It was so boring to me I walked out halfway through.

[@steveruiz1993]

Hahahaha! Dead inside plain Jane. I love it!!! You have me balling Alteroi!!

[@thesquishedelf1301]

I just found your channel and I love these rants (and the animations)

[@Ntwister]

honest question: do you think the shows caused the the attraction to abusive/unhealthy relationships or was the shows a product of an already existing attraction to abuse? i can never wrap my own head around how anyone can be attracted to abusive/evil people. is it the excitement/uncertainty ? the dominance ? self hatred ? i honestly want to know xD

[@CLDJ227]

To be fair about Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Belle willing gave herself up to save her father, and she only falls for the Beast when he starts to really change and becomes a nicer person. I would recommend watching Lindsay Ellis's video on it. 😎

[@CLDJ227]

@Eric Khai I actually have read the original fairytale, but I do like the disney version too.

[@insertname3977]

Belle didn't willingly give herself up, she made a choice under duress to save her father. It's the same as if you chose to have your throat slit rather than a loved one, it's still someone taking away your bodily autonomy even if you have the "choice".

[@emberfist8347]

Yep it is actually something Lima Syndrome where the captor starts to bond for their captive not the other way around. A good example is Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy who kept Peter to raise him as his son because he was a better dad than Ego would be.

[@CLDJ227]

@@insertname3977 I understand that. I was just mainly saying that in response to the supposed criticism that the beast kidnapped Belle or she tries to fix him or something. This movie I think manages the believability of the romance well.

[@brianlanes4298]

You are now my favorite youtuber. I am going to subscribe.

[@shadowtempest2145]

I think the one thing I enjoy the most about these videos are your expressions 😆

[@dynamosaurusimperious2718]

Cause it adds to the DRAMA in a movie, don't you wouldn't except on real world( or something ) Also this was a great Alteori video( and wish y'all the best Sunday. )

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

That first few seconds of the video scarred me

[@unkemptjargon91]

It actually makes sense. Since 50 shaded started out as Twilight fan fiction so Christian and Edward are really the same person

[@shinkiro648]

The bigger picture is often challenging to grasp and let's be honest ,people want easy ,not hard or challenging. Low risk ,high reward is a fragile idea born from laziness.

[@stepha_F]

Alteori’s opinion on Twilight was mine when I was a teen & remains the same now as an adult😌

[@dramspringfeald]

The Harley Quinn love thing is, she didn't forget her training, according to all the lore for her character, she gets off on psychopaths and super villains. She went into Archam knowing what she was after and got placed with the Joker. She's sort of loosely based off the Manson Girls or the people who are attracted to people like the Joker, Ivy or Knight Wing. Also, most Jokers are in the killing joke arc, where SHE talked him into doing 1 last mission that got his family killed and got him turned into the Joker and he's paying her back for it. But yeah, Harley gets off on that he IS the joker, she's not trying to save/help him, she's just trying to jump his bones.

[@emberfist8347]

The original origin had her be an intern who was in way over her head. It is mentioned at the end that Joker tried to elicit pity by creating a fake backstory to make him sympathetic but according to Batman she is the first to take one at face value.

[@yosoyangle7522]

Not me forgetting to sub months ago and wondering why I wasn't getting video notifications from this channel. Time to catch up on everything

[@saiyanape6015]

Speaking the True . Keep Preaching Girl .... 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 ... Love your Honesty ,,, keep it up 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Ps Joker love Batman , that his Man we all know it

[@bluegaron6225]

Cedric Diggory died so hard in harry potter and the Goblet of fire he lost all his acting skills

[@ATRexNamedBull]

He did better in 5 minutes of screen time between two Harry Potter films than he did in all of Twilight. Still Twilight did one thing right, put him on the road to becoming Batman.

[@theunitedcommonwealth715]

His acting was amazing in twilight so ??.

[@ATRexNamedBull]

@@theunitedcommonwealth715 Yes, but twilight was a shit story.

[@Typicalcs]

He’s Batman now so it was a sacrifice

[@bluegaron6225]

@@Typicalcs im not saying his acting stayed dead just dead for twilight honestly i was Neutral to the twilight phase but to be honest you could have replaced all the vimpares with cardboard and i honestly would not be able to tell the difference. The books says that the vimpares feel emotion more strongly but half the time in the movie it like.. idk im not saying there Terrible actor i just think that twilight wasn't the movie for them

[@redtintedglasses3529]

It's funny to me seeing someone just discovering this. Maybe it's because I'm a guy (so there's no fantasy there), maybe it's because I'm a cynic, but I could tell this was toxic shit right from the beginning. Anyway, I think you hit the nail on the head with the Joker analogy. I think the reason the "bad boy" attraction exists is because it denotes power, for lack of a better word. If you're a nice person (not a Nice Guy™) and get along with everyone, how much of your success is yours? It's not clear, because obviously you had some help. But if you're breaking the rules? If you go against the grain of society and still come out on top (or at least keep fighting), then that just proves how strong and capable you are. And men who are strong and capable are generally more attractive to women, I think, because long, long ago in our evolutionary past, women really did need someone to protect them. Imagine being out on the Savannah and pregnant. If you don't have someone to look out for you, you're going to have a really rough time. Men don't have the same problem, because they don't get pregnant. They're way more superficial, in that sense. The equivalent "toxic relationship trap" for men is "durr, she's hot. What do I care what she does to me?" For an extreme real life disgusting example, look at female teachers sleeping with male students. Way too many commenters on those types of news stories will go "Man, if only I was so lucky when I was a kid!" I think the reason we don't see that storyline in movies though is because there's no story in that with a happy ending for the guy. The happy ending is "I got with the hot chick." Roll credits. No time to see the toxicity. "Look how this powerful man fell for me and I changed him" is a story with some appeal. "Look how much crap I put up with to be with a hot girl" is not a fantasy. Not for most men anyway. Essay over, lol.

[@voodooking9254]

Fun fact: 6s and 7s always want 9s and 10s, unfortunately 10s and 9s will often use this to get what they want :D

[@ATRexNamedBull]

Godzilla and Moonhidora Oneshot... Still a better lovestory than twilight.

[@Reaperlevii]

Uh..Who is Moonhidora?

[@ATRexNamedBull]

@@Reaperlevii Fanmade OC. A female of Ghidorah's species.

[@thedoigster6908]

@@Reaperlevii A Godzilla OC that looks like King Ghidorah

[@michaelfireheart8300]

Funnily enough, they'd be less destructive and more interesting than generic every girl characters in these fanfic stories that Hollywood pushes to get the teenage girl demographic's money.

[@SergeantPsycho]

One relationship that got me was Padme and Anakin in Attack of the Clones. Anakin straight up admitted to being a mass murder when he slaughtered a tribe of Tusken raiders and Padme seemed to be ok with that.

[@insertname3977]

Now, truth be told that also could have been due to the fact it was about Tusken Raiders, a species that is only known for its violent attacks on seemingly innocent people.

[@SergeantPsycho]

@@insertname3977 Possibly, but Anakin did express guilt over that. On the flip side if Padme was ok with that, then shame on her. :/

[@insertname3977]

@@SergeantPsycho Honestly if I'm remembering lore correctly Tusken Raiders weren't even considered as people by the Galaxy as a whole, just a bunch of low tech "apes", like how Chimpanzees aren't treated on the same level even though they're advance enough to now be using stone tools.

[@emberfist8347]

Because Padme realized he was still human. Also they were Tusken Raiders so it is kinda like admitting to the mass murder of Concentration camp guards. No one is going to really miss them.

[@emberfist8347]

@@insertname3977 Well they just barely qualify as sentient. Even then they almost as xenophobic as Daleks so no one is going to miss them.

[@dynamosaurusimperious6341]

Well this was a nice Alteori about a movie topic thay not many people are talking,so that's nice. Also cause this is a good Alteori video,also maybe cause it brings out the drama of relationships,( maybe ) ( just hope yall have good day. )

[@wolf-87-1]

Im working on a book that is a parody of twilight the vampire does similar things but when he finally has her completely wrapped around his finger he drains her of all her blood then throws her aside with the end hinting at him doing this quite often

[@adambriton5394]

And that sounds better than anything Stephanie myer ever write

[@flibbernodgets7018]

10:20 I disagree with this point. Belle made a deal with the Beast but once she was in his castle resisted him at almost every turn, so you can't claim Stockholm Syndrome here. As to her character, she had clear ideas of right and wrong and loved knowledge and was very curious, which is why she ultimately sided with the Beast against the incurious and assuming townsfolk. At least in the cartoon version. Not sure about the original, and certainly not in the ridiculous live action remake, which implied most women at this time couldnt/shouldn't read despite the fact that the original story was printed in and popularized by a publication aimed at teenage girls and young women.

[@insertname3977]

The issue here is that her "choice" was made under duress due to the fact that if she didn't sacrifice her own freedom, then her father would face imprisonment. It would be like saying you chose to commit suicide because when given the choice between whether a loved one would be murdered or yourself, you chose to take their place. Not to mention that Stockholm Syndrome doesn't require you to be compliant throughout the stage it takes for it to set in, it's merely becoming attached to the person who took your freedom away.

[@flibbernodgets7018]

@@insertname3977 I don't understand why the choice being made under duress would invalidate it as a choice. Self-sacrifice is still a choice, and a very brave one at that, one that takes a lot more spine than numerous other doormat heroines display. I didn't think Stockholm Syndrome had anything to do with attraction, just with developing sympathy to the goals of the captor. Which, on second thought, would seem to line up if the beast had continued to act as a captor. He lets her go, the original goals are abandoned, and as an audience we get the chance to see his change is genuine rather than some coercive tactic. I think her change in attitude, rather than her mind warping itself as the result of trauma, was instead caused by her acknowledgement that the Beast really was trying to be a better person. EDIT: I misread "attached" as "attracted". Whoops. The second part of that paragraph still stands.

[@insertname3977]

@@flibbernodgets7018 Because a choice made under duress cannot legally be considered, as "their choice" especially when not choosing to allow herself to be imprisoned would mean the harm of someone else, in this scenario the choice comes down to the Beast choosing to imprison Belle regardless of what she said. Also that second paragraph still falls under Stockholm as people experiencing it have been reported to going to visit their captors even after being freed whether by the captors choice or being forced to do let their captives go, because "they've probably changed as a person". Also the goal of Beast choosing to accept to imprison Belle was for her to break the curse, even in the Disney version.