I think it's the combination of Lloyd Dobler and Jake Ryan that kills it for any real-life guy.
Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.
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Jesse - Jul 25, 2005 2:38:10 pm PDT #6066 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2005 2:38:41 pm PDT #6067 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who's Jake Ryan, again?
Jesse - Jul 25, 2005 2:40:44 pm PDT #6068 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sixteen Candles. The hot (HOT) older, popular guy with the pretty, popular girlfriend actually does like the quirky girl with no friends. And he gets her a birthday cake when everyone in her family forgot.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2005 2:41:54 pm PDT #6069 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
::googles::
Okay, he's kinda hot.
Jesse - Jul 25, 2005 2:44:01 pm PDT #6070 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Guh. He was like the second-rate Matt Dillon, but I don't care. He's also the hot older guy in Mermaids. And now he's a freaking carpenter.
Vonnie K - Jul 25, 2005 2:47:50 pm PDT #6071 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Jake Ryan was hot enough, but he didn't feel like a real person to me--more like a reward to Molly Ringwald for surviving her crazy birthday like a trooper. Lloyd Dobler though? Siiiiigh.
::mutters, "I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen"::
Jesse - Jul 25, 2005 2:50:28 pm PDT #6072 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Lloyd Dobler is the perfect version of the regular guy. Jake Ryan is the perfect version of the perfect guy.
Also, Sixteen Candles came out in 1984 (Say Anything was 1989), so I'm sure that has something to do with its wildly disproportionate impact on my young mind.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2005 2:51:55 pm PDT #6073 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm sure that has something to do with its wildly disproportionate impact on my young mind.
You were dancing on tables when you watched it?
I didn't see any of these movies at the right time. I'm not sure when I saw Say Anything.
Closer to Grosse Point Blank than most women my age, anyway.
Seemed perfect. I mean, I like Dobler a lot, but I'd leave him for Blank.
Jesse - Jul 25, 2005 2:57:23 pm PDT #6074 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You were dancing on tables when you watched it?
Yes.
No, I actually feel like I saw it twice in the theater, though.
Sean K - Jul 25, 2005 3:02:31 pm PDT #6075 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Plus Claudia Christian as an alien-possessed machine gun-toting stripper.
How could I have forgotten?
Actually, I think we accidentally posted each other's posts, Matt.