While it is a trope to have a teasing and/or dominant seme who sometimes is a bit of a bully, if the character is too much of a bully and a jerk with few redeeming qualities it starts to be hard for the reader to want the romance. Instead they get annoyed with the whole thing. Especially if there's a much nicer more deserving friend who gets passed over in favor of the jerk bully. Worse is when stories try to justify awful behavior with some sort of sob story that really doesn't excuse it at all rather than letting the character learn a serious lesson.
I, like a lot of people, get annoyed with this trope because it is twisted, especially when it just goes too far. Why should I root for someone to fall for somebody who treats him or her like dirt? And no, being lonely or having lost your parents or whatever is no excuse. Most people suffer misfortune without becoming complete a**holes.
While it is a trope to have a teasing and/or dominant seme who sometimes is a bit of a bully, if the character is too much of a bully and a jerk with few redeeming qualities it starts to be hard for the reader to want the romance. Instead they get annoyed with the whole thing. Especially if there's a much nicer more deserving friend who gets passed over in favor of the jerk bully. Worse is when stories try to justify awful behavior with some sort of sob story that really doesn't excuse it at all rather than letting the character learn a serious lesson.
I, like a lot of people, get annoyed with this trope because it is twisted, especially when it just goes too far. Why should I root for someone to fall for somebody who treats him or her like dirt? And no, being lonely or having lost your parents or whatever is no excuse. Most people suffer misfortune without becoming complete a**holes.