Douchey Moments in History

[peggin]

Welcome to another edition of Douchey Moments in History!

Before we get started, we just want to say thank you so much for the Christmas stocking, murgy31! We love it!

Now, on to the douchefest!

"You're kind of being Mr. Attitude about the whole thing."
So, the fact that Luke is on his way to a meeting at Grimaldi Shipping, and therefore can't stay

Comments

[charley_ryan]

Noah's suckiness is beyond words.

[peggin]

You are so right, the English language is quite insufficient to capture the true extent of his suckitude!

[suzvoy]

I hated this storyline SO FRIGGING MUCH. UGH UGH UGH.

[peggin]

I might have liked the storyline if I could have been detached about Luke, but I love him so much, and hated so much the way Noah treated him, that after the first time I watched that last clip I posted above, I stopped watching the show altogether. How could I have possibly known that a very interesting new love interest for Luke would be entering the picture in the very next clip?

[im_with_him84]

I stopped watching the show around this time too.

[suzvoy]

And me!

[greek_09]

I can't believe you manage to sit through all those clips and make such excellent, poignant, well-written and like 1000% truthful explanations of absolutely EVERYTHING that Noah had done wrong throughout their entire relationship. So, my hat goes off to you

[peggin]

I can't believe you manage to sit through all those clips and make such excellent, poignant, well-written and like 1000% truthful explanations of absolutely EVERYTHING that Noah had done wrong throughout their entire relationship. So, my hat goes off to you.

It actually wasn't a hardship for me at all. I know a lot of other people just watch the clips and get all enraged with Noah's douchetastic behavior, but I've found it more cathartic than aggravating.

The fact that Noah blamed Luke for his accident was completely unforgivable in my book.

I MIGHT have been willing to forgive it if it had only lasted a few episodes. I mean, it would have still been wrong, but I might have been able to understand and forgive if it had just been a short-term reaction to the trauma of discovering he was blind. Or even if he'd gotten over it by the time he returned from that expensive rehab clinic that Luke sent him to. But with each episode that it continued, it became more and more clear to me that Noah was beyond redemption.

[mooyoo]

Yes, yes, Noah, it's really shocking how a recovering alcoholic who has a job to go to wouldn't want to hang around a bar with a bunch of drunk guys in the middle of the day. What an attitude, him coming by to say hi like that.

Okay, it's been a while since I watched this part of the storyline and I've never even watched the whole thing (and I can't bring myself to now because Noah just annoys the bajeesus out of me), but is there any reason why it had to be Mason to work with Noah on his film? If they had told the Dean and Mason had been fired for acting inappropriately with his student, why would that have affected Noah's film or Noah's standing at the school? Wouldn't he have gotten another adviser to work with? I just don't understand his urgency to protect Mason as if Mason's position at the school will really affect Noah's academic standing when Mason is the one making inappropriate gestures towards Noah (but maybe there's something I missed in there).

[peggin]

is there any reason why it had to be Mason to work with Noah on his film? If they had told the Dean and Mason had been fired for acting inappropriately with his student, why would that have affected Noah's film or Noah's standing at the school? Wouldn't he have gotten another adviser to work with?Mason had actually tried to step down as Noah's adviser and had someone else assigned to him right after the first time he hit on Noah. I mean, you've actually got to kind of give Mason credit for that. Hitting on a student is pretty damned sleazy, but at least Mason seemed to realize it and tried to remove himself from the situation. But the new adviser Mason had found for Noah thought his screenplay sucked (which, based on the little we saw of it, IT DID!), and basically told him he was going to have to start from scratch. Which might not have been as bad as it sounds, because it was before Noah had even started filming. But Noah wasn't having it... he'd spent two and a half months on that script, and he wasn't going to start on something

[mooyoo]

Ah, okay, that makes sense (in a douchtastic!Noah sort of way). Frankly, that actually makes Noah look like even more of an idiot, and like he was just taking the easy way out. Wouldn't you rather have an adviser who's willing to tell you when something is bad and needs to be fixed or changed? Wouldn't you rather have someone who challenges you to become a better filmmaker, rather than someone who simply pats you on the back (possibly because he wants to get in your pants?) and doesn't make you work for it at all?

(Actually, I have no idea what the answer is to that, but I'd be willing to bet it's a whole great big bunch!)

Seriously. I have a friend who got a deal with NBC to write a pilot for them for last year. Six months he spent writing and re-writing and making changes and having a dozen different executives tell him what was wrong with it and what needed to be changed and re-writing again, and then NBC ended up passing on it after all of that. In am industry like that, brutal honesty is really the best policy, especially when

[bigboobedcanuck]

that actually makes Noah look like even more of an idiot, and like he was just taking the easy way out. Wouldn't you rather have an adviser who's willing to tell you when something is bad and needs to be fixed or changed? Wouldn't you rather have someone who challenges you to become a better filmmaker, rather than someone who simply pats you on the back (possibly because he wants to get in your pants?) and doesn't make you work for it at all?

Right? Clearly, Noah's answer is "Nope!"

And refresh my memory. Who was the grant from?

[_alicesprings]

Imagine a situation where you walk into a coffee shop and see the man you [allegedly] love and a professor who has been making inappropriate passes at you nearly coming to blows. In what universe would you immediately jump into the fray to defend the sleazy professor and to assume the man you [claim to] love was to blame? I'll tell you what universe -- DOUCHE Universe.

DOUUUUUUUCHE. DOUCHE DOUCHE DOUCHE DOUCHE DOUCHE DOUCHE DOUCHE DOUCHE DOUCHE DOUCHE.

Also, there is much flinging around of bad hair in that fight. Hilarious.

[pink_pants]

Also, there is much flinging around of bad hair in that fight. Hilarious.

Hair Fight! L-o-l foreverandeverandever.