Okay, in defense of my 15-year-old self, I never actually "poor thing"ed Mr. Rape Mastermind But I did try to rationalize his actions, because oMG he was juSt soOOooo pretty!!1 (This is unfortunately not much of an exaggeration.) I still hated his ~love rival, the snobby male main character, more. In my defense, that dude was a fucking date rapey dicksmack.