Oh, come ON

[litlover12]

Now Person of Interest has to start in with the pet-the-dog moments. And to make it worse, they're LITERAL pet-the-dog moments. As in petting an actual dog.

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[allisnow.livejournal.com]

For it to be a real pet-the-dog moment, doesn't the person petting the dog have to be bad?

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Eh, not necessarily bad . . . excessively cranky will do. And Shaw certainly qualifies for that. :-)

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* Well, c'mon, Shaw kind of has a reason to be cranky, don't you think? *has lots of Shaw/Cole & Sarah Shahi feelings*

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

I really had never heard this term (or the concept behind it) before you mentioned it!

[msantimacassar.livejournal.com]

Once you know the tropes there is no way of escaping them!!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

That is SO TRUE. :-D

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

What? I am confused....

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Sorry -- which part confused you?

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

Pet the dog moments? (The figurative)

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was something I mentioned in my previous post.

http://litlover12.livejournal.com/185808.html

In a nutshell, it means when they have the cranky or annoying or hostile character do something sweet, like petting a dog, to show he or she isn't really so bad after all.

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

Ah, I gotcha now! Thank you. I remember that post, but not tying the concept to the action for some reason.