I'm trying to think of some (metaphorical) thing that's irrestistable, impossible to refuse etc, but is actually toxic/ugly/intolerable in some way. I'm sure there's plenty of these things in the world, but I can't think of any... please help!
I'm trying to think of some (metaphorical) thing that's irrestistable, impossible to refuse etc, but is actually toxic/ugly/intolerable in some way. I'm sure there's plenty of these things in the world, but I can't think of any... please help!
Heroin comes to mind, but I think drug references like that are probably utterly crap now thanks to Twilight.
Any food that might lead to overindulgence would work, but again it's probably overdone.
Clearly, your metaphor should in fact be "a baby." So cute, so irresistible, and then it ruins your life and poops on you.
So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.
Power?
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Lord Acton
Antifreeze, if you're writing from the POV of a dog. Oh, sweet, sweet ethylene glycol...
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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sugar rush
STD-addled supermodels
How about porn? There's a huge market for it, but people tend not to be proud of having consumed it.