The difference between something that is good, and a fad

It seems as though many people are making the horrid mistake of confusing a fad, for something that is actually good. Take the song, Lollipop by Lil Wayne as an example. When you think about it, is it really good? The melody, the rhythm, the lyrics? Are they what your mother would tell you to listen to? My guess is, probably not. Nothing is true "good" anymore when you put all your thought into it. Another example, the popular teen fantasy, not-saga, Twilight. Once again, think about it, is a book about a cold, hard, sparkling monster, stalking a girl because she smells delicious really good? He tells her who to hang out with, what to do, who to talk to, and to lie to her guardian. Is this really good? The answer, according to me, is no. Twilight is not good, it is a fad. Like pet rocks and Atari, it has come and will soon leave. All the girls found caught in its path (including me, once upon a time) were captured by Edward, the main male character in this book. He was a kind, smart, good-looking, and most of all "perfect". What else could a girl want, right? Once again, the answer is wrong. Sure, it was nice to read about a man who has some nice qualities, but he is not real. He is simply a word on a page and that is not going to change soon. Robert Pattinson is no Edward either. He is simply an actor doing his job. This man has not only caused girls to hold ridiculous expectations for their boyfriends, but has also caused them to fall in "love" with a character in a fiction, fantasy novel, written by an author who thinks he is "perfect" herself. I do not mean to sound offensive to anyone, but make decisions based on what you like, NOT what others say "rocks". This is one of the reasons Jessica and I are alternative music lovers, we do not let others make our decisions for us, and we do not follow fads, we follow what we think is right.

Getting to the question of the week, If the current fad was to give yourself a boy-cut (if you are a girl), and get your ears pierced (if you are a guy), would you do it?