I can not see on any level how Patch is appealing to women. I'm going to be having a very in-depth (read: extremely wordy ^^;; ) rant about this in later chapters so I'll spare you now, but there isn't a single thing about him that is able to redeem him. I mean, Jack Sparrow was charming and we see that when push comes to shove, he's willing to help his friends and do the right thing. Flynn Rider was a bit of a jerk, but he actually treated Rapunzel very well and did everything he could to protect her. Mitchell of Being Human was a bloodthirsty vampire and he loved his friends above everything else. Certainly he never treated Annie like Patch treats Nora! >_< (Plus, Annie has the brains not to put up with that sort of behavior, unlike Nora. Her involvement with one abusive dude was clearly an undesirable thing)

I know, right? Given what we learn later, I honestly don't know what she intended for Elliot.

You know, if Nora was supposed to be your average teenager, I could possibly buy that she was just mistaken. But no, Nora's supposed to be a straight-A student going for a scholarship (which hasn't been mentioned since, I might add).