Haha! Me too. I remember seeing a bit of the Emergency video on TV once and i thought they looked really weird. But I also used to think Fall Out Boy looked silly and Panic at the Disco were weird when I first saw them. And I heard bits of Taking Back Sunday performing live once on some video and I thought they sounded terrible, but they're all my favourite bands now lol.
And back on track, I don't think it's possible to convert a non-paramore fan. I've been trying since like May 07 to get my friend to listen to them. She was listening to my mp3 on shuffle and was like "eurgh whats this?" when Born For This came on and she refuses to listen to them since. But I am still trying...