What everyone kinda wishes Object.create had been

beget.js

Object.beget = (function() {
    var create = Object.create,
        defineProperty = Object.defineProperty;

    // see https://gist.github.com/3194222
    var hasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.unselfish();

    return function beget(proto, own) {
        var result = create(proto);

        var descriptor = {
            enumerable: true,
            writable: true,
            configurable: true
        };

        for (var key in own) {
            if (!hasOwn(own, key))
                continue;

            descriptor.value = own[key];
            defineProperty(result, key, descriptor);
        }

        return result;
    };
})();

var root = {
    method: function() { return [this.x, this.y] }
};

var o = Object.beget(root, { x: 0, y: 22 });
console.log(o.method()); // [0, 22]

When I first started learning about Object.create I actually assumed this was how it worked. I was bewildered when things weren't working as I expected. I do wish this method were simpler.