Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
'Gladiator' is one of my favourite films ever, and it just wouldn't be what it is without Maximus and Commodus having that simmering rivalry that progresses towards the final 'having it out' in the arena, with the emperor in (ironic) pure white garb, after being such an incredible ass, and sabotaging Maximus's strength with a poisoned stab...
That's why I said the acting was scarily GOOD!! ;) xxx
Also, bad guys are usually very confident, and confidence is attractive.
Is there anyone in your past that was a bad guy? My sister was domineering and now that is a dynamic that is so familiar to me that I sought it out over and over (just learned this recently). Familiarity is a compelling force.
I agree with what you are saying about the confidence thing... although in my personal experience they were not confident; they were arrogant. Confidence is a really good thing, so long as you don't allow it to cross the line into arrogance :) xxx