#I'd say Jimmy McGill and Al Swearengen are adjacent to this archetype

[ninewheels]

Oh no, after years of cynicism about all the Complicated Bad Men of fiction who are unfortunately idolized by a misguided male audience, I've finally found one that I’m falling for.

Captain James Flint is a tormented, violent man who will sacrifice the lives of countless others in the name of his ambitious vision, whose noble qualities even are colored by the demons of his past trauma—

But he’s soooo cool, you guys...