Once fiction writers of the world figured out that chicks dig bad boys, especially fictional bad boys, then the list of “reformed” character types became potentially endless. And sexy pirates have a long tradition, good old Errol Flynn.
I know ;) I still like those fictional bad boys. They make the most interesting characters, especially if they’re hot.
As a teen/college student, I dated a few “bad boys” without trying to “change” them. Hey, not all young people are stupid. And I even married what some may call a bad boy, depending on the perspective or what one considers “bad.”