Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-366087-20160504151655/@comment-1969141-20160505101721

Abuse is basically ill-treatment, either starving, beating, insulting, or plain torture ; or more subtly destroying the abused's self-worth or making it dependent through faked sympathy, emotional blackmail, disparaging comments or veiled insult. This is something that is usually repeated, lasts for a defined while and leaves varying consequences on the victim's well-being...

A villain who strikes the hero standing in their way, or attempt to murder someone for X or Y reason is not an abuser, whether the target is a kid or a grown-up.