What is there not too like? Why, they are nigh perfect organisms just as they are apex predators. Sure, there is the appeal to power, but you'd be lying if you said you wouldn't fall in love with a scaly hunk. Than there's the complexity in both designs, personalities, and overall characteristics due to the fact that they're a global phenomenal spanning multiple cultures from eastern to west. In short, the amount of ways you can present one and design one can be just about what you want. The regality and projection alone is enough to justify them, but you can do so much more with such a largely well known yet often varied being that you can't get with well established species.