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The thing with Drow is that the only good way to play a drow is to play a LE Drow who worships lolth.
The problem isnt drow beeing evil.
The "Edgelord" part of Drow is usually the fact that they are drizzt knockoffs who lament their cliche backstory or "I totaly escaped the underdark now i have no ties" CE.

The good way to play a drow is one that works with surfacers out of convenience, isnt a complete murderhobo but still decisiveley evil and not a subversion of the evil drow trope.
In other words, the good way to play a drow is not to play an atypical drow. Its to play a very typical one.
As in, the kind of drow an NPC drow would be.
Leaning into the tropes is good. Thats why they are there. Theres nothing wrong with playing a Dwarf that likes to drink ale and compliment Dwarven building techniques when he sees it in dungeons.
Subversion is destructive.
It is only suitable as commentary, but it isnt suitable as a character trait.

In a simmilar way, i dont see players picking Drow as a Red flag. I do however seeing people pick a male drow, or a dex focused character as a red flag.