There's definitely a typecast here... My only similar interest in this lineup is Cullen, but I honestly liked his wonky-ass DAO and DA2 look better. His DAI "glow-up" was jarring.

As a serial Alistair romancer myself, I'd throw a vote to having another sappy-conflicted-romantic-himbo to love, but I'm more excited to see the characters that Larian cooks for themselves, however they end up looking. Going into BG3 I didn't think any of the characters were "hotTM", but I fell in love with their personalities, and everyone is still like way above average in level of "attractiveness" by any normal standard.

Additionally, per your images, there are plenty of these type of "attractiveTM" characters in other games.. I don't want Divinity's companion designs to look like the characters from elsewhere. Just like I was disappointed with Dragon Age: The Veilguard (for almost everything, honestly, but also) when the wonky elves suddenly just looked like regular hot people (DA2 Fenris and Merrill will always be peak! I'll die on that hill.)

Larian's not gonna please everyone, there will always be someone who "yucks" someone else's "yum", but I don't want Larian's characters to suddenly look like they've had Stellar Blade makeovers... I want them too look how Larian intends them to look in their weird, sometimes grimy, and gruesomely hilarious world of Divinity where every surface is often on fire.

I get that it's not your jam, however, as other's have mentioned, eventually there will be mods available to get what you want. I'm sorry (not sorry) you'll have to wait a little longer to have the specific fantasy husbandu gameplay you're looking for.

In a perfect world we'd all get what we want right at the start... unfortunately some of us will never get a male-equivalent Karlach in BG3. (T_T) I just wanted an infernal golden-retriever-barbarian himbo boyfriend... alas.

Whatever is to come, I hope you're able to enjoy... regardless.