I could be wrong, but I think, BG3 was mildly successful despite not having the male white knight in shining armor
Then again, being unbable to get a compelling character out of a white knight in shiny armor is just a limit of incompetent writers.
Tropes are tools, not marks of shame. Every story can be ultimately reduced to a series of more or less popular tropes in the end.
Consequently no trope is inherently bad and even the stereotypical "Paragon of virtue" can be great and even inspiring character in the hands of a good writer.
Yeah, I don't disagree with that and even had examples, where it worked and actually made sense.
The person I replied to was not looking for a compelling story though, but a character, they find attractive for romance.
Every character can be interesting, if it fits the story and narrative, but having a male human warrior just because ' attractive option ' is not enough. We had that with a certain male druid elf, who basically was just a romance without story.
Imo Wyll filled the knight in shining armor trope, with the twist that he actually is a fiendlock. We can discuss his rewrite, but in general I actually like him.
