The boys from GTA V were the closest I could think of to meeting his criteria. They are conventionally attractive, except for maybe Trevor. Tragic backstories and personal traumas are abundant. They also receive motivations from and/or rely on other men(and/or women which may be required depending on how far you reverse the criteria) so further disqualified. I don't think this would count but it could also be argued that they can be fairly substantially customized through haircuts and wardrobe changes which would disqualify them. I don't think that last reason really fits as I said because the goal of that criteria was to eliminate the "blank slate" characterSteve2911 said:Elaborate on this, because quite a few examples were given in the video. And I don't see how the GTAV protagonists don't count.Silent Protagonist said:Suggestion: Try to come up with some male protagonists that fit Jim's criteria and debunk them like this thread has been doing with possible female character candidates that Jim might have missed. I couldn't think of one off the top of my head. The guys from GTAV don't even fit his criteria. Might be worth a separate thread
EDIT: Also the examples given in the video of male characters only demonstrate maybe one of the criteria but certainly not all of them put together. For example, the aging Solid Snake is mentioned. I would argue that the "silver fox" is very much a thing that many women find attractive and that he is also a "good guy" so is eliminated. He also has a fairly long list of traumas behind his character.