I'm indifferent to many of the Scions, at this point they mostly rub me the wrong way for the same reason that I came to tire of the likes of Anduin and Jaina back in World of Warcraft. Familiarity can easily breed contempt and especially when a consistent presence is coming at the expense of other characters who could step up and get involved.

That aside, as a gay guy who is attracted to masculine men I do find it rather troubling when I see people imply that asking for conventionally attractive, masculine men is somehow a bad or silly thing. Especially when many of the people asking for such have stated that they'd enjoy more variety in general for both player characters and NPC's alike. Furthermore they've even provided examples of what they'd like to see in relevant threads such as this one:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6026267

I also think it's a bit disingenuous to lump everyone who has issues with the Scions together as one big hive mind who always agree with one another on everything.