In writing these would be archatypes of masculinty
The Hero- Embodies bravery, strength, and the willingness to confront challenges for a greater good.
The Sage - Represents wisdom, knowledge, and insight, providing guidance and understanding.
The King - Symbolizes leadership, authority, and the ability to govern with justice and integrity.
The Warrior- Demonstrates courage, discipline, and a sense of duty, excelling in battle or adversity.
The Lover- Embraces compassion, emotional depth, and the capacity to form deep, meaningful connections.
The Provider - Focuses on responsibility, support, and ensuring the well-being of others through hard work and dedication.
The Mentor - Offers guidance, encouragement, and support, helping others to grow and achieve their potential.
The Innovator - Represents creativity, vision, and the drive to bring new ideas to life and solve problems.
Then you have their counter parts.
The Villain - Represents malevolence, deceit, and a willingness to harm others for personal gain.
The Fool- Symbolizes ignorance, naivety, and a lack of insight or wisdom.
The Tyrant - Embodies abuse of power, authoritarianism, and lack of justice or empathy.
The Coward- Represents fear, avoidance, and an inability to confront challenges or adversity.
The Heartbreaker - Demonstrates emotional detachment, manipulation, and inability to form genuine connections.
The Deadbeat- Focuses on irresponsibility, laziness, and a failure to provide or support others.
The Saboteur- Represents hindrance, negativity, and actively undermining others’ growth and success.
The Conformist - Symbolizes lack of creativity, vision, and a failure to bring new ideas or solutions.
A compelling character typically embodies a mix of these archetypes, but ultimately needs to represent either a vice or a virtue, or start with one and transition to the other. The effectiveness of these archetypes depends on their application, but issues arise when characters are shifted from embodying virtue to vice, or when vice is presented as virtue. This problem is exacerbated when the writers themselves lack integrity or moral insight.