Yeah, but you don't even have to go as far as the MCU, just take any character from Guy Ritchie and Tarantino movies, as if their characters are the pinnacle of plausibility. But nevertheless, many of them are charismatic, funny and certainly memorable. And I don’t even want to start about typical action heroes, I recently watched the series Jack Reacher, damn it. Bro is so cool that bullets bounce off him. But if we look at this from the plausibility pov, then I have only one question. Why didn't the corrupt cops shoot him in the first episode, as soon as they realized that the guy will become a trouble for them and their boss. There's probably an explanation, I'm just too dense
But since we are stepping on the Holy Ground of personal preferences, nothing can be done

Bro simply does not like Nika, so I get all his arguments as a justification for this simple fact. Plus flashbacks of the original MC version. I don't agree but I understand and accept that.
As for me I agree with you about the duality of MC's character, there's definitely a lot to like and a lot to hate about him. At least he's not a Mr. Night Molester, that alone puts him above the hundreds of MCs over here
P.S.: Wait, he was kneading Nami's tiddies while they were sleeping together? So, a Mr. Night Molester actually? I hope this scene was removed in the rework, otherwise I'm in a big trouble with my point.