Challenge accepted.
You claim you have bad cheeks, but it looks like you could have an extremely strong goatee and chinstrap if you actually let it grow. There's this really bad misconception out there when it comes to bearding where guys think a beard must either be stubble or completely untrimmed hair heading to terminal length. I've known guys who grew beards, nearly worshipped them as they came in, and then shaved them off when they got too long because of this mentality. Just like head hair, beard hair can be maintained at any length you choose
fairly easily. Now after 15 years of doing it wrong I finally feel like I've figured out how to do it, and I have this constant urge to plead
"You're doing it wrong!" to all of the guys I see who try to keep their beards neat by maintaining it at the sloppiest looking length and cutting their necklines halfway up the sides of their head. I know there's no one-size-fits-all when it comes to this, but it seems like most guys are flat out doing it wrong.
I did the stubble thing for years just because it was "how you were supposed to do it", and I was always disappointed because stubble just exaggerates all of the flaws of your beard. I know that goes against the conventional thinking, but it's the truth. I'm sure if you let it grow out and maintained it at a modest length of 1" you would be thrilled with how yours looks. RazorX was doing the same thing to his, condemning his beard to stubble mediocrity, and now with just a couple inches of length it is a beard that is both precisely groomed and legend-
wait for it-dary. Can anyone seriously say his beard looks sloppy or that he looks homeless? I mean, come on. Trust me, if you grew that goatee and chinstraps out to about an inch you would love it or would at the very least see what a longer beard would look like instead of imagining what it would look like.
I also think that your genetically-imposed chinstrap sides works for you because a chinstrap is intentionally thin. It's really those guys who want the full beard / full cheek look, but think they'll look homeless with an actual full beard so they shave their necklines up to their cheeks. In their attempt to not look bad they give themselves a huge neck and a 2" hair-colored stripe across the side of their head. Chinstraps, because they are so thin, actually avoid this weird effect.