I enjoy the physicality of playing with my fingers, particularly the way I can use fingers an thumb to mute and make different effects I vould never do with a pick.
Pick suits some styles and songs though.
It depends on what language you are speaking. In Welsh and French, for example, all objects are gendered.
English's supposedly lost this with Middle English, but in practice it's hung on and been influenced by languages like French.
The Serek Midwestern is actually a fairly clise copy of an Epiphone Coronet, but conceived as a bass. Notably the symmetric pivkguard and P90ish pickup.
The Newport shares lots of style cues with the Coronet, but is quite distinct.
The E string appears to get closer to the edge as you go along the neck, while the G gets further away. It may be an optical illusion made worse by the angle of the photo and the shadows of the strings.
I can say neck dive is not a thing if you choose a decent strap.
The Lekato neoprene straps on Amazon will prevent any trace of neck dive on any bass, and they make >10lb basses comfy as well.