Choice paralysis on my build

So I am torn on what build to commit to in Elden Ring. I know I can mix it up and that respec is an option, but I want to a least have a vague trajectory through the game.

I played Elden Ring at launch, and at the time I believe I went with a confessor that kind of ended up as a holy knight / paladin.

I recently replayed all the Dark Souls games too. I was a thief into a ninja in the Dark Souls 1, a knight with big boy swords in Dark Souls 2 (although I ran into a game breaking bug thanks to a malicious invader and stopped around 60% through), and most recently a sorcerer that ended up as a battle mage / spellsword with the MGS in Dark Souls 3.

So I'm now replaying Elden Ring, and I've started as a samurai, with the long term idea of staying vaguely Japanese in style and maybe I'd look into bleed and the hand-to-hand stuff. But I'm not sure if that's going to stay interesting for as long as Elden Ring is. Also, I'm not sure if the samurai aesthetic meshes with the world, and that might but me over time. Also it seems like as for fashion I might not be changing the look for long time, which would potentially be a bit boring.

I've also thought about doing an incantation focused build. Seems like there is a ton of variety, and thematically I like the idea of going down the frenzied flame route. Being a pyromancer in DS3 was one of my favourite ever playthroughs in the last too. The only thing is I had a hybrid faith build last time in Elden Ring, so I would want to stay away from the golden/holy/lightning stuff. Would it be okay to do this, and would this be fun? I'd be thinking a sort of "evil" faith build moreso focusing on fire and other nasty stuff.

The other one I'm thinking about is a sorcery build of some sort. I did enjoy it in DS3, and at first I totally discounted this choice because I just played one in that game, but I've seen that there are like, what, 6 times as many spells in Elden Ring as in DS3? And it looks like it could be fun. Also, I can't deny Fashion Souls / Elden Bling is a big factor for me, and it looks like there are a ton of cool looking mage related sets to wear. I'm just wondering if I should go down this route considering I just played a mage in DS3, but then again it still be worth it.

I would say these are probably the main options. Stay with a pseudo-Samurai/Ronin/kung-fu path, go down an evil incantation route but stay away from the holy stuff, or go down a sorcery route and may just play a bit differently to how I did in DS3.

Fashion and variety is big, I don't want to be wearing the same thing or using the same weapon for the whole game, so this is a big factor too.

If you read all this thank you and your advice is welcome.