User blog comment:TheAmazingTurtle/The Complexity of Lightning/@comment-24152851-20150913104516

Lightning really isn't complex, his appeal to those who like him is his simplicity, he's just a jock with superior skill who says and does a lot of dumb things. What you said is pretty accurate, he's inconsistent, where he had some last minute villianization thrown in to give him some purpose after the merge. The only time he ever verged towards a bit of complexity was the ROTI finale where it's revealed he has a dad with high expectations. That's pretty much it. While don't really dislike Lightning, there are a lot of characters better than him.