User blog comment:King Flurry51/Mal and Scarlett:analyzis of their values and vices as villains/@comment-24152851-20140821011232/@comment-24152851-20140821120405

I agree, I admit I really like his hair. However haters have managed to find complaints about his design as well. Mainly how a guy with pencil thin arms can possibly be that strong. Many were also bitter over how Mal could effortlessly beat fanfav powerhouses like Izzy and Alejandro.

For a character like Mal, he's more appropriate for a lowly henchman who no one cares about, but not so much for the evil mastermind at the top of the villain hierarchy. Which is why Eva who behaves almost the same way isn't hated anywhere near as much.