User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/Lightning - a Good or a Bad Character?/@comment-1037137-20141109011448/@comment-1037137-20141109020408

Technicals aside........He's kind of a bad character in my eyes because he's literally got next to nothing going on for him through the season. And is very much a floater in a lot of respects. And honestly, he's really not that funny. I mean when was he ever uproariously entertaining? Such moments were rare. And those don't add a great deal of depth to his character, whatever depth they did try to add was in the final three episodes, and by then it was too little, too late. He's really quite forgettable. This is just the jock stereotype being played as straight as possible without much of a spin. So yeah I don't get his apparent popularity. He's one of the weakest links of ROTI outside of the Trio in my opinion. I never thought he would last as long as he did. Also, he lost in all but 1-2 countries.

Basically, the time spent on him is better dedicated to others.