User blog comment:SuperSonicDarkness/DISCUSSION: Characters everyone else likes that you HATE/@comment-5221692-20150729054541/@comment-24152851-20150729140142

Actually Thomas, Alejandro fans like him for the same reason Heather is popular, they're both master strategists. It's just the Villain Stu thing and the fact he eliminated the favorites early in the season that divides the base.