Edit : Oh now I quite understand. People don't like him cause he's not perfect and seems really "pathetic". From what I read, people are really harsh on him just because he's not your non-original ML who is absolutely perfect in every way and always supporting the FL in a perfect world where everything is going well. When we finally have a somehow original ML, people are still complaining because "omg Estelle deserves much better"...
It's only because we, readers, know everything that you judge a character like this. You don't even try to understand him, you just bitch him like he was garbage. I wonder who is pathetic then ?