well yes indeed...Argh, I meant to say "he struggled to become [...] but never could", due to his own flaws, like he could never suppress his fear completely, and such. It's hard to type with loud music in you ear :| Plus I'm not fully awake yet.
What you say is true but some people like me actually enjoy his character BECAUSE of his flaws/wrong-doings, not in wankery way but from the point of writing.