Originally Posted by
BBsbabysister:
“I don't really know why he's so popular on here and with the GBP
I know he has some good points, he's honest and he seems to be quite perceptive at times but I think his bad points outweigh his good! He's extremely arrogant, he thinks he is superior to anyone else, he is egotistical, hypocritical and loud. He lacks tact-he doesn't know when to shut up!! he can't keep on being like that, or he'll have real problems in the working world! He's also greedy and self-righteous. I think the reason why he is so adored, is because he's the best of a bad bunch
:P”
I think you're right about him being the best of a bad bunch, and that probably is his main attraction - the others set him off to his best effect.
But he does have good qualities too, as you say, he's kind, perceptive, honest and often quite funny. He is also quite natural (rather than measured or calculating in his behaviour) and he seems to have the BB experience in some kind of proportion - Kamal, for example, seems bizarrely involved in the situation.
I also think that many people can see that he has been mistreated in several ways. Since refusing to be Derek's Eliza Dolittle, he (Derek) has been vicious towards him, and has encouraged others to be likewise. He's not blokish enough for the lad's group, he's not socially skilled enough for the girl's group, so he's very much on his own, and I think the others are a bit threatened by him.
He's absolutely vile in many respects, but I don't think any of his transgressions have been as bad as those of all of the others in the house. He has been annoying, but not nasty. He's loud, but not cruel. He's childish, but not unkind. We haven't seen him cross boundaries like Maxwell (scabs in food - beyond normal behaviour) or conduct character assasinations like virtually everyone else. The famous Stealing Incident was probably the least of similar incidents that we've seen, and Derek overreacted outrageously.
I have a sneaking like for Science myself. Sometimes I find him funny, he's often endearing, and even when he's foul you can see there's nothing really bad behind it. Look at the incident with Orlaith yesterday - that silly wagon going into the BB house and demanding that only her chosen few can talk to her. She deserved to be teased like that. Showed her for the vain, uptight, humourless cow that she is.