Garland

"Tidus was too whiney"

Immediately lists Squall and Cloud as some of the top protagonist despite being the two most Emo little babies in the series. Squall literally monologs about how he is a loner and doesn't need anyone at least a half dozen times.

"No one I knew liked it"

It sold the most units sense FF vii and came out to really high ratings.

Your list is literally just shows that your nostalgia glasses were on and you can't self reflect enough to see that