They try really really hard for you to like these characters.

And they fail, because they simply do not understand why nerds ever liked this fantasy shit in the first place. In their mind, people like fictional characters for their fictional achievements. They think they just have to show a character defeating the baddies and being the strongest smartest bestest ever and that will make them liked.

They don't understand that a character's interactions with the rest of the cast are more important than any part they play in defeating the big bad.