One thing I really like about this character is how, while his motivations aren't what he let's on, he actually is as skilled and strong as he is reputed to be. Usually a series like this would have everything about the character be fake, so it's cool to see that he really is a bear-taming, water-running badass, he just happens to have bad luck when it comes to women (Hell, he doesn't even really have that much bad luck, it's just his lack of experience making him overcomplicate things to the point he can't follow through and stick the landing on a hookup or starting a relationship).