Did fan feedback to Rodimus Prime contribute to anyway as to why Rodimus' character was written out to be such a depressed person who didn't want leadership? Perhaps a large fraction of the fandom just wanted Optimus Prime as the Leader of the Autobots and couldn't adapt to Rodimus yet. My older brother grew up watching G1 and he hates Rodimus, I grew up post G1 era with only a VHS of the TF:Movie and didn't mind Rodimus as I never got to develop that liking to OP.