“I think that character resonated because a lot of people feel like he did. . . . He wasn’t a loser, per se. He was smart, and had tastes in music and books and comics that were more sophisticated than his peers. He just didn’t subscribe to the high school company line, he was different, other than — and was OK with it. That made a lot of kids feel OK about their outsider-ness.”
TeenDramaWhore
There's always drama but without it, what fun would TV be?
TeenDramaWhore 
ive read this before somewhere….i like this quote
L.A. Times story/photogallery on character types. Posted it a week or two ago.