I never played Oblivion. But I personally do have the need of the story play around the player character. (Judge me for it if you wish).
No judgement here. Each their own.
The story is too short for me to forget/forgive his disgusting remarks early on, like commenting on Evelyn's faith etc.
I felt like the story did a horrible job at making all this worth for V.
I definitely agree with these points.
I did towards the end kind of like him begrudgingly, but still think he's not a good dude.