Basil Hawkins unironically had one of the best character arcs in Wano, in an arc with two Emperors as villains lmfao. Him dying a pathetic death while upholding his pride and not betraying Kaidou was legit a good conclusion to his character arc & caught a lot of people offguard.
X Drake on the other hand was used as a punching bag by Queen, Apoo, CP0 agents and his big moment was him doubling down on his resolve - on his "justice" - before taking a Shigan to the neck and going night-night lmao.
Both were disappointing, but folks had higher expectations for Drake while nobody expected shit from Hawkins, so his conclusion caught a lot of people offguard as well. I'll say that Drake was more underwhelming.