hes a good mc. although he is clearly destined to be the hero of the story, he is not portrayed as the center of the world, and in fact has to constantly struggle and deal with defeat, as the journey of the hero should be.
the fact that the character who was actually portrayed as perfect, the center of the world, lost to the antagonist only makes him a better protagonist narrative wise.
its not the authors fault that people have an obsession with idolizing extremely powerful characters, as if there were some merit in the strength of a fictional character.