he is! he's very remorseful for his actions with the reavers and really wants to redeem himself and kind of has this self imposed hero's quest going on - that is he really, really wants others to see him as a hero. self-loathing is definitely one of the reasons why he's such a grump generally!! although he does try his damnedest to hide it behind cockiness and whatnot. but that makes me happy to hear others potentially being patient with him because as of now there are a lot of people who """"hate"""" him in a way when he's just trying to be a good guy :''')
(don't mean to get carried away i'm very emotional about josh foley in general tbh lol)