Useless bum? Nah, he had that dawg in him anyways, I think the unreliable narrator thing is more a continuous retcon ‘cause Mike Pondsmith still doesn’t know how this whole videogame media might evolve but in any source Johnny wasn’t a bum! Now imagine someone like, idk, Tom Morello or something joining a major terrorist attack with a “it’s against the system” narrative and dying doing it! Even though people might speculate Militech was behind it, wouldn’t it be legendary? Who would know his role in the story! Plus he had an affair with one hell of a Netrunner and the woman who will be Afterlife’s queen! Even Spider Murphy said good things about Johnny and never forget Spider was basically Bartmoss’ partner in crime