When Peitha first made a dig about the Commander not liking that people weren't worshipping the ground they walk on, I was like "since when did the Commander become such an arrogant self-absorbed a**hole?" Now I realize--this was a dig at the playerbase.
The Commander has been dropped into a situation where they are completely out of their depth, more so than ever before. Everyone around them is more knowledgeable and more experienced, and many of them are hundreds of years older and have seen conflicts on a greater scale than the Commander has.
Even so, the Commander has been bestowed with a title that has repeatedly been expressed to have great meaning and significance.
If, in the face of it all, your Commander still thinks everyone should defer to them, and thinks they're above the title of Wayfinder just because they're so far up their own a** that they can't see the big picture, well.... they aren't much of a hero after all.
I'm also underwhelmed by the story right now, but one thing I'm hoping is for the Commander to remain small in the face of grander conflicts. It's refreshing, and frankly it seems like the Commander in general could use the dose of humble pie.