i feel like it kind of stripped him of who he was. He’s the nerdy, less intimidating, awkward, smart one. He knew he wasn’t an alpha male and he used it to his advantage, like when an unsub wouldn’t talk to hotch or morgan. but then prison reid (and kinda reid after that) became more of like alpha male and more aggressive and it’s a lot different than his original character. people say ‘character development’ but i don’t know i don’t think it’s much of a positive development. He kind of lost the things that made him unique and different than the team.