Neelix is like a lovable mangy beast you don't want to put down. I enjoyed his scenes with Naomi, Seven & Janeway.
I agree his scenes with Naomi were wonderful and I loved the episode where Seven revives him after being dead and he has that crisis of faith (that crisis could have been solved with one conversation, but it's still a nice episode)
The main ilk I have with Neelix is that he sounded so much better in the Series' pre-production bible where he seems to be some sort of space rogue instead of a kindly, plump cook/baby sitter.
Did you also enjoy him ordering Lieutenant Hogan to his death? What business does he have giving orders to a Lieutenant btw? And why is ensign Harry Kim in charge of a team, while LIEUTENANT Hogan is taking orders from the hedgehog? Seriously, what's wrong with Janeway in that episode? Doesn't rank mean anything anymore?
Sorry, but my first raction to this was "Who the fuck is Lieutenant Hogan"? I don't watch Voyager very often...hardly at all actually.
Looking him up now it seems he was killed "while collecting bones near a cave" that doesn't sound like Neelix was ordering him to his death (please correct me on that issue if it instead was during that duplicate Voyager incident)
As to the taking orders part: It's a TV show, main characters often end up calling the shots, no matter their "rank".