Rubio is a classic overachiever. He is the kid, who despite no talent, would volunteer to carry the band equipment if he could be in the group photo in the yearbook and list Band on his resume.
He has no skills but is constantly “in the photo.”
. . . He has no skills but is constantly in the photo.
Exactly right. To elaborate further, he is a howdy-doody-head wannabe who is a “useful idiot” easily manipulated by the puppet masters who are pulling his strings.