Right? If all those haters would invest their time and energy in stuff they actually like instead of mindlessly droning on about how much they hate that other thing, everyone would be happier.

I actually think they're just gonna kill him off in an afterthought offscreen.I like Hux a lot but such is the fate of non-force sensitive Star Wars military villains. Unless they noticed how popular he is and decided to profit from this by am ping up his presence by a tiny amount- they had more time to fit in some stuff, considering they already changed the script again.