It's deserved because it's the majorities favourite.It's not a deserved winner. It's just the most popular shot.
So you're happy it's not about the theme and you're ok with it being about bonny colours and pretty pictures, themes are irrelevant now.
It was a very open theme this month, it was always going to attract landscapes. The winning shot could easily be a postcard.
I've never known someone get their knickers in a twist so much about something they haven't entered in well over a year.