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The Rodney Appreciation Thread

Clearly I've made it to the party late (thank you for the ping @Hobowire !), but seeing as most of my best pics of the lil guy are buried in the Screenshots thread (nts: make album of Rodney pics in my island journal sometime before I die), I'd just like to share that even my RL friends who aren't as plugged into the AC community are at a loss regarding my love for Rodney. One of them had Rodney as their forced camper and treated him terribly, fenced off his house, the whole bit - then I got Rodney myself and mailed that friend Rodney's poster. That was fun.

I can't understand personally why Rodney has a huge hate club where, say, Hippeaux or Quillson afaik don't. Maybe it just took off as a bandwagon trend? On the other hand, I don't know if I'd be so into him myself if that hate culture surrounding him didn't exist. It's kinda like the opposite of what happened to Raymond lol.

I'd also like to thank @Toasties for their amiibo shop where I got my Rodney! He's been a blast!
 
Great news, everyone!!
I got Rodney's photo today and put him up in my work space so he can motivate me to be the best I can be! 💖

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I have a bit of a negative opinion on Rodney, but there are things that I do appreciate about him. He doesn’t really fit his personality, though and look a bit like a mess, but I like his catchphrase and fur color. I do think, though that Graham is the superior smug hamster.
 
Chungus said:
Of all the 300+ villagers to hate on, the one villager who isn't that bad gets a whole subreddit dedicated to how much people hate him (r/f***rodney). If there are any other Animal Crossing hate subreddits, let me know, but I am still shocked to see one about Rodney. Why? He's so cute with his big smile, rotund body, dumb face, and -- to top it all off -- his suave personality and great singing skills (having the music hobby).

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Hamster villagers in general are among my favorites, but I get that not everyone likes them. In that case, I understand if a hamster hater similarly hates Rodney. But to hate him just to join a Reddit bandwagon? I don't get it. How could you hate this face?

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I started this thread to gain insight as to why Rodney's attracted such a "fan club" and, in spite of all that, to appreciate his cuteness. Here are some photos of Rodney on my island! If I get any more good pictures, I'll update this thread for sure.

Look at how well Rodney gets along with my villagers! In this photo, he has brain freeze from biting too much off his popsicle.

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And here are some photos of Rodney and me exploring Kame's museum together!

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And look at how much Rodney respects Blathers! I can't help but respect Rodney for that, in turn!

Feel free to share your own pictures of Rodney. Spread the love!
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He managed to grow on me but I mostly hated him for the kicks like the MHA fandom with Mineta
 
I saw him for the first time today on and island tour and was NOT happy. He creeps me out... idk he’s just not cute at all to me. I am not a fan of the hamster characters though.
 
yknow, i kinda like rodney. i love hamsters in general. Their petite and chubby size is the cutest! but yknow who really should have an entire hate subreddit dedicated to? Moose. I mean, he looks way worse than rodney and i dont see people hating on him. he's an abomination.
 
HungryForCereal said:
yknow, i kinda like rodney. i love hamsters in general. Their petite and chubby size is the cutest! but yknow who really should have an entire hate subreddit dedicated to? Moose. I mean, he looks way worse than rodney and i dont see people hating on him. he's an abomination.
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You know... I try to practice positivity in this thread, but good lord are you right. Now, I wouldn't go out of my way to create a hate subreddit for him, but I must say that if anyone looks at Moose, then looks at Rodney, and somehow is more disgusted by the latter... I have many questions. Lol.

Rodney might not be the most beautiful little guy, but at least he is shaped like a friend and has an adorable smile. Moose, on the other hand, is certainly not shaped like a friend.
 
Chungus said:
You know... I try to practice positivity in this thread, but good lord are you right. Now, I wouldn't go out of my way to create a hate subreddit for him, but I must say that if anyone looks at Moose, then looks at Rodney, and somehow is more disgusted by the latter... I have many questions. Lol.

Rodney might not be the most beautiful little guy, but at least he is shaped like a friend and has an adorable smile. Moose, on the other hand, is certainly not shaped like a friend.
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i know. people are not getting their priorities straight. smh
 
Alright. I just looked up Rodney, and looking at him, I didn't think much. I found out he's smug, but he looks like he'd be a lazy villager with the tired eyes. But I've got to admit, when I saw the picture you posted with him smiling, I instantly thought he looked cute. I don't hate villagers and I don't understand the hate. I did hate a villager in the past. It was Mallary, because of her snooty attitude in the GameCube version. But I've come to like her now. What I'm saying is that some people may hate a villager because of a bad experience with them, which honesty isn't fair because they're a video game character and they're not going to know whatever iteration in the past did you wrong. And I also understand that defending a video game character also doesn't make sense.

It all really comes down to experiences and what you remember, much like real life. Anyway, I didn't mean to get all deep about it. Knowing about Rodney, if I didn't have a smug villager, he'd definitely be on my island. Especially since I love hamsters. P.S. Screw the haters.
 
Le Ham said:
Clearly I've made it to the party late (thank you for the ping @Hobowire !), but seeing as most of my best pics of the lil guy are buried in the Screenshots thread (nts: make album of Rodney pics in my island journal sometime before I die), I'd just like to share that even my RL friends who aren't as plugged into the AC community are at a loss regarding my love for Rodney. One of them had Rodney as their forced camper and treated him terribly, fenced off his house, the whole bit - then I got Rodney myself and mailed that friend Rodney's poster. That was fun.

I can't understand personally why Rodney has a huge hate club where, say, Hippeaux or Quillson afaik don't. Maybe it just took off as a bandwagon trend? On the other hand, I don't know if I'd be so into him myself if that hate culture surrounding him didn't exist. It's kinda like the opposite of what happened to Raymond lol.

I'd also like to thank @Toasties for their amiibo shop where I got my Rodney! He's been a blast!
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i was going through the page and i was like where is Le Ham?
 
I have a sad announcement to share!

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I have decided to let Rodney move away. As sad as I may be, this will not be the last time I'll see him; when I get a secondary town/island, he will be my resident smug hammie there. It's better this way so he won't have to compete with Graham (who has seniority).

This won't be the end of my memes, however! I will continue to post here whenever I find a good memory to share. And I encourage those who had Rodney/still have Rodney to post, too.
 
Chungus said:
I have a sad announcement to share!

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I have decided to let Rodney move away. As sad as I may be, this will not be the last time I'll see him; when I get a secondary town/island, he will be my resident smug hammie there. It's better this way so he won't have to compete with Graham (who has seniority).

This won't be the end of my memes, however! I will continue to post here whenever I find a good memory to share. And I encourage those who had Rodney/still have Rodney to post, too.
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It's sad for him to leave, but it's the best thing to do, since I like Graham more and would choose him over Rodney.
 
I never experienced having Rodney but I don't exactly understand why people would despise him so much to having a subreddit dedicated to hating him. I could understand their reasoning if it had something to do with the colour choice, but other than that I don't get it. While I was doing Smash Bros. Ultimate stock icons for many villagers, I did Rodney and was under the impression that he's far from being a bad villager.

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But what can we do? Every villager has its lovers and haters and I wouldn't be surprised if the villagers I love had been whacked in the head with someone's net.
 
Shellzilla said:
I never experienced having Rodney but I don't exactly understand why people would despise him so much to having a subreddit dedicated to hating him. I could understand their reasoning if it had something to do with the colour choice, but other than that I don't get it. While I was doing Smash Bros. Ultimate stock icons for many villagers, I did Rodney and was under the impression that he's far from being a bad villager.

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But what can we do? Every villager has its lovers and haters and I wouldn't be surprised if the villagers I love had been whacked in the head with someone's net.
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Wow, how did you create image of Rodney? Is it based off his icon in ACNH? Also, is he a character that shows up in Super Smash Bros, or is it all fan-made? Either way, I appreciate the art on a spiritual level.

You also raise valuable points. Every villager has their lovers and haters. but of course, it's great to see the love for villagers that don't usually get love. It offers interesting and varied perspectives to villager discourse, for sure!
 
Chungus said:
Wow, how did you create image of Rodney? Is it based off his icon in ACNH? Also, is he a character that shows up in Super Smash Bros, or is it all fan-made? Either way, I appreciate the art on a spiritual level.

You also raise valuable points. Every villager has their lovers and haters. but of course, it's great to see the love for villagers that don't usually get love. It offers interesting and varied perspectives to villager discourse, for sure!
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The stock icon is created all from scratch meaning I did the shapes and colours by myself with the help of references of each villager to get their colour scheme and appearance. It’s not based on the existing icons of each villager because I want to give myself a challenge and not trace directly from them. Rodney does not show up at all in Smash Bros so it's all fan made trying to imitate the style of Smash Ultimate. I even have a thread in the museum showcasing the stock icons for each villager (a work in progress, only did around 100 villagers so far at this time). I did take a long break, however, so it's been a while I done those things to avoid burnout (and that the thread has been pushed back a few pages). Staying on topic of appreciating other villagers, I mixed up the order of creating them by doing an unpopular/not well known villager along with a popular one so people can go "oh hey, this villager I don't know looks nice!" This is so that those unpopular villagers can potentially get some love and learn some new faces (literally lol)!
 
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