I just love Rooney so freaking much...
He is sporty, badass, protective, and tough. Yet, he is extremely sweet, fatherly and doting. He's a teddy bear, and I want a hug from him. <3
I have mentioned this a million times on here, but I remember he sent me a really sweet letter (in a previous town) when I was in a crappy situation:
"You doing alright? Just between us, you are one of the few people I think of as a close pal, so don't you disappoint me by moping about silly stuff, ya hear?"
It feels like this game stalks you at times, and I meant that in the best possible way.
And since Valentine's Day is mentioned in this thread, Rooney was my Valentine in 2016 and in 2020 (I wasn't actively playing AC:NL the other years). He sent me a pink rose (my favorite color and flower <3) in 2016 and a purple rose in 2020. Hell, I TT'd to Valentine's Day in my town I deleted earlier this month, since I wanted to fool around before deleting it, and he sent me a chocolate heart.
I have Rooney in my current NL town, and he is moving in on my NH island...in 24 minutes actually. Amiibo is a godsend.
However, if I may go semi-off-topic, I feel like my NL Valentine this year will be Apollo. Yes, my Valentine has always been Rooney so far. However, he was also my starter cranky for those three aforementioned times (and I consider myself a habitual resetter, as these are three different towns) . Rooney is NOT a starting villager in my current town, my starter cranky is Apollo. Since he is a starter (and Rooney was later scanned in via Amiibo), he may have a better chance than Rooney, since starter villagers can get a head start on friendship. Of course, Cousteau and Spork could also be my Valentine, but I rather it be Apollo or Rooney, especially the latter, but since Apollo is a starter, he may have a better chance, since as I said, starter villagers can get a head start on building friendship, which the villager of the opposite gender with the highest friendship is the one to sent you a Valentine. From what I heard, you have to be at a very high friendship to get a chocolate heart, I think I started this town too close to Valentine's Day (thus, I may not have time to build a high enough friendship to get the chocolate heart), so I may get a pink or purple rose from whoever the heck. I mean, it's still something. <333
But yeah, I digress, sorry for going off on a tangent like that. I just wanted to get that out of my system. XDDD
For a while, my favorite villager has switched between Astrid and Rooney. However, it's been stuck at Rooney for the past 3-4 years now. <333
Edit: Oh yeah, I just wanted to point out: I know it's possible to get a Valentine from a non-starter, I've seen people talk about getting Valentine's from villagers obtained in other ways, but this has yet to happen to me.