Who is your favorite idol and why?

[Mp3]

Personally mine is Marie. She is more unique than Callie but not as bland like big man. She was great in the splatoon two campaign and is still always great. Vote up top.

 

[vamp1rebees]

tbh i think pearl and marina are the most interesting. having an idol from octarian society is rlly cool to me in addition to her skills as an engineer but i love pearl and her punk/metal phase:3 also the fact that her vocal chords are powerful enough to take down world ending threats like tartar

 

[CodyMKW]

Marie cause she cool and stuff

 

[isaac4]

I personally like Deep Cut more than the rest of the idol groups but since this is about an individual idol then I have to say Marie.
Her personality, relation to the Squidbeak Splatoon, and legacy as part of the first idol group in the series are why I prefer her over the other idols.

 

[OnePotWonder]

It’s close between Shiver and Marina, but I personally prefer Shiver. Her personality simply vibes with me. The way she tries to keep some semblance of order within Deep Cut’s ranks while having her own unique chaotic streak is particularly relatable. I agree with many of her Splatfest choices, especially the weirder ones (still revelling in team Handshake’s victory). Marina’s intellect and quiet but determined personality make her a close contender, though, and an easy second favourite.

This is all a bit ironic, honestly, considering I’m in the minority that prefers playable inklings over playable octolings.

Edit: Also, why does everyone seem to like Marie? I’ve always found her personality to be little more than sarcastic and her background to be fairly hollow. Maybe I’m not seeing a bigger picture, but I don’t see how the Squid Sisters can come anywhere close to the other idol groups outside of, fittingly, nostalgia value.

 

[sevenleaf]

this is the hardest decision i will ever make in my life. i don't think i can.

this isn't exactly an answer to favorite idol but pearl is the most "this girl gets me" to me. she's soooooooo dualie main and not just in that she literally mains dualies, her side order dialogue made me feel so seen lol

 

[OCTöHEAD]

ughhh.. this is hard. I picked marina but could as well been frye or marie. I just think marina has such a touching story and is more fleshed out. though I'm probably affected by the fandom community I hang out in besides here.

 

[QuagSass]

Callie cute :)

 

[C-53]

Pearl has integrity. She stands up for herself and her friends. She is not afraid to express herself. She comes from privilege, but she makes her own path instead of taking an easy course. Her music is great. She is cool. I wish I could be more like her.

 

[Grushi]

Pearl never learned how to dance, but she's not afraid to, and I think that's beautiful. She gets it

 

[cipsbsndj]

I like Frye, she is very whimsical

 

[Catloafman]

MARIE THE BEST IDOL SHUT UP THERE IS NO COMPETITION
2 images for proof

also don't tell anybody that I know irl but I kinda have a crush on her

 

[ikebro]

if we're talking whole groups, deep cut is by far my favorite! they have the best music and the most captivating dynamic to me, it's honestly not even close.
but since we're talking individual idols, i'd have to say pearl. i really relate to her in a lot of ways! i find her really uplifting, it's nice seeing a character that resembles me that isn't played as one big punchline

 

[Aiko.Octo]

I love all the idols in their own ways and for their own reasons, but Marie impressed hard on me first and I'm not sure anything else will ever come close to that.

It feels really cheesy when I talk about it, but... in the agonizing downtime between the 12-hour burst of absolute euphoria that was the splat3 testfire and splat3's official release, I, ceaselessly restless and far too impatient to sit still, borrowed my housemate's copy of splat2 to tide me over, see if I could at least get through the story mode and learn some basic mechanics in the meantime.

And yall, it was absolute hell, I was SO bad at it; I could barely walk in a straight line, make basic jumps, or swim up walls, and some of those rotating platforms in the kettles near the end just about broke me, but never in my life have I locked into anything so stubbornly. I just kept throwing myself at it, day and night, so tired and so raw and vulnerable confronting the horrors of continuing to repeatedly, catastrophically fail at something and yet voluntarily walking right back into that pain again.

It's funny looking back on this now because I've gotten more than comfortable enough with repeatedly dying (maybe too comfortable sometimes lol), but keep in mind I was That Kid who would hyperventilate and start crying in any situation where I wasn't 100% certain exactly what the correct thing was to do, so this was.... a lot, lol. But it was just that important to me, both to prove a point to myself and just to find a better footing in a game that was already the most fun I had ever experienced and that I really wanted to experience to its fullest.

But anyway, in the midst of this dramatic brute-forcing paradigm-shifting dark night of the soul, there were these little dialogue boxes popping up from this worried green squid who, from the context I could gather, kinda believed in me (or maybe just needed to believe in me because I was kind of her only hope, but still). I already kinda had an irrational weakness for fictional characters being nice to me but in this situation that was magnified about a thousand fold and those occasional words of encouragement were like the air I needed to breathe. I latched on hard. I was in such a mentally weird place that a preprogrammed fictional video game character was like 'hey you know what, you might actually not suck at this' and I was immediately like I WILL DIE FOR YOU. lol

I dunno, it's silly maybe but hey, what's life if you can't get a little too into character every once in a while?

 

[OnePotWonder]

I love all the idols in their own ways and for their own reasons, but Marie impressed hard on me first and I'm not sure anything else will ever come close to that.

It feels really cheesy when I talk about it, but... in the agonizing downtime between the 12-hour burst of absolute euphoria that was the splat3 testfire and splat3's official release, I, ceaselessly restless and far too impatient to sit still, borrowed my housemate's copy of splat2 to tide me over, see if I could at least get through the story mode and learn some basic mechanics in the meantime.

And yall, it was absolute hell, I was SO bad at it; I could barely walk in a straight line, make basic jumps, or swim up walls, and some of those rotating platforms in the kettles near the end just about broke me, but never in my life have I locked into anything so stubbornly. I just kept throwing myself at it, day and night, so tired and so raw and vulnerable confronting the horrors of continuing to repeatedly, catastrophically fail at something and yet voluntarily walking right back into that pain again.

It's funny looking back on this now because I've gotten more than comfortable enough with repeatedly dying (maybe too comfortable sometimes lol), but keep in mind I was That Kid who would hyperventilate and start crying in any situation where I wasn't 100% certain exactly what the correct thing was to do, so this was.... a lot, lol. But it was just that important to me, both to prove a point to myself and just to find a better footing in a game that was already the most fun I had ever experienced and that I really wanted to experience to its fullest.

But anyway, in the midst of this dramatic brute-forcing paradigm-shifting dark night of the soul, there were these little dialogue boxes popping up from this worried green squid who, from the context I could gather, kinda believed in me (or maybe just needed to believe in me because I was kind of her only hope, but still). I already kinda had an irrational weakness for fictional characters being nice to me but in this situation that was magnified about a thousand fold and those occasional words of encouragement were like the air I needed to breathe. I latched on hard. I was in such a mentally weird place that a preprogrammed fictional video game character was like 'hey you know what, you might actually not suck at this' and I was immediately like I WILL DIE FOR YOU. lol

I dunno, it's silly maybe but hey, what's life if you can't get a little too into character every once in a while?

Thank you for answering my question, at least to some degree.

 

[Yeenom]

Big Man, he's just so silly

 

[Hokuto]

Big Man best man. I find his sincerity refreshing and his capacity for love endearing. Also, he has a funny face.

 

[isaac4]

I honestly expected a lot more Marina fans here.

 

[sevenleaf]

I honestly expected a lot more Marina fans here.

part of me relating to pearl is being a marina fan

(but like i love all the idols and don't want to betray the other 6 by calling one of them my favorite)

 

[Grushi]

(but like i love all the idols and don't want to betray the other 6 by calling one of them my favorite)

I, for one, feel no such shame. PEARL SUPREMACY STARTS NOW