I don’t feel bad about it! If someone is hating on you for having an island full of all the “popular” villagers, who cares? Those villagers are popular for a reason; they’re adorable or cool, so it shouldn’t matter!
How about this: Your favorite villager is one of the less popular ones, let’s say Colton. He is on your island because you love him, he is your absolute favorite villager ever! All of a sudden, Colton became a very popular villager, rising to the ranks of Judy and Raymond. Now there are tons of people who feel the same way! Are you going to kick out Colton because he is popular? Because you don’t want to be “basic” by having this popular villager? Now think of how many people like Raymond, not because of his popularity, but because they love his design, his personality. How can you say it is wrong to have popular villagers, when many people with those villagers love them as much as you love Colton, Tank, or Barold?
Hopefully I’m making sense, it’s rather late
But what I’m trying to say is that you shouldn’t judge people on their villager preferences, because they love their “pretty” villagers as much as you love your “boring” ones.
I myself have six villagers who are slightly more popular than some other ones. Lolly, Cookie, Flora, Sherb, Molly, and Sylvana! I didn’t choose them because of their popularity. I chose them because they are freaking adorable villagers. I’m also looking for Goldie and Bones. Once more, I’m not going off of popularity! If I found Judy, I wouldn’t keep her. I couldn’t care less about how many people liked her. It’s my island! I personally don’t find her appealing, and therefore, I would not take her.
It seems that some people think that an island full of popular villagers would be boring, but I don’t really see how? If you love the villagers, that’s the only thing that matters really. Screw people who hate it lol. Regardless of whether the villager you want is considered cute or ugly, just pick whoever makes you happy, that’s the point of this game