But the Creeper is limited to certain abilities in Minecraft, like blowing itself up. Steve, or the playable character, on the other hand can do so many more things and represent Minecraft a lot better than just the limited abilities of a Creeper. I see what you mean, Steve is just Steve, but no matter how you alter the Inklings, they will always be Inklings. But I mean that doesn't matter when Steve has multiple official skins of his own:
Steve himself is iconic though. Otherwise, there would be no merch for him and Mojang/Microsoft wouldn't use him as the mascot for Minecraft. Everyone knows who Steve is because he is the default skin, and that defaultness is what makes him so iconic. Steve is on posters, the box art of the various Minecraft versions, has plushies and action figures. He is the player in Minecraft, and can do so many more things. I don't see how the Creeper would be more iconic and would represent Minecraft better when it is limited to one ability. Who cares if Steve is an interchangeable skin, the point of Minecraft is creativity. So even if Steve gets in and he has different skins that aren't Steve, why would that matter?
I really don't mean to sound rude or disrespectful, but I don't understand how people can't see that Steve is the mascot of Minecraft, he literally is and Mojang/Microsoft make that apparent as well.