I mained Roy. See, it started when the roster was revealed in several gaming mags (I hadn't really followed up with the development until then) and I saw Marth and Roy as part of the "unlockables" section and I was like, "A complete wild card for a game I've never heard of? One of those to will be my fav character."
And then, I got Melee. I unlocked Marth first, and I realized, I didn't like him. Not only did the fact that he was a complete girl bother me, but the fact that he had blue hair and a purple power-up color made him look like a total wuss.
Then along came Roy.
It became perfectly clear that Roy was Marth's bad*** clone, and the fact that he had a fire kick to all his moves was amazing.
That's how Roy became my homeboy.