Don't you think its a little unimaginative to have the objectively best troll as your favorite?

Not at all, he’s always been my favorite. When I first read homestuck no one liked Equius, he was practically invisible (hehe) to the fandom. The same thing could be said about Nepeta. It wasn’t until the short lived late-2012 memes of “with Equius” and “Nepeta’s dead” that the fandom as a whole started to appreciate these beautiful characters.