Opinion Page: Creating A Good OC

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## How Do I Make A Good Character?

#### If you're ever in need of advice, go to this page.

The people listed on that page are who you can turn to if you ever need advice for your OC. Just submit your OC to their message wall, and get advice. You can also submit your OC to many message walls, not just one - but please make sure they're all people willing to do it/people listed on that page. In addition to that, be respectful to them. You don't need to take their advice, but be respectful. This goes to the people giving the advice too - **be respectful when giving your advice. We do not tolerate rudeness on this wiki.**

#### No Mary Sues, Gary Stus, or Terry Stus

Basically, no perfect character. Every character should have flaws in some way, to add depth to the plot and their character. Unless the runner has specifically asked for Mary, Gary, or Terry Sues/Stus, please don't go out of your way to make one.

#### Follow the rules of roleplays that you're in

Often, creators of a roleplay will give the roleplay some rules that you have to follow. When submitting your OC, make sure that you've looked through these rules and checked that your character works. Runners of a roleplay will often ask for character flaws, but they may also ask for diversity and conditions.

#### Make it interesting

There's no fun in roleplaying a perfect, vanilla, cookie-cutter character, both for the creator of the OC and for the other people in the roleplay. Have some variety and change it up a bit, and you'll find that the interactions between characters of differing and unique personalities will be much more enjoyable. In addition to that, please don't bash other characters. You may offer constructive criticism but outright rudeness will **not** be tolerated, so please keep that in mind.

#### Make your character relatable

This isn't always something you *have* to do, but it is quite useful. Relatable characters, especially ones with complexity and depth, are often well written, resulting in a higher chance of your form being accepted, depending on the roleplay you're in. In addition to that, make your roleplay form detailed. It's not a requirement, but it does help everyone know a little bit more about your character.

#### Stick to your OC

Small changes here and there are fine, but if you put the personality as, for example, a kind and caring person, then made them extremely rude and mean in the roleplay, that doesn't work. Try keeping your character as true to themself as possible - rather than saying their personality is one thing, but making everything they do go against that.

#### Inspiration

OC's can be based on people that you know in real life, characters, even yourself. Just make sure that you don't copy characters and call them your own "*Original* Character". Being inspired by small parts and making them your own unique creation, however, is fine. In addition, some roleplays might even allow you to use pre-existing characters, so long as you credit the creators.