Talk:Winter Schnee/@comment-187.143.243.87-20150820005255/@comment-24891101-20150821055340

It is presumptuous.

And for every fic starring a tolerable, even likeable OC, there are legions more of dross upon dross. OCs are generally wish-fulfilment, if they are not merely to fill space or used as plot devices. Too many authors succumb to the temptation to make their OCs outshine the canon cast, reducing them to mere props to further the masturbatory tale of poorly-conceived characters.

This has understandably made most veteran readers of fanfiction leery of them.