Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-30582209-20170214224204/@comment-10380701-20170217070756

Worst cliches? Generally, I'm very tolerant with alot of the more common cliches. But there are cliches that I specifically have a gripe with. I'm guilty of quite a few of these myself. NOTE: These are personal pet peeves, so it may not be cliche to anyone else but me.

-The Bullied Faunus: I mean, that's fine, then it goes stupid where sometimes even their teammates bully them. I've even seen ones were they just straight up attempt murder. (I'm guilty of the last one :V)

-Untouchable Villainous Rogue Huntsmen: This one is likewise viable, but then turns into shenanigans when they can walk in broad daylight in the middle of a kingdom despite commiting crimes against mankind. Examples include someone who assassinates members of the Council and can still remain undetected for months.

-The Walking Disaster: This one is a little common due to rule of drama, but sometimes, certain OC's lives just straight up go to poo-poo wherever they go. They're in a village? That village is gonna get ganked by Grimm. Their next stop is a city? City gonna skyrocket in crimes. They're in a Kingdom? Uh-oh Fall of Beacon.

-Ozpin's Chosen Many: A little less common since post Vol.2, but is still there. This particular OC was chosen by Ozpin to enroll in Beacon, granting them special priveleges and stuff. If written well, it can be justified. If not, your OC looks like it's chosen for the sake of it. A better alternative to this without summoning Deus ex Plotina is just making the OC apply for a scholarship. It has the same effects without invoking Ozpin. Granted, the OC still has to be exceptional enough without being a special snowflake to get a scholarship.

-The Super Anti-Racist: While there are pipu against racism, this particular OC is super against it. "Bullying faunus is bad! Stahp!" is probably their catchphrase. They may sympathize with the faunus plight to stupid extremes and may loathe the White Fang for their extreme methods. Supporting the Faunus is fine, but there's kind of a fine line between "Faunus are people too." and "FAUNUS HAVE IT BAD WE MUST SAVE THEM." without sounding like a SJW Templar.

-The Roman Torchwick: Common since the first volume, there has been countless criminal masterminds in Vale almost on par with Roman in skill and capabilities, maybe even better. Unlike Roman, they usually tend to be blatantly EEEEEVIL though. They have more in common with Chibi Roman than normal Roman.

-The Tyrian: When you just wanna make a villain and the end result is a character comparable to Tyrian. Psychopathic and insane, these OCs are evil for the sake of evil and are generally enemies of mankind... yet operates independently from Salem, often being lone wolves who loves causing mayhem. Tyrians made before Tyrian existed are pretty much Proto-Tyrians.

-The Brooding Asshole: An OC whose key personality trait is that they're an asshole and exceedingly brooding. Often because it's "cool" or because they have a shoddily put rough past. Being a prick is fine, but a brooding asshole is about as interesting as a cardboard that can talk shit. Their jerkness isn't even charming either. They're just a dick.

-The Cardboard: Speaking of cardboards, there's the OC whose key personality trait is that they're an emotionless husk. Like to the point that their catchphrase is "..." and one-liners. Being emotionally dead can be handled differently than just being a quiet cardboard.

-The Peerless Genius: A genius whose main trait is they have an understanding of the plot because they see beyond the veil of the Oz Posse. They probably watch RWBY itself. These guys posess an uncanny capability of knowing what's gonna happen next coinciding with what's happening in the show. They're pretty much omnisicent with the only limitation being where the show stopped. Being a smug prick is optional.

Granted, quite a few of these are uncommon here on the wiki, but outside... DX