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Welcome to the 19th Original Character Contest!

Once upon a time, about 18 months ago, a group of us in the Original Character threads discussed what it was that made a character a 'Mary Sue'. At first, we made blanket statements; all wolf faunus, all tragic backstories, etc. But then someone had a bright idea; a monthly character contest designed to test your skill at not​ making Mary Sue's.

And so it was done, with the first contest theme being Wolf Faunus. The contest has been held every month since then, and the themes have been getting more and more interesting, but I felt that it was missing a certain something; they stopped being about taking a trope known for Mary Sueism, and started being about just making a character based on (and I mean based on, not alluding to) various things. Occasionally a theme would pop up that was closer to the original spirit of the contest, but mostly it didn't.

Now don't get me wrong; there's nothing wrong with either way of hosting the contest. However, I felt like I'd take the contest back to its origins for this month. And so, for the theme this month I want to see that common Mary Sue trope; prodigies.

Base the character on whoever you like. Allude to whatever you like. Hell, even don't have an actual base or allusion and simply make a completely original character. However, that character must be a prodigy of some sort.

Enjoy!

The rules:

1) The judge must pick one and only one theme and announce it at the opening of the contest, which can be anything that crosses your great wonderful mind; from animal to period, from mythology to a concept, or even just a simple rule.

2) Using the template that will be provided below, you, the contestants, must create an OC that fits the chosen theme.

3) This character MUST conform to all established laws of canon in order to be considered eligible for the competition. These inescapable laws ARE:

-CNR (Color Naming Rule, meaning that the character must distinctly remind us of, outright mean, or sound like a color or set of colors in some way. So basically, don’t name your character John Smith or Maverick Ultra or something.)

-1 Semblance only (One - read it, one - Semblance means one special ability/power. Now, it is possible for one Semblance to be able to do multiple things, but they must be very closely-related to each other in order to pass the radar (meaning don’t make one Semblance that turns a person into Superman or gives them multiple unrelated powers, basically). Above all else, don’t give a character multiple Semblances unless you want them to get shot down faster than Santa’s sleigh in military-controlled airspace.)

-No Grimm hybrids, of any sort, fraction, or type (Kind of already stated above; this is a huge no-no, due to it’s sheer logical impossibility given current info, no matter how cool or edgy you might think them to be.)

-No Aura-possessing robots/androids (Penny has been directly stated as the only one of her kind for the time being…)

4) Characters may not and must not be affiliated with members of the main cast, save for simultaneous attendance at Beacon Academy or membership in other institutions (such as the White Fang, the Atlas military, etc.)

5) No reality-shifted characters. (This is for you uncreative wise guys out there who want to bring in Goku, Naruto, Sasuke, Natsu, Zoro, Batman, Iron Man, or whoever as a Hunter. Don’t do that crap.)

6) Characters, weapons, and Semblances can be re-tooled, but must not have been submitted to the  OC, Weapon, or Semblance threads in the last two months, or in any of the previous contests. Semblances and/or weapons posted to the Semblance or Weapons threads during the time of the contest will be disqualified (meaning you will receive 0 points for that semblance/weapon).

7) Weapon and Semblance must be your own creations. This means don’t go using someone else’s idea as your own. You can, of course, receive advice and tips from anyone via message wall or private chat, but the base idea must be your own.

8) The first full character you post is the one which will be judged. However, you have until the end of the contest’s submission time frame to make any alterations or upgrades you see fit. Once time is up, any further changes will be ignored.

9) The judge must post the grading system within three days of the contest starting to make it fair on everyone, especially newcomers.

10) First time entrants will be given a 10-point bonus to their score, so long as their score before the bonus is 70 points or under. This is to at least give any newbies a fighting chance against the veterans.

The submission deadline for this competition is on Sunday, November 6th, at 23:59:59 by the wikia’s clock. 