Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160626203649/@comment-24534644-20160630020142

Kirito Rose wrote: Question: What would happen if I posted a Cyborg OC? I've said this multiple times, and I'll say it again. Whenever I hear people ask about making cborg characters, I say that using the term "cyborg" itself is wrong, because "cyborg" implies someone who has cybernetics built into the core of their frame and is, both within and without, half-human-half-robot. In RWBY, we've seen so such people, only humans with prosthetic limbs. I mean, Ironwood has some pretty extensive prosthetics, but he's still very clearly divided between what part of him is artificial and what part is normal. And Ironwood only has such extensive prosthetics because he's a general in the Atlas military, so of course he gets access to all the good medical care and cybernetic stuff.

Make a cyborg (as in Teen Titans' Cyborg, or General Grievous, or what-have-you) is not okay. Making a human with prosthetics is. But i f you're gonna make such a character, you'd better make damn sure that the replacement limbs and body parts are just that: replacements. They should offer no benefits over normal limbs aside from what we've seen in the show; i.e. Mercury not feeling pain in his legs, and Ironwood's clothes getting burned but not his chest. You can also do something in which the prosthetics, since they don't use muscles, aren't prone to the same stamina issues that the organic body is (which could provide the illusion of strength: for example, someone with prosthetic arms could lift a 100 pound object for an extended period of time with no issues, not because the arms are any stronger than a normal person's arms, but simply because they don't get tired). But if your intention in making a "cyborg" is to have someone with a myriad of weapons hidden inside of their body, then you can stop right there and move on to a different idea.