Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170424154014/@comment-25936766-20170513030439

Phantomlink959 wrote: You... you do realize for a lot of people it takes an average of several days to write even a first draft character...right?

I know what you mean, but I don't think you said it in a good way, so I'll elaborate.

Even without using the provided template, making an OC is not something you "just do". At least, making a good or decent OC, is not simple.

If you want, you can rush anything. Post the OC ASAP with little thought put into it, leading to it being full of problems. "Being fast is important" taken to the bad extreme.

Now, if you want an OC that's not full of problems and holes, one that makes people think "cool" instead of bringing a waterfall of questions.....then you need to think about what kind of OC do you even want to make.

And if/When you know what kind of OC you want to make, then add detail to said OC. Flesh them out. Give them traits, skills, backstory, that makes them interesting without being too questionable or nonsensical.

Basically....don't do it for the sake of doing it.

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@Dragon: Personally....scrap the character entirely. Besides being basically Hiro from Big Hero 6, which is pretty uncreative, the character itself within and beyond that aspect, has too many problems.

Go back to 0. Think of something else. Something less unbelievable, something more in line with Remnant. Don't add things for the sake of it, for the sake of making the OC interesting. That makes Gary Sues. Add things, to flesh out the character, and think about what you're adding to the OC, and what they imply.