
| Scorin #293800 1 year ago |
Become famous?
Sorry, But I see OC's hated on the spot. |
| CeleryPony #293801 1 year ago |
Except i haven't even reached that second step |
| CeleryPony #293807 1 year ago |
@scorin I see what you mean. But I dunno. I look around and there's so many people with OCs that are practically worshiped for some reason. idk |
| Ex_Machina #293818 1 year ago |
Uhhh, can you perchance name one? Because I can't. |
| rozar142 #293828 1 year ago |
Have fun in limbo. |
| Anonymous #293834 1 year ago |
Skywind comes to mind, everyone keeps talking about him :] |
| Anonymous #293837 1 year ago |
^ Only because he's more hated than Hitler at this point |
| Anonymous #293840 1 year ago |
Once I invented a character with no name
Nopony talks about him ever :( |
| Anonymous #293847 1 year ago |
Wich Oc has become famous??? |
| Anonymous #293849 1 year ago |
Noelpony is best OC pony. |
| Prominence #293876 1 year ago |
Nyx so far is one of the very few popular fancharacters. |
| AnuAikan #293881 1 year ago |
Maxie's OC was quite popular for a while. |
| Anonymous #293886 1 year ago |
Does Fernando count? |
| MetalHooves #293888 1 year ago |
The only OC I've seen recur is that Midnight Devilwitch BlingBling character, who doesn't seem to be met with too much hate.
With ponibooru, it doesn't so much seem to be the pony as the person behind it. I'm sure a lot of you know the name Pynky Py. :P |
| Anonymous #293913 1 year ago |
Nyx is the only OC pony worth anything. |
| Lockstep #293916 1 year ago |
Pastel is best OC pony! How can anypony forget Pastel? |
| Anonymous #293935 1 year ago |
Most people look down on OCs because most of them are self insert Mary Sue Characters. Nyx you could argue Technically isn't an OC since she is Nightmare Moon Reborn. Keyword Technically |
| Epicplatypus #293943 1 year ago |
/me is writing a fanfic based around an OC....
OC's arent bad if used correctly. |
| Anonymous #293952 1 year ago |
^ Agreed a good example is Memories of those we have forgotten |
| Epicplatypus #293959 1 year ago |
^never read it, and im not sure if that is the correct title, but I'll look it up.
My fanfic is actually 2 parts... one centers around the downfall of luna and her decent into nightmare moon, the second deals with Braeburn and how he plays in to the whole thing and HIS involvement in stopping nightmare moon... Unfortunately i came up with the idea before Past sins came out, so now everypony will think Im riding off the success of that... |
| Anonymous #294010 1 year ago |
Famous? Forgotten? What OCs are we talking about? My OC, Pathfinder, is just my personal creation (granted the artwork is commissioned) that might get involved in fiction and commissioned pieces, but I really don't intend for him to be famous. Just my personal showing of my love for the show, like Captain Draconius Spyro was for my love of the Spyro game series. |
| Anonymous #294275 1 year ago |
OC s? send them to the moon ! |
| rayhiros #294425 1 year ago |
There are good OC's. Even in the show, there's already OC's.
Holly Dash can be seen in Swarm of the Century. This is an OC 'Ponie one of the animators. It seems that there are still some well-known. Nyx is also a good example. OC's bring the possibility to be connected better with the show. The only thing that makes OC's really bad if it looks too exaggerated or acts. No matter if you hate the OC's in general then you hate the show. After all, they are already in the show. |
| Anonymous #294501 1 year ago |
*applauses rayhiros and gives him an internet* |
| John #294569 1 year ago |
OCs are extremely gay. |
| Kooner #294577 1 year ago |
+1 to Rayhiros. |
| Schrodinger #294696 1 year ago |
The level of hatred OCs get is ridiculous really.
Which is better? - Use an OC that fits the role required by the story and that is your own creation to use and abuse as you wish. OR - Force a canon pony to act out of character to squeeze into the required role. More often than not, the latter option shows a lot more disrespect for the characters and the show. Sure, some people do worthwhile fics involving the mane cast, using the fics to explore their personalities, but a lot just seem to want the character as a puppet to fill with the writer's own character. Quite frankly, they should stay away from the mane cast and /start/ using OCs. |
| pelleelle #294743 1 year ago |
thats some big hair.. |
| Anonymous #294763 1 year ago |
Well, kinda true there... |
| NucleicTwist #294773 1 year ago |
There have been a number of fanfics I've read featuring OCs that have gone over really well. I think the key features that the "good" ones share is that the story has a plot that the OC is part of (rather than just being a showcase for the OC itself) and that the OC's interaction with the show's established characters is limited (ie, they don't "go on an adventure" with the main cast, they instead do their own thing).
As an example of the sort of thing I'm thinking of here on Ponibuuru, check out nya-nannu's series of comics. Her characters are OCs but they do interesting stuff and they don't spend all their time hanging around with cast members for no reason. |
| rayhiros #294936 1 year ago |
I agree with N-Twist. |
| CeleryPony #295021 1 year ago |
Just to clear some things up, the comic above doesn't necessarily apply to ponies.
But yeah, I can name a lot who seemed to gather fame without infamy. |
| Cherny_Pegas #295060 1 year ago |
I never really had any problem with OCs, some of them are good and those that are bad (Mary-Sues, alicorns, recolors etc.) are just ignored by me, the same way I ignore all crappy fanart on the Internet. The only OC that I actively dislike is Skywind, but that's more because of author trying to shove him down everyone's throat. |
| WizardWannabe #295190 1 year ago |
There are plenty of good OCs, and what they all have in common is that they're written or drawn well. Get that right and generally everything is good. Unfortunately, most people suck at both. |
| AkatsukiKaizoku #295242 1 year ago |
Depends really, it has been said, there are goods out there and also OCs doesn't have to be in a complicated story, or in a story even, they just could be the mascot of the artist, kinda his avatar |
| Anonymous #295577 1 year ago |
Littlepip, Calamity, Xenith, Steelhooves, Velvet Remedy, Homage, Pyrelight, Red Eye, The Goddess, Nyx... Anything I'm Missing? |
| nemryn #295705 1 year ago |
Andy Warhol pony? |
| Anonymous #297073 1 year ago |
Art for fame does not compute |
| Snowmeow #301121 1 year ago |
Lauren Faust would could use the bronies' OCs to avoid pony cloning. |
| CeleryPony #311088 1 year ago |
I agree with this, Snow. But that would make it.. maybe twice as long to produce a single episode. |
| MagicMarker #358909 11 months ago |
MagicMarker? ;w; *BRICKED* |