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blyanten · 7 years

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THE DUCK AVENGER PK2: #8 JUST A FRIEND

Welcome to abusive ex-boyfriend, round two.

Outside Duckmall, the cops are reporting that everything is fine. So we can all safely assume that everything is not fine.

Inside, Stella is distracted. She’s so distracted she needs a *gasp* second try at wrapping a gift. And it’s the third time today! The horror! If she doesn’t get her act together, her boss will start docking the waster wrapping paper from her paycheck.

…I have worked as a sales clerk, so 1. Wrapping paper is cheap, even the fancy kind. 2. Even the best wrapper throws away a bunch of paper. And most importantly, 3. What exactly are you paying this poor girl? Because if docking the cost of a bit of wrapping paper is an actual threat, she’s not getting paid anywhere near enough.

Of course, they could just be that cheap, but if they are that’s also not saying good things about her paycheck.

Outside the shop, Rupert and Donald note that Stella has been acting a bit off for the last few days. But really, it takes her forever to get to work, she needs to change the bus five times to get to Duckmall from the Flower district where she lives.

Okay, either Duckburg is GIGANTIC, or that bus system needs a serious overhaul.

Donald suggests Stella might be in love, and Rupert towers over him, glaring in response.

So we can also safely assume that despite going on at least one date, Rupert somehow still hasn’t gotten his head out of his ass and actually done anything about his crush. That’s almost impressive.

Elsewhere, the standard new cop/experienced cop pair is getting lunch. Old guy is getting actual food, the new guy apparently thinks he can live on a single apple. Yet he claims to have taken a course in proper nutrition.

Man, these diet fads are getting out of control.

They get notified that a biker gang is trying to rob an armored truck. They take off, practically before new cop, O’Hara, is in the car. When they get to the scene of the robbery, old cop, Spader, decides to shoot out the tire on one of the motor bikes.

And now this guy is, realistically, at best busy scraping off most of his skin on the asphalt, earning himself a long hospital stay. These people have no idea how lucky they are to live in a comicbook world.

And elsewhere again, Everett is telling Birgit and Boring that Ducklair Electronics is having some trouble with quality control on microchips, and that they need to get on top of that, now. He leaves it entirely up to them, despite the fact that they’re already arguing before he hangs up.

Juniper thinks her dad is working too hard. He could use the help of a hero, like the Duck Avenger.

So that crush is still going strong.

At Duckmall, Donald tries to cheer up Stella, while Rupert… does absolutely nothing other than stare and let Fitzroy feed him obvious bullshit about Stella and Donald’s relationship.

As much as I hate to admit it, fair point. Have you offered some sympathy, Rupert?

At the police station, Spader and some other experienced cop is trying to interrogate biker-guy, but gets nowhere. The interview is cut short when Spader has to remove the other cop from the room, since the law tend to frown upon police brutality.

And this is when we get some backstory on this mess. Apparently, a gangwar has been brewing lately, and someone is supplying the gangs with pretty high tech weapons. But so far the gangs have also been busy robbing places where they can get a lot of cash quickly, suggesting they need money for something fast.

Spader decides it’s time for some theatre, and dresses up O’Hara as a rival gang member. A few insults later, biker guy loses his temper and reveals everything. His gang is buying a sonic cannon, and is going to wipe the other gang off the map!

I think this guy grew longer sleeves after falling off his bike.

While biker buy is taken away, a lab tech comes running, confirming that a microchip from Ducklair Enterprises was used in biker guy’s weapon. Spader basically says “again”, and Angus Fangus appears so fast you’d think the chance to smear anything with the Ducklair name on it was a summoning ritual.

Spader kicks him out, winning me over on the spot.

At Ducklair Tower, Birgit and Boring are still arguing.

At Ducklair Manor, Everett has called Lydia over for a talk. She’s not happy about having to go all the way out there, while Everett is obnoxiously cheerful. Turns out they’re having a disagreement over how she should do her job. Everett says one thing, Lyla says “No, and feel free to fire me if you don’t like it.”

You know, with all the stuff Angus is saying, I’m pretty sure there’s an actual, good reason for a lawsuit there. No need to leave it all to Lyla. But she dutifully promises to make sure everyone knows the truth before leaving.

Meanwhile, Donald is at work, listening to Angus’s report and looking just a tiny bit smug at Angus having turned his focus onto Everett.

Can you blame him?

The news also mention the robbery of the armored car, which took place in the Flowers District. Donald concludes that Stella has probably been worried for her safety lately, and decides to do something about it.

Later that night, Stella return home to… this guy. Lucas.

If you’re that bored, go take a shower.

He whines about her TV being boring, which is his only entertainment since he can’t go out. She claims cable is too expensive, while he tells her to not worry so much, they’ll be rich soon.

Out in the night, the police are doing patrols and getting ready to crack down on a gang meeting. The gang is about to buy the sonic cannon mention earlier, when the Avenger interrupts.

Well, shit.

The cops jump in, but too late, most of the gang escapes. On the bright side, the cannon didn’t get sold, and the Avenger has the phone of one member who was busy calling his boss. Right there. In the middle of an ambush from the cops and the local superhero.

The Avenger snatches the phone, and then decides to leave before the cops arrest him for screwing up their ambush.

Spader is pretty damned annoyed, acting like this happens all the time. Unfortunately, we’ve seen none of that, so uh, sorry, new character, I just don’t feel much sympathy for you or your unseen plight here.

Unfortunately, Everett is listening in via his telepathic network, and this seems to have given him some ideas. In the morning, he faxes Lyla a press release, which blames everything about the microchips and gangs on the Avenger.

Lyla quits on the spot.

This is another one of those things where you’d think Everett was doing it on purpose, because Lyla’s reaction is completely unsurprising, but once again Everett’s reaction to the entirely predictable response to his actions is… not that of someone who wanted that to happen.

You’re clearly deeply upset that the Avenger’s ally, which you should at least be suspecting she is at this point, and who has said before that she’s not doing that shady crap, quit when you asked her to pull that shady crap on the Avenger. I have just the thing for that!

Elsewhere, Boring is checking numbers, while Birgit tries to make fun of him.

Meanwhile, Donald is woken by his nephews going to school. He’s also late for work. Again. Also, he’s been on the internet all night long in the age of dial-up, so they tell him to at least keep the job until the next phone bill has been paid.

Now, the reason he was on the internet was to check the phone number the less than bright gang member was calling.

The joys of landlines.

At Stella’s place Lucas is drinking. The can says soda, but I’m not buying it. That’s definitely beer.

He needs to do a small job for him, and tells her to call in sick. She can do that for him, right? She hesitantly agrees, and he hands her a microchip and tells her to deliver it for him.

Ugh. Allow me to praise both writer and artist on their work with this guy. He may be a stereotype, but he’s a pretty well done one. In other words, I want to punch his lights out.

At Duckmall Fitzroy is making noises about how it must be the day of the sick, with both Donald and Stella staying at home. Wow. Two whole people sick. At a giant mall. I bet that never happens.

But he actually does seem to think Donald and Stella is having an affair, because he tells Rupert to go visit Stella in a way that suggests he knows she isn’t sick.

Can you side-eye yourself? Because Fitzroy is doing it.

See, this is what happens when you think everyone would act like yourself. Horrible misjudging of everyone around you.

At the police station, Spader is getting a talking to from his boss. Turns out that a senator is rather unhappy with the police supposedly spreading information that one of the richest guys in town is involved in a gang war. Especially since that investigation is going nowhere.

Spader points out that it’s his job to check every possibility, and that it can also be difficult to keep everything secret. Boss actually agrees, but is also very firm about redirecting the investigation. Like, maybe, onto the Duck Avenger?

Spader admits he’s considered it, but…

And with some “encouragement” from the boss, he declares that he won’t tolerate interference from the Avenger in his work.

Well, I did say he should try something other than leaving it all to the press secretary.

Stella is returning home, and Lucas isn’t there. The Avenger, however, is. And he’s taking this entire thing rather personally, saying the Stella Nice appears to be a clerk at Duckmall, but that the phone marks her as the secret leader of a gang of criminals.

I think you might be taking this personally.

Stella breaks down in tears, and the Avenger changes tracks immediately, realizing that something else is going on.

(Stella being the gang leader could have been interesting, but would have needed more build up than this.)

The Avenger asks her to tell him everything, and she does.

Lucas used to be her boyfriend in high school. He was the captain of the football team, she helped him with his studies… pretty cliché, but there you go. However, he was also a braggart, and thought he had a future as a football star. Unfortunately, he injured himself before the finals, and didn’t get to show off for the recruiters, and so that dream was shot.

According to Stella, he was never the same after that, kept apologizing for his… failure.

I really want to know what he was really apologizing for, that kind of break usually means that someone switched out the word they were going to use.

Anyway, Stella left for college and hadn’t seen him since then, until he showed up a week ago. He’d been running from someone, a group of criminals, and she invited him home. She quickly realized that Lucas was in fact a criminal, but by then it was too late. Kicking a gang member out of your home is not easy.

She did however, pick up on the fact that the two gangs have some kind deal going on, because one gang has a weapon, the sonic cannon, and the other had the microchip needed to make it work.

Lucas decided to stay at Stella’s until the deal was about to be finalized, and never left the house. Until now, as the Avenger points out. Stella is about to say more, but then starts worrying about what Lucas might do if he knew she was talking.

The Avenger points out that she should have gone to the police. Stella says that Lucas frightens her. Sometimes he’s sweet, other times… well. The Avenger tells her not to worry, he’ll deal with it, but she needs to tell him everything.

This is when Rupert arrives, thinking that him spending one and a half hour on the bus to get there will charm Stella completely. It’s such a sacrifice, you know? And then he sees the two through the window, quite reasonable, for once, mistaking the Avenger for Donald, and, less reasonably, stomps off in a huff.

Inside, the Avenger and Stella agrees that Stella will go stay with Tempest for a while, and outside Rupert has found an alley, where he’s busy blaming Donald for his romantic failures.

A woman you like, but who is not your girlfried, is hanging out with another man, and this is how you react? Totally acceptable behavior and not at all the kind of red flag that should send Stella running for the hills.

Why, yes, I did just run out of patience with this bullshit, and wow, why is it his behavior seems to be at its worst in the “abusive boyfriend” issues?

The thing is also that, if you had just kept the romance stuff on the level of cartoonish exaggeration, this wouldn’t have stood out as much. But throw in someone like Lucas and treat him seriously, and it changes the tone completely.

That being said... that seems to be exactly the point, as Rupert does end up being a foil to Lucas.

Where was I? Right, over at Ducklair Tower, Birgit is tired of waiting for Boring’s methods of investigation to pay off and is about to suspend production of the microchips until a solution to the problem is found. She’ll also tell Everett that Boring sucks.

Boring tells her she’s wasting her breath. He’s worked out who is selling the microchips to the gangs, a company called Fergus Inc, found evidence of it and sent it to the proper authorities.

The proper authorities being the goddamned army. They’re just waiting for another sale to go down to move in.

At the Flower District, Rupert is about to go and demand an explanation from Stella and he’ll deal with Donald tomorrow. He arrives back at Stella’s place just in time to watch the Avenger fly away.

This deflates him enough that he doesn’t do anything stupid, while Stella seems to be rather unimpressed with him in general.

Get him.

Rupert is spared from explaining himself by the appearance of Lucas’s rival gang. They’re here for Lucas’s girlfriend, to exchange her for the microchip.

Faced with these news Rupert cuts loose. Sure, it’s three or four to one, but Rupert is built like a barn.

See, that foil thing? Already here you can see the difference.

The gang members run off, and Stella invites him in.

Elsewhere, the army and the feds are busy arresting people at Fergus Inc. Turns out Fergus has been remarking shitty Belgravian microchips with the Duckair brand, sold those to the army, and then sold the real chips to the streetgangs for their weight in gold.

And since I feel like I’m on a nitpicking roll today, I’ll just say that you would get very little gold if you took that expression literally.

While this is happening, the gangwar is getting closer to breaking out. Both gangs were going to try and screw over the other, but the Avenger interrupts before they get that far. He’s already gone and gotten the microchip. So that’s one thing down.

Don’t mock the guys with the guns.

And then the guys trying to kidnap Stella shows up, and things escalate into the cleanest gunfight I’ve ever seen.

The only people who walk out of here injured has to be the two getting kicked in the neck/troath area.

The Avenger grumbles about having to use the shield against street-criminals, but really, some exceptions should be made. So Lucas gets a fist to the face.

The police arrive, finding the criminals, the microchip and cannon practically giftwrapped for them.

“We need him, so I’m gonna try and stop him!”

And with that, Spader can finally give the press some good news. In his opinion, anyway, Angus in not happy about Ducklair Enterprises being proven innocent. What really annoys him though, is that Channel 00 admitted that. By doing so, they’re basically admitting that Angus made everything up, and also that’s not what Angus wrote.

Too bad, says Editor Dan. He’ll have to take that up with their new Editor in Chief.

The job at Ducklair Enterprises might not have gone anywhere interesting, but this is funnier.

At Duckmall, Stella is still struggling with the events of the last week. Donald suggests Rupert go comfort her, and Rupert, apparently having had a realization where his own behavior is concerned, suggests Donald comes along.

So that thing I was babbling about higher up? This is where that really pays off. Now, I feel like Rupert’s less than good behaviors have gone on for so long, and became worrying enough that I personally would have liked a little more introspection on Rupert’s part, because that’s not the kind of thing that just goes away after you realize that, “hey, I’m overreacting badly”, but credit where credit’s due, this is way more than some would have done.

And also, wow, I am in a serious mood today. ANYway, my point is, good job.

And later that night Everett receives an e-mail from Lyla, where she informs him “I feel no resentment or gratitude. I only did my duty towards the truth.”

And then we get this.

It all seems to suggest that there was an arc planned where Lyla was involved a lot more than she ended up being. Unfortunately, she’s mostly sidelined after this, and the series got cancelled, so who knows what might have happened.

#PKNA #pk2 #Duck avenger #comic #review #sort of #for fun

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pushesbuttons-blog · 7 years

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Creedy Rambles-

So this is just gonna be a new thing I do on occasion when I can’t focus on drafts or messages, where I’m going to talk about stuff related to TSP, fandoms, tumblr and roleplaying in general. I’ll be tagging these specifically, and they’ll all be under a read more. So if you don’t want to see them, just blacklist the tag.

REGARDING OC’s:

THIS IS NOT MEANT TO OFFEND ANYONE OR THEIR CHARACTER, SIMPLY IT IS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WANT TO IMPROVE AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT IS ORIGINAL IN A CHARACTER AND WHAT ISN’T- BASED OFF OF HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE DO IT.

Before I start in I’ll quickly identify what an OC is-

OC or Original Character, is a person or entity developed entirely with the creative mind of one person and does not stem from an existing copyright/franchise.

Essentially- it is a being that you made up. You made up their personality, backstory, appearance- all of it. Yes, you probably got inspiration from other places or characters, but it is still your own character. They can be set in a specific game/movie/book or any franchise, or you can make up your own world for them.

Now unfortunately on Tumblr, Oc’s face A LOT of criticism and backlash. Not necessarily because Oc’s are bad.. but because of the stereotype that they’re bad.

And even worse, this stereotype is often very true, in the sense that- people do NOT understand how to make a character.

People make a character, but its not really original. Because it conforms to ALL the stereotypes that other people’s OC’s have. Thus negating its originality in the first-place. Making it ironically an UNoriginal character.

And it kills me, because those Oc’s ruin it for the GOOD Oc’s out there.

I’ve been on Tumblr for only around 2-ish years and I’ve seen HUNDREDS of Oc’s. Some AMAZING and others horrid.

And It hurts me that the good Oc’s aren’t given a chance because of the negative association with stereotypical ‘bad’ oc’s.

Now I bet you’re asking- ‘Creedy, what are some of the things people do that make BAD Oc’s? Surely it can’t be that bad, that people on tumblr sometimes won’t even consider writing with them, right?’

Sadly, that is completely correct.

Disclaimer: Sometimes people won’t write with your OC simply because they don’t like them, and thats THEIR problem. Not yours.

So let me give a quick rundown and reasoning as to what people do that give Oc’s (GENERALLY) a bad name-

1. Mary Sue / Gary Stu

Okay, we’ve all heard these ones. But if you haven’t- A Mary Sue is basically a stereotypical OC with NO FLAWS. She’s often described as ‘smart, pretty, honest, kind, and amazing at everything she does’.. okay.

That is already a HUGE red flag.

And even moreso- the only ‘flaw’ these characters will sometimes have is ‘clumsiness’ or some other attribute that doesn’t directly negatively effect the character’s personality, and is usually used as a trope to get that character closer to what they want... which is NOT what a flaw is supposed to do.

And if you think that your character is somehow unique in spite of all this- the FIRST instance of a Mary Sue goes as far back as 1973. In a Star Trek Fanfiction

Mary Sue stories—the adventures of the youngest and smartest ever person to graduate from the academy and ever get a commission at such a tender age. Usually characterized by unprecedented skill in everything from art to zoology, including karate and arm-wrestling. This character can also be found burrowing her way into the good graces/heart/mind of one of the Big Three [Kirk, Spock, and McCoy], if not all three at once. She saves the day by her wit and ability, and, if we are lucky, has the good grace to die at the end, being grieved by the entire ship.[7]

If your character matches this description, I’m sorry but- they are NOT original. If they’re good at basically everything with no flaws (especially at a younger than normal age) that character is by all means considered a Mary Sue. A Gary Stu just being the male counterpart.

How to fix this:

Now there IS a line in the sand. Your character can be young and good at things, nothing wrong with that. But make sure you add in some flaws such as- ‘unintelligent, rude, brash, liar, insecure, boring, cruel’. And make it so that there are things they hate in the world, and people that hate them. Mary Sues are also often depicted with everyone liking them, but as we all know that is simply not realistic. Create enemies or rivals for your character- or Hell, even someone they just plain dislike.

2. DO NOT COME UP WITH EVERYTHING ON THE SPOT

This^^^ Is important

Do not force your ideas. Do not try and just pull a character out of your ass, because then that character will be shit.

Take your time, no pressure.

You do not have to come up with their favorite color immediately- or even finish their backstory.

Somedays you may like an idea but later on you might realize it was stupid or unfitting, and vice versa.

Be patient and pace yourself

But lets say you’ve already kinda rushed it with your character, no biggie.

How to fix it:

Again, take your time. Don’t immediately go deleting everything you dislike about your character. Put it on the backburner and give it time to boil, slowly but surely- it will come to you.

3. Do not LIST things.

Unfortunately I’m also guilty of this one, as is most Tumblr rpers.

When you make an about page for your character- listing the name, age, birth. Thats okay. But why do it that way when you can show off your writing skills a bit?

And don’t make giant random pointless lists of likes and dislikes. Place them in relevant categories.

How to fix it:

Instead of doing the following:

Likes: Swords, rock, fighting, snow.

Do this:

Aya lives outcast in the snowy tundra nearly 20 miles from the nearest city, but it suits her just fine. The harsh snow is actually quite comforting and she can’t imagine living anywhere else. Additionally she has a fiery passion for sword-play, and practices as often as she can in her own private training room. The adrenaline of fighting keeps her fit and on her toes, and it drives her to do the best she possibly can each day. Aya also has a great taste in music, hard rock to be specific. She enjoys rocking out to AC/DC while battling her training dummy.

Is it a bit long and drawn out? Maybe, but it’ll give that person a better idea on how you write and how descriptive you are. Its not a cookie-cutter sort of process anymore.

4. No Eye-bleeding color schemes.

Dear sweet baby Jesus.

Look, sometimes it works. But a good 99.9% of the time- using every color of the rainbow WILL NOT WORK.

When you do that, it looks like someone crushed the color out of every sharpie that exists and dumped it on your character.

Its not pretty or cute or creative, because everyone has done it and it hurts to look at. Especially if you choose NEON OVER BLACK. You will burn someone’s eyes out, don’t do that.

Here is a basic read-up on Color Theory and some beautiful Color Palettes, to give you an idea.

How to fix it:

Now look, rainbow coloring in itself isn’t bad. But instead of just choosing the brightest colors you can find. Go to google and search for a color palette and use that. A good chunk of canon characters generally have a set of 5-6 colors in the same moodset that they stick to.

Also tacking on this: generally make your character’s clothing simple. Don’t add too many crazy patterns or random hats and glasses and wings and tails just.. unless you can justify it in their backstory properly- stick to a standard set of clothing and then maybe tack on a maximum of 3 accessories. A bracelet, a fancy hairtie and glasses.. okay done! Simple but cute!

5. Do not base that character entirely on a character that already exists (especially if you intend them to be in the same fandom)

It does not take skill or originality to take Elmo and turn him blue and then call him ‘Omle’

That is not an ‘original’ character and its not ‘inspired’ off of Elmo- yet I see people do this all the time.

Now look, this one is hit or miss. Sometimes it works and its cool, but most of the time it doesn’t. Especially if they’re in the same franchise.

Inspiration =/= Copying

How to fix it:

Unfortunately if you’ve done this you may need to make drastic changes with your character. But that doesn’t mean you HAVE to take away everything, you can just add new stuff. A change of clothes, skin color, eye color, maybe body shape, swap out some personality traits and boom- you’ve already got something more original than what you’ve started with!

6. Simple, my God.. simple

Meet Simplicity, no- they’re not an OC. But they’re gonna be your new best friend.

Simplicity is what you need. No over amount of accessories, powers, positive OR negative personality traits. Just a nice SIMPLE amount.

How to fix this:

Again if you’re not comfortable putting your character through drastic changes. Then this won’t be for you. Try and limit yourself with a set number of general stuff about your character. Like top five positive traits, and top five negative traits. Okay-

Compassionate, Goofy, Hilarious, Bubbly, Kind

Airheaded, nervous, panicky, oblivious, naive.

Notice how all of these traits generally have something in common or similar to the ones next to them? That is what a character is supposed to be like. Different enough to be their own thing, but similar enough to still ‘blend’ with that character. They OVERLAP each other.

7. I...I’m not sure what to call this one?

But basically- if your character is lets say.. ‘the sonic oc’. Make sure they look as though they’re from the sonic universe, but also doesn’t look too similar to a character already in that universe.

ALSO DO NOT USE BASES.

Any art you do will be SO MUCH BETTER and IMPROVE YOU SO MUCH MORE than ANY base you use.

Bases are actually proven to make your art skills WORSE.

Here is a POSE sight used to help artists draw, this is better to use.

Disclaimer: Using bases as references is fine. Do not copy it pose-per-pose. But maybe you just want to get a general idea of that character so you look at a base- thats fine. But do not copy it.

How to fix it:

Again you may need to redesign your character if this is the case.

Can’t draw? Thats alright, a detailed description can generally be enough for an OC. And even if you feel like your art sucks, practice makes perfect. I promise you.

8. Fit the personality with the appearance.

A character in a dark hood with circles under his eyes that look soul-crushing probably won’t have the personality of a six year old girl.

When you make a character who has a sad or depressive general mood or personality, match that with colors and clothing articles. Like blue or fluffy sweaters.

Think of the emotions in Pixar’s Inside Out. Their appearance directly correlates to their personality and the emotion they give off. That is what makes them good characters.

How to fix it:

Again, a redesign might be in order.

9. Long V.s Short Backstories

Alright so theres a huge doublestandard on Tumblr that I CANNOT STAND.

On one hand- people reprimand you if your backstory is too short. Alright, fair enough. Its their life story, I’m supposed to make it long and specific right?

WRONG!!!!!!

Because then people will get lazy and not even bother to read your character’s backstory because apparently 7 pages is ‘too much’.

How to fix this:

So, what do?

You make both.

You make a small summary of your character with something like ‘Very brief history’ and then you expand upon it under the summary with a title like ‘detailed/specific history.’ At least that way people can’t piss on you for your story being too short or too long.

10. The stereotypical ‘Tragic backstory’

Okay. I’m guilt of this. I’m SEVERELY guilty of this.

However, a tragic backstory isn’t bad.. as long as there is reason behind it.

When you have a character- having sad or horrible things happen in their life is good. Otherwise they’d just be another Mary Sue. But you don’t want to completely make your character miserable unless they call for it.

Lets say your character is blind- it makes sense that they could’ve had a tragic accident that blinded them.

But if your character was bruised or beaten for...seemingly no reason and it had no effect on them personality wise.. why is it there? What was the point in throwing it into their story?

A smiley, bubbly character who is constantly happy and has nothing wrong with them is not going to have ‘Macbeth’ as their backstory. And vice versa.

How to fix this:

Add happier or brighter moments in their life, intervals where things weren’t so bad. Role models, hobbies and when they learned them. Things like that.

On the other end (if they’re too happy) Add some sad parts. Struggles they’ve had, confrontations they won’t forget etc. etc.

11. Research.

I’m not saying you have to write a book report, but looking up on google about real-world locations, how certain jobs and processes (such as being arrested, giving birth, whatever is relevant to the character/your thread) will do you some good in an rp. And you might learn something!

And this is not meant to offend anyone.

Alright. Now I want to say that yeah- you can get away with some of this stuff. I list things, sometimes my characters are over the top, or their color scheme isn’t great. And people still think the character is good.

But it IS highlighting the things literally EVERYONE ELSE HAS DONE, therefore making these tropes unoriginal and making your character unoriginal. This is meant to give tips on how to make your character more original.

Do you have to change it if you don’t want to? No.

Is your character so awful it’ll make me vomit if you don’t follow these rules? No.

But if you want to improve upon your creativity, these steps will do nothing but HELP you in the long run. I promise!

#[ 📌 :: ＯＯＣ: ͨʳᵉᵉᵈʸ ʳᵃᵐᵇˡᵉˢ ]#[ 📌 :: ＯＯＣ: ºᵘᵗ ºf ᵇᵘᵗᵗºⁿˢ ]#((These are my own personal opinions and experiences))#((Although there is joking it is not purposefully poking fun at anyone))#((But it irritates me when bad Oc's make it worse for good Oc's..))#((I will also not judge your character if they have anything considered 'unoriginal' in the oc world. No character is perfect))

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