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Post by Tobina on Aug 23, 2014 10:16:09 GMT
Hmm... I'm usually one of those who avoid stories with OC's as maincharacters, but maybe it'll help you to know why I don't like to read them. Though I think there actually have been one or two stories I've followed with heavy influence from OC's *looks it up in her favos* 'Four points of the same star' by Anytha84 for example. The OC's had a real background and their charakters where well developed. It wasn't a forced "I'm Shinichi's long-gone cousin/sister/whatever and I'm a detective freak as well and I'm at least as good as him." (ok - one of them was a childhood-friend from Shinichi and came very close to this description, but the story didn't revolve around her alone, so I could live with it) Try to give them their own interests and a personality, but don't make them too fantastic/intelligent... I think you get my point.
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Post by Crimson Amarone on Aug 23, 2014 12:06:30 GMT
The following is actually part of a discussion on OCs I've had before with Kitsoa. Her original question to me was in regards to her upcoming MK story. So if anything seems a little out of context I apologize. If I want to read works that take too many liberties with characters and plot than I'd rather just read original fiction. If an OC's role can easily be filled with an already existing character there's really no need for them. I don't tend to like protagonist main character OCs at all. In DC's case, villains I don't mind as much because they get cycled through so quickly. Even in DC we've yet to really feel the threat of the BO with how few operatives have been introduced (and of course with how many have been infiltrators heh). Then again, I'd could see the use of more grunts like Kusada Rikumichi who have very specific jobs but are so small they don't take away so much spotlight (and are easily disposed of). Even if OCs are in the background can be useful because they make the environment feel realistic. Like if there's hints that there's people working in the shadows just to show that things are happening but they don't need to be so important as to be developed. Think like the shadowy FBI figures taking pictures of Haibara during the Film Studio DB case. We see a similar use of temporary characters happening in MK though where cases have a small cast of new characters that aren't all that important to the main plot but can provide interesting interactions with the main characters. [Summarizing here: if you're writing MK, you're already working with a cast that isn't anywhere near being fleshed out. It's almost necessary to include OC bad guys. I don't think there is a particular need for another main antagonist though.] Let your OCs fill in the gaps but if you're worried about them being too important, try to keep their screen-time to a minimum. That doesn't mean you shouldn't develop them of course though. 'm definitely including OCs in my fic. There's really not going to be any that are main characters. There's not going to be any Shinichi's long lost sister or a badass MI6 spy that's smarter than him or Akai. XP I'll see what happens with canon characters in the near future but I'm not planning on needed much more than what I already have to work with since it's not necessary. There will be some of your regular temporary casts for cases (hospital workers, murder suspects, etc), a few mentions of underling agents/officers as needed (so Jodie/James and Amuro can order them around ), and maybe an antagonist or two for some of the bigger conflicts, but I don't plan for them to feel overwhelming or take away from the canon characters. Luckily DC has a huge enough cast to work with.
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