I thought we let this “LOL OCs BAD” nonsense behind to die with Ponybooru…
 
… for the most part.

talented fans.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
wat.

This is the exact reason why I like the OC’s people develope on /mlp/
 
The original artist comes up with a basic design or concept (usually shitty) that quickly get shaped and twisted into something acceptable.
 
Then by that point, it’s everyone’s OC.

mmm? What the heck site did the Uploader get these URLs from?

@Niggoslav_Krawczyk  
I’m afraid I can’t follow. I wasn’t a part of the Sonic fandom and don’t know what you mean.

@MLP-Silver-Quill  
Well, Sonic didn’t police themselves, and look what happened there!
 
(granted to find an actually bad brony oc you tend to have to search the actual target demographic or the ‘edji Twilight tweens.’ Even that gay-hating Sunlight chick made a really good OC)

Remember kids, never try to express yourself or your creativity unless it’s approved by the larger community.
 
My Little Pony: Conformity is Magic!

@Background Pony  
All you need to know about those “good ocs” is that one’s an alicorn, all have overly-complex cutie marks, and the only thing characterizing the second one is she has tits. Notice the abundance of clothes/accessories, ugly color schemes, and weird mane styles that would not blend well with the show.

I’ll admit; my main pony OC, also known as LTB, is a self insert, but that’s the point; He’s me in the pony world. He doesn’t have a backstory, but that’s because he doesn’t need one. It’s just me as a pony.

:( I try to make my characters interesting and unique. **sigh **
 
Not trying to make some awesome, over the top character when I create a new pony for a story. Just want to make one that fits a profile of what is needed for the story.

Anyone who makes blanket declarations about OCs not being any good can be summarily ignored.

@Yorec  
Murray?

@PwnyPony  
Don’t recognize half of those and certainly don’t want to.

Hey my OC is not terrible! He’s just a magically enchanted floating skull of a long dead unicorn that can talk.

“Die MONSTER, YOU DON’T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!!!”
 
 
XD

@Keith Mowz
 
Yeah. OCs can be good. It’s just the sheer number of them are… not good.
 
Heck, I even think mine is overdoing it and its just a pegasus that sees ghosts.
 
But yeah. I like background ponies
 
It’s neat seeing how fan consensus happens with everyone somehow picking traits that fit.

You CAN have well made OCs, OCs that become popular enough that many people contribute towards shaping them.
 
But yeah, Sturgeon’s Law is in full effect. (AKA, 90% of them are crap.) I make no effort to deny my own are crap. (A half-assed attempt to convert an anthro fox into a pony, and an actual attempt to turn a mouse into a pony who just ends up completely bland.)

@PwnyPony  
must kill Pun pony, really one of my most hated OCs, really I like quite a few other ocs, but Pun just rubs me the wrong way. (I blame Chuggaaconroy for my hatred of puns)

I still love Nyxie and you can’t stop me.

where the main appeal in background characters is that everyone has contributed and belongs to everyone, this goes right out the window with fan mades.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT  

I’ll admit that the definition of OC was amusing, even though it’s poor form to make a biased blanket statment like this. I write OCs, though not for Pony, but the difference between me and others is that I actually put work into making the characters… characters.
 
OCs have a poor reputation because of the lack of respect and, if you’ll excuse the word choice, responsibility required to have one. While it’s not something like a pet that you have to feed and junk, if you want an OC to actually be interesting, engaging or at all likable, you have to work at making them as such. Most people in fandoms make OCs less for the sake of creating an interesting character, and more for the sake of having a character at all (oftentimes for some form of wish-fulfillment).
 
That being said, if anyone seriously needs to ask the difference between a background character and an OC, something’s already wrong.

OCs aren’t always bad. And fan personalities for BPs aren’t always good. For example, I find Lyra’s obsession with humans a little annoying, although sometimes it’s funny. On the other hand, I like Ice Pack. He’s got a good personality.

@Rainbow Dash  
If he had anything worthwhile to say, he wouldn’t frame like such a jerkwad. Ignore him.

Alicorn OC thread anyone?