Good Girl

-At the moment that I hit the stage

I hear the universe calling my name

And I know deep down in my heart

               —&& great head tilted in return, to likewise look at the smaller dragon with equal interest. Saphira knew she was not the last of her kind any longer, but to see one so wildly different in shape to herself was strange indeed. So many spikes and too few legs. Utterly peculiar. Though this island chain was so remote, perhaps the dragons here had merely adapted? 

Stormfly lifted the spikes of her head, a mist of confusion, surprise and curisity at the other blue dragon. Unlike the Nadder, she was bigger and seemed to be stronger too. She had never seen one like her in Berk before and wondered from what kind of land she had come from. Wings were streched for a moment, just so the scales of her back would move and change the saddle to a more confortable position.

     Oh, it appears there is a dragon on his ship.

     …Wait just a moment- THERE IS A DRAGON ON HIS SHIP?!?

     Hook was at first concerned that they might be under attack shortly, but when the blue beast did not seem to set fire to anything, the idea of her breaking what she was sitting on became the greater concern.

     Launching a cannonball at her surely would have taken care of the problem, but cannons were not made to aim straight up. Plus that could have made her angry if she didn’t die from the hit. So how in the world was he suppose to get a dragon to stop perching on one of his ship’s masts before the wood splinted under the beast’s weight? 

Of course the yelling caught the dragon’s attention, why wouldn’t it? It had been a while since she had been yelled at so it obviously took Stormfly out of her wonder about making a nest. Her gaze went down, right to the deck, the spikes of her head raising slightly at the sight of humanS, more out of pure curiosity than feeling threatened. She couldn’t see any weapons at least not from how high she was.

But Stormfly had been trained to follow orders so she did left the  crow’s nest but instead of leaving the ship, the Deadly Nadder glided to the deck and landed in front of the captian to take a better look.

    If you disrespect OCs, you disrespect all authors.

    OC stands for Original Character. Whether or not they exist in a fandom that is not their own does not matter. That’s why it’s not Original Story it’s Original Character. An OC is created solely off of the imagination of the author to carry out their purpose whether it be to love another character, to solve a conflict, or something else.

    It is understandable if someone does not like a character that is a mary-sue or gary-stu. These are characters who are either a writer’s self-insert (which the reader wouldn’t know if they don’t know the author) or characters that seem too “perfect”. However, making mary-sues or gary-stus is a step in the OC creation process. These are typically made by beginning authors. They need time and people to help them develop their characters. No one is going to make a first draft of a character and call it a final, it takes time for characters to develop fears, strengths, weaknesses, hobbies, etc. It’s like revising an essay. You’ll move things around and change things until they’re nearly perfect, but nothing is ever “perfect”. You’ll ask your peers for their advice and to revise any potential errors. In the roleplaying world, a roleplay partner should point out any flaws or something that may improve a character. This is what makes characters less of a mary-stu or gary-stu. But the thing is, no one gives them a chance.

    As an author in the roleplay community with several OC roleplay blogs, I myself and a few other OC authors have been having a hard time being accepted by those who play canon characters. This is why I’m writing this. Someone was bashing OCs in general, saying that they were an annoyance. Maybe it’s hard for some people to grasp, but canon characters are original characters. Someone created Tamaki Suoh, someone created Harry Potter, someone created Captain Jack Sparrow, but only when they got a popular movie, anime, book, etc. did they become what we know as “canon”. They’re still original to someone regardless of what people say. There are also canon characters that are more than perfect, but no one bashes them as much as people criticize original characters. 

    I’m not saying that there aren’t people who aren’t accepting of the creativity and imagination of Original Characters. It’s just that there isn’t enough people who are willing to look deeper into a character. Many criticize OCs before they really get to know them or their story. It’s disrespectful of people to do this without getting a good look. Maybe if people give more constructive criticism, OCs will receive a new makeover and the stereotype will be changed.

    Let’s please get rid of the stereotype that all OCs are mary-sues or gary-stus. Because let’s admit it. There are people who will go onto an OCs page and say, “This character is an OC, they must suck,“ and not look into the backstory, the canons, or the intricate details that the author spend days, weeks, yearsputting into a character. And because of what? A lousy stereotype.

    Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. Don’t judge a character by their author. Don’t judge an author by their character. Help us develop our characters. Give us constructive criticism to make us better. Respect that we have flaws and that nothing is perfect.