OC Threads

Hope you know what you're getting yourself into here! And hope you're better at actually getting back to people than the last person who attempted to do something like this x) Good luck.

They're not. They automatically omit alicorns based on that. How surface level can you get.

They didn't have a wicked-ass google form, so I'm already a step above the rest.

I don't omit alicorns based on any critera other than they're guaranteed garbage.

That's surface level. Might as well omit any other race as well based upon such an arbitrary ruleset.

As the number of shit alicorn OCs increases, my number of fucks given approaches zero. And let me tell you, that asymptote has been going for quite a while.

Fair enough. I had just hoped you'd be able to provide a better reasoning behind that beyond 'they're ecky'. If you're gonna judge things you might as well have some basis behind your decisions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Just my take.

I mean, I do have a basis. I ran a thread exactly like this a really really long time ago. Let me tell you, the shit that I had to wade through would have made a water treatment plant employee nauseous. I just straight up don't accept them anymore. They have no place in this world other than canon character only.

They have no place in the world other than canon? But OCs are, by design, not canon. What's the purpose in neglecting an established creation solely because "Oh that's just a thing reserved for these characters in the show"? It's not as if one needs to even be born alicorn any more, what with Twinkle Spinkle. Are the canon alicorns shitty characters simply by design too?

I kinda want to take on the challenge of making a /good/ alicorn OC just by seeing you two argue.

Oh I know. That's why I never inferred you couldn't. Just that you were shit for having a closed mind and not actually judging for any reason beyond...judging.

You're amusing. There's a species choice called, "Other" - if you'd like to have a shot at changing my mind on Alicorn OCs. I promise complete impartiality.

Alicorns are not shitty just because they're alicorns. Alicorn OCs are shitty because they're made by people who have little to no experience making characters, and aren't paid to make them. Alicorns are a special case scenario. They're a significant development or character in any plotline/story/clopfic. Or at least they should be. IMHO Alicorns are best used as if they were a Starbucks - nice every once in a while for the right reasons, but shit when you can't drive more than 10m without hitting another one.

Congratulations. You've just rationalized an alicorn character with reason rather than dismissed them with emotion. By dismissing the shit you toss out the potential diamonds. As a judge of potential you should be willing to wade through the shit to find those who have good things rather than just outright dismiss an entire category based on "Well a lot of you don't know how to use this so noone gets them".

As a judge, I do what I want. I'm not held to any standard from anyone other than what you try to project on to me.