KeikoandGilly’s quick how to guide on making a proper OC.

Rule No. 1 - Never insert your OC into someone else’s established canon. If you didn’t get permission, which this individual didn’t, then it is wrong to make a statement such as this, in Spanish, English, or otherwise. This isn’t the only issue to face when making an OC, as the next rule shall demonstrate.

Rule No. 2 - Be mindful of official canon and continuity. In any fandom, or following, there is a thing called “canon”. This means there is lore, mostly by the creators, that is officially considered the absolute and gospel mandate to die hard fans of their franchise. With noted exceptions, as is the clever use of cloning, it is nigh impossible for any OC to be daughter to an established character. It’s also frowned upon by lore-ists and fans alike. It’s even more frowned upon when you insert yourself into an established fan OC of the original character.

Rule No. 3 - Suspension of Disbelief. A good character designer must keep well to balance. That balance, as I have often done and seen, is to have a bit of original flair, with proper mindset to the canon and continuity of the series you are trying to flatter. For example, if you are going to be a time lord, focus on a lesser position or job the time lords do. There isn’t much covered over that, and well worth a good read or viewing for anyone interested in expanded lore. Hell, even Gallopfrey, needs its own lore, which is untapped potential.

What is considered ‘too original’ or broad stretching, in my opinion, is making useless and laughable gimmicks like #FullAlicorn and #VampireDoctor. For the first tag, a gimmick saying “I’m an Alicorn Timelord” contradicts two lores in one stone. For the Alicorn part, you need a reason why this character is an Alicorn. An Alicorn implies elite, royal status. I can imagine a Queen Elizabeth Alicorn being in charge of Buckingham Palace in Pondon, because it reflects our British society in an Equine world of magic. The second part is Time Lord canon. The time lords are a rank in Gallifrey, and Gallifrey, as far as we know and have seen, is a republic. There are no monarchies present, past, and future. To imply Alicorn OC Timelord is a spit on the face of Whovian lore.

What doesn’t suspend disbelief is trying to make a character and say, “Oh, my character’s an Alicorn, who is friends with the Mane 6, and is a Timelord, traveling with the Doctor”. This statement breaks all the three rules, off the bat.

Now as for ‘Vampire Doctor’, again this breaks all three rules. If you are going to make a full fledged doctor character, you should mind the rules I typed in this guide, and also NOT rely on your gimmick. This would give the impression that outside your gimmick, you have nothing of substance to substantiate the depth of a character. Even the character me and rhythmrender are writing, which we kinda stole in a mutiny, and made it our own, has a gimmick. That being said, we aren’t parading it around. The focus, any good writer will tell you, the words, the story, and the character in one well wrought urn.

So please, don’t be an arse and write responsibly. You’ll get far that way in character creation. :3