I am going to use Flufflepuff as an example here. Just because she seems to be the most popular example that I could find. This is not an attack on her specifically or anything. Please keep in mind that I don’t dislike Flufflepuff at all, and I find her very entertaining. I just don’t think that she is a particularly “good” character going by the rules of character-making.

Flufflepuff is this big ball of fluff that is indeed quite adorable. The videos and ask blog she has is entertaining, and quite funny at times. However, this does not necessarily make her a “good” character.

See, she doesn’t seem to have any flaws, except that she’s maybe socially awkward at times, and I have seen many people call her “brain-dead” and I can’t really say that I blame them. She has no flaws, and is generally liked by everyone, including Crystalis. But the Bronies eat her up, as they do with may other adorable OC’s that are cardboard.

However, an OC that is less adorable, has flaws, is disliked by some, and is just generally more well-rounded struggle to be popular and often get ridiculed because they’re “not cute.” To me, this is unfair.

By the rules of character making and development, the adorable Flufflepuff (along with countless others like her) should be a horrible character, yet she is beloved way more than SO MANY good OC’s that are, by the same rules, BETTER characters.

I know I might get some hate for this, but it’s my opinion, and I know that others can agree with me. Again, I am not attacking Flufflepuff, and I like her quite a bit, I just hate that the well-rounded OC’s out there can be shunned away by OC’s with bigger eyes…

TL;DR: Just because a character is aesthetically appealing does not make them well-rounded, and I hate how there are so many bad characters that are cuter than good ones that get more attention…

- Submitted by rosexknight