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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Pony OC Critiques

2015 Apr 18, 13:05:21

Ah, I hope this is in the right place for this kinda thing

I just thought I'd mention this here, I don't mean to sound self absorbed, but I created a blog about pony OC designs. It's a place where you can submit a picture of your OC and I will give feedback on what's good and what's not-so-good. It's hosted on Tumblr. If you're interested in that kinda thing it would be great if you could submit a character, I don't have any yet (I'm not popular, I'm afraid )

The blog is completely SFW with nothing sexual or violent (and if anything does come up like that I'll be tagging it anyways).  http://mlpocfixup.tumblr.com/ is the link to it if anyone cares to look.

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Thread Games / Re: Make A New Word With the Ending Letter Of The Above Word Reactivated.

2014 Dec 31, 21:19:49

Yonder

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: What makes a poor OC? Post your thoughts here!

2014 Aug 12, 14:51:51

Might just be me on this, but it's a pet peeve of mine when people try to give a name to their OC like "Shining Blade" or "Dark Shadow" or "Silent Knife". It makes you look like you're a twelve year old on Xbox Live. All you need to do is add an XX to the start and end and you're golden.

Moderator note:Please refrain from using inappropriate language, thanks

Ah, I'm guilty!  I wasn't sure what to name Dark Grave. Loathe Flash isn't much better and I honestly want to change "flash" to something else. For shame, for shame. I'm a bad girl 

Yea, names can get a bit cliche. And isn't "Dark Shadow" a bit.. unnecessary? I mean, when have you ever seen a light shadow? They're all dark!

Anyways, I'm also not a fan of ponifacations. I mean, it's fine if you want to draw Sonic as a pony or whatever but don't actually make it an OC. First of all, it's not your character. Second of all, it usually breaks canon logic. So go and draw pony Spongebob or pony Amaterasu or pony Wheatley all you want but for goodness sake please don't try to pass it off as one of your OCs for a RP or fancition!
The only acception to this is if you were, for example, taking a video game storyline and rewriting it as it would happen in Equestria. That's fine.

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The Retirement Home / Re: true or false?

2014 Aug 08, 01:37:50

Don't know who/what it is.

The pony below ships characters in movies/games/shows/whatever.

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: What makes a poor OC? Post your thoughts here!

2014 Aug 07, 20:56:13

Guys, can we try to keep large images in spoilers? 

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: What makes a poor OC? Post your thoughts here!

2014 Jul 31, 20:34:19

When somepony goes like:
"This Oc of mine lives (now I'll just use some examples) In a volcano/ in the castle in canterlot/ at this tiny island outside ponyville that nopony knows it exists."
I mean like, some places, like the volcano, just no. You can't live inside one! not even if your talent is fire And in a castle? Okay, maybe some guards sleep there and so, but living in like the princesses castle for no good reason is just stupid! They wouldn't (probably) even allow that. And for the last. If your Oc doesn't happen to live early in the ages of equestria, then how is it supposed to live on a place nopony knows that it exsists? Maybe a place in everfree, but that's because of reasons, almost more than one pony must know where you're home is, if not you are a lone pony who doesn't have any friends...


TL;DR Living in bizarre places is not a trait any oc should have...

Heh, I may be slightly guilty of that one. I have an OC Dark Grave who lives in a cottage outside Ponyville hidden in a small forest thingy (Of which everyone seems to assume is the Everfree. Bro. Dark Grave doesn't want to live in Hell on... Equestria. ) But it's not unknown that it's there. Some ponies know it's there but they don't know exactly who lives there. Others just assume it's abandoned. So I'm pretty sure it's not as bad as being like "she lives in a secret cave outside Ponyville nopony knows about!" but it isn't completely guiltless either.

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: What makes a poor OC? Post your thoughts here!

2014 Jul 30, 21:32:59

I'm not sure if I've already mentioned this but another thing that bothers me is when people make a blind/deaf/lame pony to try and be "special" or seem all accepting towards disabled people but end up making a slap in the face to them.

Don't know what I mean? Take Snowdrop, an ever so popular OC whom I only recently realized how awfully she is written. *Before someone mentions how my avatar is/was Snowdrop that's because I like her DESIGN, not her "personality" if you could call it that.* During the entire episode short thingy most of everything she did added up to her complaining about being blind. She had no personality outside of "I'm so sad because I'm blind and no one likes me! Boo hoo I wish I could seeee  Audience, are you pitying me yet? I'm a sad little guuuuuuurl! "

First of all, let's address the class: kids aren't that mean. Sure some might bully her but most wouldn't. Most kids would be really interested in talking to a blind child! The class was written lazily and without a second thought. Also, why wasn't Snowdrop in a blind school? If Earth has them I'm sure Equestria does too! She shouldn't even be in a regular public school!

Snowdrop: Great design, horrendous personality. She just complains about being blind and wishes she could see. Most peope don't realize something, something that Snowdrop's creators also missed: blind people focus on everything that ISN'T their blindness. Why waste time on that? They can pretty much do everything a seeing person can do with just a few acceptations so why would they get all hung up on it? It also seems that Snowdrop was born blind so she'd care even less probably. She doesn't know what it would have been like to see so she wouldn't personally miss anything. It's not like she fell in love with colors and such only to learn that she would never see them again (the only time it is acceptable to write a character mourning their loss of vision for a short while. Don't let it consume them.

I'll stop harassing Snowdrop now. My point is making deaf or blind or lame OCs is just fine but remember that they are people too! Don't focus on what they don't have, focus on what they do have. What do they like? What can they do? What are challenges they face? It's fine to mention their disability but don't make it all they exist for. I'm making a deaf filly OC (and her mother, father, and perhaps a grandmother too) but I make her deafness what she ignores. She's still a child; she's curious, likes to play and explore, she's outgoing and uses affection as a way to display emotions that she can't voice, she can get into mischief and misbehave. She's more than a slightly flawed body. She's a living creature with a soul and personality. She exists and wants to make the most of it.

[No godmodding or power play.]

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Late Cutie Marks (Sign up thread)

2014 Jul 30, 20:40:35

All accepted but for Amaterasu. You didn't read the rules on the RP thread: No godmodding or power play.

Magic powers Amaterasu has that are acceptable in the game because she is a goddess but are not acceptable in most MLP RPS:

God-hood/alicorn
Magic paint brush
Raising and controlling a celestial body (this is even worse because Equestria already has a goddess to do that.)

And Celestia is the pony worlds sun goddess. Amaterasu is Japans sun goddess. You can't bring a goddess of Earth into a different world where 4 gods are already established. Japan doesn't exist there and neither would their mythological gods/goddesses.
Luna= moon goddess
Celestia= sun goddess
Cadence= love goddess
Twilight Sparkle= friendship goddess
Besides, if any Earth gods/goddesses were to be made canon in MLP it'd probably be Greek ones since most of the show follows Greek mythology; not Japanese.

So, I'm sorry, but I cannot allow you to use Amaterasu in this RP, OkamiAmaterasuPony.

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Late Cutie Marks (Sign up thread)

2014 Jun 06, 22:07:35

((I am using my OC, just taking away his cutie mark and placing him in a position where he never had the oppurtunity, if it's okay... ))

Name: Checkmate
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Race: Unicorn
Appearance: Black fur and horn, but white mane, tail, and hooves.
Does your pony already do their special talent?: Nope.
Other:  Generally wears glasses, but doesn't need them.

Accepted

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The Retirement Home / Re: Make a new word starting with the last letter of the last word! (Reuploaded)

2014 Jun 02, 15:04:17

Whimsical

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Late Cutie Marks (Sign up thread)

2014 May 20, 20:29:52

Brown is accepted

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: What's your favorite pony race/Which one do you think is best?

2014 May 17, 17:17:29

I honestly think that Unicorns are the best because of their ability to cast spells.  I suppose that every buildings in Ponyville or other cities were created with unicorns magic. Ponies don't have hands so how do they manage to build or create things? By magic of course! Unicorns uses their spells to pick up things (for example: Twilight Sparkle picking up a book from a shelf) so hands for them are useless. In contrast to them, Earth Ponies or Pegasus can only use their mouths/hoovs (I don't know how it exactly works  ) and it's obvious that they have limited skills in creating anything.
And don't forget about...

Dude, that's just bucking awesome! 
UNCIORNS RULES! 

I'm, like, 99% sure that in The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well it was shown that they create buildings by using cranes  And in Apple Family Reunion they used ropes to lift up boards and such, hammers to punch in nails, paintbrushes to paint it, ect.... All with their mouths.

Sorry to rain on your head canon 

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: What makes a poor OC? Post your thoughts here!

2014 May 17, 17:08:35

Oh right about the ponies I posted (they got a lot of replies  ) I don't like them because, well, their designs are good but not for a pony. They could be good if ummm they were something else. The last one looks like an alien and the first one is a cat dragon horse?! But I don't like the design of the second one. It's too ugly
sometimes ponies can look really good but when I read their backstory all I can say is "w0t  "

You know, Shiver was actually featured on a Tumblr blog called Terrible Pony OCs. Personally, I don't HATE her design but it is a bit cluttered. I think they just need to cut back on the accessorys a bit.

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Late Cutie Marks OOC

2014 May 17, 16:39:46

I've been wondering and got an idea, and want to know your opinion about it. What if my OCs cutie mark would disappear as part of the story. She would still remember that she did have one, how she got it and even the field for which it applies, but just cant make it reappear.

(Posting the question here as well mainly so i can follow this thread )

Sure, why not? *shrug* 

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Late Cutie Marks (Sign up thread)

2014 May 17, 16:36:58

I heard you like ponies so I put some ponies in your ponies so you can pony while you pony 

All accepted.

Oh, and my life is chaotic right now so I'm bound it dissapear for long lengths of time without warning. Most of the time you don't really need to be accepted by ME. If everyone is okay with your character it should be fine. Only once or twice have I ever rejected an OC. I always hate that guilty feeling of turning an OC down 

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Canterlot Archives / Re: The Late Cutie Marks (Sign up)

2014 May 17, 16:31:16

I would like to join, oh and if anypony would like to help please tell me how to put a picture on my Adavtar.

OOC:

What is this post
filled with so much out of character?
Breaking a rule
We all must follow

Mods on the forums
and the cute little artists
Authors writing free
and roleplayers with their OCs
Ooooooooccccccccs!

Oooh, what a magical board!
and I owe it all to the out of character thread
If I knew the forums had so much up their sleeve
I'd have wrote here sooner, and never leave
Yes I Love out of characteeeeeeeeeer!


Yea, your post actually belonged in the OOC thread  Don't feel bad, though: the whole Rp thread/Sign-up thread/OOC thread can be extremely confusing. It took me ages to figure it all out.

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Canterlot Archives / Re: Celestia, I broke the world. (Sign up thread)

2014 May 17, 16:16:23

Oh yo guys bat pony all up in here what's going' on?

All accepted.

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: What makes a poor OC? Post your thoughts here!

2014 Apr 28, 16:47:53

CREATIVITY!!!!

but in seriousness if the character is something you would never see in the show than chances are your OC is to far out in the left field. Also like has been stated already alicorns, just no.

I don't actually mind OCs that would never make it to the show. Sometimes having weird characters can be GOOD. Think about it: OCs are commonly made for fanfiction. Fanfiction almost always explores things that the show wouldn't or couldn't do, so why not include characters that can't be canon? 

I dunno, is that just me?

Oh, and I feel the need to mention this (I forgot before): rainbow characters bother me to no end. It's fine to give your character 1 or 2 extra hair colors (such as a light pink mane/tail with a blue streak and a purple streak) but please, for Celestia's sake, don't give them rainbow hair, rainbow eyes, a multicolored rainbow horn or rainbow tipped wings, and then top it off with rainbow stripes or spots. That's just overkill! I don't even know why people would want to do that  Maybe give them a little rainbow hair bow or bracelet but keep it small. So no rainbow colored hat, shoes, outfit, makeup, ect... in all one outfit. That's just ridiculous.

*Rainbow rant over*

[ever]

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / What makes a poor OC? Post your thoughts here!

2014 Apr 27, 22:45:47

So I thought I'd make this so people could say what they personally thought made an OC bad. Please be respectful of everyone's opinion! Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it will ALWAYS be bad.

I personally believe that if you have to question an OCs very existence something is wrong there. This tends to happen with alicorns as alicorns are royalty and gods but some OCs don't reflect this. Some people think their alicorn will be accepted more if they aren't royalty but that isn't true as it tends to raise more questions than it avoids. Of course, alicorns aren't the only ones that can feel out of place. Any race can if he/she isn't explained well. It's okay if people think "what??" when they first see your character but once they read his/her description they should find it makes sense. If they don't your character needs edits! I'll admit that I have a few OCs (some aren't MLP related though) that aren't explained and seem out of place in the universe they are in. I think we all break some of our own rules every now and then though, right?

Another problem I have is those flat, personality dead characters. Every fandom seems to have people who do this: a character should never, ever, ever be described as only "sweet, kind, caring" or "violent, cruel, proud", ect... They need depth! A nice person is more than JUST nice! And a violent person tends to have many personality traits, they don't dedicate their entire life to fighting or whatever 24/7! Stop it!  If I, a mere child, am able to do this I know teenagers and adults can.

So to summarize: A character should never feel unnatural in his/her environment and a character should not follow only 2 or 3 personality traits. It's boring and unrealistic. Heck, even cats and other animals that can't talk have developed personalities!

Sorry about any strange writing. I'm a bit tired 
So, what do you guys think breaks an OC? If you disagree with something another person says please politely tell them why. Everybody has different views on things and no opinion is better than the others. Thanks! 

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Original Characters / Re: My OC Fluttershy Pudding/Ayame Ito

2014 Apr 18, 18:23:54

I think there's one big mistake here. You say Ayame fell in love with Fluttershy Pudding, but they're both girls. It doesn't work that way.

Why would you say that?  :'(