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⌈ Secret Post #1668 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Hello! Sandybell]

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[Homestuck]

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[Godzilla: The Series (99/00)]

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[Burn Notice]

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[Macross Frontier]

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[Ghostbusters, Ernest Scared Stupid, Pee-wee's Big Adventure]

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[Land Before Time]

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[The World Ends With You]

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[X]

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[Blink 182]

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[Steel Ball Run]

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[Thumbelina/The Vampire Chronicles]

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[The Borgias]

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[MLP]

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[Primeval]

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[Girls Generation]

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[Adam Hills/Will Anderson]

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[Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]

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[Twilight Zone]

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[Ar Tonelico]

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[HP]

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[Mortal Kombat vs DCU]

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[Vocaloid]

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[Vocaloid, Ouran Host Club, Harry Potter series, Tokyo Babylon, Lucky Star]

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[Torchwood: Miracle Day]

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[Homestuck]

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[Catherine (PS3) / Atlus]

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[Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas]

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[Supernatural]

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[Torchwood: Miracle Day]

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[The Sentinel]

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[Torchwood: Miracle Day]

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[Wrestling, Ring Of Honor]

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[Tiger & Bunny]

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Notes:

Posting this now because I don't know when LJ will be up/down again. Still can't do comments though, sorry about that.

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OK, this is about as shocking as hearing that the Pope is Catholic and that bears shit in the woods. Our own OC fantasies are entertaining to us, and others' OC fantasies are typically not (YMMV). This is why I roll my eyes at (and may secretly give the finger to, depending on their tone) people who act like it's inherently morally wrong to write/enjoy OCs (or even fantasize about being a canon character's friend/SO/sibling). I understand complaining about them being posted because in that case I wonder why the author thought the story would have general appeal, which is something to consider when putting your story up for public consumption.

I used to love reading that stuff when I first got into fandom as a kid (up until I noticed that most of those OC fantasies felt pretty much all the same), so I wouldn't say there's no market for it... just not as much as the authors probably think.

Oh, yeah, I totally agree with you. That's why I stuck a YMMV on the end of "others' OC fantasies are typically not [entertaining to us]." I've read fics with OC main characters and OC love interests that are interesting and very readable, even after I developed more discriminating tastes. Even ones that seem to be some measure of wish fulfillment for the author. And some of my old wish-fulfillment fic that makes me cringe now (written at 12-13 years old) had fans, mostly other young girls my age.
I just consider the good ones to be the exception rather than the rule, and I find that more people dislike OCs (particularly wish-fulfillment OCs) than like them. And regardless of the actual figures, OCs and particularly Mary Sues have become SUCH a taboo that the anti-OC viewpoint is politically stronger in fandom.

I think that having an OC be part of the main cast inherently locks you out of writing fic that appeals to many people, because it's basically a rewrite of the series- but damn if integrating an OC seamlessly in an universe isn't the most fun part. In theory, a fic like that could work if you explore the canon story/characters in a different way puts an interesting perspective or something while remembering to treat the OC as simply other character, etc. But not even I can arse myself to seriously write/read something like that.

I think there are rules of thumb like that which work in most cases, although it always varies from story to story. One of the best Final Fantasy VII OC fanfics I ever read completely rewrote the events of the game and had one of the most frequently terrible pairings (Sephiroth/female OC) which was executed shockingly well. Another fanfic that I'm currently following sidesteps the issue by taking place far in the future since the canon series included immortal characters who are still alive in the OCs' time.
Typically I don't like reading OC stories and these stories work best for me as changes of pace, not day-to-day typical reading. So because of that it's hard to pin down what are good rules for OC fic, because to me it's all about what hits me just right when I go to read it.

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