[ SECRET POST #2435 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2435 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Dude, I don't know what fandoms you're in, but it's really hard to write an engaging story (that's not ship-focused) without having non-canon characters. There just aren't that many canons that have an entire world worth of canon (LOTR being one exception) and so unless you're writing about a post-apocalypse scenario where only the canon characters survived, you kind of need other people in your story.

[(Anonymous)]

da

this is the first time I've heard such an argument

could you give me examples of the works/canons/universes that don't lend themselves well to sticking only to canon characters only?

da

[(Anonymous)]

Case of the week / mystery type fics for one. Also OCs are useful for random extras. Even if you only give them a name and a vague description that's still technically an OC.

Superhero fics
Hospital dramas
highschool dramas

Sticking to the canons is nice for writing fics that are very limited to say a relationship or something but if you want to write say a Harry Potter fic that continues where the Epilogue left off...between other students, new teachers and the like DAYUM that's a lot of OCs you'll need.

Usually with continuations if you want them to feel natural you have to have mentions of people they interact with. OCs aren't just the mysterious angsty new character who takes hold of the plot. They can be just the pizza guy, the kid in math class that a canon is stuck tutoring etc. and those characters are most certainly needed to avoid creating a story that feels like it's taking place in a jar. To create a sense of the real world.

It really depends on the story you're trying to tell as well. Some story types do lend themselves to focusing on canons. and others require a few spaces to be filled.

[(Anonymous)]

Star Trek/other exploratory sci-fi (you need aliens and other people in the universe)

Medical dramas (unless you want your story to have no patients)

Sherlock/mysteries (need cases, don't you?)

There are a lot more, but unless you're sticking to a closed canon setting like a show/book set in a high school, it's hard to have characters who live only in each others' asses.

[tabaqui]

This, this, this, this.

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on the story you're writing and the canon you're writing in.

Lots of canon's have large supporting casts and lots of fanfictions have a really narrow focus that only require a few characters.

Also, background OCs don't usually count for conversations like this.

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on the story you're writing and the canon you're writing in.

Exactly my point. But then, that's why the blanket statement of "all OCs = bad" doesn't really work: it's a case by case basis.