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If you want to see more of my art...
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...I suggest you check out my tumblr, where I post all sort of sketches and other art which doesn't make it here! ovo/ I'm way more active over there, so yea herhrh. Here's a link. hubedihubbe.tumblr.com/
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...OC Rant, or something.
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Just some ranting. =v= No anger, no sadness, just thoughts.
Many of you who've stuck around maybe remember when I used to draw my OC. Alot. Who happened to be called Fia because I was 14 when I made her, crazy fangirl and blahblah different story. I have thought about this for a long time but never really said anything. Just slipped my mind, nothing too important to take up.
And I'd pair her with stuff. Al. From FMA. Cough cough. >> Any-yay, and... I don't get how... I mean, I probably got one or two, but nobody complained about how... bad? stupid? mary sueish? it was! I mean, I look back and well... I don't regret it that much, because not so many seemed to be offended - and I don't get how. I'm irritated. At former me. >>; Sure, people would surely talk behind my back, but none of those people said anything bad directly to me. And I'm kinda glad, I guess, it kept me up. Got trolled a few times though, art- and ID thefts what not. Still are. Huff, but what to do.
What I don't get is how this, in my opinion now, kind of Mary Sueish character would become so liked. Why was she liked. Or, rather, why wasn't she as disliked as she should've been?
All these are questions I'm asking myself now, trying to think of logical reasons.
I've felt like I didn't wanna change her. I made a story and that's that. Now I just wanna erase everything and start over! In the FMA universe, I want her to be just a normal girl, living in a house with friends and family somewhere. Or to not exist at all. Yea. That'd be pretty good. I love FMA, but my crazy fangirl days are over. I'd hate to ruin such a fantastic story with sueish made up characters.
Not saying you all should stop making OC's. OC's are great! And some of you really pull it off, you can really create a new believable story with what you have. I just don't feel I did. She just was there. Filling my self-insert dreams, making it clear in my mind that "this. This is what I can fall back on in my fantasies." Of course, an OC doesn't always need to be a perfect fit to the original story, it can just be there. For your own satisfaction. OC's can get you through things, such as hard times or just when you don't know what to do. "What would my character do."
I was torn between both.
Probably everyone have that place they go to when they dream. That hero who likes you, that world you're in, the people you're meeting and they all love you. You're always a part of everything, and everybody cares about you. You're the main person in [insert your name here]topia!
Hah, okay, it may not look like that to all of you, but whatever it is, it's an awesome place. Unfortunately, some people tend to believe everyone likes their view of that world. And they're not a second late to tell everyone about it and expect them to love it. >>;;
I can honestly say that I almost thought that way with my OC Fia. I began to think like that when I got discovered. Though I never said anyone had to like her. I just drew what I wanted and suddenly what I did became pretty popular. Of course, this little 14-15 year old girl was the happiest in the world, getting so much positive response! But already then, in my late fifteens I started to doubt at this whole OC thing. But as people liked it, I fell for group pressure, I think.
But one thing was sure - I was so damn careful. Still am. I didn't want big things, I wanted it to be simple. "Oh me? No, it's too much~! I shouldn't~!" I thought I had a story that was rather simple.
Pf. Nope.
Sure, she wasn't an alchemist. She wasn't short. She drank milk. She didn't have any grudge against anyone. But that was covered up pretty much with her backstory. Which I thought was very nifty and creative. (No. It's all but "simple".)
In all this, I never thought seriously about it - which it now seems like, derp. OTL But it might have seemed like it, and I'm telling you now, no.
Where am I going with this...
I've changed my style of thinking. It's like... I don't need my OC anymore. I don't need her for inspiration. I've got myself, and the world around me. Friends, family, love. THOSE characters are more interesting dammit.
That OC, Fia, has become somewhat of an icon here though. >> Can't blame anyone, I've been too lazy to change my actual icon to anything personal, but I probably will soon.
Have probably forgot something... Ah, anyways. Hope anyone didn't get offended, it surely wasn't my purpose.
Just thoughts.
Many of you who've stuck around maybe remember when I used to draw my OC. Alot. Who happened to be called Fia because I was 14 when I made her, crazy fangirl and blahblah different story. I have thought about this for a long time but never really said anything. Just slipped my mind, nothing too important to take up.
And I'd pair her with stuff. Al. From FMA. Cough cough. >> Any-yay, and... I don't get how... I mean, I probably got one or two, but nobody complained about how... bad? stupid? mary sueish? it was! I mean, I look back and well... I don't regret it that much, because not so many seemed to be offended - and I don't get how. I'm irritated. At former me. >>; Sure, people would surely talk behind my back, but none of those people said anything bad directly to me. And I'm kinda glad, I guess, it kept me up. Got trolled a few times though, art- and ID thefts what not. Still are. Huff, but what to do.
What I don't get is how this, in my opinion now, kind of Mary Sueish character would become so liked. Why was she liked. Or, rather, why wasn't she as disliked as she should've been?
All these are questions I'm asking myself now, trying to think of logical reasons.
I've felt like I didn't wanna change her. I made a story and that's that. Now I just wanna erase everything and start over! In the FMA universe, I want her to be just a normal girl, living in a house with friends and family somewhere. Or to not exist at all. Yea. That'd be pretty good. I love FMA, but my crazy fangirl days are over. I'd hate to ruin such a fantastic story with sueish made up characters.
Not saying you all should stop making OC's. OC's are great! And some of you really pull it off, you can really create a new believable story with what you have. I just don't feel I did. She just was there. Filling my self-insert dreams, making it clear in my mind that "this. This is what I can fall back on in my fantasies." Of course, an OC doesn't always need to be a perfect fit to the original story, it can just be there. For your own satisfaction. OC's can get you through things, such as hard times or just when you don't know what to do. "What would my character do."
I was torn between both.
Probably everyone have that place they go to when they dream. That hero who likes you, that world you're in, the people you're meeting and they all love you. You're always a part of everything, and everybody cares about you. You're the main person in [insert your name here]topia!
Hah, okay, it may not look like that to all of you, but whatever it is, it's an awesome place. Unfortunately, some people tend to believe everyone likes their view of that world. And they're not a second late to tell everyone about it and expect them to love it. >>;;
I can honestly say that I almost thought that way with my OC Fia. I began to think like that when I got discovered. Though I never said anyone had to like her. I just drew what I wanted and suddenly what I did became pretty popular. Of course, this little 14-15 year old girl was the happiest in the world, getting so much positive response! But already then, in my late fifteens I started to doubt at this whole OC thing. But as people liked it, I fell for group pressure, I think.
But one thing was sure - I was so damn careful. Still am. I didn't want big things, I wanted it to be simple. "Oh me? No, it's too much~! I shouldn't~!" I thought I had a story that was rather simple.
Pf. Nope.
Sure, she wasn't an alchemist. She wasn't short. She drank milk. She didn't have any grudge against anyone. But that was covered up pretty much with her backstory. Which I thought was very nifty and creative. (No. It's all but "simple".)
In all this, I never thought seriously about it - which it now seems like, derp. OTL But it might have seemed like it, and I'm telling you now, no.
Where am I going with this...
I've changed my style of thinking. It's like... I don't need my OC anymore. I don't need her for inspiration. I've got myself, and the world around me. Friends, family, love. THOSE characters are more interesting dammit.
That OC, Fia, has become somewhat of an icon here though. >> Can't blame anyone, I've been too lazy to change my actual icon to anything personal, but I probably will soon.
Have probably forgot something... Ah, anyways. Hope anyone didn't get offended, it surely wasn't my purpose.
Just thoughts.
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