Thread:DatAsymptote/@comment-24342705-20140224015323

This is in regards to a deleted page on the wikia, that of OC Amazonia Porter. I realize that using a dollmaker for the image is against the guidelines but I'd like to challenge the assertion that Burroughs' "Tarzan" is not a fairytale. If characters from Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and an obscure reference in an early 19th-century American novel about Dutch life can be considered "fairy tales" in EAH canon, then why not "Tarzan"? If OCs based on Baum's "Oz" series can be admitted, then why not OCs based on "Tarzan"? The argument could also be made that if the story is well-known enough to have a Disney variant, then it qualifies. Dozens of writers have re-done the Tarzan story since its publication; the character concept exists in urban legends outside of Burroughs' work; Kipling's character of Mowgli is said to have inspired the character of Tarzan -- are Kipling-based OCs allowed? There are no qualifying arguments or restrictions listed in the "How to Create an OC" guidelines, so it seems a bit arbitrary to then tell someone they're not allowed to have an OC based on a specific literary work.

How can Amazonia Porter get her page back? Does she really have no alternative but to create an entirely different origin? 