Board Thread:Fanon Discussion/@comment-4598697-20151104225838/@comment-29789305-20151105001127

Tbh, I personally hate the stigma that comes with Canon/OC pairings. Like all things, this type of pairing has two sides of the coin.

Something bad about Canon/OC pairings is that sometimes people have the tendency to write either the Canon or the OC extremely out of character just for the sake of having that ship. Then again, the same thing sometimes happens when people write fanfics of Canon/Canon, so I wouldn't necessarily single out Canon/OC ships for doing that.

I don't really think it makes a character "Sue-ish" to date a canon character at all, and I actually find it annoying when people immediately write it off as just that. As long as it flows naturally and seems in character for both, I don't really see the issue. The only time it really gets "Sue-ish" is when something in canon is entirely retconned for the sake of shipping the two characters, or when the Canon's life suddenly becomes revolved around said OC to the point where they don't care about life or their friends.

Canon/OC can be really cute and developed if written and done properly, and sometimes they're better than in EAH's canon because let's face it, 90% of those ships are horrid, forced, and poorly written.