Board Thread:Fanon Discussion/@comment-4598697-20140921221215

I've had lots of OCs in my time, and I noticed that a lot of them had changed since I created them. You've probably noticed it on actual TV shows too - compare Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons now (and most of its run) to how she was early in the show's run. She used to be a brat, was relatively popular with other girls her age, and liked ponies and The Happy Little Elves. Now she's smarter than most of the adults, disliked by other girls her age, heavily into environmental stuff and other stuff most 8-year-olds aren't into, and a practicing Buddhist.

My main OC, Isidore L'Orange, was more of a hippie when I created him - he was super down-to-earth and always wore plain clothes. Now he's pretty sophisticated and doesn't mind dressing in nice clothes. I still keep his outfit and his vegetarianism, but his character has definitely changed.

Theron Qoph is another example of mine. When I first created him, he was somewhat repentant about hunting, but now he freely admits it and doesn't even try to hide the fact that he's a hunter. (I think I like his new characterization better since I like that he'd do stuff I would never do.)

When I first created Simone Mouton, she was a lot meaner. (She's still mean now, but originally she was meaner than Duchess Swan.) I even intended her to be popular and have a few clique friends. Now she's more of a self-absorbed loner. I changed her name from Toutebelle to Simone because Belle Jaune's real name is Toutebelle and I didn't want two OCs with the same name.

Probably the OC that changed the most was Sven Sneberg's sister Clara (who doesn't have an article here yet). She was originally a cold-hearted daughter of the Snow Queen. But once I saw that it's been done many times, I changed her to be Gerda and Kai's daughter and made her a lot nicer.

Have any of your characters changed in characterization over time? 