Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25686329-20141218225918

I understand that at this point there's several PARODY Lord of the Rings OCs, but I'd gravitate more towards 'The Hobbit' as it's closer to being a fairy tale.

I'd like to make a COMPLETELY SERIOUS OC based around a character from The Hobbit/ The Tolkien mythos and I was wondering if anyone knows if this would be OK.

I understand that the book isn't in the public domain, but I'm not sure if that disqaulifies it, as I have Lone Ranger OCs and technically speaking the mythos and folktales of the Ranger, who had copyright and 'rights to be obtained' on and off for some time.

Anyway, I plan to attempt it anyway, but if it doesn't fly/ work, I'll just get an admin to delete it. 