Talk:DatAsymptote/@comment-25686329-20160408190206/@comment-3991308-20160409031633

More OCs? Let's hear them!

As for the novel thing...

The main priority here is keeping things tidy and in order, and treating this place as a quality encyclopaedia of OCs. There's a bunch of Fandom Wikias out there with strict rules where if the page isn't up to admin quality, it's their view of trash, and others where OC-makers run around in an anarchical internet society. We're trying to have order without suffocation, and freedom without disorder, so basically a healthy place to develop & grow as a writer and content maker! Which is why we're implementing guidelines on what sorts of tales is allowed, or is not allowed! Partially because of the order thing, and also partially because we do want to keep this Wikia in the Ever After High spirit, which means capturing the idea of what it means to live in a fairytale world.

There are certain novels which work and people can pull these off. And there are also certain novels that just don't fit. The point why we're going to make these guidelines so strict? Because an outright ban is better than letting people like friends or people who we think are "talented" make these restriction-breaking OCs, while denying that to newbies. Because doing that would be elitist and we are not for that. Of course, there has been something that I mentioned quite recently, which is the Novel Guidelines Masterlist. This will be laid out similarly to the Mythology Guidelines Masterlist, so hopefully any questions you have will be properly addressed there.

And you're definitely welcome to run any hypothetical OCs by me! Remember, you can get inspiration from anywhere, its just legacies that are restricted!

(I'm still fairly certain that True Grit wouldn't be able to pass the guidelines though. In my humble opinion, the best port of call is find a proper fairytale with a similar premise, and base the OC's backstory, family life and setting of the tale around your novel of choice.)