Board Thread:Fanon Discussion/@comment-4598697-20141120230042/@comment-3991308-20150623050945

@Sue: I don't know where you're getting that figure from because that's definitely not the case. And "girly-girls" are definitely not normal. It's really harmful to say that girly-girls are the only normal kinds of girls and that girls who don't fall into the stereotype aren't as girly. If you identify as a girl, then you're a girl. Simple as that. No amount of makeup or fashion trends is going to change that.

And I don't think there's "too many" of those girls? Most of the girl OCs in this fandom tend to wear dresses and fit the idea of a stereotypically feminine princess, so I feel as if your complaint is a little unjustified. Would you care to elaborate a little further?

@Zam: Clichés are definitely unavoidable. I've used a lot of tropes for my characters, and I don't think I'll ever be able to stop. There's no new idea under the sun, so to speak, so trying to be completely original would be futile. The only problem with clichés is when they're used too much that they become stale, or they rely on harmful stereotypes.

As for my drive for creating OCs, it's almost entirely criticism. Airy was a remark on the sexism and stigma against mental disorders in the medical and scientific communities, the current plotline I have for Avian deals with breaking out of gender stereotypes and escaping the toxic expectations of masculinity. Lian Tian-e was written to make a statement about the sexualisation of the queer and asian community. I could go on about this but I wouldn't want to bore you guys.

I dunno, I just like writing OCs that deal with issues that either you deal with, or that face the world today. It makes them feel a lot real and it makes you feel a lot more represented and legitimised.