User blog comment:ARCUSTHEGODDESSOFRAINBOWS/The Storybook of Stories (A Guide to the Tales of Ever After)/@comment-4598697-20150505204741/@comment-26414442-20150508014103

Yeah! Finding interesting Snow Queen OCs is like finding diamonds. They're so rare. It's terrifying.

I used to do that as well, until I realised that there's no reason why a certain, race-un-disclosed fairytale character had to be white (because POCs existed in Europe centuries ago, and white ≠ default). It had been a long, painful route to getting racial diversity in my OCs, but I can't be more thankful for it. The only problem is that I'm pretty much only using European fairytales, and the only non-European OC I have is being pushed to the side. Whelp.

Also, most of my POCs are ambigiously brown. That means that they don't really have any set race. I'm not entirely sure if that's a bad thing or not. I guess in a historical context is it, but ehh, it depends.

I definitely agree about the adaption thing! I like using stories with good adaptions, or no "famous" adaptions at all. It means less people are likely to use the stories, and you're not entirely basing your OC off an adaption, which is great. It's definitely a bigger creative challenges, and I love it.