OC Thread

@mjangelvortex  
Edgy is underrated tbh. I have saw a lot if really nice designs get hated on for being “edgy”
 
Also this reminds me. You know how I told you about the demon and angel pony more a few months ago?  
I should really get some more demon/Angel pony ocs done xD

@icey wicey 1517  
I think some people are just wary of some of them because a lot of them tend to be handled poorly (e.g. have badly written backstories) and because some of them don’t mesh well with the general MLP aesthetic but despite that I’ve seen some edgy OCs get some love and attention from time to time.

Do y’all think my OC is a bit too of a Gary stu with being a God King? I mean, he doesn’t abuse it like some other crappy op OCs that think they’re the special snowflake fucks

@Takengrin Endmmar: Taken God King of Fear  
I mean having an OC that’s a God King is kinda toeing the line. But if the character isn’t too OP and has flaws, then you’re probably alright.

I have no issue with OP powers, I have a character who’s got access to extreme power. (Ponified and not an OC but shush) But it’s for a specific reason and it’s very easy to control in-universe, but even when it’s not, I explore it with all it’s downsides as opposed to all it’s upsides.

@mjangelvortex  
Yeah, he has flaws such as emotional pain and can suffer from illnesses such as the flu and what not

@Takengrin Endmmar: Taken God King of Fear  
Here’s the different between Gary Stu/Mary Sue and Overpowered.
 
Gary Stu/Mary Sue is perfect character that everyone love in the story, save the day and have extra ordinary ability to make other love them.
 
Overpowered is a character that dwarf everybody else.
 
In case your oc might be overpowered. But that doesn’t make it a bad thing. Because there are a lot of other characters that people love despite being overpowered. Like Saitama from one punch man, while he can basically kill his enemy with one punch. But that doesn’t make his life easier, in fact he struggles to do his daily life, like in one moment when he try to turn off his allarm, he ending smashing it into pieces. Other instant when he try to kill mosquito he ending up break the floor on his house.

@LightningBolt  
I generally don’t mind it either when handled well.
 
@Cyan Lightning  
Pretty well said. Sometimes the two overlap but they are generally different things.

LONG POST. BEWARE
 
One of these days I wanna make an overpowered OC with no flaws and has access to extreme power. Aside from the usual things like enough speed and strength to fight DBZ style, my OC’S special ability is to increase power level by duplicating the total amount of energy in an area.
 
Basically my OC’s ability works like this: Create an Area of Effect. The AoE calculates the total energy within it, My OC then duplicates (not drain) that energy and absorbs it. There are two types of AoE my OC can create: covers large area but static, isn’t going anywhere, or a small AoE that follows a target. Anyone fast enough can escape and outrun it, though.
 
While AoE is active, it accumulates interest over time and it is constantly recalculating the amount of energy in it. Meaning, if someone walks into it, then their energy is added into the total energy pool, if they leaves it, their energy is substracted from the pool. Basically, the more people inside the AoE and the more time spent waiting before duplicating the energy, the better. Once my OC duplicates and aborbs the energy, the AoE disappears.
 
This is absurdly OP because if my OC uses the ability, creates an AoE and Celestia walks in it, and my OC duplicates Celestia’s energy, then they’d be as strong as Celestia basically.
 
And if my OC is capable of making an AoE that covers the entire Equestria, then they have the energy of basically everyone, including Discord and Twilight. (Unless Discord happens to be in his own chaos dimension at the time). That makes my OC OP as f*ck.
 
As per the rules for making up stupid abilities, there must be limitations:
 

@tehwatever  
I’m not really fond of power level discussions in MLP (or DBZ even for that matter). But an OC that copies the powers and personalities of other characters does sound creative.

@tehwatever
 
@mjangelvortex  
Funnily enough, doesn’t DBZ even mention that the whole “power levels” thing is kinda bullshit? Since you still need to be pretty skilled as well and not just rely on raw power?

@icey wicey 1517  
They did. Not to mention some characters can hide their true power by lowering their ki (which can make them appear harmless). And even the most skilled fighters can still be caught off guard or have weaknesses (e.g. being sick like the time Goku couldn’t fight because of having a virus in the Android saga). Plus the series also has ways of defeating opponents that involves the characters using their brains over their brawn (e.g. cutting a Saiyan’s tail off because it makes them more powerful during a fool moon).
 
The power level thing was mostly big during the Saiyan saga and even then the series still kinda mocked the over-reliance on scouters and power levels. The villains of that saga kept underestimating Goku because he was considered to be weak low-class trash. The villains, Nappa and Prince Vegeta were high-class elites and kept being shocked and angered at the idea that they were being surpassed by him. Despite his background and his upbringing, Goku still managed to be better than them because he trained hard and had many good teachers that helped him as well as friends that helped him along the way too.
 
The Namek Saga (the one that came immediately after that one), Vegeta does more or less find out that he can’t rely upon that sort of thing and mocks the other characters who rely on their scouters too much. There’s stuff in the series where characters mock putting too much trust in reading those numbers.
 
The arcs that came out before and after those don’t really even talk about power levels. But thanks to certain Daizenshuu magazines (and other magazines) that show off the character’s powerlevels and the fanbase’s obsession with them, people constantly focus on that.
 
And I kinda find it aggravating because I think it takes the fun and some of the tension out of a lot of the fights. It just more or less becomes a dick measuring contest that boils up to a game of numbers. Not to mention the numbers start getting pretty insane after a while. Remember the over 9,000 meme? The meme was a bit inaccurate due to a mistranslation. Vegeta and Nappa were originally shocked by Goku having over 8,000 in his power level. But now there are some characters in the films, games, and other spin-off material with power levels anywhere from 3,000,000 to 1,900,000,000 or more. Like geeze man.
 
And the worst thing about it is if you really follow these power level stuff to a T, you end up having to do one or two things with the weaker characters. And either choice is bound to upset the fanbase so it’s lose-lose in either case. You either give into the power creep and push those weaker characters aside and have them be completely useless. Some people will complain about Goku getting the lion’s share of attention if this happens (and I can’t necessarily blame them for that).
 
Or alternatively, you have the weaker characters catch up and now be able to fight alongside the more powerful ones. Some people complain because they don’t like seeing the weak characters actually do things the stronger ones can and get upset because them being able to catch up just doesn’t make sense. And while I can understand some of their grievances with that too, I’d honestly rather have this option so the other characters in the series get their chances to shine too.

OCs that are in prison jumpsuits are best OCs…. and a bunch of criminals!
 

@icey wicey 1517  
oh my, what a pretty mane/hair <3
 
 
@Frown Factory  
cute hairstyle, it’s a rarity to see ;D

@RainbowDash69  
Cool. I like the chains on the pegasi’s wings (makes sense to restrict them from trying to fly away). What are they in for?

@mjangelvortex  
for partying way too hard, and my OC (green one, Eden Shallowleaf) was arrested also for theft/destruction of property. Checkerboard (the black/white mane) was arrested for some sort of “giant growth spell” incident!
 
and thanks, no flying for those pegasi… I think wing chains might be a bit painful :\

@mjangelvortex  
See, shit like this is why I can’t get into Dragon ball XD
 
And yeah, I can understand why all the talk about power levels gets annoying. Because there’salso a lot of external factors to take into consideration too (Like are they in top shape or are they currently injured, do they have any fiends with them, where is the fight taking place, ect).
 
Plus imo i like it more when a guy wins a fight by being cunning/clever/sneaky rather then just focusing on brute strength/power (Evenif those are entertaining too).
 
An example that comes to mind was this one villain from DC that had a villain who had a suit that allowed him to copy the powers and abilities of various heroes and villains (Like having the speed of the Flash, Batman’s martial arts skill and intelligence, Superman’s heat vision and invincibility).  
This guy proved to be a very hard fight and was wiping the floor wiht the Justice League, and it wasn;t until the end of the fight that they thought outside of the box.
 
While the rest of the League was distracting him, Batman sneaked up behind him and snuck a computer chip into the guys suit, which override the systems of it, and he asked Batman what he done to the suit, Batman told him this: Since the suit copies the powers of other people, the chip Batman installed in him gave the villain the mobility and pyshical condition of Dr Stephen Hawking.  
The villain then ended up getting paralyed and fell to the ground, where the suit was then taken off him and he was then arrested.

@RainbowDash69  
Interesting. Do they eventually serve their time and leave?
 
And I’d agree on the wing chains would be painful.
 
@icey wicey 1517  
It’s mostly a fanbase thing since those things in those magazines aren’t actually mentioned in the manga, anime, or movies. I’d honestly compare it to the same dumb measuring contests some DC and Marvel fans have about their superheroes. In fact, I’ve even seen it.
 
And exactly. There’s so many different factors when it comes to fights. Plus there’s some friendly spars kind of fights too where the characters are training or fighting for fun. So those are a completely different ballgame as well. And if the characters are in a crowded area and the character is concerned for the civilians, they might hold back (or if they’re up against someone they care about).
 
And wow. That sounds like a great comic.

@mjangelvortex  
maybe after working the chain gang for a few days, they could get out on good behavior!

@RainbowDash69  
Yeah, the crimes they made it sound like they could be let out early on good behavior. It’s not like they murdered anybody.

@mjangelvortex  
Yeah those things tend to suck.
 
Especially when it comes down to “X can beat Y in a fight”.  
Since i think those people tend to forgot that both the Marvel and DC universes have diffrent sets of rules when it comes to powers and that.  
Like Dr Strange and Raven are both magic users, but they have diffrent rules to thier magic, and the rules of thier universe when it comes to magic.
 
I don’t mind those debates as long as it’s just for fun and analysing a character and thier abilites, but the minute it starts getting taken seriously, it loses a lot of fun.
 
And like you said, there are so many factors tha go into fights, that just relying on power levles by itself is dumb.
 
And yeah, it does sound good.  
I only know about this comic becuase Linkara metioned it in one of his reivews about “Cry For Justice”.  
The villains name is also called Prometheus btw.

It appears I have 80+ characters

@Marx  
I’m kinda scared to count mine but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were that much.
 
@icey wicey 1517  
I don’t mind when people do it for fun either but a lot of people take these fights way too seriously. I feel like using that “Take it easy, it’s just a drawing” Spongebob meme on them.

@mjangelvortex  
It can be fun actually, thinking about what situations they can cheat out of and which one they can’t. Magic has rules, even just in-universe rules, and this forces me to think about them. For example, I categorize a lot of dangerous magic as ‘forbidden magic’ or ‘dark magic’ and make it highly dangerous so it’s not only very risky to perform, but highly illegal. Sounds like a cop-out, perhaps, but being overpowered doesn’t mean ‘can do anything’ it means it’s possible for them to be able to do most anything with the right amount of effort, but it still takes effort, and magic has connections to emotions, so it’s not always easy to just fry all your foes with magic beams when you’re distressed.
 
Honestly I probably think about Equestria magic and magical ethics more than I do any actual writing. I could go on about this forever.

@Marx
 
@mjangelvortex  
I already know I gave well over 100 ocs (made by myself, customs, and adopts).  
No, I will not stop.  
only me and my ocs can be the only ones left in the world
 
 
@mjangelvortex  
I feel like that meme has a lot if use in regards to this random xD
 
Also, Barbat/Bat-Mare ref sheet.  
What she looks like out of uniform and what her civilian identity looks like.