Fun fact! My Chosen One is the only one who knows what’s going on, my Innocent Child turns into the villain, my Cool One is actually the least powered and least flamboyant of the group, my Punching Bag is successfully learning to cope (and the child of the group so everyone now protects them) but my Philosopher is literally exactly just Mom Friend. She heals, she tanks, and she makes breakfast and helps everyone with their problems. Everything may have spins put on it, but Mom Friend is Mom Friend.
@@Squirreliosis Chosen One: Corin Ironworker/Kasa (pet names include blind idiot and k-couskai), Innocent Child: Goes by both Arstos and Cieal, also called the Unnamed for a couple centuries after certain events. Cool One: Armés Kasa (last name isn't really necessary just wanted to show that she and Corin are siblings), Punching Bag: Giovanni Inigo Cavallero (except everyone calls him Gigi to tease him) and Philosopher is named Miriam but has been called Miri and just, mom. Mom friend poweeeer Edit: also for everyone asking for book, I am literally creating two entire languages, eight different cultures, three seperate religions (one of which has eight smaller religions packed into it) and about five thousand years of unique history. This ain't something that's gonna be a quick little literary jaunt.
most of mine fall into the "Cool character" "murderer" and "punching bag" archetypes, with a bunch of "philosophers" are well edit : I don't know why this got so many likes but thanks, everyone
meanwhile, demon tifeling from 283-306 a murder responsible for almost half million deaths strategy of trapping large towns in magic fog and then setting it on fire and rampaging. he accidently kills his lover named Alex and then kills himself by beating his head with a rock- he rembvers nothing from his life except Alex and uncontrollably gets jealous and a lot more unpredictable as one of his many punishments. eventually he meets Alex on earth and finds out about his past through flashbacks caused by the main protagonist who helps him grow a lot. Alex is a demon and is more beast like and will stop at nothing to kill gack (the demon boi). they end up "releaseingthe soul" of ale so he can at least go to limbo rather than the 2nd ring of hell. gack gets closure and ends up helping the current state of the Kingdome that he was summoned in by the main protagonist and they about this child they met (who is actually 14). they overthrows the government (who was going to use the poor as slaves to get more money) and basically becomes the king along side the protagonist and that becomes his really weird way of redemption. also, he returns to how he looked when he was alive (basically horns and ears shorten some) except when he returns to hell for whatever reason . reason
@@yuplekei And so is mine... A 14-year-old who is abused, horrifically wounded by literally getting her tire cut off and window cracked, and is wanted by the government so they can take her powers and kill her in the process!
my ocs fall into two categories; -sweet, innocent older sibling with a strong maternal instinct -chaotic cynical emo with a tragic backstory and misplaced anger towards their older brother who's shadow they've spent their whole lives within
And then there’s me who has “OC who was kind of a self insert but then got shoved through a metaphorical blender and possibly a literal blender too and sort of became all of the stereotypes at once and then I also put them at the end of a convoluted timeline that I came up with as a joke while discussing dumb alternative history mods for strategy games with my friend whilst eating damp pizza in the school cafeteria”
My OC Ashia be suffering beyond what any 14-year-old deserves... And then there's 13-year-old Leris whos parents literally tried to kill him, and then Surviver who gets shot at a lot for what her grandfather did, and then another character named Ashen who was born mute and only lived to 15 due to drowning because he was stuck in a flashback. And then two 15-yr-old male OCs named Parker who was murdered in the hospital, one by his COACH burning him alive and the other his enemy... My brother gets scared whenever I name a character Parker now. Needless to say, my stories are really dark.
Well that's practically the point, isn't it? I forgot the name of it but I saw a magical girl anime where everything was just TERRIBLE for the main character.
"i love listening about OCs" *me, vibrating at the speed of light, ready to unleash a flood of words no smaller than the flood that only Noah and his boat survived:* REAL SHIT?????
@@Chibitasm Do you, mayhaps, wanna hear about some of my characters 🥺👉👈? (also my phone is running on Android 6 so I can only pray that the emoji I used is the one I think it is lol)
My oc Brownie is an innocent child who took up his parents' bakery after they got too old and are still figuring things out. His Awesome Amazing Power: financial stability.
*These are from all different times and stories* My punching bag: A ghost that keeps dying over and over. My philosopher: a robot that favors gardening over anything else My “cool character” : a dove that cant transform back to human but to other animals My innocent child: A teddy bear that really had a broken heart and will do anything to find it’s owner My chosen one: A human which can control all animals without wanting to. My murderer: The colour magenta as a person who has built up anger at the other colors for outshaming them My self insert : myself as an anime character
I made a dude with the goal of making them so unbelievably edgy that it was physically impossible to take them seriously, even the people who 100% the Shadow the hedgehog game would have a hard time keeping a straight face. Think, "I was born without parents and I had to live in the woods after my home burned down." Level of edge, even the other characters in the story just thought they were making it up. "My mom went out with 40 other guys!" "Weren't you born without parents or something?" "..."
The “I was born without parents and I had to live in the woods after my home burned down.” Almost describes Dr. Doofenshmirtz as his parents were not at his own birth and he was raised by animals.
OCs of mine that fit these descriptions: OC 1. Milly, a Spooky Month OC A mix of the punching bag and the innocent child, a story that doesn't have a happy ending mainly for reasons beyond my control. She was created during my first month on SMRP(A Roblox RP game), created from the simple idea of me giving a backstory to the secret skeleton child morph you could become in the lobby. I shall explain that backstory now. She was once just a regular child. Her mother was in the cult, the rather strict and abusive parent, who killed the husband when Milly was only 2. Milly had no idea because she wasn't there to see it. Her only friend was a Happy Fella possessed by another cultist by the name of Ted, though he was the less-dedicated type when it comes to the cult. He had a huge soft spot for Milly, and absolutely freaked out when it came time to sacrifice her. But something went wrong after the sacrifice, and Milly's soul somehow ended up back in her own skeleton. She didn't remember too much about her life, but then Pump found her and they became pretty good friends! Even if she was confused why the stars loved him and hated her. But then... came the grand update. You know, the one that removed the skeleton kid morph for whatever reason? Because of that, I had to write it in that she was found again by someone who wasn't there at her original sacrifice, aka the clown guy(who I headcanon to be named Todd), and resacrificed by him. Ted meanwhile wasn't doing so well without Milly. So the day they decided to kill him for trying to leave them after they killed Milly, he just accepted it because he knew Milly was already dead. But it turns out, my friend who had acted Pump also has an OC that's an amalgamation of all the kids that have been sacrificed to Eyes. But when a cultist dies, they wind up as part of Eyes himself. So even in death, Milly and Ted can't be together. Poor Milly. I also have a more comedic punching bag that I allow my friends to just throw stuff at. His name is Devin, also a SM OC. A newbie to the cult who recently got fired and was just looking to pay rent and then got lured into the cult by his friend. Life is not good in the cult at all, especially considering most of them seem to hate him due to him being an athiest. Devin is the character that I always project onto the most, thinking, "If I was in this guy's situation, what would I do?" So I guess you could say he has some self-insert energy, even though he isn't really a representation of me. Update on Milly: The morph is back, and so is she! Though, she's suffered a lot of trauma from where she was. She doesn't even look human anymore, and often spends time crying to herself. Her sight is also warped to the point where the Pump she was friends with just looks like Eyes to her now. OC 2. While the second half of the "philosopher" explanation doesn't exactly apply to any of my OCs, the first half reminded me a lot of another Spooky Month OC I have by the name of Hickory. Hickory's idea first spawned from one of my first days on SMRP, where I accidentally started a Happy Fella cult and then got one of the devs to join it as a glowing yellow version. I then had an idea about a creepy cultist Happy Fella pretending to be some doll god and luring a bunch of insane Happy Fellas to Eyes, and that idea of a character slowly became a full-fleged OC known as Hickory! On the surface, he's basically the same as Ted; A Happy Fella in the cult. But it becomes very obvious how different they are when they start talking. While Ted is a rather sane, nervous individual, Hickory speaks with a quiet, emotionless version of a regular Happy Fella voice. He's been in the cult since the start, luring children to be sacrificed with his doll self. All this time gaining the trust of kids has basically led him to become an ideal father figure if need be, especially helpful since Eyes has kids in our (me and my friends') AU. One of said kids kinda ran away, but the other spends basically all his time with Hickory. Probably because Hickory takes such good care of him! Hickory's the only SMRP character I use with 100% grammar 100% of the time. And also he's currently owned by Robert's younger sister, so who knows how long she'll last- OC 3. A majority of the OCs I've made are SM OCs, and this guy is no exception. This "cool character" isn't actually edgy or emo like most of his type, if anything he's bery pink and hyper! He was made only like 3 days ago, created from an idea I got from a dev getting a Happy Fella to glow pink. Meet Fellagram! A hologram Happy Fella created with advanced interactive technology for a marketing scheme, but then it flopped and was a huge financial loss so they just stuffed the technology away and never touched it for many years. But due to the constant flow of energy they programmed it with, the energy kept building up due to it not being used to let all that energy out. So much of it built up that, skip to the present day, the next time someone even touched it, the equipment outright EXPLODED, and everything in the studio exploded along with it! But in the aftermath of the explosion, the lil Fellagram returned, free from the systems in a body made of only pink electricity! A very hyper fella, who can go into devices but breaks them once inside them for too long. His presence alone can cause electricity to go haywire! But of course, being made of electricity, he can't really fully interact with the physical world. Another thing about him is that his small form couldn't even contain most of the stored energy. So where did it go? Into a TV that somehow survived the explosion. Hence the existence of the pink TV world that came from the grand update! OC 4. Another SM OC. Her name is Dolly, and she's a mute lil girl kiddo in an ice cream-themed clown costume! Todd's illegally adopted daughter that he used to take care of during his time in another cult. Yea, the lore for him in our RPs is that he used to be in another cult, and used to be more sane during his time in said cult! But one day, Dolly ran away and kinda didn't return, cementing herself as missing. Todd immediately got worried and assumed Eyes' cult kidnapped her because they DO do that, so he goes over to stalk them and try to get her back. That's where he gets found out by Bob, Bob shows Todd to everyone, and well... the trauma Todd ended up suffering as a punishment from Eyes was so utterly terrible that it just broke him mentally. Bringing light to the insane clown he's seen as today! But as for Dolly... She wasn't even kidnapped. So the next time she and Todd randomly ran into each other... Cue Sloppy Jane's cover of "They're Coming To Take Me Away". :) She doesn't wanna be around him. In her eyes, that isn't her papa anymore. OC 5. Yet _another_ SM OC. This one being a full mix of the innocent child and the self-insert! If SM actually happened, I would've been 6 at the time that it did. Thus, this character is 6! Her name is Kimya, but she likes to go by Dina. She wears a cheap green dinosaur onesie everywhere she goes, and it's so big that not only did she have to cut out it's eyes to be able to see, but also she had to roll the sleeves and leg parts up a ton! You can just barely see her hands! Dina is a lot like my past self; Divorced parents, loves dinosaurs, easily scared, loves candy, creative and autistic! The town loves Skid and Pump, so she decided to be more like them because life in town is pretty rough for a background character. Especially considering what happened in episode 2. She was just on a casual stroll during episode 2, and decided to go get some candy! But then she saw Eyes from a distance before she could get there, and that alone scarred her for life. She's tried to tell people about him, but people think it's just the wild imagination of an autistic kid. She's drawn him many times, because, in her words, "he wants me to he wants me to he wants me to..." OC 6. I don't really have a "chosen one"-type OC, so there's only one left; The murderer! A lot of the characters I act are murderers, but an OC murderer I have is one I think about a lot. Her name is Mia! A FNAF OC made for an old AU. I don't think I've ever seen a human FNAF OC that's also a murderer, so I did it! Mia has a "punching bag" past. From her dad bailing, to her mom dying of cancer, to her older sister always being busy, to her being led into a false sense of security by Scraptrap only for him to burn alive in FNAF 6, to a difficulty making friends, to an abusive boyfriend and a dead-end job that overworks her(ehem Fazbear Entertainment), the world basically drives her to where it only really gets "better" when she meets Glitchtrap while testing the VR game, who convinces her to start killing people until she reaches a point of no return and decides to make an entire cult for him. One that she tricked Vanny into, fun fact!
I had an OC that was a full on petty villain. They were in a rp server so I constantly had to clarify her backstory was straight up "she was normal" because I often hinted at it and people got confused. But honestly, probably one of my most fun OC for short rps because of this, along with her personality being just on the edge of evil or simple jerk.
All of my OC doesn't value life at all. Because, everyone that dies. Gets Isekai'd and may return to their Original World and brought themselves some gift. *Like a world ending level Reality Destructing Bomb or Super Powers*
Don’t you just love it when you experiment so much with your villain that they go from the murderer character to the “cool guy,” and then to the philosopher, to the tragic backstory character, and then just end up as this sad but wholesome wreck that literally can’t do anything bad to the other characters because they’re just that messed up? Just me? Welp.
I love how wholesome this video is. A lot of people like to say ocs are "cringe" and i appreciate that even if you used the word, it was in an accepting way that showed that even if a character is cringe- if they make their creator happy that's all that really matters. Also appreicate you using the archetype "cool character" as opposed to Mary Sue.This video was very loving and accepting of all ocs- both well written ones and the ones that MAYBE are just a bit cringe. I loved your positive energy and your sweet, friendly voice. This video really brightened my day.
Bru how my character none of these he was just a straight-up omnipotent omniscient happy dude that liked to fight and built up his omnipotent’s through lots of fighting. Yeah thats about it. Now my cousin well he had every single one here except self inserted and child which ended up with my character killing his mom cause they were brothers but not after he tried to kill my oc and had a chosen one like character save him then he my oc also became op and they made up then the chosen one became evil and we clapped him. There is like a whole lore behind this and surprising made sense but I dont think what i am able to remember will fit here
"Everyone has a story inside them. Everyone has several stories inside them." Me: . . . Me: **looks at my library of my rarely finished stories** That sounds about right.
I have an innocent child character who hangs out with incompetent murderers The little boi also views a very competent and ruthless murderer as his big brother
For me, whenever I make a self insert oc. I eventually draw them so much that they gain so much of their own personality that it's hard to tell they were supposed be me (other than the design). Honestly if I drew all my oc's in a row you would notice a large amount of them are drawn almost exactly how I draw myself. It's a bit of a problem I'm getting over right now XD
I thought I was the only one! My first ever oc was supposed to be me, but in minecraft, and it was a drowned. And evetually I gave her a backstory, a personality, and 5 other friends that were also supposed to be me but ending up into another charcater.
Man watching this made me realize about my own ocs. I’ve gone through HUNDREDS of ocs in the span of a couple of years. Scrapping some because I just lost interest, or others out of memory loss. Yet somehow I always manage to carry over traits from previous ocs to new ocs and nowadays my current characters are all decently fleshed out. One supposed to have a somewhat tragic story while appearing not very edgy. One who’s appearances in my stories was from the END of his story arc (like a fatherly figure). Ocs are fun to mess around with
"If you were into sonic between the ages of 9 and... i'm gonna say 24. You had a sonic OC. Its up there with the rest of our Deviantart past." THE FUCKING ACCURACY
Luckily Devianart has removed cringe art and has become a better website and now the Sonic OCs I see on there are very well done and creative and no longer cringe like the old Sonic OCs in the past
It’s so nice to see a positive video about OCs! It’s so refreshing and shows the true nature of making characters! It’s honestly so disheartening always hearing about how “making ocs is bad” “making ocs is cringey!” So what if we have ocs, or make them? We can always get better, but bashing people because they make them is awful! This video was so sweet, and I’m happy the algorithm randomly led me here!
...Where the heck do you go where anyone says OCs are bad? I'm 33yrs old and have made my rounds through the anime fandom, the Sonic fandom, and MLP fandom, and other more modern ones. And no-where have I seen anyone say OCs are bad. Every single fandom has OCs you'll bump into and that's part of it. It's never been discouraged or shamed. Maybe people aren't saying OCs are bad to you. Maybe they just mean your OCs specifically are bad. That makes more sense! But joking aside it sounds like you hang out with crappy people.
@@TailsClock Well I’ve never met one of these people irl or online, but I’m pretty sure the type of people who say OC making is cringe are the people who see a few cringe OC’s from fandoms they’re in and think “Hm yes, all OC’S must be cringe since these are.” (Speaking of jokes it took me like 15 seconds to realize your user was TailsClock and not TailsCock💀)
@@TailsClock Within creative minds, yeah. Very often criticism of OCs is directed if your OCs look bad. Honestly, spending years to build a character that suited me helps you realize that working towards a outstanding OC is amazing. Even the least artistically-driven individuals are going to consider that cool.
My OCs don't exist in any physical medium, but the stories I play in my daydreams definitely hit on all of them. Huh. I never realized how common it was. Most of mine are the kind of creatures that would normally give people nightmares, big toothy monsters can be nice and want friends too!
Sorry but i remembered the meme of the guy who posted a goofy version of the hamburger helper mascot saying something like "just a glimpse into my dark reality" 💀 but i do that too. But i do it when i cant sleep and its mostly about headcannons and how i think certain characters would interact with eachother. Basically fanfic but its where it should stay: in our heads...
Reminds me of that one head can and I made with my OC's where they were put into a different realm with monsters and stuff and they thought they were going to die only to find out that the monsters could care less about them. One of my OC's even attacked a monster just for the monster to give him a side eye and then keep drinking from the watering hole.
I should mention I have been making original characters for thirty years. The second category for me is played as more of a mentor role. They are the veterans looking out for the new or vastly less experienced warrior. I generally have an established reason in lore why they would know what they know. I have created characters which come pre equipped with a lot of knowledge which their backstory only vaguely explains why they would know so much.
For those who are into character creation. If you want the character likable make sure he/she is imperfect, because the audience wants a character that people can relate to..
[Everyone was called out] I think all of these apply to me on some level but I definitely have a lot of punching bags, innocent childs, and murderers. I think one of my favorite OC types is a punching bag/murderer hybrid! Also, punching bag philosophers. The character that deals with a lot but still pulls it together and helps other people with their issues? Love. I think another one I would've included is The Babe, aka the one who mainly exists because they're just so hot and/or cute. They probably become more complex later, but initially all your rambling about this OC just loops back to "they're adorable and I love them." Maybe you wanna smooch them, maybe you want another character to smooch them, or maybe you just wanna cuddle them for comfort. In any case you're very gay and very valid.
Oh my gosh the Babe is perfect I can't believe I didn't include them >v< I can legit think of 3 I have off the top of my head... I may need to make a part 2 at some point!
Sounds like "The Babe" is essentially the OC equivalent of fanservice, if I'm not mistaken... Interesting... Mind you, the term "fanservice" can be used in more than one context. In fact, bearing THIS in mind, I might even have one or two that would fall under this category XD
my ocs are mostly a kind of a blur between some of these, mostly because as surprising as it looks, none of them has a significant trauma, and some fit in more than one of these roles
I felt so proud and original to have countless ocs and none of them fit these descriptions... *until the last one where I immediately had horrible flashbacks to my old cringey self-insert stories...*
Me trying to justify why im making my high schoolers character went to trough much trauma that ends with one of them losing an eye and her self confidence while also locking her in self imposed exile over how she is the problem and then making the other character lose limb and trust over others while blaming herself for her friend dissapearance: *WELL TECHNICALLY ONE OF THEM IS A CONCEPT THAT EXIST MILLENIA BEFORE BIG BANG AND THE OTHER IS HIGHLY SKILLED HUNTER SO THEY ARE ATLEAST MUCH MORE MATURE THAN AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOLERS-*
Two of my more recent OCs are: A old crazy priest (yes, very much like abridged alexander andersen) with a gun and controllable midas-esque powers (silver flavor) A forgotten god (has most of his powers taken away) with a infiriority complex, claustrophobia, problems with lonely ness and a need for therapy (and friends) And both were in an OCT (original character tournament) each
I feel like there needs to be a #8, the Mary Sue that you liked so much that even though you realized how cringe they were you ended up spending time to work on them more thoroughly until they became a more well rounded being with a realistic personality and story. I mean, thats the one I spent the most time on, lol.
People who hate OP Broken OCs cannot do nothing about it anyway. Because the purpose of OCs are to be strongest aka (Broken, OP, Strong, God Powers) that's why OCs are created, , to be strongest so yeah nothing can do about it since it's the rule of OCs. My OC was made for the sake of being strong.
I feel called out- I still have some of the first oc's I ever made and this is exactly what happened, they were originally all just huge Mary Sues and only had 1 character trait, but I've spent a lot of time making them more detailed, realistic, and distinct from each other! I still have some problems with accidentally making part of their character a huge stereotype or too unrealistic sometimes, but I've already improved a lot from the original character designs, so I hope I can improve even more.
My innocent child is a prostitute... so yeah...My chosen character and cool character merged. Ironically I did think of using my philosopher like character instead but decided my cool character would work better. Most of my characters are murderers or atleast have killed. My self insert may be three gods...
OmGoodness. my main OC has literally been 1-6 at different points in her life, and has a backstory that is generic enough that she can be #7 in sooooooo many fandoms. I specifically built her to be able to adapt her to all of my favorite fandoms but also is part of her own world/story. This was very helpful in understanding her better and gave me some ideas for her world too. Thx for making this vid Chibitasm.
everyone: has many ocs with many different personalities, looks and stories me: has 2 ocs with animal ears that just exist for being cute and work at restaurant @w@
Haha same. My first and only three OC’s I’ve ever made were just three normal friends with normal backstories that went to high school. I’ve been taking art seriously for a little over 5 years and I only really do fan art. I’ve never felt a want or need to make OC’s, does anyone else relate?
Haha... the character for myself is myself, but with a glow-up, terrible sense of fashion, and was and still is from an alternate timeline in Undertale.
Same for me! at first I just like to draw some character set in a school setting doing some goofy stuff, but I always had this idea where they live in this bizzare world, each of them having their own stories and without realizing are connected with each other. I know it's not original, but i'm having fun drawing them! ^^
That's still pretty cool imo ! Sometimes creating simple OCs who just. exist and vibe. and who don't got a special backstory or whatever is fun to do :3c
I definitely have some of these characters but not others due to the fact that my characters live in the same universe. None of them are the main characters and just kinda hang out and have their own lives
Same! I think i fall in love with the ideas of interconnected slice of life story and accidentally create a universe taht accomodate all of my characters no matter how absurd their concept is while also maintaning the "they all have their own lives and is the main characters in their own right"
i have an oc that was my first and main oc, then i started to add more and more characters and gave other characters upgrades and new abilities. he pretty much became a side character. but i added so many characters that i started to forget about them and remember them after a certain character's plotline, but what stood out to me is how i never forgot my first oc, he was always there in the background, but i never forgot him. And now i decided to put an end to my own little series in my head, it only made sense to have my first character, the character i never forgot, the central point around the finale. so pretty much he becomes the chosen one at the end making a sacrifice where he has to never see his friends again while holding everything inside of him as he becomes everything. so yeah he was pretty much the cool one, he had murderous tendancies, and at the end he became the chosen one, but i dont have any other character who fits the other ones you listed.
You have human characters with trauma? I mean, my monsters have a bit, but not like "I was beaten because my knees existed, so I cut them out and now i can do the devious walk, but people still bully me because i got a hairline like the little Caesars batman pizza"
My first OC fell into the third category and had some overlap with the first, but then I decided, "what if I flesh this guy out?" And now he has a whole world and and character development. He's still OP asf tho
My characters backstory is literally the old god of time got lazy and gave his powers to my character Now he's an information powerhouse that doubles as a therapist
Funny story: I actually don't have a self insert rn, I turned my old self insert (also a punching bag) into an all new character because I couldn't give her up, but I wasn't happy with how she was before. She started as a Supernatural OC who was just a cool shapeshifter with witty one-liners and a super tragic past. She was also my favorite character's love interest. And now, she's nowhere near the character she once was, instead becoming her own character who makes choices I'd never make in my life
“The philosopher character is the mom friend and is very smart” My philosopher character is an alcoholic, conspiracy theorist detective who at one point nearly beats up a teenager who has amnesia.
Mine is a depressed, anxious, sleep-deprived, everything else in the book, 12 year old who begged for her sister to mercy kill her into to defeat another one of their sisters, has one of the most dangerous powers in the universe, thinks too much about life, is used for literally everything, *etc.*
My philosopher stared a god in the face, insulted them and is the only one who stays calm in the entire situation of being thrown into magic. No but legit their just so tired having to deal with my murderer OC that nothing surprises them anymore
Mine are kinda animal hybrids- they got turned into them by testing, then they died, from testing or the lab burning down. Glad I'm not alone doing this and I hope you keep sharing more about your characters here!
When it comes to OCs, I'll make just about any type of OC, not just the types that are discussed in this video. Though when it comes to self-inserts, I'm a bit narcissistic and will almost always write myself in as the main character. My self-inserts tend to be a mix of the chosen one, the cool character, the punching bag, and very occasionally; the philosopher. I suppose this idea just kind of stems from something that a lot of people think about; that it is fun to sometimes think of yourself as the main character of some awesome, amazing, epic story, or something along those lines and well, I'm no different. I absolutely love the idea of myself as the main character and I sometimes find it hard not to write a story where I'm either not the main character or just not in it at all. But overall, I really do love all my OCs, even if a lot of them are self-inserts, lol.
Let me be real, the only time I actually would ever use a "Chosen One" prophecy on my characters is if it were used for an evil plot device. The "Chosen One" idea of having your life predetermined for you sounds like a curse. I prefer the idea of being able to create your own story rather than depend on fate.
Yeah I have a story where all the main characters were "chosen" by some sort of crystals when they're born and they're destined to train their entire life waiting for the evil bad guy to do it's thing and defeat him like it has been each like 1000 years but the one we follow most of her story is some random villager girl who stumble upon the crystal that has been lost and she is being brought into the entire concept she only heard vaguely as a kid with bedtime stories. And we see her getting all that pressure and judgement of people (Since the crystal didn't really choose her technically, she just found it and it reacted since she was the first to touch it since the last owner) and the effect it had on the other characters who grew up with that weight on their shoulder their entire childhood and teenagehood and in the end the girl becomes the second source for the villain because it was too much for her and she wasn't trained since birth for any of this (But the others save her at the end, but she still becomes evil). So yeah it's not really "she deals with it and everyone is fine with any of this" type of story
Me. All of my OCs are forgotten by the world so they got isekai'd to a pure land of fantasy. One of my literally was forgotten, then got remembered, AND THEN FORGOTTEN AGAIN. Yeah, seems normal.
@Poppingballoons69Many characters I've seen that go under that are usually joke characters where they may seem like some harmless little blob, but are actually a major threat to the world itself. (I also have an oc that is under the trope.)
@@cutestcreeper569 Overly sarcastic productions calls that trope the "Crouching moron, hidden badass." E.G someone like Goku or Naruto, Who's holy crap levels of Strong but uses it for good, usually hiding it behind being a doofus.
I made 3 characters. The 1st was one i retired. One that was an idea that i had. And one that is the older version of the other. That one is basically the punching bag, the cool one, the philosopher, and the chosen one. He is strong, smart, and has a LOT of trauma
Thing is that I have an OC that has gone through so much character development over the years that at one point or another he has been most of these, often multiple at once. He's been an innocent child, a chosen one, the cool character, the murderer, the punching bag, the philosopher and lastly just tired. But most of all, he is me when I need him to be.
My main one is basically the same too. He started off as a semi-self insert into MHA, until I decided to make a story off of it, realized it was trash, completely scrapped it for 3 months and then just added him and a few others from that story into another, more promising one I was making. He then became the cool one, because I spent way too much energy trying to integrate him into this other world. Then his character arc led him to become a punching bag, a chosen one archetype depending on how you view his relationship to the antagonist, and after his arc was over I made him the philosopher to help other characters I made for the original world I integrated him into.
I had a character when I was 7 years old who was literally just Kirby with a sword and the personality of a fully-grown man. In his first and only outing he fought an evil Kirby who was trying to gas a city. Just some interesting tidbits
if you redesigned him if you went with the fact that kirby themself is a toddler thats actually a god of destruction itd be funny if u made them pretty destructive or smt
@@donutholebandit woh nice!! but... what if you stuck with the sword kirby version? would that be the route you took if you knew about kirby canonically being a god of destruction, but a toddler?
@clvde oooh, that's really interesting actually... yeah, what happens to that sort of power when it's wielder grows up? I imagine he'd become a star warrior, just because of the whole visual connection between him and meta knight, but does that same connection also imply that meta knight has world-ending capabilities? Galactic knight certainly seems to! Who knows? Sorry for the tangent lol, I'll have to keep that idea in mind!
"The punching bag character receives the brunt of our emotional trauma" Me: I don't think I ever did that. No, never. My first dnd character who was bullied as a kid because she was seen as weird even though she tried her best to be nice to everyone: f*ck off
You know us artists of any kind, writers, poets, painters. We all cope through different was but the main way is creating characters to simulate what we are going through, weather it is actually happening or just a state of mind. I’ve noticed that the artist community’ is so large and everyone is so diverse in how they show their compassion for art and it just makes me feel glad to be apart of this community, through the good and the bad parts. I’ve always been quiet and sometimes I tend to isolate myself from others even though I want to be with my friends (or just want friends), I am quite self conscious but in the end of the day I always sit down and relax with my life and the emotions I felt throughout the whole way through all portrayed as these characters that I have written down.
you forgot that one furry oc you hide from literally everyone and you pretend you hate them but you secretly love them / you have a little soft spot for them
I remember when I was very young and had like *literally countless* numbers of a bunch of cat ocs inspired by the pete the cat books, lol. Those adventures they all had that I imagined, that's fun to remember.
for me, i made a 'cool character' once when i was young, and later on they metaphorically ate like half the archetypes mentioned here, because i decided that they're in-lore self aware, and they arent fond of me refusing to let them die. the only thing here they definitely arent are the innocent child.
Hello, I like to see people use 'lesbian' and 'bisexual' and other sexualities as personality traits for characters and I don't think I really get it, Is it okay if you explain? (hope this question isn't offensive)
@@fartfacefromspace5678I thinks it’s less so a personality trait and more of a part of the character’s identity. The actual character trait comes before. In this context; Hyperactive and tired are more so the personality traits and they just enjoy writing lesbians or bisexuals (which isn’t exclusively romance).
I can give you hyperactive "Totally a boy, stop asking, it'll only make me more confused": Leo, grandchild of a retired adventurere, who just thinks their grandpa is THE COOLEST I can give you tired bisexual, mind of? more like grumpy: Bunny Beck, but don't you dare call him Bunny, only his family can do that, he was an architect but then he kind of accidentally killed a guy and went out to seek redemption by saving other people, he's quite grumpy as well I can give you modified beyond what should be humanly possible and crafted into a weapon: Mania, which isn't because of any Magic, but close enough
I have many OC's. But my favorite to make, are innocent child (Naive), or "innocent" child (has commited several counts of arson) yet acts more innocent than the first. For non-completely character based things, World-Building while brainstorming is my favorite. I have a murderer type OC, who is like a magic knight guy (Totally not a stolen idea from a certain anime) who seems amazing in the public eye, but hates their fans, and would kill if even one person thought anything bad of them. They are misunderstood, except in a different way, people think they are good. When they are the scum of the earth, their presence motivates the main character to do good, just to not be like them.
I’ve made So many OC’s in the past. Ended up using 3 of them as a base for an actual world for them to belong in, and a story is currently being set up.
Me Punching bag: Hmm most of my OCs are punching bags Philopher: Screw it Cool one: Umm dunno Innocent child: What do you think the punching bags are? Chosen one: Well...... I have some in a group Murderer: One is literally the protagonist... Self-insert: OK OK OK you caught me
Thanks for making such a relatable video. Personally, I have made all of these. The punching bag emo trauma-based one. The philosopher know-it-all comforter. The absolutely overpowered cool character. The innocent little baby. The chosen one (who is sometimes also overpowered). And the...yeah, I've made the murderer before several times. Too many maybe?
Most of my ocs, with the exception of a few, fall into the categories of "the punching bag," "the cool character," and "the chosen one". I have a couple ocs who are the philosophers, and, out of every single fandom I have made ocs for, I only have two child ocs. Only one of which is innocent, and she's a demon in Demon Slayer! I also have a self insert oc for *every* fandom I like.
-Plot twist, my punching bag's backstory is literally "ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WHERE I DIED AT 16 AND BECAME A DEMON". So yeah, pretty much a coping mechanism. -Help. I think I just turned my philosopher into a mad scientist. -I don't know about the cool one. Maybe Marshmallow? She wasn't made to be a story character, she is just literally everyone I could think of mashed together into a cute rainbow abomination. -Innocent child? I think I have one or two of those, but si definitely know which ones I'm most bond of. -OMG YES!! The prophecy kid! That one is kind of cringey to explain, but her "rejecting destiny" story is one of my current favorites to plan. -Honestly I only have one pure murderer OC. She is basically a Bloody Painter copycat because I was into creepypasta back then and he was my favorite. Same reason for why the rainbow abomination has a murderer side. I also have a Yandere Sim copycat kind of, but that whole story is still taking it's first steps. -SELF INSERTS ARE EVERYWHERE. I was never into sonic, but I get what you mean 😂
My sister did something similar except I'm also dead. And she's a fallen angel killing people to stop her from being sent to hell. But there's the alternate her with a ferret with earthbending powers.
The Punching Bag: My first butterfly Hollow Knight oc (brother to the second, my weird ceramic boy oc, and Dr Diggory Avarus from my original story thats publicly available online The Philosopher: the shapeshifting former serial killer bunny thing who takes care of the unfortunate ceramic boy The Cool Character: my second butterfly Hollow Knight oc (sister to the first), the shapeshifting serial killer bunny thing before i decided to take him through the slowest redemption arc ever to try and make his struggles, relapses, and journey realistic and relatable. When i first made this weird murderous bunny oc thing, i just went with the generic edgy archetype, but as i got better at writing, i decided i wanted to subvert the norm and show that being “the cool edgy one” is actually a very unhealthy mindset The Innocent Child: my third genderless Hollow Knight vessel child oc who the second cool sister oc is taking care of The Chosen One: The mc of my first ever novel. He wasnt really “chosen”, but this is the only category he somewhat fits into from the way you described it The Murderer: the third time im mentioning my weird serial killer shapeshifting bunny oc thing. Honestly idk wtf i was smoking when i made this thing lol. Also the mentor character of my first ever novel turned into this one by the end too, so thats cool The Self-Insert: my traumatized ceramic boy oc who’s also a Punching Bag
My main oc is like a combination if all of them at once... She starts out as an innocent child, then becomes the punching bag, which leads to her becoming sort of a murderer, then moving on to her having a huge 'destiny' from which she evolves into the philosopher. She really was a bit of a self-insert to start off with and began as an awesome character desgin concept.
Wish this was out when I was in middle school because I was ashamed and embarrassed of my old oc/persona cuz she not only acted nothing like me, but also looked nothing like me either (as in ethnicity too) and my friend would always make fun of her name and basically everything about her, she was the “innocent child”. I ended up changing her from my main mascot on my channel and she is no longer my persona. But I was (and still am) so very attached to her so instead of scrapping her, she is the main character in my little story(s) that I have yet to make. Although I am happy with the oc/persona I have now (changed it to look like me more irl cuz of the bullying I got from my old one) your message at the end still would have meant a lot to me. Thank for making this!!😌
your ocs truly don't have to look like you. im very certain im not a cloud-white skinned 17 year old who has no hair, clothes or proper eyes because due to my laziness he has almost no design. get creative :D
I think all of my OCs fall into "weird but wholesome" category. None of my favorites have a remotely normal concept but they're all sweet beans. My two fandom OCs, Quest and Saga, are the combination of two of my favorite series' casts. They belong in every category minus the self-insert. They're so angsty and wholesome and I love them. Regular OCs? Yeah my favorites include; group of children I use specifically to mess with sizes of different body parts, i.e. legs, eyes, hands, etc., just to see what life could be like if you lived like that. Or perhaps A.R.G.U.S. and [redacted], the experiments with many eyes/mouths also for a similar question- what the heck would life be like if that's what you were?
The punching bag: maggotpelt The philosopher: sand The cool character: shadowstar The innocent child: sky The chosen one: neon The murderer: halfblossom The self-insert: icepaw
I resently realized that all my main OCs fall into one of the following categories 1: curious collector. They are extremely curious and usually collect information, but they can collect other things like objects or kidnapping people to put in their personal zoo. 2: seeker. They are looking for a place to call home. It would mean the world to these characters if they could find just one person who understands them, or at least that what they tell themselves. After a lot of experimentation I realized that they would never be satisfied until they found a town worth if people who are willing to accept them. 3: neutral? They have the potential to be a hero or a villain, and are terrifyingly good at being both. They can also be VERY neutral if they choose, but one thing that is consistent about them is if you get them to care about you they will everything in their power to protect you and stay in your friend group. It once took another one of my OCs seven years to get it through one of these characters heads that she wanted absolutely nothing to do with him, and when he finally realized it he murdered her violently after killing all her friends in front of her. I mean thing might have gone better if she hadn't used him as a literal punching bag earlier in the story...they were both really broken...
My fan oc was an avatar the last airbender oc from like 9 years ago that I still cherish to this day. She is one of my favorite ocs and after so many years she has developed quite the interesting and *cough* definitely not tragic backstory. She is one of the main supporting characters for that novel I’m definitely going to write one day.
I think my own one was an Avatar OC, too. At least she was the first one that I wrote about. And appropriately enough, she was a murder child with enormous power 😅 and I at least knew she was a bit of a psycho, because she became friends with Azula.
I like that you talked about universes and simulations in tandem with the Chosen One. My chosen one OC had companion who was sort of a self-insert, who died near the end of their adventure and found out that the life he knew was a simulation. He was handed a VHS with "my life" written in sharpie, which he sometimes watches which makes the adventure that killed him seem so meaningless, and he feels a little sorry for the Chosen One who lived on continuing the epic battle. It also makes him feel sorry for himself, knowing that all the adventures he went on lead up to just being a VHS tape with no real impact on himself. Oh boy I'm happy you talked about the Murderer, because mine definitely is fun to draw. That was the whole point of his creation. I was inspired by detailed gross-out cartoons like the single shots in spongebob, or all of Ren and Stimpy, or Mad magazine.
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My characters easily fall into two categories, the ones with trauma who are coping well and the ones with trauma who aren't
s a m e
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Same
we need help
Our OCs need help
My characters also fall into 2 categories
1. Sewer water mutant blobs
2. Other
Me, holding up a single oc that somehow fits all of these types: *I-*
*I'm a little messed up.*
Release all the sounds that are trapped in your mind...
aAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa
Byakuya Togami 🥰
I know this isn't related but I love your user. Byakuya is my favorite THH character.
Yeeeeaaah. When all the first 6 oc is the same like self-insert one.
@@squarrot9355 byakuya togami
“Or maybe we’re just being sadistic”
Yeah, that line made me subscribe
Lol same
Same though XD
“Two socially awkward people”.
I am sadistic and almost all of my good guys live in peril, and my villains are gods. :)
@@antisanity_ you too?
All characters are somewhat self-insert, everyone puts some of their traits onto every character they make, even if they don’t mean to
I think that's true! I actually can see a part of my personality on my ocs(fan characters or not), doesn't matter how much, but it's always there!
This is definitely true for me, I think it makes it easier to get into the heads of your characters if they have parts of you in them.
Honestly, true...
strangely real..
None of my expendable pawns (my ocs) have parts of me, mostly because some of them are *really terrifying* and downright not HUMAN!
Fun fact! My Chosen One is the only one who knows what’s going on, my Innocent Child turns into the villain, my Cool One is actually the least powered and least flamboyant of the group, my Punching Bag is successfully learning to cope (and the child of the group so everyone now protects them) but my Philosopher is literally exactly just Mom Friend. She heals, she tanks, and she makes breakfast and helps everyone with their problems.
Everything may have spins put on it, but Mom Friend is Mom Friend.
Mom friend is always, mom friend.
These are honestly the coolest oc backstories I’ve heard
bro are you gonna write us a book already?? we need it
Must. Have. Oc’s names...
@@Squirreliosis Chosen One: Corin Ironworker/Kasa (pet names include blind idiot and k-couskai), Innocent Child: Goes by both Arstos and Cieal, also called the Unnamed for a couple centuries after certain events. Cool One: Armés Kasa (last name isn't really necessary just wanted to show that she and Corin are siblings), Punching Bag: Giovanni Inigo Cavallero (except everyone calls him Gigi to tease him) and Philosopher is named Miriam but has been called Miri and just, mom. Mom friend poweeeer
Edit: also for everyone asking for book, I am literally creating two entire languages, eight different cultures, three seperate religions (one of which has eight smaller religions packed into it) and about five thousand years of unique history. This ain't something that's gonna be a quick little literary jaunt.
most of mine fall into the "Cool character" "murderer" and "punching bag" archetypes, with a bunch of "philosophers" are well
edit : I don't know why this got so many likes but thanks, everyone
Mine consist of Sweet ones that openly talk about murder, Edgey but tries their best to socialize, Shonen anime protag and Clowns.
Mine are "douchebag ghosts" "unwilling people that got possessed" and "friendo"
@bradford omg that sounds amazing if u ever post the story anywhere i would love to read it
meanwhile, demon tifeling from 283-306 a murder responsible for almost half million deaths strategy of trapping large towns in magic fog and then setting it on fire and rampaging. he accidently kills his lover named Alex and then kills himself by beating his head with a rock- he rembvers nothing from his life except Alex and uncontrollably gets jealous and a lot more unpredictable as one of his many punishments. eventually he meets Alex on earth and finds out about his past through flashbacks caused by the main protagonist who helps him grow a lot. Alex is a demon and is more beast like and will stop at nothing to kill gack (the demon boi). they end up "releaseingthe soul" of ale so he can at least go to limbo rather than the 2nd ring of hell. gack gets closure and ends up helping the current state of the Kingdome that he was summoned in by the main protagonist and they about this child they met (who is actually 14). they overthrows the government (who was going to use the poor as slaves to get more money) and basically becomes the king along side the protagonist and that becomes his really weird way of redemption. also, he returns to how he looked when he was alive (basically horns and ears shorten some) except when he returns to hell for whatever reason . reason
A lot of mine that have songs that I based their personalities off of
“This characters you would adopt immediately”
My soft nice character with such a sad backstory is *23*
LMAO mine is 16
Mine is 14 so i think im good
@@yuplekei And so is mine... A 14-year-old who is abused, horrifically wounded by literally getting her tire cut off and window cracked, and is wanted by the government so they can take her powers and kill her in the process!
@@sierrahale804
is
your oc a car???
@@brendathevehicon hehehehe yes
Excuse me, but...
GUYS SHE MADE THE PHILOSOPHER A LEFTIE. LITERALLY THE FIRST LEFTIE OC I'VE SEEN IN FOREVER
Presidential original character. 😆
My main oc is a lefty because he's kinda a self insert haha
Lmao, I have to stop myself from making all of my ocs lefties. Lefty problems xD
@@starrynightsfadedlightsi don't blame you. if i could draw, all of my ocs would be lefties.
Not me who wanted to make a Swordsman Ronin OC unique so I made him a lefty~
my ocs fall into two categories;
-sweet, innocent older sibling with a strong maternal instinct
-chaotic cynical emo with a tragic backstory and misplaced anger towards their older brother who's shadow they've spent their whole lives within
Twinies!
celestia and luna
oc: a very horney cactus
@@Alltheprayers
Y’all the amount of horny cactuses I see on Twitter IS ASTOUNDING
Y e s
And then there’s me who has “OC who was kind of a self insert but then got shoved through a metaphorical blender and possibly a literal blender too and sort of became all of the stereotypes at once and then I also put them at the end of a convoluted timeline that I came up with as a joke while discussing dumb alternative history mods for strategy games with my friend whilst eating damp pizza in the school cafeteria”
the best place to make world builds is a cafeteria honestly
I entered a state of unexplainable feeling while reading this
Are... are you from my school or-
STOP READIMG MY MIND PLEASE-
I'm not sure if I read this or not
But
Yes?
"We have all made an OC with a tragic backstory."
Me, with 10 OCs that have tragic backstories: *My goals are beyond your understanding.*
My OC Ashia be suffering beyond what any 14-year-old deserves... And then there's 13-year-old Leris whos parents literally tried to kill him, and then Surviver who gets shot at a lot for what her grandfather did, and then another character named Ashen who was born mute and only lived to 15 due to drowning because he was stuck in a flashback. And then two 15-yr-old male OCs named Parker who was murdered in the hospital, one by his COACH burning him alive and the other his enemy... My brother gets scared whenever I name a character Parker now.
Needless to say, my stories are really dark.
honey, youve got a big storm comin-
@@brendathevehicon Did I mention that all of them are cars?
@@sierrahale804 w
wow
haha car named parker
(ps: is this a Cars fanfic? lakdjdhsndkd)
@@brendathevehicon No- They're *original*
“Do they fit into the story? Idk you will build a story around this character”
I’ve never heard something so true
HELL YEH
I actually did do that, feeling so called out…
"The world doesn't revolve around yo-" okay make it revolve around my sick as hell oc, that sound good?
@ HELL YEH
Punching bag: has a terrible and tragic backstory
My magical girl characters: *nervous sweating*
Oh my magical girl characters were seriously something else HAHHAHA bernette and roxanne were something else
Well that's practically the point, isn't it? I forgot the name of it but I saw a magical girl anime where everything was just TERRIBLE for the main character.
Being meguca is suffering...
"i love listening about OCs"
*me, vibrating at the speed of light, ready to unleash a flood of words no smaller than the flood that only Noah and his boat survived:* REAL SHIT?????
real shit yo (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ
Me running over with my hair a mess and 500 notebooks billed to the brim: CAN I COME TOO
@@Chibitasm Do you, mayhaps, wanna hear about some of my characters 🥺👉👈?
(also my phone is running on Android 6 so I can only pray that the emoji I used is the one I think it is lol)
@@monochromedream-eatingbaku I'd love to! also looks like the right emoji to me ^v^
@@hanscapon222 ye the more the merrier!
My oc Brownie is an innocent child who took up his parents' bakery after they got too old and are still figuring things out. His Awesome Amazing Power: financial stability.
No cap, litterally the best power.
HE'S PRECIOUS
I want that power
My god he is to op
Watch out before he gets nerfed by inflation or the IRS
Most of my characters are a mix of the punching bag, the cool one, and, most importantly, the murderer
*These are from all different times and stories*
My punching bag: A ghost that keeps dying over and over.
My philosopher: a robot that favors gardening over anything else
My “cool character” : a dove that cant transform back to human but to other animals
My innocent child: A teddy bear that really had a broken heart and will do anything to find it’s owner
My chosen one: A human which can control all animals without wanting to.
My murderer: The colour magenta as a person who has built up anger at the other colors for outshaming them
My self insert : myself as an anime character
Bro I love the color magneta
A ghost that keeps dying over and over
Incredibly sad however i would love to see how you would execute it
@@dakkapel3 to be honest, I think we’d just exorcise it.
Ngl those all sound so frikken cool
“A ghost that keeps dying over and over”
Do they happen to be named Mitsuba Sousuke?
(This is a joke, but that’s a cool idea)
I made a dude with the goal of making them so unbelievably edgy that it was physically impossible to take them seriously, even the people who 100% the Shadow the hedgehog game would have a hard time keeping a straight face. Think, "I was born without parents and I had to live in the woods after my home burned down." Level of edge, even the other characters in the story just thought they were making it up. "My mom went out with 40 other guys!" "Weren't you born without parents or something?" "..."
Just realized how edgy one of my main ocs are after reading this comment- whoops?
The “I was born without parents and I had to live in the woods after my home burned down.” Almost describes Dr. Doofenshmirtz as his parents were not at his own birth and he was raised by animals.
@@ThefifthBishopofGord omg Dr Doofenshmirtz is an edgy oc
It sounds like a challenge to me
Did his manner of speaking involve following every word with "DAMN"? Including "damn"?
Like DAMN this DAMN!
Normal people: making human Ocs with nice personalities and confusing stories
Me: *crazy raviolli with a tophat yes*
I love that so much
My normal is talking cars
I have an OC who is a Question Mark with eyes and another one who is a Camera with legs, lmao
@@zerobotico2382 lol XD my brother had a semicolon OC way back in the day
@@Chibitasm Hah
OCs of mine that fit these descriptions:
OC 1.
Milly, a Spooky Month OC
A mix of the punching bag and the innocent child, a story that doesn't have a happy ending mainly for reasons beyond my control. She was created during my first month on SMRP(A Roblox RP game), created from the simple idea of me giving a backstory to the secret skeleton child morph you could become in the lobby. I shall explain that backstory now.
She was once just a regular child. Her mother was in the cult, the rather strict and abusive parent, who killed the husband when Milly was only 2. Milly had no idea because she wasn't there to see it. Her only friend was a Happy Fella possessed by another cultist by the name of Ted, though he was the less-dedicated type when it comes to the cult. He had a huge soft spot for Milly, and absolutely freaked out when it came time to sacrifice her. But something went wrong after the sacrifice, and Milly's soul somehow ended up back in her own skeleton. She didn't remember too much about her life, but then Pump found her and they became pretty good friends! Even if she was confused why the stars loved him and hated her.
But then... came the grand update. You know, the one that removed the skeleton kid morph for whatever reason? Because of that, I had to write it in that she was found again by someone who wasn't there at her original sacrifice, aka the clown guy(who I headcanon to be named Todd), and resacrificed by him. Ted meanwhile wasn't doing so well without Milly. So the day they decided to kill him for trying to leave them after they killed Milly, he just accepted it because he knew Milly was already dead. But it turns out, my friend who had acted Pump also has an OC that's an amalgamation of all the kids that have been sacrificed to Eyes. But when a cultist dies, they wind up as part of Eyes himself. So even in death, Milly and Ted can't be together.
Poor Milly.
I also have a more comedic punching bag that I allow my friends to just throw stuff at. His name is Devin, also a SM OC. A newbie to the cult who recently got fired and was just looking to pay rent and then got lured into the cult by his friend. Life is not good in the cult at all, especially considering most of them seem to hate him due to him being an athiest. Devin is the character that I always project onto the most, thinking, "If I was in this guy's situation, what would I do?" So I guess you could say he has some self-insert energy, even though he isn't really a representation of me.
Update on Milly: The morph is back, and so is she! Though, she's suffered a lot of trauma from where she was. She doesn't even look human anymore, and often spends time crying to herself. Her sight is also warped to the point where the Pump she was friends with just looks like Eyes to her now.
OC 2.
While the second half of the "philosopher" explanation doesn't exactly apply to any of my OCs, the first half reminded me a lot of another Spooky Month OC I have by the name of Hickory. Hickory's idea first spawned from one of my first days on SMRP, where I accidentally started a Happy Fella cult and then got one of the devs to join it as a glowing yellow version. I then had an idea about a creepy cultist Happy Fella pretending to be some doll god and luring a bunch of insane Happy Fellas to Eyes, and that idea of a character slowly became a full-fleged OC known as Hickory!
On the surface, he's basically the same as Ted; A Happy Fella in the cult. But it becomes very obvious how different they are when they start talking. While Ted is a rather sane, nervous individual, Hickory speaks with a quiet, emotionless version of a regular Happy Fella voice. He's been in the cult since the start, luring children to be sacrificed with his doll self. All this time gaining the trust of kids has basically led him to become an ideal father figure if need be, especially helpful since Eyes has kids in our (me and my friends') AU. One of said kids kinda ran away, but the other spends basically all his time with Hickory. Probably because Hickory takes such good care of him! Hickory's the only SMRP character I use with 100% grammar 100% of the time. And also he's currently owned by Robert's younger sister, so who knows how long she'll last-
OC 3.
A majority of the OCs I've made are SM OCs, and this guy is no exception. This "cool character" isn't actually edgy or emo like most of his type, if anything he's bery pink and hyper! He was made only like 3 days ago, created from an idea I got from a dev getting a Happy Fella to glow pink.
Meet Fellagram! A hologram Happy Fella created with advanced interactive technology for a marketing scheme, but then it flopped and was a huge financial loss so they just stuffed the technology away and never touched it for many years. But due to the constant flow of energy they programmed it with, the energy kept building up due to it not being used to let all that energy out. So much of it built up that, skip to the present day, the next time someone even touched it, the equipment outright EXPLODED, and everything in the studio exploded along with it! But in the aftermath of the explosion, the lil Fellagram returned, free from the systems in a body made of only pink electricity! A very hyper fella, who can go into devices but breaks them once inside them for too long. His presence alone can cause electricity to go haywire! But of course, being made of electricity, he can't really fully interact with the physical world.
Another thing about him is that his small form couldn't even contain most of the stored energy. So where did it go? Into a TV that somehow survived the explosion. Hence the existence of the pink TV world that came from the grand update!
OC 4.
Another SM OC. Her name is Dolly, and she's a mute lil girl kiddo in an ice cream-themed clown costume! Todd's illegally adopted daughter that he used to take care of during his time in another cult. Yea, the lore for him in our RPs is that he used to be in another cult, and used to be more sane during his time in said cult! But one day, Dolly ran away and kinda didn't return, cementing herself as missing. Todd immediately got worried and assumed Eyes' cult kidnapped her because they DO do that, so he goes over to stalk them and try to get her back. That's where he gets found out by Bob, Bob shows Todd to everyone, and well... the trauma Todd ended up suffering as a punishment from Eyes was so utterly terrible that it just broke him mentally. Bringing light to the insane clown he's seen as today!
But as for Dolly... She wasn't even kidnapped. So the next time she and Todd randomly ran into each other... Cue Sloppy Jane's cover of "They're Coming To Take Me Away". :)
She doesn't wanna be around him. In her eyes, that isn't her papa anymore.
OC 5.
Yet _another_ SM OC. This one being a full mix of the innocent child and the self-insert! If SM actually happened, I would've been 6 at the time that it did. Thus, this character is 6!
Her name is Kimya, but she likes to go by Dina. She wears a cheap green dinosaur onesie everywhere she goes, and it's so big that not only did she have to cut out it's eyes to be able to see, but also she had to roll the sleeves and leg parts up a ton! You can just barely see her hands!
Dina is a lot like my past self; Divorced parents, loves dinosaurs, easily scared, loves candy, creative and autistic! The town loves Skid and Pump, so she decided to be more like them because life in town is pretty rough for a background character. Especially considering what happened in episode 2.
She was just on a casual stroll during episode 2, and decided to go get some candy! But then she saw Eyes from a distance before she could get there, and that alone scarred her for life. She's tried to tell people about him, but people think it's just the wild imagination of an autistic kid. She's drawn him many times, because, in her words, "he wants me to he wants me to he wants me to..."
OC 6.
I don't really have a "chosen one"-type OC, so there's only one left; The murderer! A lot of the characters I act are murderers, but an OC murderer I have is one I think about a lot.
Her name is Mia! A FNAF OC made for an old AU. I don't think I've ever seen a human FNAF OC that's also a murderer, so I did it!
Mia has a "punching bag" past. From her dad bailing, to her mom dying of cancer, to her older sister always being busy, to her being led into a false sense of security by Scraptrap only for him to burn alive in FNAF 6, to a difficulty making friends, to an abusive boyfriend and a dead-end job that overworks her(ehem Fazbear Entertainment), the world basically drives her to where it only really gets "better" when she meets Glitchtrap while testing the VR game, who convinces her to start killing people until she reaches a point of no return and decides to make an entire cult for him. One that she tricked Vanny into, fun fact!
Damn
Thats a lot of words
It's my fault for clicking...
@@azaritheraptor A lot of very creative words!
Tl;dr
I had an OC that was a full on petty villain. They were in a rp server so I constantly had to clarify her backstory was straight up "she was normal" because I often hinted at it and people got confused. But honestly, probably one of my most fun OC for short rps because of this, along with her personality being just on the edge of evil or simple jerk.
Update, she is evil, she is getting snake powers
Doofenshmirts
@@The.throngler I-.. no, you know what, that's accurate.
talk about kokichi oma
@@ducker6018 me, with an oc that is literally a snake person:
creating the murderer oc: aren't you tired of being nice? wanna just go apeshit?
My most murderous OC is actually a crisscrossing maid
All of my OC doesn't value life at all. Because, everyone that dies. Gets Isekai'd and may return to their Original World and brought themselves some gift. *Like a world ending level Reality Destructing Bomb or Super Powers*
ah yes,the PERFECT trope of creating murderer ocs,*50% of mine are like this*
FCKIN MOOD.
@@georgeridden1705 ah yes… the humble kreigsman…
“Someone to look up to!”
*when your punching bag OC actually ended up snapping and becoming a villain*
._____________. W e l l t h e n -
*takes out knife*
@@metra8604 pfft-
Lmaooo my villain uses a purple glowing noose as a weapon 😭
....THIS IS CALLING ME OUT PLEASE
LMAO SAME
I like the friend dynamic a few people who both need help finding each other and trying to cope with each other. It’s my favorite friend dynamic
Don’t you just love it when you experiment so much with your villain that they go from the murderer character to the “cool guy,” and then to the philosopher, to the tragic backstory character, and then just end up as this sad but wholesome wreck that literally can’t do anything bad to the other characters because they’re just that messed up?
Just me?
Welp.
Minus the cool guy and philosopher my sister did that lol
For me i dont make many villains, since the main cast already work for a horrid and inhumane organization
I have never felt so fucking called out before, Jesus Christ LMFAO
same
I feel SO freaking called out, like, I'VE DONE THIS TWICE, AND THEY ARE BOTH FRIENDS.
I love how wholesome this video is. A lot of people like to say ocs are "cringe" and i appreciate that even if you used the word, it was in an accepting way that showed that even if a character is cringe- if they make their creator happy that's all that really matters. Also appreicate you using the archetype "cool character" as opposed to Mary Sue.This video was very loving and accepting of all ocs- both well written ones and the ones that MAYBE are just a bit cringe. I loved your positive energy and your sweet, friendly voice. This video really brightened my day.
Bru how my character none of these he was just a straight-up omnipotent omniscient happy dude that liked to fight and built up his omnipotent’s through lots of fighting. Yeah thats about it. Now my cousin well he had every single one here except self inserted and child which ended up with my character killing his mom cause they were brothers but not after he tried to kill my oc and had a chosen one like character save him then he my oc also became op and they made up then the chosen one became evil and we clapped him. There is like a whole lore behind this and surprising made sense but I dont think what i am able to remember will fit here
*The gacha lite oc's are the real cringe man.*
@@THE_VATO Gacha lite? Tf
@@THE_VATO I get why people think that but it's really the same as ocs made any other ways... except gachas definitely more in your face 😭
@@THE_VATO bro you didn't even spell it right, wtf is gacha lite💀
The paradox of the cool character, you're ashamed of it but really proud and possessive
You made me happy with the "you can do it" quote! If be happy to tell you about some of my ocs if you want
"Everyone has a story inside them. Everyone has several stories inside them."
Me: . . .
Me: **looks at my library of my rarely finished stories** That sounds about right.
I feel this 🖐🏻😔
@@yourlocaldemon2195 me who wrote twenty pages and then stopped *hahaha,, true*
@@ChainsawSeesaw me but I wrote only 9 then scrapped it cuz it was too cringey
@@ChainsawSeesaw Me who wrote one chapter then stopped... *:)*
@@yourlocaldemon2195 im in the middle of writing mine. it's gonna be edited to heck, but i shall continue it. my mc needs it's backstory written >:|
Honestly love making chaotic and dangerous characters more than friendly, innocent characters.
i have a friendly, innocent, mother type character who knows how to wield and shoot several types of guns lfmao
I have an innocent child character who hangs out with incompetent murderers
The little boi also views a very competent and ruthless murderer as his big brother
@@eligal643 God bless america
@@Vaihly best part is she grew up in britain and is technically a british citizen
she just came to new york
Why not both
For me, whenever I make a self insert oc. I eventually draw them so much that they gain so much of their own personality that it's hard to tell they were supposed be me (other than the design).
Honestly if I drew all my oc's in a row you would notice a large amount of them are drawn almost exactly how I draw myself. It's a bit of a problem I'm getting over right now XD
I thought I was the only one! My first ever oc was supposed to be me, but in minecraft, and it was a drowned. And evetually I gave her a backstory, a personality, and 5 other friends that were also supposed to be me but ending up into another charcater.
i feel called out
@@K4_is_gamingSame, I'm always afraid to be called cringe because of it
Well I mean, if you are that awesome in all those timelines...
I do the same exact thing, except almost none of them resemble me
Man watching this made me realize about my own ocs. I’ve gone through HUNDREDS of ocs in the span of a couple of years. Scrapping some because I just lost interest, or others out of memory loss. Yet somehow I always manage to carry over traits from previous ocs to new ocs and nowadays my current characters are all decently fleshed out. One supposed to have a somewhat tragic story while appearing not very edgy. One who’s appearances in my stories was from the END of his story arc (like a fatherly figure).
Ocs are fun to mess around with
"If you were into sonic between the ages of 9 and... i'm gonna say 24. You had a sonic OC. Its up there with the rest of our Deviantart past."
THE FUCKING ACCURACY
I didn't
@@imhere1303 Same here
Luckily Devianart has removed cringe art and has become a better website and now the Sonic OCs I see on there are very well done and creative and no longer cringe like the old Sonic OCs in the past
OH NO, SHE FUCKING READ ME
Wow you literally just convinced me to make a sonic OC
It’s so nice to see a positive video about OCs! It’s so refreshing and shows the true nature of making characters!
It’s honestly so disheartening always hearing about how “making ocs is bad” “making ocs is cringey!”
So what if we have ocs, or make them? We can always get better, but bashing people because they make them is awful!
This video was so sweet, and I’m happy the algorithm randomly led me here!
Fr like do people realize every fiction show started from someone making OC’s💀
...Where the heck do you go where anyone says OCs are bad? I'm 33yrs old and have made my rounds through the anime fandom, the Sonic fandom, and MLP fandom, and other more modern ones. And no-where have I seen anyone say OCs are bad. Every single fandom has OCs you'll bump into and that's part of it. It's never been discouraged or shamed.
Maybe people aren't saying OCs are bad to you. Maybe they just mean your OCs specifically are bad. That makes more sense! But joking aside it sounds like you hang out with crappy people.
@@TailsClock Well I’ve never met one of these people irl or online, but I’m pretty sure the type of people who say OC making is cringe are the people who see a few cringe OC’s from fandoms they’re in and think “Hm yes, all OC’S must be cringe since these are.”
(Speaking of jokes it took me like 15 seconds to realize your user was TailsClock and not TailsCock💀)
@@TailsClock Within creative minds, yeah. Very often criticism of OCs is directed if your OCs look bad. Honestly, spending years to build a character that suited me helps you realize that working towards a outstanding OC is amazing. Even the least artistically-driven individuals are going to consider that cool.
My OCs don't exist in any physical medium, but the stories I play in my daydreams definitely hit on all of them. Huh. I never realized how common it was. Most of mine are the kind of creatures that would normally give people nightmares, big toothy monsters can be nice and want friends too!
I am so glad I'm not the only one
Sorry but i remembered the meme of the guy who posted a goofy version of the hamburger helper mascot saying something like "just a glimpse into my dark reality" 💀 but i do that too. But i do it when i cant sleep and its mostly about headcannons and how i think certain characters would interact with eachother. Basically fanfic but its where it should stay: in our heads...
Reminds me of that one head can and I made with my OC's where they were put into a different realm with monsters and stuff and they thought they were going to die only to find out that the monsters could care less about them. One of my OC's even attacked a monster just for the monster to give him a side eye and then keep drinking from the watering hole.
a fellow daydreamer i see
thank goodness im not the only one!
I should mention I have been making original characters for thirty years. The second category for me is played as more of a mentor role. They are the veterans looking out for the new or vastly less experienced warrior. I generally have an established reason in lore why they would know what they know. I have created characters which come pre equipped with a lot of knowledge which their backstory only vaguely explains why they would know so much.
‘If they can make it through, you can make it through too.’
My punching bag oc who kills herself: 🌚
My one who’s fucked up dad hangs himself in a fling off: 👌
Holy shit are people okay?
@@hufflepuffguy2212 nooo thanks for asking
@@vesperiamorningstar3785 well at least I got an answer
@@hufflepuffguy2212 well my extreme trauma was invalidated and mocked yesterday so no, my punching bag oc is how I cope with that
For those who are into character creation. If you want the character likable make sure he/she is imperfect, because the audience wants a character that people can relate to..
what if they are a she :(
@@Sneaky_Turtle2if it's a she it's already imperfect ahaha
this is not funny
@@vincentdreemurrI love you
WHAAAAt
No, don't imperfect. Make the character rise from its lowest point is probably the most solid way to make people love it.
[Everyone was called out]
I think all of these apply to me on some level but I definitely have a lot of punching bags, innocent childs, and murderers. I think one of my favorite OC types is a punching bag/murderer hybrid! Also, punching bag philosophers. The character that deals with a lot but still pulls it together and helps other people with their issues? Love.
I think another one I would've included is The Babe, aka the one who mainly exists because they're just so hot and/or cute. They probably become more complex later, but initially all your rambling about this OC just loops back to "they're adorable and I love them." Maybe you wanna smooch them, maybe you want another character to smooch them, or maybe you just wanna cuddle them for comfort. In any case you're very gay and very valid.
Oh my gosh the Babe is perfect I can't believe I didn't include them >v< I can legit think of 3 I have off the top of my head... I may need to make a part 2 at some point!
Sounds like "The Babe" is essentially the OC equivalent of fanservice, if I'm not mistaken... Interesting...
Mind you, the term "fanservice" can be used in more than one context. In fact, bearing THIS in mind, I might even have one or two that would fall under this category XD
@@i_am_jarvistm7220 It's DIY fanservice!
@@griffinraynor8425 Hah! Sure, we'll go with that XD
The OC I mainly draw is the punching bag philosopher-
my ocs are mostly a kind of a blur between some of these, mostly because as surprising as it looks, none of them has a significant trauma, and some fit in more than one of these roles
My oc's fall into a category you have forgotten:
*Actually based off real people. My friends.*
*REAL LIFE FRIEND SELF-INSERT? POGGERS*
@@grapesupremacy6852 I KNOW.
i wanna show my OCs thats based on my friends but theres a chance they'll just call me a weirdo lmao
*Ah yes, the Hemingway*
@@Xx_DoctorSex_xX yeah you are a weirdo, did they let you make a oc on them? probably not then they wouldnt be calling you a weirdo
I felt so proud and original to have countless ocs and none of them fit these descriptions...
*until the last one where I immediately had horrible flashbacks to my old cringey self-insert stories...*
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SAME
PLZZZ SO TRUEE
F@©k! You are me!
Same, but I don’t really have a self insert
My poor OCs....
These are basically my kids and yet I put them through so much crap
such is the way of artists
and the more crap you put them through, the more you love them, and the more crap you want to put them through, and thus a cycle is created
Me trying to justify why im making my high schoolers character went to trough much trauma that ends with one of them losing an eye and her self confidence while also locking her in self imposed exile over how she is the problem and then making the other character lose limb and trust over others while blaming herself for her friend dissapearance:
*WELL TECHNICALLY ONE OF THEM IS A CONCEPT THAT EXIST MILLENIA BEFORE BIG BANG AND THE OTHER IS HIGHLY SKILLED HUNTER SO THEY ARE ATLEAST MUCH MORE MATURE THAN AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOLERS-*
Same.
Welcome to discussing OC Trauma session!
Two of my more recent OCs are:
A old crazy priest (yes, very much like abridged alexander andersen) with a gun and controllable midas-esque powers (silver flavor)
A forgotten god (has most of his powers taken away) with a infiriority complex, claustrophobia, problems with lonely ness and a need for therapy (and friends)
And both were in an OCT (original character tournament) each
A satirically edgy sonic OC is the only character I have that’s anywhere close to a punching bag.
Ink.....what the actual living heck.
Does the multiverse know that you have that? Because you don't seem like the type to have that.
@@starry-cyclone I’m talking irl, not in character. Besides, I was like 10.
@@InkSans_FandomSoda i was trying to have fun o.o
@@starry-cyclone (I meant I was 10 when I made the character) it’s ok, I’m just saying.
@@InkSans_FandomSoda ik
- Makes a Character -
Backstory: I'm going to destroy this childs career
Future/current events: Oh pleaseeeee
Mental health: Step aside ladies
truuuue
XD this is the reality of OCs right here
I feel like there needs to be a #8, the Mary Sue that you liked so much that even though you realized how cringe they were you ended up spending time to work on them more thoroughly until they became a more well rounded being with a realistic personality and story.
I mean, thats the one I spent the most time on, lol.
People who hate OP Broken OCs cannot do nothing about it anyway.
Because the purpose of OCs are to be strongest aka (Broken, OP, Strong, God Powers) that's why OCs are created, , to be strongest so yeah nothing can do about it since it's the rule of OCs. My OC was made for the sake of being strong.
I feel called out- I still have some of the first oc's I ever made and this is exactly what happened, they were originally all just huge Mary Sues and only had 1 character trait, but I've spent a lot of time making them more detailed, realistic, and distinct from each other! I still have some problems with accidentally making part of their character a huge stereotype or too unrealistic sometimes, but I've already improved a lot from the original character designs, so I hope I can improve even more.
YESSS
My innocent child is a prostitute... so yeah...My chosen character and cool character merged. Ironically I did think of using my philosopher like character instead but decided my cool character would work better. Most of my characters are murderers or atleast have killed. My self insert may be three gods...
Or #9, OCs that had little to no personality until you revisited and fleshed them out.
OmGoodness. my main OC has literally been 1-6 at different points in her life, and has a backstory that is generic enough that she can be #7 in sooooooo many fandoms. I specifically built her to be able to adapt her to all of my favorite fandoms but also is part of her own world/story. This was very helpful in understanding her better and gave me some ideas for her world too. Thx for making this vid Chibitasm.
*me, who only made two oc's in total:* _I am four paralell universes ahead of you_
GASP
my oc is a word, ｉ ａｍ ｉｎｆｉｎｉｔｅ ｐａｒａｌｅｌｌ ｒｅａｌｉｔｉｅｓ ａｈｅａｄ ｏｆ ｙｏｕ
*cries in too many ocs, i can't keep track*
@@metra8604 I relate to this so much
That's how you start.... 👀✨
everyone: has many ocs with many different personalities, looks and stories
me: has 2 ocs with animal ears that just exist for being cute and work at restaurant @w@
I can relate
Haha same. My first and only three OC’s I’ve ever made were just three normal friends with normal backstories that went to high school. I’ve been taking art seriously for a little over 5 years and I only really do fan art. I’ve never felt a want or need to make OC’s, does anyone else relate?
Haha... the character for myself is myself, but with a glow-up, terrible sense of fashion, and was and still is from an alternate timeline in Undertale.
Same for me! at first I just like to draw some character set in a school setting doing some goofy stuff, but I always had this idea where they live in this bizzare world, each of them having their own stories and without realizing are connected with each other. I know it's not original, but i'm having fun drawing them! ^^
That's still pretty cool imo ! Sometimes creating simple OCs who just. exist and vibe. and who don't got a special backstory or whatever is fun to do :3c
I definitely have some of these characters but not others due to the fact that my characters live in the same universe. None of them are the main characters and just kinda hang out and have their own lives
I do kinda lean toward more adventure/fantasy characters and worlds but I feel that. Hella respect for chill living life characters 👍
Same! I think i fall in love with the ideas of interconnected slice of life story and accidentally create a universe taht accomodate all of my characters no matter how absurd their concept is while also maintaning the "they all have their own lives and is the main characters in their own right"
i have an oc that was my first and main oc, then i started to add more and more characters and gave other characters upgrades and new abilities. he pretty much became a side character. but i added so many characters that i started to forget about them and remember them after a certain character's plotline, but what stood out to me is how i never forgot my first oc, he was always there in the background, but i never forgot him. And now i decided to put an end to my own little series in my head, it only made sense to have my first character, the character i never forgot, the central point around the finale. so pretty much he becomes the chosen one at the end making a sacrifice where he has to never see his friends again while holding everything inside of him as he becomes everything. so yeah he was pretty much the cool one, he had murderous tendancies, and at the end he became the chosen one, but i dont have any other character who fits the other ones you listed.
"We've all got that OC with a bunch of trauma"
Me: **hastily shoves entire page worth of trauma for 1 character under the floor** what????
Relatable
My innocent child is a prostitute... so yeah...M
You have human characters with trauma? I mean, my monsters have a bit, but not like "I was beaten because my knees existed, so I cut them out and now i can do the devious walk, but people still bully me because i got a hairline like the little Caesars batman pizza"
My first OC fell into the third category and had some overlap with the first, but then I decided, "what if I flesh this guy out?" And now he has a whole world and and character development. He's still OP asf tho
What was their powers?
@@memes4life26 just standard superhuman physicality, energy manipulation, spatial manipulation, as well as a healing factor and hax negation.
Yep. Saaaaaame
I don’t really call mine “ocs” most of mine are what I call my “critters” mostly because they are really just disfigured humanoid uhh “things”
My characters backstory is literally the old god of time got lazy and gave his powers to my character
Now he's an information powerhouse that doubles as a therapist
Funny story: I actually don't have a self insert rn, I turned my old self insert (also a punching bag) into an all new character because I couldn't give her up, but I wasn't happy with how she was before. She started as a Supernatural OC who was just a cool shapeshifter with witty one-liners and a super tragic past. She was also my favorite character's love interest. And now, she's nowhere near the character she once was, instead becoming her own character who makes choices I'd never make in my life
“The philosopher character is the mom friend and is very smart”
My philosopher character is an alcoholic, conspiracy theorist detective who at one point nearly beats up a teenager who has amnesia.
heh
Dude.
That sounds cool ngl
Mine is a depressed, anxious, sleep-deprived, everything else in the book, 12 year old who begged for her sister to mercy kill her into to defeat another one of their sisters, has one of the most dangerous powers in the universe, thinks too much about life, is used for literally everything, *etc.*
My philosopher stared a god in the face, insulted them and is the only one who stays calm in the entire situation of being thrown into magic.
No but legit their just so tired having to deal with my murderer OC that nothing surprises them anymore
*First off, the punching bag, they have the most tragic backstories possible
Me: frick, you already got me
They found us
Triple
Tragic backstory; me who's ocs are all test subjects: interesting.
Yeaaah uhh I totally don't have any test subject oc's-
Ehehe-
My oc, Mari, is an escaped test subject
Me who's ocs are all animal hybrids from tragic acxidents and a lot of them are test subjects: interesting
Relatable, I have quadruplets OCs who were raised by a scientist who uses them as his assistants in his lab. And a bit as lab rats.
Mine are kinda animal hybrids- they got turned into them by testing, then they died, from testing or the lab burning down.
Glad I'm not alone doing this and I hope you keep sharing more about your characters here!
When it comes to OCs, I'll make just about any type of OC, not just the types that are discussed in this video. Though when it comes to self-inserts, I'm a bit narcissistic and will almost always write myself in as the main character. My self-inserts tend to be a mix of the chosen one, the cool character, the punching bag, and very occasionally; the philosopher. I suppose this idea just kind of stems from something that a lot of people think about; that it is fun to sometimes think of yourself as the main character of some awesome, amazing, epic story, or something along those lines and well, I'm no different. I absolutely love the idea of myself as the main character and I sometimes find it hard not to write a story where I'm either not the main character or just not in it at all. But overall, I really do love all my OCs, even if a lot of them are self-inserts, lol.
Let me be real, the only time I actually would ever use a "Chosen One" prophecy on my characters is if it were used for an evil plot device. The "Chosen One" idea of having your life predetermined for you sounds like a curse. I prefer the idea of being able to create your own story rather than depend on fate.
Yeah I have a story where all the main characters were "chosen" by some sort of crystals when they're born and they're destined to train their entire life waiting for the evil bad guy to do it's thing and defeat him like it has been each like 1000 years but the one we follow most of her story is some random villager girl who stumble upon the crystal that has been lost and she is being brought into the entire concept she only heard vaguely as a kid with bedtime stories. And we see her getting all that pressure and judgement of people (Since the crystal didn't really choose her technically, she just found it and it reacted since she was the first to touch it since the last owner) and the effect it had on the other characters who grew up with that weight on their shoulder their entire childhood and teenagehood and in the end the girl becomes the second source for the villain because it was too much for her and she wasn't trained since birth for any of this (But the others save her at the end, but she still becomes evil). So yeah it's not really "she deals with it and everyone is fine with any of this" type of story
@@sweetarollmlp177 Woah! That is really amazing!!
@@ShinoriDelfrim Thank you ^^
@@sweetarollmlp177 I'd love to read that! It genuinely sounds like a great concept and I think you could execute it very well
@@muichirotokitou2615 Aww thank you ^^
Everyone else had stories for their OCs so I made a story for a sona and inserted all of my other OCs lol
Literally me
Me. All of my OCs are forgotten by the world so they got isekai'd to a pure land of fantasy. One of my literally was forgotten, then got remembered, AND THEN FORGOTTEN AGAIN. Yeah, seems normal.
why is this me with that one story
All my OCs are in the Sonic universe. 2 of them live in the future
I'm surprised that the "tough on the outside but soft on the inside" trope isn't here, it feels like it's involved with every character ever
Tsundere, basically
That's not even exclusive to "original" characters, that's just characters.
jo and brick pfp
@Poppingballoons69Many characters I've seen that go under that are usually joke characters where they may seem like some harmless little blob, but are actually a major threat to the world itself.
(I also have an oc that is under the trope.)
@@cutestcreeper569 Overly sarcastic productions calls that trope the "Crouching moron, hidden badass."
E.G someone like Goku or Naruto, Who's holy crap levels of Strong but uses it for good, usually hiding it behind being a doofus.
I made 3 characters. The 1st was one i retired. One that was an idea that i had. And one that is the older version of the other. That one is basically the punching bag, the cool one, the philosopher, and the chosen one. He is strong, smart, and has a LOT of trauma
Thing is that I have an OC that has gone through so much character development over the years that at one point or another he has been most of these, often multiple at once. He's been an innocent child, a chosen one, the cool character, the murderer, the punching bag, the philosopher and lastly just tired. But most of all, he is me when I need him to be.
My main one is basically the same too. He started off as a semi-self insert into MHA, until I decided to make a story off of it, realized it was trash, completely scrapped it for 3 months and then just added him and a few others from that story into another, more promising one I was making. He then became the cool one, because I spent way too much energy trying to integrate him into this other world. Then his character arc led him to become a punching bag, a chosen one archetype depending on how you view his relationship to the antagonist, and after his arc was over I made him the philosopher to help other characters I made for the original world I integrated him into.
I had a character when I was 7 years old who was literally just Kirby with a sword and the personality of a fully-grown man.
In his first and only outing he fought an evil Kirby who was trying to gas a city.
Just some interesting tidbits
if you redesigned him if you went with the fact that kirby themself is a toddler thats actually a god of destruction itd be funny if u made them pretty destructive or smt
Sword Kirby 2.0
@@c0zmozys I did redesign him! He is now human and pilots a mech
@@donutholebandit woh nice!!
but... what if you stuck with the sword kirby version? would that be the route you took if you knew about kirby canonically being a god of destruction, but a toddler?
@clvde oooh, that's really interesting actually... yeah, what happens to that sort of power when it's wielder grows up? I imagine he'd become a star warrior, just because of the whole visual connection between him and meta knight, but does that same connection also imply that meta knight has world-ending capabilities? Galactic knight certainly seems to! Who knows?
Sorry for the tangent lol, I'll have to keep that idea in mind!
Love how everyone's ocs are unique and beautiful
Not everyone's ocs are that good
Imo, all ocs are good in their own way. @@Lumberjack_king
@@mintypump649 ok
Idk how to feel about the fact that NONE of my +15 ocs fit into any of these categories lol
"The punching bag character receives the brunt of our emotional trauma"
Me: I don't think I ever did that. No, never.
My first dnd character who was bullied as a kid because she was seen as weird even though she tried her best to be nice to everyone: f*ck off
The punching bag uses you as a punching bag instead then? That's pretty poggers
You know us artists of any kind, writers, poets, painters. We all cope through different was but the main way is creating characters to simulate what we are going through, weather it is actually happening or just a state of mind. I’ve noticed that the artist community’ is so large and everyone is so diverse in how they show their compassion for art and it just makes me feel glad to be apart of this community, through the good and the bad parts. I’ve always been quiet and sometimes I tend to isolate myself from others even though I want to be with my friends (or just want friends), I am quite self conscious but in the end of the day I always sit down and relax with my life and the emotions I felt throughout the whole way through all portrayed as these characters that I have written down.
you forgot that one furry oc you hide from literally everyone and you pretend you hate them but you secretly love them / you have a little soft spot for them
Yea
Hidden?
I remember when I was very young and had like *literally countless* numbers of a bunch of cat ocs inspired by the pete the cat books, lol. Those adventures they all had that I imagined, that's fun to remember.
I literally only draw lizard men. I think i have an obsession with reptilians.
All my ocs are furries and i do hide them
for me, i made a 'cool character' once when i was young, and later on they metaphorically ate like half the archetypes mentioned here, because i decided that they're in-lore self aware, and they arent fond of me refusing to let them die. the only thing here they definitely arent are the innocent child.
See, the majority of my characters can be nestled into the three categories of hyperactive lesbian, tired bisexual, or eldritch horror.
Most of mine are eldritch horror
Hello, I like to see people use 'lesbian' and 'bisexual' and other sexualities as personality traits for characters and I don't think I really get it, Is it okay if you explain?
(hope this question isn't offensive)
@@fartfacefromspace5678I thinks it’s less so a personality trait and more of a part of the character’s identity. The actual character trait comes before.
In this context;
Hyperactive and tired are more so the personality traits and they just enjoy writing lesbians or bisexuals (which isn’t exclusively romance).
I can give you hyperactive "Totally a boy, stop asking, it'll only make me more confused": Leo, grandchild of a retired adventurere, who just thinks their grandpa is THE COOLEST
I can give you tired bisexual, mind of? more like grumpy: Bunny Beck, but don't you dare call him Bunny, only his family can do that, he was an architect but then he kind of accidentally killed a guy and went out to seek redemption by saving other people, he's quite grumpy as well
I can give you modified beyond what should be humanly possible and crafted into a weapon: Mania, which isn't because of any Magic, but close enough
For me it’s evil bisexual, calm lesbian and the token straight who is constantly third wheeling them and never knows what the hell is going on.
Also, for the lgbt+, there is the "experiment", basically the person of a gender that you are attracted to and that makes you non-hetero
yo calling me out 😂 almost all my early characters fit into that!
me who doesnt even have ocs and only draws random characters, also has never thought about giving them a backstory: "this is gonna be interesting" 👁👄👁
Same
I have many OC's. But my favorite to make, are innocent child (Naive), or "innocent" child (has commited several counts of arson) yet acts more innocent than the first.
For non-completely character based things, World-Building while brainstorming is my favorite.
I have a murderer type OC, who is like a magic knight guy (Totally not a stolen idea from a certain anime) who seems amazing in the public eye, but hates their fans, and would kill if even one person thought anything bad of them. They are misunderstood, except in a different way, people think they are good. When they are the scum of the earth, their presence motivates the main character to do good, just to not be like them.
I’ve made So many OC’s in the past. Ended up using 3 of them as a base for an actual world for them to belong in, and a story is currently being set up.
All of my characters have horrific tragic backstories. If everyone has a tragic backstory, no one does.
"And when everyone's super (depressed)... No one will be."
Punching Bag: ✔
Philosopher: ✔
Cool one: ✔
Innocent Child: ✔
Chosen one: ✔
Murderer: ✔
Self-Insert: Which one? 😀 🔫
Me
Punching bag: Hmm most of my OCs are punching bags
Philopher: Screw it
Cool one: Umm dunno
Innocent child: What do you think the punching bags are?
Chosen one: Well...... I have some in a group
Murderer: One is literally the protagonist...
Self-insert: OK OK OK you caught me
my real life me or my furry me?
I have a fursona but besides that one I don't believe I have self inserts.
@@nyandoesthings I dont make furries so I dont have a fursona
hold on, is that an owl house icon?
Thanks for making such a relatable video. Personally, I have made all of these. The punching bag emo trauma-based one. The philosopher know-it-all comforter. The absolutely overpowered cool character. The innocent little baby. The chosen one (who is sometimes also overpowered). And the...yeah, I've made the murderer before several times. Too many maybe?
Punching bag:flare
Philosopher:leaf
Cool one:glace
Innocent child:eve
Chosen one:sparky
Murderer:vape
Self insert:umb
Best friend:esp
Random lover:Sylvia
hey those are pokemon
Shouldve named the chosen one jole
@@Dami_personal glad you noticed.jole wouldn’t even fit tho lol
My Eeveelution OC have a similar pattern
Isnt Eevee spelled Eevee- or am I stupid?
All my characters are really just punching bags at this point in their existence so I just feel *b a d* -
Oof need my like 5000 philosophical dude?
Same, I make most if not all of my poor characters suffer and I feel so awful
@@imarandomgamer2 well
@@vesperiamorningstar3785 I'll take one, I'm horrible at making philosophers
My characters have two flavors: Parental and deadly or a menace to society. Sometimes they mix. Also, they're all murderers, punching bags, or both.
Most of my ocs, with the exception of a few, fall into the categories of "the punching bag," "the cool character," and "the chosen one". I have a couple ocs who are the philosophers, and, out of every single fandom I have made ocs for, I only have two child ocs. Only one of which is innocent, and she's a demon in Demon Slayer! I also have a self insert oc for *every* fandom I like.
-Plot twist, my punching bag's backstory is literally "ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WHERE I DIED AT 16 AND BECAME A DEMON". So yeah, pretty much a coping mechanism.
-Help. I think I just turned my philosopher into a mad scientist.
-I don't know about the cool one. Maybe Marshmallow? She wasn't made to be a story character, she is just literally everyone I could think of mashed together into a cute rainbow abomination.
-Innocent child? I think I have one or two of those, but si definitely know which ones I'm most bond of.
-OMG YES!! The prophecy kid! That one is kind of cringey to explain, but her "rejecting destiny" story is one of my current favorites to plan.
-Honestly I only have one pure murderer OC. She is basically a Bloody Painter copycat because I was into creepypasta back then and he was my favorite.
Same reason for why the rainbow abomination has a murderer side.
I also have a Yandere Sim copycat kind of, but that whole story is still taking it's first steps.
-SELF INSERTS ARE EVERYWHERE. I was never into sonic, but I get what you mean 😂
My sister did something similar except I'm also dead. And she's a fallen angel killing people to stop her from being sent to hell.
But there's the alternate her with a ferret with earthbending powers.
“Number 6. *the murderer* “
*Me with almost all of my ocs being murderers or cannibals* : “oop- 👁👄👁”
At least people taste good
here comes my bat sh!t crazy child oc with a baseball bat
I did not expect the cannibal part
>all of them are cannibals
A fellow edgelord of culture I see
walks into the club with my femboy werewolf cannibal oc
Me who kills half my punching bag characters-
When you made all of your character a punching bag atvsome level: *WHOOPS-*
same, i like to write deaths in the most brutal and emotional way possible too
@@metra8604 - exactly me, literally made ones lungs bust open while alive.
@@bitterrsquiidss I'm writing a story and thinking of killing off every character
Me who kills my punching bag character all the time and revives them so they can die again-
The Punching Bag: My first butterfly Hollow Knight oc (brother to the second, my weird ceramic boy oc, and Dr Diggory Avarus from my original story thats publicly available online
The Philosopher: the shapeshifting former serial killer bunny thing who takes care of the unfortunate ceramic boy
The Cool Character: my second butterfly Hollow Knight oc (sister to the first), the shapeshifting serial killer bunny thing before i decided to take him through the slowest redemption arc ever to try and make his struggles, relapses, and journey realistic and relatable. When i first made this weird murderous bunny oc thing, i just went with the generic edgy archetype, but as i got better at writing, i decided i wanted to subvert the norm and show that being “the cool edgy one” is actually a very unhealthy mindset
The Innocent Child: my third genderless Hollow Knight vessel child oc who the second cool sister oc is taking care of
The Chosen One: The mc of my first ever novel. He wasnt really “chosen”, but this is the only category he somewhat fits into from the way you described it
The Murderer: the third time im mentioning my weird serial killer shapeshifting bunny oc thing. Honestly idk wtf i was smoking when i made this thing lol. Also the mentor character of my first ever novel turned into this one by the end too, so thats cool
The Self-Insert: my traumatized ceramic boy oc who’s also a Punching Bag
My main oc is like a combination if all of them at once...
She starts out as an innocent child, then becomes the punching bag, which leads to her becoming sort of a murderer, then moving on to her having a huge 'destiny' from which she evolves into the philosopher.
She really was a bit of a self-insert to start off with and began as an awesome character desgin concept.
Oh, that’s so cool!!!
I relate to that last sentence.
Actually no, this whole sequence has happened to me while working on characters. Twice.
"parental figure"
My ocs backstory: *we don't do that here*
Same
one of my OCs, Ashia, had a terrible mother and her father was executed for no reason- *She was forced to watch*
haha everyone hates my ocs in their story
@@adzdrawss oof
@@ifeelembarrassedaboutthisa9792 oh gosh- *My characters would probably throw a wine bottle at the punching bag if they had wine in the first place*
Wish this was out when I was in middle school because I was ashamed and embarrassed of my old oc/persona cuz she not only acted nothing like me, but also looked nothing like me either (as in ethnicity too) and my friend would always make fun of her name and basically everything about her, she was the “innocent child”. I ended up changing her from my main mascot on my channel and she is no longer my persona. But I was (and still am) so very attached to her so instead of scrapping her, she is the main character in my little story(s) that I have yet to make. Although I am happy with the oc/persona I have now (changed it to look like me more irl cuz of the bullying I got from my old one) your message at the end still would have meant a lot to me. Thank for making this!!😌
your ocs truly don't have to look like you. im very certain im not a cloud-white skinned 17 year old who has no hair, clothes or proper eyes because due to my laziness he has almost no design. get creative :D
@@metra8604 I'm not a ball of literal darkness either, but that doesn't mean my buddy Sol, didn't start out as a heavy self insert...
0:11 I don't know how to draw a character 🥲
Same
Characters that invaded your brain in the 7th grade and hasn’t payed rent since
It will never leave since you can’t draw well enough to escape
A stickman still counts
Me to That's why I use gacha life
I think all of my OCs fall into "weird but wholesome" category. None of my favorites have a remotely normal concept but they're all sweet beans. My two fandom OCs, Quest and Saga, are the combination of two of my favorite series' casts. They belong in every category minus the self-insert. They're so angsty and wholesome and I love them.
Regular OCs? Yeah my favorites include; group of children I use specifically to mess with sizes of different body parts, i.e. legs, eyes, hands, etc., just to see what life could be like if you lived like that. Or perhaps A.R.G.U.S. and [redacted], the experiments with many eyes/mouths also for a similar question- what the heck would life be like if that's what you were?
The punching bag: maggotpelt
The philosopher: sand
The cool character: shadowstar
The innocent child: sky
The chosen one: neon
The murderer: halfblossom
The self-insert: icepaw
warrior cat ocs represent 🙌
I had a cat named after the warriors naming style, she was named: FrostBite
I like your ocs name Nice
@@KISMETT.Kitten I was an active user on warriors amino once
I went by ramear then
Oh wow. Its all extravagantly names
I resently realized that all my main OCs fall into one of the following categories
1: curious collector. They are extremely curious and usually collect information, but they can collect other things like objects or kidnapping people to put in their personal zoo.
2: seeker. They are looking for a place to call home. It would mean the world to these characters if they could find just one person who understands them, or at least that what they tell themselves. After a lot of experimentation I realized that they would never be satisfied until they found a town worth if people who are willing to accept them.
3: neutral? They have the potential to be a hero or a villain, and are terrifyingly good at being both. They can also be VERY neutral if they choose, but one thing that is consistent about them is if you get them to care about you they will everything in their power to protect you and stay in your friend group. It once took another one of my OCs seven years to get it through one of these characters heads that she wanted absolutely nothing to do with him, and when he finally realized it he murdered her violently after killing all her friends in front of her. I mean thing might have gone better if she hadn't used him as a literal punching bag earlier in the story...they were both really broken...
6:54 So what if they're fully aware of said power but aren't the most keen on wanting to use it due to what it can do?
"Tragic character" *glances at all my ocs that have no happy backstory and are usually emotionally damaged" 0_0;
ashia in a nutshell.... I basically murdered any happiness she had at like 10 years old due to her mother using her as a slave-
My fan oc was an avatar the last airbender oc from like 9 years ago that I still cherish to this day. She is one of my favorite ocs and after so many years she has developed quite the interesting and *cough* definitely not tragic backstory. She is one of the main supporting characters for that novel I’m definitely going to write one day.
That’s like me but instead he started out as a dark crystal gelfling oc💀
I think my own one was an Avatar OC, too. At least she was the first one that I wrote about.
And appropriately enough, she was a murder child with enormous power 😅 and I at least knew she was a bit of a psycho, because she became friends with Azula.
My OC categories:
- Edgy
- Edgy but only a little bit
- sad boi
- Edgy
All my characters are edgy bitches...
Aside from my green boi, he's far from emo
I like that you talked about universes and simulations in tandem with the Chosen One. My chosen one OC had companion who was sort of a self-insert, who died near the end of their adventure and found out that the life he knew was a simulation. He was handed a VHS with "my life" written in sharpie, which he sometimes watches which makes the adventure that killed him seem so meaningless, and he feels a little sorry for the Chosen One who lived on continuing the epic battle. It also makes him feel sorry for himself, knowing that all the adventures he went on lead up to just being a VHS tape with no real impact on himself.
Oh boy I'm happy you talked about the Murderer, because mine definitely is fun to draw. That was the whole point of his creation. I was inspired by detailed gross-out cartoons like the single shots in spongebob, or all of Ren and Stimpy, or Mad magazine.