Talk:Guidelines/@comment-27016982-20150925084523/@comment-24087318-20151103103448

This thread isn't even meant to be for the purposes of having the comments section be rife with questions, concerns and comments.

As a general rule of thumb, the Fanon prides itself in higher quality OCs that shy away from common "Mary-Sue" tropes, as well as utilizes common sense, and information from the Show and its creators in making its rules and guidelines.

The only time the Fanons rules will ever slight against the above facts, and proven information, is in two very specific cases.

The first being if our canon nature of a certain topic or aspect is vague, the Fanon will take a reasonable, yet conservative stance on it. For example, as far as the Canon has told us about Dust, there are four basic elements, that can combine in different ways to form secondary and tertiary elements (Eg. Gravity, a known Dust type) We do not, however, know exactly how many types there are, or how pretty much anything else works. So the Fanon allows people to use nearly whatever kind of Dust they want, so long as they do so reasonably, and explain thuroughly exactly how this type works.

The second is fairly simple. The Fanon is not just a platform to host and showcase your OC, it is also a place for a plentiful amount of Forum based Roleplaying. A good amount of the Fanons rules exist, not because of canon information or reasonable derivatives, but for Roleplaying.

You brought up that you found the ruling against Semblances and other effects that directly manipulate Aura. The reason this rule exists, is because of this. As we've seen in the show, the way most reasonable duels work is when a user drops to a certain level of Aura, they are disqualified. If a user made an OC with a Semblance that simply allowed them to remove another characters Aura, in the case of Roleplaying events that lead to combat, they would essentially have the power to God-Mode their way to technical victory.

Yes. Not every character would do that, and yes, your effect you may have thought of may not fit under this exact nature. But the rule exists for a very specific, and reasonable reason. Debating it here in the comments or will the Staff is not going to be met with anything but an explaination of why.

If your problem exists with the creation of a Semblance, ability, weapon, or any sort of thing that conflicts with the Fanons Guidelines and Rules, your best options are to either change the offending idea, or try to have a reasonable, private discussion with a Reviewer or Administrator in a place such as the Fanons chatroom, or the Reviewers message wall.

Now please, you may have a valid arguement or valid points in your head. But this page, and this thread, is not the place for it. If you have an issue with the rules, Reviewers, or a Review you have been given, please take it up privately with a Staff member in the channels outlined above.

Thank you.