User blog:IWM/OC and Persona: What's the Difference?

Ever since I came here, people kept saying "OC", or "Original Character". Sure, perhaps one of them know what it means, but some don't really know. I might come off as irritated, but I'm here to clarify a few things, which would both be personal and technical, whatever you think of it.

A certain artistic friend explained to me this once and then I dug through the internet, then found a DeviantArt note on the difference between OCs and personas.

Original Characters, simply to say, can often be made to represent facts about you, but not your ''identity. ''It's more like showng off your creativity.

Personas are you, yourself, your representation in a different form. Xantho Ricial, is my persona. What I love and hate is what he also love and hate.

If I'm causing any violent reactions, my deepest apologies. I'm just here to state this. Perhaps it was because I feel nervous wreck about my persona's current creation process.