User blog comment:SelenaZephyr/An Open Letter to the Community/@comment-24012109-20140121190225

In honesty, both sides in this argument have valid points that pertains to characters. I mean honestly- On one hand we cannot say no, this is impossible and will never happen, but on another we can simply rule it out unless something of the sort OR it actually does occur at some point.

About rejection and strictness- Take in the fact that things slip by certain people, and that it may not fair so well with another. The reviewers are not robots, are not people out to ruin your day or your idea, and are not out to stifle your creativity. They are simply working on improv for the most part, seeing as how our understanding of Vytal is about equivalent to a game demo. I mean, as a fanbase, we do know certain things such as the customization of weaponry, the hidden life force we call aura, and the even more illusive personified ability such as a Semblance. Though, we do not know the exact limit of such devices, so leniency on this fact will allow the line to be pushed to a point of where when we actually do learn the implied limits of a character, people here are probably destroying entire towns if they oh so desired. I understand THAT part of the problem. In my opinion, working with less tools makes a person a better workman, but not everyone can utilize certain tools, and complain that they do not have a certain thing. What I don't understand that people are offended, go on tantrums, or are just plain "butthurt" when something of theirs is rejected. Rework some things, be a good worksman and get around the bump so you can complete your sparkly new OC that you can have fun with again.

However, also take in the fact that the admins do work their asses off, and have lives beyond the computer. And the work doesnt just mean the website itself. I myself, am of the latter though, simply does behind-the-scenes work such as cleaning up the pool of Categories on the site, and little things like that. I can say that as a whole, everyone is working hard to clean the place up, advertise the place, and generally put things together so its not quite as unorganized. Though, the tricky thing with a community is to balance out the scales- Be too strict, and they'll be lazy, uninspired, and may just leave. Be too lenient, and they'll walk all over like they run the place and the quality will fly out of the window. What is needed is a nice balance and synergy to not make people up and run, and to promote good boundaries to not have one OC rule them all.