User blog comment:SelenaZephyr/An Open Letter to the Community/@comment-7468226-20140120164214

There are those of us who feel as though the high amount of OC rejections lately are discouraging. Especially for those (like myself) who have never had confidence in our OCs (or, in my case, Making my first.) seeing the high rejection rate almost makes me feel as though submitting this OC would  be a waste of time. Original Characters, to me, are something that represent a part of myself, and II might make one to get some sort of validation on those feelings through a character.

I almost feel like I know my Original Character would be rejected, and feel like it would simply have been a waste of my time.

Furthermore, as one who vowed if my OC did not pass, I would not make another, nor would I even try to fix it (It's a personal challenge thing.)  I feel as though It is not in my best interest to get my OC reviewed. Furthermore, It isn't very clear what would be accaptable or not, since I'm operating in limited creativity. Furthermore, I feel as though "Originality" needs to be better defined.

Now, to the topic of Character guidelines.

Monty Oum released chracter guidelines that I feel are not observed on the fanon.

Here they are.

I still see teams and characters with no identifiable color rules applied.

On the subject of weapons. They should be let to our utmost creativity. Let's face it, We have a 15-year-old-girl who can swing a giant scythe and fire a .50 with NO recoil mitigating technology. Realism in the weapons is kind of shot at that point.

On the subject of Semblance. '''If we hardly know what it is, how can we have it at all? How can an OC be rejected for having it in the first place, if we have no real idea or concept of how it works?''' I would move to say Semblence be removed from the criteria of both reviewing AND OC making until such time as the community gets a  concept of what they are.

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My last issue is an issue with the Fanon itself. I know for a fact there are others that feel the same as I on several, and maybe more issues.

But where are they?

I have yet to see any negative comments (at the time of this writing). Where are all of the people who disagree and feel like this system needs a change? Where are the people who are unhappy with the state of the fanon? Where are all of the people who are leaving because of issues with the fanon?

Not here, that's where.

It seems as though the main fanon is a hive mind, who will all come together with little to no questioning of the current situation. I feel as though people here care less than they should. The fanon should be a place of growth and creativity, not frustration and rage. The fanon should be here to help people create truly remarkable works of art. I shouldn't log in everyday saying "Oh boy, what fresh hell awaits me today?" I should come to the fanon with mindeset of "How can I get good constructive criticism and make my peice of Fanon the best it can be?"

Furthermore, most of these rejected OC's seem to simply sit and rot. Why is there nothing for them to do?

I almost feel as if I'm trying to get in to an exclusive club, and the only way for me to do so is to pay the Bouncer so he doesn't toss my sorry ass onto the street. It's rediculous.

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I know I'm going to be flamed to all hell for this, but I care not.

How does Monty look at this fanon and see it's potential? He can't. All he sees is lists of rejected ideas, creativity stifling, and absurd regulations.

Also, please stop bashing Main. We are all cut from the same cloth, obviously, and I think it's rediculous. Furthermore, there is not as big of a difference as many eople think.