Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7622429-20140621172905

Hello RWBY Fanon! I am, Perhaps, The Other One. I am here to discuss something that may be controversal, and may not be. It depends on personal preference. As you know, many moons ago, our reason for being here, Monty Oum, posted, on Twitter, the guideline for the naming of all OCs of the RWBY Fandom. What I wanna see everyone discuss is this:

Should we strive to ALWAYS follow this guideline? Should we see it as the word of God, in a manner of speaking, or should we see it as restrictive and unnecessary? I don't like going against Monty's words as much as anyone else here, but lately, it's really made a lot of decisions for a fan project me and my mates are working on have significantly less meaning behind some of the characters.

Let me explain: I DON'T see colour as being a defining trait of characters in the RWBY Fandom. I believe that colour should only come as coincidence, or be specifically formed around in the first place. Countless numbers of well-done and loved RWBY OCs have fallen into this trap, and I feel that we should strive to improve our characters for what they are, and not based around some naming scheme.

If you really want to follow this naming guideline, be my guest. However, I say we shouldn't abandon the OCs of old just because of a name, or change their names just because of the rule. The only rules that truly matter are the rules we set for ourselves. 