#mod harmonia

[accidental-cccc-reference]

CAN I GET A C?!?!?!???!!??;?!?1?1!1?1!1?1!?2?

AND IF YOU HIT ME WITH AN H-O-N-N-Y, THEN YOU'D SEE WHY! THE JASH IS HERE TO CRASH IN! BUTCHERING OTHERS' SONGS IS MY PASSION!

[theochelpsquad]

When people call their OCs sirens when they’re really mermaids and vice versa: >://///////

[the-starlings-system]

I love listening to tally hall🧡

[theochelpsquad]

Critiquing Critique: What is NOT Wrong with Your Writing

There’s this misconception going around on critique blogs about what makes an OC a Mary Sue. The original definition is an OC who is perfect or defies canon, but some people claim that if your OC is too similar to you, they’re a Mary Sue.

???????????

Honestly, this makes no sense.

The more you have in common with your OC, the easier it is to write their character.

This also overlooks the glaring problem of a lack of diversity. Of course someone might make their OC, for example, nonbinary and biracial--because they want to see more media that represents them and other nonbinary biracial people!

I’ve literally seen people put down OCs for being too similar to their creator dozens of times before, even though it’s a completely invalid reason.

To every other critique blog: can we all agree to stop doing this, please?

-Mod Harmonia

[theochelpsquad]

It is okay to use Japanese names for a FMA O.C?

If your O.C. is from Xing, then maybe! Xing is based off of China, but some Chinese names also exist as Japanese (for example, Mei). However, if the name doesn’t also exist as Chinese, then it’s best to pick a new name.

-Mod Harmonia

[theochelpsquad]

Writing Bilingual Characters

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of posts about fanfics of bilingual characters, and they’re written as badly as you would expect.

I’m considering writing a guide to bilingual characters and how to portray them! If anyone else who can speak multiple languages wants to help, send in an ask or a message!

[theochelpsquad]

What to remember when critiquing an OC:

It’s fine to have a Mary Sue. It’s fine to have an obvious self-insert. It’s fine to have an OC that falls in love with a canon character. It’s fine to have the most overpowered, perfect,,canon-defying OC. Don’t delete those characters if they make you happy!

But always, always have a backup character. It can be the same character with just a few traits removed, or an entirely new one. Because while the Mary Sue characters might make you happy, chances are they won’t be popular in RPs.

TL;DR: There’s nothing wrong with having a Mary Sue, but you should at least have another character to use for RPs with other OCs.