AU versions of canon characters aren't OCs

Posted 3 years, 8 months ago by SparkMaster37

My biggest pet peeve on Toyhouse is seeing people (most likely kids that don't know better) posting an alternate version of a canon character to Toyhouse. For example, I've seen people post dog versions of characters from My Hero Academia. Last time I checked, Toyhouse was a website for ORIGINAL CHARACTERS. Making a fan character for a pre-existing series is one thing, but it's another thing to just do an alternate version of a character from a pre-existing franchise. Like no honey, that dog version of Izuku Midoriya is not your OC.

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phoenixgod

I have seen some chimereon version of MHA characters. I don't even know why they were made in the first place.

SparkMaster37

No kidding! Shouldn't closed species have a rule about that?

phoenixgod

I think they should.

CosmicRamune

I'm surprised that I didn't see any so far. Maybe I'm just lucky or I don't look up too much to begin with.

I'm kinda guilty about some AUs I have, since there are some that I don't own aside from concepts that comes with it.

Thus far there are few characters that haven't been fully converted or not so much and they're all from the same creator. I guess aside from being attached to their names and/or design patterns, I don't do them because she likes said AUs I have. Mainly LordHeart.

There are few that are exclusive to the crossover AU and don't appear in primary storyline. LordHeart is so far the only one that hasn't been fully converted into OC and is still in primary story. I could add Zarek, but I don't know how much more can I, or I would say, should I change, if it's even needed.

SparkMaster37

If you're referring to AUs for your own OCs, that's completely different.

CosmicRamune

Well, that one is rather obvious. I was referring to characters that aren't exactly mine as they hold some connection to the existing one even if by name and some pattern of design and are considered AU. I mean, there are a very few but still.

I do feel like it's some weird grey area there, I do not know how to describe.

SparkMaster37

Oh.

CosmicRamune

Haha, yeah.