All of them give me an excuse to talk about and research things I like.
Just a simple, little positive thread! We have several nice threads about other people's creations, so why not create one for your own work?
Here, you can write down anything you like about your OCs-- maybe you're proud of their backstory and design, maybe you have nice memories associated with them, or maybe they're an important source of comfort for you!
Feel free to share anything you like! The only rule is, I won't tolerate negativity of any kind. Have fun!
i can make characters of certain tropes/archetypes which i enjoy in media, but don't see too often! (ex. villains with realistic motives, characters which are usually seen as 'unlikable')
i like my ocs because they've made me so happy in the past year! for some reason writing their stories has made me so happy compared to being solely into existing media, it's almost like my own personal playground where anything is canon and i can make whatever i want bc i like it :P
tbh my ocs are my special interest so being able to indulge in that by making content for them is so fulfilling? like i can just do whatever i want to do and i get to decide whats canon and whats not and its real nice
n i dont get to very often but being able to just ramble abt them to ppl makes me happy
My characters simply make me happy! It's fun to think of different stories for each one of them and it's also nice to challenge myself with writing too. I'm not much of a writer so pushing myself to write for my characters is a great way to practice writing.
I also love commissioning others to draw my characters. I love seeing my characters drawn differently by others. It's all very interesting to me!
Helped me cope up a lot during a heckload of traumatizing events, and they always make me motivated to draw. Like, I started loving them as good close friends, so I always try to get something for them after I develop them a lot, aince for me getting to make an OC is really hard. I tried to make an OC I make for myself 100% click with me, so if they're finished, it's one hella achievement that's going to keep me happy for long.
Because of my OCs, I manage to even impress people I really look up to so I value them a whole lot
theyre an important coping method of mine and help me see the good in myself, especially hiroto, who's profiles arent public yet haha....
they carry a piece of me, most of them and i love most of them to bits! except the nasty ones lmfao
they also help me write better stories, yknow? i enjoy developing them and even my self insert isnt completely identical to me. he may be me, but he's not really me. besides, i just wanna keep developing these kiddies. theyre an important piece of my life and i express myself through them when i cant do it myself. also....... i like finding an excuse to research my interests, like for my med related or cell ocs lol
Echoing what others have said with because they’re mine and I can do whatever I want whenever I want without restriction.
My OC’s have kept me going through rough patches where my mental health’s gone to shit and they are a means to vent/process emotions or just allow myself to feel. I end up keeping so much to myself I must seem really cold and emotionless, almost Vulcan like at times because so many people kick off that they have it worse, I don’t know what it means to feel that thing or I’m too young to feel like that that I second guess my emotions and wonder if I am feeling the correct emotion for any given situation a lot. My OC’s are kinda a means for me to to express emotion without having to worry about being judged for having emotions sometimes?
I love the self-indulgent escapism element of OC’s, it’s half of what drew me into the idea of making them to start with. I enjoy just getting lost in the lives of these people I’ve created in whatever era and researching for in whatever kind of plot I feel like working with.
Tbh research for historical plots has also become something of a hobby.
My OC’s give me something to do with my day because when I’m on leave I often have more time than I know what to do with. I’m pretty isolated due to shit public transport as well as my friends either living in different countries or half way up the UK so leave periods can be very tedious. I’m not sure what I’d do with myself if I didn’t have or know about OC’s.
I really enjoy developing my OC’s so they feel like they could be real people as well as developing their dynamics. They go through hell sometimes I let them fight and fall out with their s/o’s and best friends but I also let them talk it out, work through their problems and heal. It’s occasionally a means to vent but it’s nice to know that people can go through so much shit and still pull through and seeing my OC’s heal helps me work through my shit.
I find it really rewarding to draw them out and get the character looking exactily how I saw them in my head.
(Sorry if this double posts currently fighting satellite WiFi oof)
It helps that I like 2 Project... I can see the worst parts of myself in action... my OCs r themed around those things but they r also sometimes about Healing and Self Discovery... Getting to see ppl tackling some really scary stuff that's extremely relevant to ME gives me a place 2 experiment... To practice Feeling things within the safe confines of fiction... It's very therapeutic :v
That and hoogh yeah it's fun to be an entire rock band or several :')
I love my ocs because i can do whatever i want with them and they help keep me busy with stuff like research or drawing or having things to daydream about when i'm bored. But i love them mostly because ive had them for so many years and they've helped me through very tough times, and will probably continue to do so. Like others have said, feeling emotions through the safety of fiction is therapeutic and helps me understand myself more. the self expression and self exploration aspect is especially important because i'm not in the position where actual therapy or attempts to improve my mental health would do me any use. This is kinda embarrassing but as someone who isolates a lot bc of necessity its nice to feel what friendships are like without risking the "dangers" of it