Characters more well-liked than you expected?

Posted 5 years, 10 months ago (Edited 5 years, 5 months ago) by hedgemaze

@Judas-la-carotte's thread about underrated characters made me think about the opposite! I'm not going to use the word "overrated" because I certainly don't mean that any OCs deserve less love, but do you have any characters whom you're surprised get more attention than you expected they would, among your characters?

Maybe people pick them more often in forum games or art trades than other characters, they have more faves than you expected, or they're just the ones your friends have gravitated towards for whatever reason-- but maybe they aren't among your own favorites, or they're just not the OCs you expected would be popular.

And has that character's popularity inspired you to use or develop them more, or give them a bigger role in whatever story or project they may be in?

There are no particular rules for this thread; just be nice and don't try to make people feel bad about their taste or anything like that.


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Afterthought MoonFlames

She has a surprisingly big amount??? I guess people like the outdated lore I gave her ;;

 Niji OllyCoyote

I got Niji for free with one art piece, but people seem to like him a lot, and i made him a sona!

Shiloh -jacket

Shiloh gets a lot more attention based on her design than I expected, she used to be a major character but has kind of been edged out of the story (and her godawful unfinished profile makes that painfully obvious, lol.) But since I've had people talk about how intrigued they are by her design a surprising amount of times I really want to do something more with her.

 Saphalin Daphael 123456heaven

He's the main character and,,,,,,, realllly underdeveloped,,,,,,, but a few people sorta like his design for some reason? It's gotten me a bit back into trying to make him a better character since I'm pretty embarrassed by how lacking he is otherwise haha

 Calloway copiedcity

he was originally meant to be like. a background character. just a dude who would bother lysander occasionally and be there for backstory reasons

oh whoops now hes a fav (despite the fact hes not that old?), has a cute ship, a legendary trait (which is a rare thing in his species) and like 5 separate people have called him hot on separate occasions. wow

 Raine Devries Niiero

Oml I was super duper surprised when Raine was well received in a few DA rp groups I've used him in during his development, considering he's a typical pain in the ass to deal with LMFAOO

Could be his design, could be his personality or just his character as a whole 

He ended up being one of my mains, I love him to death and it's really fun roleplaying/drawing him often

 Notch RobotOcelot

I haven't used him, haven't made a backstory for him or anything like that, but for some reason he's got more favorites than better thought-out characters I have. I'll probably put together something presentable for him eventually, but for now it's not like I've ever thrust him into the spotlight in any instance and it's just weird

Eli fuelli

Hdrxftgyh why Eli

He wasn't supposed to be a serious character at all... I was even reluctant to post him on TH at first :') I mean, I just created him for a meme and a tribute to some of my fave games and characters... He is pretty unoriginal/cliché tbh, at least in my opinion? 

But look at him, he is at 28 faves rn, and most people on the "would you steal" game say that yes, they would steal him (as long as they aren't bothered by his age... which is a pretty vague criteria to me but haha), that they like his concept and that his design is cute? :'D But that's cool, I guess! I'm happy that people like his "retro RPG" aesthetic, and I really like using him on forum games now ♥ I don't think he'll get more developpement that what he already has, tho, he's not a joke character but he's pretty close

 ✩Optical MoonFlames

I don't know how?? So many people like her??? I don't remember asking for favourites or nothing???

Harrison Hogarth

my little baby boy Harrison for sure lmao. He has the most favorites of all my characters i think, and i'm really glad and thankful! tbh it's made me wanna develop him more! i luv him too so im glad i now have an excuse to draw him more

Monkey oneironym

"ᴡᴀs ɪ ꜰᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ sᴏᴍᴇᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛʟʏ? ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɢᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏxɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ 20 ɴᴇᴡ ᴡᴏʀsʜɪᴘᴘᴇʀs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴅᴀʏs. ᴛʜɪs ᴘᴇʀᴘʟᴇxᴇs ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴍʏ sᴜᴘᴇʀɪᴏʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ, ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇ."