mjangelvortex 
Lady of Ships and Birbs
I love reading up on all your OCs. I'm glad that I was able to kickstart this conversation so we could all learn about each others characters and the creation process that went into making them.
>>1023090p
Mine is not on here (but there's always this year). I have quite a lot of MLP OCs that I've been developing (whenever I'm really into a fandom, I just make a ton of OCs out of habit) and I've only uploaded two of them here, neither of which I use for a self-insert.
My self-insert OC is a Changeling Queen. I went with that choice because I honestly had trouble deciding on a specific species for her a while back. At first I wanted her to be a griffon. But then one of my friends asked if I made a ponysona and I said no. So I took a quiz on which of the MLP Pony types I would be and I got unicorn.
So for the longest while, mine was a unicorn. But then one of my friends sent me a custom MLP toy of my OC and it was an alicorn (I think they used Cadance for the model).
So I just decided to myself, "You know what? You can have your cake and eat it too. If you make your self insert a Changeling, she can transform into a Griffon, Unicorn, or Alicorn so you can use all those designs."
As for why I chose a Changeling Queen over a more standard Changeling, I'm a tall person with long hair and Chrysalis was tall and had a long haired mane and tail while her underlings were short with finned manes and tails (and were bald after becoming Changedlings). I also liked how expressive Chryssie's eyes were compared to the standard Changelings too. And the reason why I chose purple was simply because it's my favorite color and because Amethyst is my birthstone so I have quite a bit of characters that are purple or have purple in their color scheme.
Her name was originally Starlight but then we got a canon Starlight, so I basically had to alter her name a bit and renamed her Illusive Starlight. She's a bit like me (but with a few twists here and there so she can fit into the MLP universe). I might post a bit on her bio and personality a bit later if anything.
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[@2tailedD3rpy](/1623600#comment_6829869)
He's talking about an earlier scrapped concept of the character. He has since changed the OC.
[@Silent Wing":](/1623600#comment_6829272
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[@LightningBolt":](/1623600#comment_6828786
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I think it's mostly because those kind of OCs just tend to clash tremendously with the tone of the show and look out of place when put next to canon characters (a lot of Edgy OCs tend to have shades of red and/or black that are sometimes hard on the eyes for example).
But that's just one aspect of it. I think another aspect of it would be that some people tend to overdo depressing and dark traits when making characters sometimes, to the point that it becomes overbearing. Don't get me wrong, I like a little bit of angst or darkness from time to time. But when it's done too much, it can be a bit off putting.
That being said, I do think that the term edgy can sometimes be overused at times to the point that it can lose its meaning. That unfortunately happens quite a bit sometimes. People just latch onto a word and use it constantly in situations where it doesn't fit.
>>1023090p
Mine is not on here (but there's always this year). I have quite a lot of MLP OCs that I've been developing (whenever I'm really into a fandom, I just make a ton of OCs out of habit) and I've only uploaded two of them here, neither of which I use for a self-insert.
My self-insert OC is a Changeling Queen. I went with that choice because I honestly had trouble deciding on a specific species for her a while back. At first I wanted her to be a griffon. But then one of my friends asked if I made a ponysona and I said no. So I took a quiz on which of the MLP Pony types I would be and I got unicorn.
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So I just decided to myself, "You know what? You can have your cake and eat it too. If you make your self insert a Changeling, she can transform into a Griffon, Unicorn, or Alicorn so you can use all those designs."
As for why I chose a Changeling Queen over a more standard Changeling, I'm a tall person with long hair and Chrysalis was tall and had a long haired mane and tail while her underlings were short with finned manes and tails (and were bald after becoming Changedlings). I also liked how expressive Chryssie's eyes were compared to the standard Changelings too. And the reason why I chose purple was simply because it's my favorite color and because Amethyst is my birthstone so I have quite a bit of characters that are purple or have purple in their color scheme.
Her name was originally Starlight but then we got a canon Starlight, so I basically had to alter her name a bit and renamed her Illusive Starlight. She's a bit like me (but with a few twists here and there so she can fit into the MLP universe). I might post a bit on her bio and personality a bit later if anything.
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[@2tailedD3rpy](/1623600#comment_6829869)
He's talking about an earlier scrapped concept of the character. He has since changed the OC.
[@Silent Wing
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[@LightningBolt
I think it's mostly because those kind of OCs just tend to clash tremendously with the tone of the show and look out of place when put next to canon characters (a lot of Edgy OCs tend to have shades of red and/or black that are sometimes hard on the eyes for example).
But that's just one aspect of it. I think another aspect of it would be that some people tend to overdo depressing and dark traits when making characters sometimes, to the point that it becomes overbearing. Don't get me wrong, I like a little bit of angst or darkness from time to time. But when it's done too much, it can be a bit off putting.
That being said, I do think that the term edgy can sometimes be overused at times to the point that it can lose its meaning. That unfortunately happens quite a bit sometimes. People just latch onto a word and use it constantly in situations where it doesn't fit.