If The Story Doesnt Change Because Of An OC - Tumblr Posts

When I was a Younger Fandom Child, a lot of the stuff I saw about OC’s was;

“Your OC should not change the main story in any way”, or they’d be called a ‘Mary Sue’ or something.

And I hate that.

If you take a character away from the OG story, things will change. Things will happen that didn’t happen before, or some things will never happen all together; think Lucy from Fairy Tail.

If she never left home to join a guild, she would’ve never gone on that boat, which means Natsu would’ve never known about it, and all those girls would’ve never gotten home. She never would’ve joined Fairy Tail, which means Phantom Lord never would have attacked. Loke/Leo would have died, it’s possible no one would have been able to beat Angel from the Oracion Seis— because Pisces never would have turned on Angel.

The Eclipse gate never would have been closed.

So, if you create an OC, I want something in the story to change because of them. I don’t care if only the original plot stays behind and everything else changes, I want there to be a reason the character exists.

Because if nothing changes, what is the character’s purpose?

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.