OC

''"OC stands for 'Original Character,' not 'Obnoxious Copy'!" ~ naruhina4ever5''

A common term meaning, "Original Character" as the quote says. Another way of saying "Fan-made Character" or FC. Sadly, this term has been often poorly used by Suethors, giving good, well-written OC's a bad name due to the steaming pile of crap being spewed across many fandoms. Most OC's usually end up becoming Mary Sues, either because of their lack of flaws, obvious blatant self-insertion of the author or they just look like a carbon copy of a canon character.

But not all OC's end up becoming Mary/Gary Sues/Stus. A decent author can pull off a OC without setting too many Mary Sue alarms. A good author can pull off making the canon character fall in love with an OC without turning anyone OOC or a Mary Sue. Sadly, this is very very rare and best not attempted unless you know for sure what you're getting into.

Suethors, however, will probably never reach to that point of fame, either because they deny their own OC is a Mary Sue, or just because they can't even take the most tinneist bit of constructive criticism without defending their precious character.

Examples of Suethors abusing the term OC:


 * chrissykouhai
 * Tara Gilespie, author of My Immortal.
 * Majority of Suethor's on this wiki.