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So... yeah... There are a few reasons I'm posting this. 1) to help out the members in so that they can always post the best characters they can, and 2) because the amount of Mary Sues that exist in the MLP FIM community is getting waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of hand.Now to be fair, there was a tutorial like this that I saw a while back, but I haven't been able to find it since. So I decided to make my own :3
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Well, I was looking at your most recent art pieces.
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xD The expressions are adorable and funny but still keep you focused on the content! Great work!
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Thank you for making this. It's hard making perfect OCs.
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Plus I Have A OC TOTALLY Like This..Well..Almost..She's A Filly..No CM,No Wings,No Horn..But Some Special Powers..Heh.. And A LOT Of Flaws..Lel
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i remember waaaaaay back in 2011 (when i became a fan of the show), when my early ponysona was an ALICORN ;__; FOR NO REASON AT ALL! she could fly and make summon rainbows at the same time... oh god but fortunately, my current ponysona, Star Darling , isn't as flashy and more humble. thank god i matured over the years!!
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Well, now that I seen this I'm going to make my alicorn OC not perfect
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Don't bother changing her to fit stilted fandom purist standards. Leave her as she is. If you had fun making the OC, that's what really counts.
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Okay, I would just like to say one thing. I don't care about your ocs, how good you are at drawing/writing, what you think an oc should be, etc. i just don't. All I want to do is take a brief moment to tell you why people hate those kind of ocs. It's really quite simple.
They are op. They are shallow, boring, op characters that are often as not an atrocious eyesore to boot. Nobody in the fandom likes having to deal with the many, many god-awful ocs there are when trying to roleplay or discuss characters and the like. You know why people dislike alicorn ocs? Because they are too often op, nonsensical, optically offensive creatures designed by those who want to be perfect or were just too freaking lazy to make up their minds.
I could go on for ages, really. But I believe I have made my point and what's more, I really doubt you give half a fuck. So why did I waste some of my life typing this?
I have no idea.
Okay, bye then, have a nice existance!
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Does that make my time-traveling pegusas with a small checker to make sure he stays sane useless?
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Basically giving people advice how to make THEIR oc?
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Yeah.. OCs are for people to be creative.. I don't think people should tell us how we should express creativity and being original..
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Well, yes-you shouldn't force people to change their oc, but I don't think that was the purpose of this tutorial. Alicorn OCs often get targeted and bullied since the amount of them is getting out of hand and turning Alicorns from a rarity into a common-day appearance. By following this tutorial, you wouldn't get bullied since there's nothing wrong with the character (not that there really was, but, you know,,) and no reason for it to be picked on. It's jut one of the things you have to adopt to in this ridiculously critical and butthurt fandom.
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Thanks for commenting!
I appreciate seeing people's opinions. I don't think you're being rude at all.
I understand that people probably won't get bullied if they follow this tutorial,
but people should have the right to be creative and express how they feel/want to feel. C:
People shouldn't lash out on people because "it's not right/not canon" not everything is directed to be from the actual show.
Parts of the fandom is wonderful. They are nice, understanding, and sweet people.
The other 'dark' parts of the fandom is nasty and cruel. Which is sad because the whole meaning of ponies is 'Love and Tolerate'...
People should keep their rude, obnoxious, not-helpful opinions to themselves and let people do their own things.
That is my opinion ^^
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I can definitely see where you're coming from, and completely agree. It seems like it is becoming hard to stick to the guidelines of the show without being "unoriginal", since there are so many ocs. People should have the freedom to make whatever character they want. Unfortunately, as you stated, some parts of the fandom are... Less accepting.
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Yep.
By the way, you have really pretty art! :0
Why don't you have an icon?
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Thank you!!
I am doing an art trade with @/Kajitanii, and her half is going to be an icon so I don't have an empty icon box haha
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Not trying to be rude to you, by the way. Just stating my opinion as politely as possible (;
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Though I like this,I'm still keeping my Ponysona the way she is. She has my favorite colors and my brother decided my Ponysona should be an Alicorn.
However,in the future I'll use this basic ref to create better OCs...Possibly.
all of my OCs are spirits so they're not technically ponies...
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It all relies on creativity when you make a pony character, not by canon imo. But if you want to follow canon, I don't mind at all.
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I agree with everything (ESPECIALLY THE ALICORN PART AAA THX <333), except for the wing part. Just because your character has wings that are not bird, it doesn't make it a shitty Mary Sue lol.
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Except it kind of leaves people like "How did this happen?"
Just making giving them bat wings or something 'cause you think it makes them look cool is really overused, and it's also a rather mary-sueish trait. If you want to make a character for the canon (I mean yeah, I get the whole "I like how this looks and I was kind of playing around and it's really more of an AU thing," as I myself am quite guilty of that,) then you need to make sure you've got a good reason, same as with alicorn ocs.
It's like anything else, just gotta make sure you can explain it! Of course, if the character isn't for canon, maybe AU or just random, then to hell with the guidelines, ALICORN PARTYYYYY!!!!
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I find alicorns ok as long as their story is in an alternative universe from the canon story. Idk it's my preference. And people are free to create other types of pegasi for their stories. Such as a fairy pony or a bat pony. Yeah, as long as their is a good explanation for traits like that it's ok for me.
But, no one should control how people create their characters and yell at them because they aren't following the "guidelines to create an actual character", unless it's a complete mary-sue or gary-stue.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I just get annoyed when the reasoning behind a character trait, (like le alicorn) is basically 'cause YOLO!!!! Backstory is magic.
You're right, though, people most certainly have the right to do whatever they so wish with their characters. If the want them to be a bat-winged alicorn with a rainbow mane and a sparkly coat, then hey, cool.
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The cutiemarks doesn't always have to do with a special talent.
It could be a special personality trait or the likes too right? c:
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Technically cutiemarks are who the ponies are, like what makes them unique from others.
So, I guess it could be a personality trait, but not a physical one
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Well, that I knew.
Thank you! Now I know that I wasn't faulty in creating a "personality trait" cutiemark. c:
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To be honest, I did it too myself 
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The one named Venom Charm on the second row.
She is very egotistical and mainly see herself as better than others, that's why she has a golden mirror as a CM.
Can I see yours?
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It's actually an old contest entry of mine, so I'm really embarrassed because it's not my best piece of literature 
Green Fuzz looked at the trees in the forest. Rays of light shone through their canopy, passing through the tiny gaps between leaves.
This was life in the forest, so peaceful...
The said mare was only a little filly at that time, and like all the other foals her age, she has yet to find her place in the world. She hasn't discovered her hidden talent yet, but still, everyday and night she sought out for it.
Then one afternoon it happened.
The leaves from the trees had started falling only yesterday, the first day or fall. She looked up and followed with her gaze an auburn-colored leaf, gently falling down freely, onto the rich brown soil. Her heart stopped and she trotted to the leaf.
Then, all of a sudden, more leaves started falling around her. She gasped in awe as they surrounded her, covering her in a soft blanket of nature.
She laughed and ran around playing with the leaves, for once not having a care about the world. She let her wild spirit take control over her, grinning broad
But as I said, it's not my best representation of what makes a pony unique
Yours, on the other hand, is simply brilliant
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Haha, thank you, sugar! <3
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people, just do whatever you want with your ponies. I don't know why people take it this seriously, IT'S A PONY. DO WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY.
If you're actually that serious about your ponies, then this is the guide for you. It's a good guide regardless if it's a fan character or not, if you're serious about your character and want to improve, take other's advice. if you're set in stone about your character and is just here to defend your desu alicorns, than this isn't for you.
don't try to convert other people's ponies into 'gud characters' and stop trying to prove something with your magical, all powerful alicorn. Neither side is going to get anywhere.
Me, I'd rather have mary sues than characters that I don't like (and honestly, I'm pretty stubborn about changing my characters.) However, this is legit advice for character making ESPECIALLY if you're using them for roleplaying. There is no way an alicorn will fit into your regular RP set in a normal day of Ponyville, which is like, every MLP episode that isn't a season opener or ender.
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Though you can have a non-Mary Sue character of any species that you ACTUALLY like.
The thing with Alicorns is that they're quite overused without a good reason, and most of the time their description looks like:
"lolz so dis is mah alicorn oc and shes da most powerful pony EVAH!!!!! lol she haz all da powerz and she can beat celestia and also she hates twilight bcuz she used to laugh at her when she was a filly"
Just. NO.
If you have an Alicorn OC, don't make her have all the powers and give a valuable reason for her to be so. Twilight Sparkle is now an Alicorn, but she isn't so good at flying.
What annoys me the most is that people seem to not care about Earth Ponies and can't choose between Magic and the ability to fly.
I, myself, have an Alicorn OC, but see? She doesn't have biological parents. She was actually summoned by a scientist Crystal Pony and an Earth Pony, together.
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About Mary Sues, it's true that most of the time, people only notice faults in the OC's making when it's a mare, just like Atlanta-Hammy said. Like, "yeah boys can do whatever they want, females are below them, let's not point the stallions' faults." <-- This is sexism and so this is NOT ok.
ALSO, instead of pointing out a character is Mary Sue/Gary Stue, people should give some advice to the OC's maker. Don't post a comment just to say "wow mary sue".
[Forgive me any grammatical(/anything else) errors for English is my second language.
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Sigh.
I meant that I would rather have a mary sue than a character I tried too hard to make good.
And most people have wised up to that recently, because the only time I've seen ponies with descriptions like that is with jokes.
And I have plenty of alicorns and I have plenty of reasons why they are one. And many have argued that "If they are not good at flying/magic, why are they an alicorn in the first place? Just make them a unicorn". So not being good at flying isn't an excuse to make your pony an alicorn for no reason.
And if they want to make their pony an alicorn because they can't chose, that's fine. I don't understand why people take character creation so seriously when it comes to ponies. Do what you want, not what others think is right.
Your alicorn is not excused because it has no biological parents. It was raised in odd conditions that normal ponies are not exposed to. Why were those ponies able to summon an alicorn of their own? Why didn't other ponies try to do this? It leaves questions and plotholes that you have to cover up. I could go on and on about the questions your alicorn raises.
So, your backstory feels like a forced excuse to have an alicorn. I'm perfectly fine with your alicorn, and i like the idea of two ponies conjuring one up, but you cannot say that having 'no biological parents' makes it not a mary sue. The no parent excuse is just begging for angst, which makes it even more of a mary sue.
And I'm not saying this to be mean or rude, but if you didn't want my two cents in on that you shouldn't have brought it up. If you want to present a good example of a well written alicorn character, give legitimate reasons.
I like the character and I think there's nothing wrong it. But that's not a feasible argument, and that alicorn would not be able to fit into a regular MLP setting. Therefore, it treads Mary Sue waters.
That's why I disregard canon when it comes to ponies. Most of my ponies would not fit into a MLP setting but they're loads of fun and that's all I care about, really.
That's why I do the canon and fanon separation. An alicorn would be a mary sue in canon, yet you could execute it well within the fandom.
Sigh I hope I didn't sound like a jackass throughout this, I really do not feel like having an argument.
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[ODE TO JOY PLAYS LOUDLY]
FUCKING THANK YOU
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I admit to making my own oc an Alicorn about Two years ago. xP And even then I never said "Oh he's a special pony cause he's a rare species. His Cutiemark isn't overly detailed. and he is not a powerful overlord. He's only a regular pony. I don't think I'm ever gonna Chang his species. xP no matter how much hate he gets. I don't use him for rp anyways. I got my Earthpony oc for that but yeah. Good tutorial. :3
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What if I say I don't want to choose between having magic or having wings?
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Then do what GhostlyScissors said and be an earth pony. If you can't choose between one or the other, then have neither; it makes decisions much easier.
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Here, lemme copy and paste something I just typed up: Alicorns have more power than a usual unicorn, plus larger wings which means more wingpower. All 4 alicorns in the MLP world are princesses, two of them control celestial beings, and one controls an EMOTION. To say that they're godlike is an understatement, and to make an OC alicorn that's not a princess makes no sense.
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