original characters in fan fiction

Original characters in fanfiction are a responsibility, not a right.

Apparently, there’s a hot fanfiction debate I’ve missed. I’ve accidentally avoided the fracas on Tumblr and non-AO3 fansites, and I don’t engage that much on Twitter and other ‘instant’ social media. People seem to hate original characters (OCs) in fanfiction. The mere inclusion of a tag of ‘OC’ in a story somehow seems to bring out the…

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