User blog:Young Little Unicorn/How can You Make your Character Popular?

For OC creators out there, you may be wondering 'Why not my OC be as popular as others'? Well, it's not that they don't like your OC, it's just that they don't care. I know it didn't help as much, but still every character you make must have at least 1 person who likes it. My words of encouragement for the day! Also I like every OC, trust me I ain't a liar.

Originality
Your character should be original. A good example is Folder where she is nice and kind and will help anyone in need but when it comes to sacrificing her own life she doesn't do it. She's an original character, because of the last bit that says sacrificing and won't do it.

Understand? Original characters often get the hit, because they aren't a copy (people might be fed up of seeing the same thing) and they show unique special skills that other people don't have. Strawberry the valley-girl. An amazing character that has an interesting personality and has interesting character dialogues. People love these original characters and that's why, that's why they often hit the mark!

Avoid the 'Mary-Sue' Cliche
Mary-sues aren't always popular. You'd always say characters like Suitcase are Mary-Sues but actually you got the meaning 'Mary-Sue' wrong. Mary Sues or Gary Stus (for males) are characters that doesn't face any challenge throughout their lifetime and is completely perfect and does everything right.

They will find your character completely boring when they are flawless. An example (this is from another wiki) Jussy a character where she's always peeerrrrfect. Despite the fact that she's a Mary-Sue she's hated by many. Try to refrain from making your character a Mary-Sue. I have an OC that's not a Mary-sue but an Anti-Sue where she has no value, but somewhat got popular over time. My god, she sure is famous Lololol, but I realized that she is also somewhat hated at the same time.