Mariel Boatwright ***

In universe, Mariel is Celebrimbor↗'s daughter and Glorfindel's niece (on her mother's side). She spent most of the events of The Lord of the Rings under house arrest in Rivendell. ■

Paisley Rose Webster

Reaped at 18, Paisley Webster is the victor of the 69th 57th Hunger Games. She lives in District 8 with her mom and her maybe-girlfriend, Penelope Fuller. ■

Penelope Fuller

Left behind when her best friend/maybe girlfriend, Paisley Webster is Reaped, Penelope "Penny" Fuller stays behind to survive… and help start a revolution. ■

Auriel Anderson

Auriel has lived a life of luxury in the Capitol with occasional business trips to District Eight to learn the family business. When the Quarter Quell is announced, she discovers there's a little more to the family business than fabric manufacturing. ■

Mary Brigid Mohan
& Orion

"The Crystal Needle" was a His Dark Materials fanfic that I started when I was ~13 years old. It was about a severed child survivor from Bolvangar on a quest to find a mythical needle that can stitch her and her dæmon back together. ■

Tzipporah "Zip" Suzuki

Zip wants to be a psychic-type trainer like their big sister. ■

(various characters)

What is daily life like in a Pokémon world? Meet some people who aren't trainers, gym leaders, or Nurse Joy. ■

Briar St. Ninnian

Briar of Redwall is based on an idea that I've had since I was a kid: a modern timeskip Mossflower Country. Originally, Redwall Abbey was going to become an orphanage but I decided it was more likely that it would be a museum.

In classic Redwall fashion, Briar is on a quest to find the Sword of Martin… in a modern world. ■

I've always loved making up original characters. Even before I ever heard of fanfiction, I was writing stories in my head about self-insert original characters in the books and movies I loved. My first ever OC was Bianca, who was Miguel and Tulio's friend in The Road to El Dorado.

Growing up as a teenager on '00s-era LiveJournal, there was a lot of hate for so-called "Mary Sues." I joined communities dedicated to "sporking" other fans' self inserts which, in retrospect, was pretty messed up? especially because those communities were run mostly by fans in their twenties and thirties making fun of teenagers' fanfiction. Cringe culture is dead and I wanted to joyously share my original characters with everyone. ■

OC Sites

• Vega & Zhael
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• Crow Robotics Solutions
• Angel Eye Springs: OC Zone
• Bibliohound's OCs
• Kyo's OCs
• Mizuki's OC World
• STAR☆HAVEN OCs
• Mouse's OC's
• tinyspace OCs
• Asuraid's OCs
• PKLucky's OCs
• Dinky's OC Wiki
• ConcealedErrors.exe

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• tolkienocweek
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