Do you insult your OCs?

[DokiDokiTsuna]

Like introducing them as 'this stupid bitch' or something every time you draw a picture of them?

I get it when the OC is a character who might actually be deserving of insults (like a villain, or just a mean/unscrupulous character in general) but when the character is a perfect angel who's just a little shy or awkward, it strikes me as weirdly abusive. =/

I dunno...I guess that kind of stuff isn't in my 'friend language' (y'know, like a love language, but with friends). If you think it's okay to call me a hoe in casual conversation, we probably don't have a friendship, and if you think we do, I've got news for ya. 6_6 Some people might be fine with that, but I'm not. I'd just rather reserve those kinds of words for people I actually dislike.

[GamerPrincessXI]

XD...............Sometimes, I do. It all depends on how the story goes. XD

[Azifri]

I treat my characters so badly that when I draw them I usually apologize.

[Likri]

Insulting them isn't the worst thing that awaits them XD But really, it's about the same level as lovingly calling your cat along the lines of "lil Mr/ Bitch face" when he grumps at you for not letting him walk on the dinner table. I only insult the characters who's actions validate that)

[TAMAnnoying]

I’m my friend group is pretty natural to call each other Bit#% and Fa*%# all the time. as we say “can’t hurt me if it’s true” so calling my character insults is the same term of endearment for me. My main boy has serious issues and is a dunderhead so I feel fine insulting him every now and then especially when he actually messes up. He’s a trash boi but he’s a loveable trash boi and that’s fine. Honestly I appreciate people/characters who are self aware they are trash, they’re often the more fun people to talk to.

[Wumbl]

yes because many of my OCs are terrible people.......

Those that aren't though? Babies. Good. Magnificent.

[jurinova]

I'm the type of person who gently insults people I like in person, though I'd never do it if they were uncomfortable with it and I don't use very bad words. Mostly I use words like pöljä, höhlä or tollo, which all mean dummy. And I usually say them in a very loving way.

This means I also insult my characters but only in ways that fit them. Some characters deserve to be called an asshole but mostly I just say things like "this tiny fool" or "this goddamn idiot", because in honest truth most of my characters do lots of stupid stuff and deserve to be called on it.

[simplykit]

yes i do!

every time i get the chance

cause theyre like my kids! i can do whatever i want with em 🤣

[Mari]

I call my main character a little shit most of the time, but that's because he is one

[mariusthered]

from time to time i had characters call my main guy "bucket head" as an insult . however a pal of mine informed me there is a real like guitarist who is called buckethead so i stopped using it in my comic.

[Jenny-Toons]

Ehh, depends.

If they're an asshole in story, then I'll address them as "Now here's this asshat" or something along those lines. I like to get creative with my curses

But a character who's done no wrong and is a constant wholesome joy will always be addressed as "precious bean baby"

[unknown_user]

My MC are tough people, who have done (and will do) a lot of bad things. No wonder I sometimes insult them
But I don't insult those of my OC, who I don't think are a bad people.

[Kann]

I call mine dummies or dumbasses sometimes, but mostly when they really act dumb. I nicknamed one "sad broccoli", but idk if that's an insult. XD

[TJSchongar]

So, I think of my MCs as lovable idiots. I didn't want to start off calling them that, though, because I didn't want come off as insulting my own work and trying to get pity or whatever.

...Then people started commenting on the chapters, calling them lovable idiots XD And I realized "MY AUDIENCE GETS IT!" So now I have no problem calling it like it is!

[Kura]

I insult my characters when they are being difficult to draw for no particular reason.

I also plead or reason with them to cooperate with me.

tries to draw character but it isn't working out
"There's no reason your hairline should be giving me this much trouble Osiris. Why are you doing this?"

keeps redrawing same panel over and over
"Osiris please. I have a deadline, this page need to be done today."

draws the absolute WORST version of this panel yet
"Osiris you bitch."

[AniStaciaArt]

My characters are annoying af. I adore them but nobody's following the plot. Everyone ignores the challenges I set up. Nobody's on script.No romances are going the way I thought they should. So much ad-libbing. I am so jealous of people who say they control their characters. Like how?
So I've earned the right to call these assholes that.
To be fair, "I can smell you from here" is how my sister and I say we missed talking to each other.

[vothnthorvaldson]

Sometimes, I forget that my main character's name is 'Zerwan' and NOT 'Immature Brat' That's how he's called in my head anyway.

Funny thing is that I called him Zerwan because he used to be only a secondary character without a name who I was calling 'the other one'. Add thick French accent... Z'ozerwan haha. So the poor guy mostly got derogatory names in my head but that's not that I don't love him.

@TJSchongar Ah yes I called yours 'likable idiots'. More true than ever some chapters later

[joannekwan]

Eh, I don't really call my characters anything on a regular basis. Sometimes I might refer to a few as 'idiots' due to their personal stubbornness. But I certainly don't call them 'my babies' or whatever. The only thing in my life I use that term for is my cat (but then I also call him 'bastard' and 'bitch', those of which I will also use on my husband, and he to me).

Hm, I did give one of my characters this shirt … as I was thinking how readers might view her decisions to come. But she would totally own the term.

[QueenofBabyLoon]

I do not do art. I don't know how it feels not being able get that line right, how it feels working so hard and realizing your proportions are off or just not being able to nail that damn perspective.

I just write. Just like in the case of visual artists, my characters are in my head, jumping around. I would love for them to sit down, wait a second, and let me finish the paragraph before they run off to do something else. But they do not listen. Ever. So yeah, whenever I write about them, though I might not write it the text, I call them egotistic, psychopathic (when antisocial and narcissistic personality disorders meet in an explosion of ill-contained anger) dipshits who only ever do what they want. Eff them, seriously.

[TJSchongar]

YYYYYYEP! My boys are...a way’s away from shaping up! XD