Wrong answers only: How do you make a great OC?

[Ordinaryaverageguy]

There are laws against cruel and unusual punishements.

[Kittyfox]

An OC that kind of just exists I guess

[GumshoeComix]

why make an OC just put yourself in the story
Dante's inferno did great, you could be the next Dante's inferno!

[TheDoublekey]

He must be a powerful and omnipotent god, who has not flaws whatsoever. He must be as unrelatable as possible and solve all of his problems with a flick of his finger

[thecrystalrook]

Haha big titties go BRRRRRRR

[DiegoPalacios]

then it's dictated by the roll of a dice!

[darthmongoose]

When creating an OC, always remember that they are already perfect just as they are. Never plan any kind of development or character arc! All problems in your character's life should be other people's fault, and any character flaws they have should only be viewed as an issue or annoyance by antagonists and bullies, while all nice characters should see them as endearing quirks, even if they're flaws like "steals things from everyone" or "commits random acts of violence" or "never helps anyone with anything". Your OC is a precious, pure soul just trying to get through life while bad people cause them trouble.

[DiegoPalacios]

Project your whole identity into said character and feel attacked when said character faces any criticism

[officialgenesis]

LOL. this is so funny

[Kittyfox]

Hate to do this but...

bump

[Shredder]

What do you mean my self inserted OC character is 2D and bland!

It's me!

[BLTX]

You take a design from your favorite show...

[BLTX]

What? We're you expecting something else?

[NickRowler]

Only create one OC and have their personality morph to every occasion. Having multiple OCs will spread yourself out too thin and will make it harder for people to remember. But with one, you can put all your time and effort into making them perfect.

[fleurravenbooks]

I feel bad when authors (this is usually in fanfiction i believe, i don't read it anymore so maybe it changed) do self inserts because i feel like i can't "hate" character since they are inspired HEAVILY by real life person (ofc i never commented how annoying character is)

[Kittyfox]

Serious moment here: I can't really hate characters inspired by the author themself or their friends, but when it's a blatant self-insert or really one-sided (making characters simply for the purpose of being your opinion on another person, kind of like what @saltycyka said) it just ruins the story I guess.

[NickRowler]

If you want a really weird case, look into the old webcomic MegaTokyo. It started out as a gag comic about the author and IRL friend stuck in Japan but later morphed into something really weird and there were love interests and the author's friend was later not too happy that his likeness was used in the story. I also don't think the comic ages well.

[nkapit]

Give them a giant peanut butter cup for a head

[LunarScyphozoa]

Excuse me my good [insert formal title here] they said wrong answers only

[Kittyfox]

Okay this is actually a good idea