different for different ocs :')
Kingston and Ruth have more defined stories, Sadie and Mira are more like a sandbox style with some story (bc I wanna keep her open for just playing w friends)
But for all of them I try to keep to some theme or a basic concept/idea which is usually just exploring sth in pokemon that i think would be cool... lorewise! Eg: Ghosts... and how being able to see them will affect you or Faller... experiment.
Originally, my OCs were just... there, for the sake of whatever fandom I was into at the time. They really had no official backstory or function.
But after my fandom Wikia days, I formatted my OCs like I would do a Wikia page, and they inevitably end up with stories - either on their own or involving others; it's mainly due to the ideas running around in my head at 3 a.m. and a lot of them were excellent material for possible character development. Some of my OCs are for sandbox purposes, others exist exclusively for interactions, and a select few are for storyline purposes. It's whatever feels right to me, at the time ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Even when I do make them sandbox style, they end up evolving to have a beginning and end LMAO. So I've just accepted that most of my OCs are written to have stories, be they large epics or smaller journeys.
First I like to make em a sandbox character before thinking of any lore and then I’ll decide!
Balei is currently a sandbox character, she’s built for oc interactions! Fausto has a main story line but him collecting gym badges from regions is a way for him to not only Interact with canon characters but also people’s ocs in their fan regions! Oc interactions was actually one of the main reasons this boy was made!
For me it usually starts with either a core idea I think is interesting, or a funny idea for a joke/interaction, then I build a character around that.
So like having the spitting image of a final villain being a supporting NPC(Wily), or someone who constantly sees death being chipper and kind instead of jaded(Polly)
Sivrit started with a joke about him being mad at someone for looking like a draconid when using battle bond, and that turned into this idea of a proud and honorable draconid warrior with anger issues.
Another example is how Salvador started as a parody of the "faceless hentai guy" including being gigantic, but he's both super nice, kind of a loser and a virgin(until Ranae).
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