OP characters which is currently one of my biggest fears

One of my characters, Fausto, is a trainer who’s been traveling region to region battling gym leaders and so of course I want to write him winning but I don’t wanna write it in a way that makes him seem unbeatable but definitely someone people will have a struggle with! Although I do think some OP characters can be written very nicely if done right!

Don't make them too similar to any existing character nor a perfect being. Nor being too exagerrated in any positive trait to parody levels unless it's ironic.

I’m super OCD about using the same hair and eye colors with my OCs. Not that I won’t do it because i definitely do but I try to avoid it if I can and it sometimes bothers me when I do.

For me it's making a character too obvious. Like stereotypes are fun to play with, but I don't wanna make a character be just their stereotype, even when they lean hard into a trope.

Evil looking mad scientist? Make him a pacifist.

Yeehaw cowboy who carries 2 guns with him everywhere? He's an environmentalist protecting endangered pokemon.

Punk rock musician? She's a pretty cheery, kind and polite person.

The honorable tribal warrior? Well he's only like that at his gym and a ball of anger everywhere else.

Eighth verse, same as the first~🎶

No one wants to read a character that's too perfect. Everyone must have flaws since it's a balance of both that makes the character more dynamic and gives them room to grow.

Making them too perfect. It’s so easy to focus on the good aspects about my ocs that I almost forget to balance them out with negative things, so I try to make sure they have flaws too.

I guess I'm intimidated writing for characters that are supposed to very intelligent due to the sheer amount of research needed to substantiate the claim.

Sort of an extended version to the twitter version!

I don't usually like making OCs extremely or absurdly talented at any one thing they haven't dedicated their entire life to. If I do theres usually a character flaw that's actually meaningful to compensate. For example, while June is technically the top ranked gym leader and a talented contest star, she is incredibly insufferable and routinely nerfs her own opportunities thru her own blind negligence and ignorance

Unless they're supposed to be a static character, I don't like characters that just don't grow as people!! I LOVE SEEING THE GROWTH AND EVOLUTION AS ONE GOES THROUGH THE ADVENTURE!!

Try not to make their personalities the same or similar to another

Like when I make an OC, I want them to be unique, not just in design, but in personality too. Because if I make a Rival or Travel companion, I accidentally make them close to my OC's chaotic personality and Then I have to start over from scratch to make sure each character is unique and different, but corresponds well to my other OC's personalities