Brotherhood, friendship, family, prejudice, corruption, overcoming adversity, war, peace, consequences to your actions, honor, flaws of the past generation, following your dreams, and knowing the past to improve the future are some of the many themes of One Piece, and your OC might as well do good if you take a good look at these themes and try and make something out of them. The point is, if you already have some old OCs, try modifying them to fit in with the themes and tone of One Piece so you won't have to brainstorm for so long on an OC. I felt that her outfit gave some Spanish Inquisition vibes and made her a World Government official instead who used manipulation and words to sway people into joining Imu. My first design for her was originally that of an adventurous pirate lady. I ended up making it Diana due to the moon connection and the fact that the Attack on Titan reference was too obvious.Īnother example is Pedra the churchound. Her name was the last for me to change because I didn't give two flicks about making it stay Mikasa. The fight with her sister and her bleeding eyes curse was replaced by a fight with Kozuki Ramen, my headcanon first Kozuki who was like a brother to her, and how she committed seppuku for killing her brother. The last things I changed were her relationship with a sibling, the consequences of her actions, and her name. I also made her bust smaller so she will look like a swift, sleek predator. She would only wear a kimono in Wano and it was longer. I ditched the short kimono and gave her more modest and formal wear. I used references such as weasels and minks being in the same genus Mustela and made her the first mink because she was the basis for all of those anthropomorphic animals of the same species. How? Through remodelling of concepts! I aged her up to 20 and kept the scythe. I then began to receive that OC slowly and surely until she became the poor Diana I killed off. Her name wasn't even Diana! It was Mikasa! I forgot the whole thing until I remembered it after watching the Korean anime "Leafie: A Hen in the Wild," which featured a female weasel who eerily had a scar like Mikasa. She had a similar appearance, but her eyes were always covered, because they were scarred from a fight with her sister, the fact they were cursed to bleed black liquid if they were ever to be exposed, and that anyone who saw them will die. She was, in fact, at first a 16-year old scythe-wielding kamaitachi sukeban (Japanese female delinquent) who was rebellious and wild. When I created Diana, the mink queen, she wasn't always that prim, proper, leader woman of a canon tribe in One Piece. To make brainstorming easier, try to remember old ideas of yours I use the latter more often because I'm usually busy. Sometimes, I just let my mind wander and forget creating an OC then let it occur to me at some point. I need to focus on the characters and this kind of brainstorming is done during my free time. I really thought about them, and even if they were not perfect, I guess they were better than the abominations (haha?) I scrapped. Those I spent hours and nights writing about and designing. The One Piece OCs I have now are those that I felt conflicted over. I just couldn't think on how to insert those characters in the story for a number of reasons personal life, problems, laziness, or simply rushing. Or, you might end up not having an OC at all! I planned many OCs for One Piece, but many of them didn't just make it because I was unable to brainstorm them well. Without thinking properly, you cannot have a proper OC.
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