Personas Vs OCs
Personas Vs OCs
This is not gospel, this is just my opinion and how I categorize my own creations! You can define these terms, use or not use them, however you want to! I’m just putting this here for my own reference mostly
A persona is explicitly for self insert purposes.
These characters do not have a role that alters the lore of the existing canon.
They can interact with characters, so long as it is done in an inconsequential way. If desired, the persona can have their own subplot to be resolved.
It’s absolutely possible to have a persona for your own original work.
Personas exist as different versions of the self. No need for lore, sometimes a different costume is enough to establish the self as a different sona
When the persona has a larger role that impacts the canon line of events, they cross into OC territory.
Persona Examples
The Farmer, from Stardew Valley
Animal Crossing Player Character
Character based on the self, but designed for the world. “Me if I were a stand user.”
Any character who is based on the self but does not change the end goal of a preexistent plot
OC Examples
A Stardew Valley OC would inherently change playable canon. If your SDV persona is dating Alex and Alex is no longer a viable Romance Route, then your persona is an OC
A yokai watch NPC who has a cool yokai and directly helps Nate do XYZ, explicitly influencing the plot’s course
A character that may or may not be based on the self that is more plot significant than not.
Plot significance doesn’t exist on an easily measurable scale so it’s a loose metric, deliberately
Mary sues don’t exist btw the point of an OC is to have fun and be self indulgent. Enjoy your blorbos and let them live and love as freely as you would do so yourself.
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Where I’d Take DQXI Characters on a Date
Not quite a set of headcanons as much as just self indulgent nonsense -w-
Erik
I feel like he’s an activity guy. Part of me wants to think that the pressure of conversation would make him feel a little shy and second guess himself more than usual.
Rollerblading, ice skating, or even something like axe throwing would be a great idea! Something physical that lets him feel confidently in his element (agility, deftness, sleight of hand)
Veronica
I don’t know if I can call it a date but I’d take her to build a bear just to fuck with her LMAO
Afterwards I think it’d be fun to walk around the rest of the mall and laugh at silly stores, do some window shopping. Maybe get a giant pretzel.
I also think she’d like going to a gachapon arcade :)
Serena
Bookstore…Barnes and Noble…showing each other our favourite literature, poetry books, maybe even exploring some graphic novels…picking out books that make us think about each other…buying over priced Starbucks drinks…
A paint and sip or cooking class together would also be fun!! An activity, but something cooperative and cozy
Sylvando
Oh man I’d be nervous about this one
Immediately I want to start the night with a super fancy seafood dinner. Something we could both get super dressed up for. Seeing a theatre show or opera afterwards might be nice too!
Jade
I know in my heart she’d love a gym date but I’m far too out of shape for that and I would cry. We’re going for a nature hike together.
Rab
Honestly? I also think a nice little nature walk or visit to a public park would be nice. We could feed birds :)
I think he’d also lowkey love a board game cafe. Vibes. Fun drinks and possibly snacks. Learning experiences.
Hendrik
It is canon that this 6’6” man is afraid of bugs and if I ever met him personally I’d never let him live that down. I would take him on a date and surprise him with tickets to visit the museum. We would see the butterfly vivarium and then go touch giant cockroaches. I would buy him a giant, hyper-realistic stuffed isopod plush in the gift shop.
There would not be a second date.
Jasper
I would be terrified, first of all. If I don’t impress him I’d never be able to show my face on this earth again.
Honestly? I think I’d gamble and take him to a museum. Not for the same reason as Hendrik. Definitely an art museum. Is it a little quiet and boring? Maybe. But it would give him a chance to monologue and show off his thinking and analytic skills, and I think that would make him feel appreciated.
Then I would propose to him
HAPPY!!!!!! MOTHER'S!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you so much to all the moms and motherly figures out there, I hope you have a wonderful day today. I love my mom so much
