One Wank After Another

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A blank assignment is a funny thing, isn't it? When you have it, you don't appreciate it, and when you miss it, it's gone.

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Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

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Purely out of curiosity, this made me do a tally of the ten most recent fics I posted.
1: ficlet, genre: missionfic, 3 characters, 1 unnamed OC (enemy goon)
2: ficlet, genre: humor, 5 characters, 0 OCs
3: fic, genre: adventure/horror, 2 characters, 0 OCs
4: fic, genre: adventure/suspense, 3 characters, brief interactions with multiple unnamed OCs
5: ficlet, genre: shippy/humor, 3 characters, 0 OCs
6: drabble, genre: humor, 3 characters, 0 OCs
7: drabble, genre: humor, 2 characters, multiple nameless OCs
8: ficlet, genre: shippy/humor, 2 characters, 0 OCs
9: ficlet, genre: shippy missionfic, 2 characters, 3 OCs mentioned or appearing
10: fic, genre: shipfic/drama, 2 characters, 0 OCs

So out of 10 fics, 4 had OCs. I'm not surprised it's a low count, because I find OCs challenging to write/flesh out and tend towards fic with tight casts of characters interacting in a limited space. OTOH, 4 out of 10 is actually more than I expected.

I'm trying to chip away at a massive WIP that's all about two of the cast getting separated and trying to live a "normal" life for a bit, which obviously has to involve OCs (and quite extensive fleshing out of them, too) or it just doesn't feel right. More canon-typical fic can go either way.