I'll have to take a look at this stuff; could be interesting!
I still cringe a bit when I see original characters, but I must admit some people do them very very well. I'm particularly enamoured of Vathara (http://www.fanfiction.net/~vathara)'s OC, perhaps best evidenced by these two stories if you find the time - they're well worth it:
Thorns (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3878848/1/Thorns) (Final Fantasy 7) I'll just say it's pre-game, but post-Nibelheim to give you an idea of the setting. It follows Zack and Cloud, and a group of Shinra soldiers chasing them. I loved the soldiers.
Embers (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5398503/1/Embers) (Avatar: The Last Airbender) Generally the people Zuko and Iroh meet are very much... well, people, who I am always sad when they disappear from the story. On a non OC front, everybody is characterised well (Toph shines in particular) and there's no character bias beyond writing in the point of view of biased characters.
If you ever have time, give them a read - honestly brilliant stories.
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I still cringe a bit when I see original characters, but I must admit some people do them very very well. I'm particularly enamoured of Vathara (http://www.fanfiction.net/~vathara)'s OC, perhaps best evidenced by these two stories if you find the time - they're well worth it:
Thorns (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3878848/1/Thorns) (Final Fantasy 7) I'll just say it's pre-game, but post-Nibelheim to give you an idea of the setting. It follows Zack and Cloud, and a group of Shinra soldiers chasing them. I loved the soldiers.
Embers (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5398503/1/Embers) (Avatar: The Last Airbender) Generally the people Zuko and Iroh meet are very much... well, people, who I am always sad when they disappear from the story. On a non OC front, everybody is characterised well (Toph shines in particular) and there's no character bias beyond writing in the point of view of biased characters.
If you ever have time, give them a read - honestly brilliant stories.