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Hey, you know what I haven't done enough of? Made a stamp complaining about how bad most CreepyPasta OCs are! Okay, well I'm considering removing a group from my watch list, a CP group, mainly because I am sick and tired of getting really lazy CPOCs, but I don't because even the group Admins are threatening to remove deviations and block deviants because of said OCs. Even they hate it as much as I do. "BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWLOCKING IS FOR COWARDS!" Bite me bitch, and we'll fight later!
So, what's the motivation for this? Well it ranges from unoriginality to plain sexualizing. Let's start with unoriginality.
Unoriginality
Despite popular belief, I am not convinced that originality is 100% dead. Nothing shows 100% originality, but nothing 100% lacks originality. Though, it can get pretty low. I do, however, think that creativity is suffering from people thinking that, if their creation matches what's popular, they too will become popular. This is why there are so many "_ the Killer OCs" or "_erman OCs". Hardly original, but that's what the creator boasts them being. The mentality seems to be, "Jeff and Slenderman are popular, so if my OC is like them, I could be popular too!" It's especially painful when the "OC" goes through the same process or even has a similar name to the original. We all remember Ffej the Murderer and NEB burned, those joke characters our beloved outmost made on his BENDrownedPlz account, right? Well, I've seen a SERIOUS "OC" following the NEB path that lead to them being Burned. I pray I misinterpreted and it IS just a joke, but God help us if it's not.
There are very popular and even dearly beloved spin-off OCs. Some that come to mind include Splendorman and Jane the Killer, but these two have their haters. (I don't like Jane, but I swear that I have NOTHING against her creator. I've seen his profile and actually find him to be a very nice guy.) Some creators may try to be like these examples, but bring literally NOTHING new to the table.
Making characters that depend too heavily on existing material. Good GOD this is one of the reasons I hate the term "OC". Because these OCs aren't very O at all! I mentioned how popular characters like Jane and Splendy are spin-offs of popular, existing material, but they bring something new to the table and may actually be able to exist without the original material, but in a different sense. However, many who don't try to do a spin-off actually go closer to the source than ripping-off. Do you know what I'm talking about? I'm talking about the OC having a RELATIONSHIP to the canon character. Like, parent-child, partner-partner relationships. These are extremely hard to do well. Unfortunately, they are common . . . Slenderman's neko daughter . . . *shudders*
CreepyPasta OCs CAN be very good and very original, even if they were never meant to be CPOCs in the first place. Laughing Jack is an example. It is rare this happens, but is not impossible. Just do a little research before making an OC.
Sexualizing
I don't think I've complained enough about how much I hate modern, sexy Halloween costumes, especially the slutty ones for your 5-year-old daughter. I want to be terrified of monsters, not sexually aroused by them! And a problem with most modern CPOCs, original or not, is that they are very sexy. Mini-skirts, tube tops, strapless dresses, bondage, engaging in kinky activities with their victims, long trench coats with nothing underneath . . . I have HUGE issues with these, because it's not creepy at all. And what is your OC for again? Oh yeah, CREEPYPasta. Now, can a killer be creepy and sexy? Of course, you just have to be able to do it right.
From what I notice, the sexy CP characters have little personality. Sexualoffenderman did have some personality and a good enough backstory, as well as motivation for why he wears long trench coats with nothing underneath; then you have the other OCs whose families were killed by Jeff or whose best friends were stolen by Slenderman. This, understandably, motivates the OC to go after the perp. This is still weak, because their motivation revolves around an existing character; but then it becomes even weaker when, for no reason at all, they go out clad in sexy skin-tight black leather or a miniskirt or a torn-up tank top, something like that, and it makes NO sense.
A sexy CPOC is fine, let me remind you, but that shouldn't be their personality in a nutshell. Like, you shouldn't focus so much on the sexy that the creepy is taken away. Most people will read CP to be scared shitless, not to be aroused by your slutty Fem!Jeff rip-off. And don't overdo it either. Give them a reason to be sexy, not just like, "DIS MAKES HIM/HER HOTTER!!!!" because that doesn't amount to much in the universe of the dark and creepy. Yes, there are sexy villains in history, but the ones we remember the most were also quite intimidating. The White Witch was beautiful, but anger her, and you were stone. She could go from pleasant and seemingly very kind-hearted to nasty and even scary in a matter of moments. Sexy OCs though seem to remain sexy all the way through, and for as much as the creator says how vicious and cold-blooded the character is, they never go into detail such as drawing the character killing someone or write about it, and even when it's done, it's glanced over so quickly that we never have time to be intimidated. I don't care if writing about gore isn't your thing; if you write a CreepyPasta, you will have to go into detail about gore if you want it to be effective.

Well I've said all I need to. So what's YOUR opinion on unoriginal or sexy-not-scary CreepyPasta OCs?

Something I forgot to mention . . . Examples of creations that bring more to the table:
laserpotato Go to her gallery and read. Now.

Description

Hey, you know what I haven't done enough of? Made a stamp complaining about how bad most CreepyPasta OCs are! Okay, well I'm considering removing a group from my watch list, a CP group, mainly because I am sick and tired of getting really lazy CPOCs, but I don't because even the group Admins are threatening to remove deviations and block deviants because of said OCs. Even they hate it as much as I do. "BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWLOCKING IS FOR COWARDS!" Bite me bitch, and we'll fight later!
So, what's the motivation for this? Well it ranges from unoriginality to plain sexualizing. Let's start with unoriginality.
Unoriginality
Despite popular belief, I am not convinced that originality is 100% dead. Nothing shows 100% originality, but nothing 100% lacks originality. Though, it can get pretty low. I do, however, think that creativity is suffering from people thinking that, if their creation matches what's popular, they too will become popular. This is why there are so many "_ the Killer OCs" or "_erman OCs". Hardly original, but that's what the creator boasts them being. The mentality seems to be, "Jeff and Slenderman are popular, so if my OC is like them, I could be popular too!" It's especially painful when the "OC" goes through the same process or even has a similar name to the original. We all remember Ffej the Murderer and NEB burned, those joke characters our beloved outmost made on his BENDrownedPlz account, right? Well, I've seen a SERIOUS "OC" following the NEB path that lead to them being Burned. I pray I misinterpreted and it IS just a joke, but God help us if it's not.
There are very popular and even dearly beloved spin-off OCs. Some that come to mind include Splendorman and Jane the Killer, but these two have their haters. (I don't like Jane, but I swear that I have NOTHING against her creator. I've seen his profile and actually find him to be a very nice guy.) Some creators may try to be like these examples, but bring literally NOTHING new to the table.
Making characters that depend too heavily on existing material. Good GOD this is one of the reasons I hate the term "OC". Because these OCs aren't very O at all! I mentioned how popular characters like Jane and Splendy are spin-offs of popular, existing material, but they bring something new to the table and may actually be able to exist without the original material, but in a different sense. However, many who don't try to do a spin-off actually go closer to the source than ripping-off. Do you know what I'm talking about? I'm talking about the OC having a RELATIONSHIP to the canon character. Like, parent-child, partner-partner relationships. These are extremely hard to do well. Unfortunately, they are common . . . Slenderman's neko daughter . . . *shudders*
CreepyPasta OCs CAN be very good and very original, even if they were never meant to be CPOCs in the first place. Laughing Jack is an example. It is rare this happens, but is not impossible. Just do a little research before making an OC.
Sexualizing
I don't think I've complained enough about how much I hate modern, sexy Halloween costumes, especially the slutty ones for your 5-year-old daughter. I want to be terrified of monsters, not sexually aroused by them! And a problem with most modern CPOCs, original or not, is that they are very sexy. Mini-skirts, tube tops, strapless dresses, bondage, engaging in kinky activities with their victims, long trench coats with nothing underneath . . . I have HUGE issues with these, because it's not creepy at all. And what is your OC for again? Oh yeah, CREEPYPasta. Now, can a killer be creepy and sexy? Of course, you just have to be able to do it right.
From what I notice, the sexy CP characters have little personality. Sexualoffenderman did have some personality and a good enough backstory, as well as motivation for why he wears long trench coats with nothing underneath; then you have the other OCs whose families were killed by Jeff or whose best friends were stolen by Slenderman. This, understandably, motivates the OC to go after the perp. This is still weak, because their motivation revolves around an existing character; but then it becomes even weaker when, for no reason at all, they go out clad in sexy skin-tight black leather or a miniskirt or a torn-up tank top, something like that, and it makes NO sense.
A sexy CPOC is fine, let me remind you, but that shouldn't be their personality in a nutshell. Like, you shouldn't focus so much on the sexy that the creepy is taken away. Most people will read CP to be scared shitless, not to be aroused by your slutty Fem!Jeff rip-off. And don't overdo it either. Give them a reason to be sexy, not just like, "DIS MAKES HIM/HER HOTTER!!!!" because that doesn't amount to much in the universe of the dark and creepy. Yes, there are sexy villains in history, but the ones we remember the most were also quite intimidating. The White Witch was beautiful, but anger her, and you were stone. She could go from pleasant and seemingly very kind-hearted to nasty and even scary in a matter of moments. Sexy OCs though seem to remain sexy all the way through, and for as much as the creator says how vicious and cold-blooded the character is, they never go into detail such as drawing the character killing someone or write about it, and even when it's done, it's glanced over so quickly that we never have time to be intimidated. I don't care if writing about gore isn't your thing; if you write a CreepyPasta, you will have to go into detail about gore if you want it to be effective.

Well I've said all I need to. So what's YOUR opinion on unoriginal or sexy-not-scary CreepyPasta OCs?

Something I forgot to mention . . . Examples of creations that bring more to the table:
laserpotato Go to her gallery and read. Now.