User blog comment:SolariusFlare/Guide to making characters/@comment-3190872-20110902151251

Now this is a well written guide. Short and to the point, yet still quite effective (at least, I hope it will be). However, there is one thing in particular that I'd like to comment on from a personal point of view. Though I do admit that relations with canon characters are the common culprit for unoriginality, I think that it can be used within reason. For example, my fanon continuity of Mobius: Next is based around the generation following the canon characters. This may seem unoriginal at first glance, but I've taken many long hours of my time to work on original storys, characters and twists of canon information to create an extensive timeline of generally original storyarcs. Like you said, greatness takes time. If that time is used wisely, it can turn something seemingly unoriginal into quite a decent story... not to toot my own horn or anything.