User blog comment:Thunderboltshock/How to make a good backstory for your character/@comment-11848168-20140312033527

Then there is the orphan stereotype. Ironically, all of my OCs are orphans with the exception of my first, who has daddy issues. This is because it gets rid of any limit set by the fact that the character in question may have one or more parents that may be there. Honestly, parents in fiction are a huge limit on the character. We just don't like our OCs being held back like that, and that's a trend we should try to at least slightly branch from. I have a few more stereotypes, but I don't want to steal your thunder more than I already did, Monk. Thanks for making this thread.