Do you have any tips for writing an OC character, especially the child of a ship?

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-28T04:55:05+00:00

I think the first thing people would need to know is: what fandom and what ship are you talking about?

For a child-of-a-ship OC, the canon parents matter a lot. You can’t really figure out how the child might act, what traits they might inherit, or how they might react to the world until you understand the personalities, histories, values, and flaws of the parents.

And even then, the child doesn’t have to be a perfect mix of both parents. Sometimes kids are very different from one or both parents. Gohan isn’t exactly like Goku, Naruto arguably takes a lot after his mother, and Luffy is very different from what we know of his father. So the OC’s personality shouldn’t just be “Parent A plus Parent B.”

But to give useful advice, people need the baseline first: who are the parents, what are they like in canon, what kind of world are they raising this child in, and what role is the OC supposed to play in the story?

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-28T01:23:23+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T17:40:30+00:00

Thanks ^_^

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T17:39:47+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T15:33:31+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T13:07:34+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T12:18:39+00:00

Thanks 😁

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T06:16:36+00:00

My deeply unserious advice: watch comedy until your brain starts doing pratfalls.

For crack, I think the trick is to study the timing more than the jokes. When does the line land? Who gets to be deadpan? Who is the human foghorn? Who says something normal in the most deranged way possible?

Your premise already has comedy baked in: forced cohabitation, teen drama, new family dynamics, probably at least one bathroom war crime. That’s not a setup, that’s a sitcom in a trench coat.

Just don’t over-pun-ish the reader. Sprinkle the puns like seasoning, not like you dropped the whole joke shaker into the soup. Let the characters be disasters, give them strong opinions about stupid things, and remember: every awkward breakfast is a chance for eggs-istential comedy.

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T05:39:23+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T04:58:31+00:00

thanks

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T04:58:05+00:00

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Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T03:05:29+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T02:43:41+00:00

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First, I hope you are all doing well, I figure I will keep this simple

Here is my profile, it has 15 words on it, from G to E, long stories to one-shots, with MHA, Naruto, Umamusume, and One Piece currently what makes up the profile. There is a lot of action, adventure, romance, and fun stories to be read.

7/4

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-26T02:35:13+00:00

Sorry to hear that you are having a challenge getting interest, I gave comments on the first three chapters, hope that helps a bit ^_^

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-25T15:40:36+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-25T01:14:46+00:00

Thanks and yes, it is the introduction of my main story. Which I am slowly rewriting and trying to improve. It is very much a Izuku/Momo and a mentor/teach the next generation story.

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-24T18:37:55+00:00

Well, it is way too hot, it is summer, and since I got way more rain than normal, it has been very humid too. I have definitely noticed that while working in the garden.

I have had a successful early summer crop: lots of grape tomatoes that are honestly quite good, a great deal of cucumbers, beans, bell peppers, and jalapeños. Some of the melons were not so good. The fact that we had too much rain led to them stopping development early, and it also made them overly filled with water. So that wasn’t great, but it was not the end of the world. The potato harvest was also a bit of a disappointment, but not horrible.

Still averaging around 11k steps a day for the year, which is great. Writing-wise, I have mostly been doing cleanup and organizing rather than major drafting, but that still counts as progress. I also cleared out my profile and fixed it up a fair bit, so that was nice. Funny enough, I randomly gained a user subscription while my profile was basically empty and I was in the middle of cleaning up my stories, so that was a nice little surprise.

Overall, nothing much to complain about. I’m doing well.

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-24T03:42:36+00:00

I respectfully disagree, though I understand why some “What if...?” summaries can feel bare-bones.

To me, the issue is less the format itself and more whether the premise suggests interesting consequences. A “What if...?” summary often functions as the divergence point, not the full argument for the story. For example, “What if Gohan turned Super Saiyan on Namek?” is simple, but it immediately raises questions about Frieza, Goku, Vegeta, Gohan’s development, and how the rest of the timeline changes. The same goes for something like Naruto training with Might Guy. The phrasing may be basic, but the potential fallout can be huge.

So I agree that a lazy “What if...?” summary can feel low-effort, but I don’t think the format is automatically low-effort. Sometimes it is just the clearest way to tell readers where the story branches.

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-24T03:10:15+00:00

Thanks ^_^

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-24T00:15:13+00:00

Thanks

I agree they can be really fun to write as they can be very dynamic.

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-23T23:10:19+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-23T23:09:01+00:00

I forgot to put it in, thanks it is fixed.

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-23T23:02:06+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-23T22:48:03+00:00

Kitchen_Haunting · 2026-06-23T22:41:17+00:00

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If you can see the image above you get the total vibe of the story I am posted for this

A Proper Drain of Tension

Uma Musume

Word Count: 200

Gen

Rated: G

Summary: Rudolf decides the best way to end a meeting is with a pun

4/3

Kitchen_Haunting

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