Everyone has read fanfics. Everyone has their own aspects to the subject.

Some fanfiction has the same run-of-the-mill idea. The original character falls in love with the copyrighted character, and so on and so forth. Or, the copyrighted character acts against what their personality is.

Originality is taking small, simple details and elaborating on them YOUR way. Example, Sonic the Hedgehog.

If you saw a story where Sonic the Hedgehog falls in love with the original character and it's kind of boring, because Sonic turns against all beleifs he has in his games, what would you say?

But if you saw a story like one I've read by , Sonic keeps hs personality. Her characters have beautifully enriched pasts and histories, making them a marvel all to themselves. They all have family trees, relations, and are simply lovely to read about. There may be a few nice twists on Sonic and Shadow et cetera, but not many. Sonic ultimatly stays himself, and gives for a good plotline in all her stories.

Also, by , There is a story bewteen to of her characters. Sonic does not appear much in this at all, proving the fact that she's developed a whole world of her own. Like TULAngel, the twists are small but sweet, and fun to read.

In 's stories, she has planets, worlds, kingdoms, and everything that's hers. She puts so much creativity into her writing, you really can't tell the difference from published, Top selling stories and her own. So many characters fit here and unlock this, It's amazing to see just who fits with what.

The point I'm getting at here is that the more you elaborate on your cahracters, and the less on the original characters, the more interesting the story will be, and more pleasing to the general public. Like has said,

"Once apon a time, back in 1998 I was a young boy with MS paint and some sonic sprites. I took the idea to make a fan character because it was when it was just starting out. I took my paint bucket and created Steve. I grew fond of him right away, and thus wanted to make a story. My first thoughts were what everyone else was doing, and I thought it was making there own story's from scratch. I was SO wrong. I went out and took some time, I had a good story going for me! No sonic, robotnik, Nothing from sonic whatsoever! I thought I was doing such a great job and wanted to share with the community. I was and am the only person of my kind."

There are many stories here that have nothing to do with Sonic whatsoever, excet the fact that the general concept of their cahracter design are the same. Take me, for instance. My character Jackson Mo'heir the Hedgehog/Ring-tailed lemur is an Irish sailer, who's doomed for life under sail with a wretched captain. No sonic, so Eggman, none of that.


It all boils down to one thing. Elaborate more on your characters, and don't change what's already there too much. It's alright to tweak it a little, that's always fun. Sometimes, it's fun to give past and reasons that the games and movies may never, or will never explain. Sometimes, it's fun to pair up a character with yours. But don't change the character (Like Sonic) so much that it's unbearable.