Intro...
Jaze sat back and shook his head. "I don't think it'll work out."
"Why not?"
"First thing first--you're dead."
HW rasied an eyebrow and turned her chin up. "Mary agrees with me."
Marionette, who was sitting in the distant, waved her hand and continued reading her book.
"See."
Jaze rolled his eyes. "...Fine...we'll have an OC contest..."
...Now you know how this contest came to be...
Info: Now, as you already know, I'm not a fan of OC's—most of them turn out to be big fat Mary's Sues (if you don't know what those are, just ask and I'll tell)—but that doesn't mean every OC is a bad one. If you have a story which contains an OC, please tell us (yes, there is more than one judge) your penname, story title, name of your OC and a tiny description of what kind of character we're looking at. Then we will analyze and grade your OCs to see which is the best of all Teen Titan stories. If you want to enter but don't have an OC, then make up a one-shot (or…two-shot) about a character of your own design and write them into a small plot concerning the Titans.
I have to warn you…Alex is a judge and he hates OC's more than I do (and if you ever read one of his stories, you'll see that he usually kills them off—but not before degrading them in every possible way). In contradiction to that, anyone who wants to know what we're looking for should contact Alex (Full penname is Alexnandru Van Gordon) or myself, via e-mail, and Alex will tell you how to write a character that he could possibly like (he has all these books in his room about character design and he took a course on it, so don't be fooled by his hatred).
Deadline: We'd very much prefer it if you could get in your information before January 2nd. We don't
Judges: (So far…I want to ask Dlsky if she'll join us but I haven't had the time yet…) Victor Van Heiring (myself), Alexnandru Van Gordon, and Slade Wilson – Deathstroke.
Important fact: In the next chapter (posting) we will name all the contestants and the information they sent us in case anyone else wants to see what they're up against. The number of OCs you can enter is unlimited, so go ahead and send us what you want. Have fun!
Example of a round, non-Mary Sue character:
'…Oranges meant the world to her because the scent of it reminded her of grandmother. What it proved to her was that life and love continued on after death and far beyond. When the day came that her grandmother died she had no worries, but now, as she lay in the sticky mess created only by herself, Hannah knew there was no later for her; no life; no love. She wasn't a hero or a miracle maker, and now everyone hated her…
These were the dying thoughts of Hannah Bell…' —Shara Miller (girl at my school who wins contests on stuff like this. Believe me when I say she's good at it…)