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Posted: Early 2012

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The Smiling Pony
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Rainbow Rocks 10th Anniversary: Sonata Dusk - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of EQG Rainbow Rocks!
Celestial Glory - Helped others get their OC into the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Solar Hero - Went above and beyond for the Solar Deity, drawing from the power of the sun itself to bring balance to the fight against the Lunar Insurrection (April Fools 2023).
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.

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@Starly  
OCs should never stand out more than the main cast. If you toss in every pony in the show into an image in random positions, named characters barely stand out from background ones. Now put your average “bad OC” in that mix and you can spot them instantly by the high-contrast colors, the odd build or the never-seen-in-the-show accessories.
LightningBolt
Umbrella - For Patreon supporters
Lightning Dee - Derpi Supporter
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Rainbow Rocks 10th Anniversary: Aria Blaze - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of EQG Rainbow Rocks!
Celestial Glory - Helped others get their OC into the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Hero - Went above and beyond in the name of Lunar freedom, they will be remembered in legends and folklore as paragons of heroism for generations (April Fools 2023).

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Undead inside
I don’t even know why the unofficial rules of OCs are “make them as boring as possible because any ounce of creativity is wrong and people will call your OC a mary sue for it”
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@WindDancer  
People say characters in the show have dark colors like OCs, but they don’t. I suppose the right word isn’t “dark”, but “pastel.” If an OC is red, it’s bright red, and if an OC is gray, it’s…well, think about Thunderlane and Hoity Toity. They’re “dark” colored but still “pastel.” this is a really bad way of explaining it but the best I can do.
WindDancer

@Tamar
 
Well, I might dispute the “alicorn” bit, but we don’t see as many alicorn OCs these days, for which I’m thankful. Otherwise, yeah.
 
Nothing wrong with a dark and/or drab coloration - there are characters in the show that have dark and/or drab colorations. Octavia, Dr. Whooves, that brown-coated pegasus who tormented Rainbow Dash, plus quite a few generic background ponies.
 
Nothing wrong with accessories - ponies have accessories. Even the mane six sometimes have accessories.
 
Nothing wrong with multicolored hair - again, quite common. Full-on Rainbow Dash style hair, not so much, but two-tone? Not that uncommon. Twilight, Lyra, Bon Bon…
 
And so on.
 
But you can overdo it. For example, I do take issue with the really, really obnoxious color combinations… jet black coat with a spiked red mohawk and red eyes? Yeah, that’s not as “awesome” or “epic” or whatever as you think it is.
Tamar

The trouble is, each one of the things mentioned is not inherently bad … it’s just when it gets overused so much that it shows the lack of imagination…