in my opinion, fan characters are NOT orginal. while developing your own character [i]is[/i] original, making one for an existing show, movie, book, etc. is NOT. also, i'm sick of the amount of fan characters submitted into this club. it's just irony to have them in the Sanctum of ORIGINALITY, you know? i don't think they should be allowed at all. just my two cents.

True a fan character may not be as original, but I have tried several "Pregenerated" worlds likd a DC comics and Marvel comics roleplays, so I can say that making a fan character is somewhat original. It isn't like making a clone character, but like making a character and putting them into uniform to fit a world. Examples below. Gnarltooth the Orc, placed in Ogrimmar or another WoW city is still a WoW Fan Character but not a clone. Jessie "Red Sash" O'neil could be a pirate that just for the current moment could be aboard the Black Pearl. While a fan character both of these could have their own background that could still make them original characters but the current story just happens to be in a "Fan World". And making your own superhero mutant for your own world, you could be testing them in another roleplay that uses a specific world so you have to dress them to fit the world. Your two cents make a good argument but still I believe making your own character for a "crossover" story is still an original character and for the time being is allowed.