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As for making new OC's or reusing old ones: for me it depends on the RP. Some RP's just need a new character because it's unlike I've ever done before. Or I may look at a plot and have a great idea for a new character that would be perfect for it. And sometimes it's fun to make a new character, something you never played before. But I reuse my OC's a lot. Putting an old OC is a new setting, a new plot, with new people, will allow me to use my OC's in different ways and see how they would do in the new setting. One example is when I took a Pokémon-trainer OC, tweaked his history/backstory a bit and put him in the Harry Potter fandom. I know I could make a new wizard from scratch, but I was really curious how this particular OC, with his personality and quirks, would be as a wizard. And making a 'new' character who happened to have the same personality seemed a bit pointless. I really don't need 5 very similar characters if I can use one and tweak his backstory to make him fit in with the new fandom. I suppose the difference is how you RP. It can be more character-driven and you need a new plot so your OC can have an adventure, or it can be more plot-driven because you want to have an adventure and need a character to do so.
As for making new OC's or reusing old ones: for me it depends on the RP. Some RP's just need a new character because it's unlike I've ever done before. Or I may look at a plot and have a great idea for a new character that would be perfect for it. And sometimes it's fun to make a new character, something you never played before. But I reuse my OC's a lot. Putting an old OC is a new setting, a new plot, with new people, will allow me to use my OC's in different ways and see how they would do in the new setting. One example is when I took a Pokémon-trainer OC, tweaked his history/backstory a bit and put him in the Harry Potter fandom. I know I could make a new wizard from scratch, but I was really curious how this particular OC, with his personality and quirks, would be as a wizard. And making a 'new' character who happened to have the same personality seemed a bit pointless. I really don't need 5 very similar characters if I can use one and tweak his backstory to make him fit in with the new fandom. I suppose the difference is how you RP. It can be more character-driven and you need a new plot so your OC can have an adventure, or it can be more plot-driven because you want to have an adventure and need a character to do so.
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