I was thinking about making a transcendence OC any tips

Most of us just make up whatever OCs are required by a fic, headcanon, bit of worldbuilding or what have you without any particular or overarching guidelines, so there might not be very many ‘tips’ useful overall. Tauverse isn’t really one with the structures in place for -sona style OCs (i.e. trollsona, gemsona), so if that’s what you’re thinking of then this might not be much help. If not, though…

1.) What function does the OC serve? Is it to flesh out a headcanon or a reincarnation idea, to advance a fic’s plot, to provide an outsider perspective or to explore a new situation? For example, Bentley Farkas came from a hc/submission suggesting an R!Mabel who read Twin Souls before meeting Alcor and was very, very concerned about the relationship therein, especially once they found out they were Mizar. Other common OCs include cultists or summoners who screw up (and sometimes know it), or witness Alcor in an odd setting or mood, or genuinely want something good but go about it in a bad way, or any number of other little motives and situations and so forth. You could make an OC who comes to Gravity Falls as a tourist and gets an confused outsider’s eyeful of normal life in that town. Or perhaps you might just want a little fic about some English granny halfway around the world at the time of the transcendence suddenly finding pixies in her garden and having to deal with that. Whatever works to tickle your fancy!

2.) Magic and myth is pretty freerange in TAUverse. Chances are that if there is (or was) a magic or superstition or the like in our world, it might actually exist over there. This goes for all sorts of supernatural beings and all sorts of magic systems, from scrying to gemstone magic to sigils and runes. Some things might not exist as far as crossover powers, of course – no Hogwarts wands/magic, no elemental benders, etc. – but overall there’s a lot of breadth and diversity in magical style for humans and supernatural beings alike. All we typically ask is for some reasonable treatment of strength and weakness – nobody’s all-powerful, though Alcor may perhaps come close…

3.) Which brings me to this one very important thing: in TAUverse, Alcor is unique. No other human becomes a demon as he did. Humans and demons normally don’t mix (and this goes for breeding as well: no mixed offspring between humans, demons, and angels, in any arrangement) and we want to keep that exclusive to this one canon character. We can’t stop you from writing the tragic ascension of Joe Schmoe to demon/angelhood, of course, but it probably won’t be counted as TAU canon or posted on the blog. 🙂

Other than that…just read a lot of headcanons. See what’s been accepted as possible or plausible or just plain amusing as a hypothetical in TAUverse already. Get inspired. OCs just kind of happen organically around here; it doesn’t have to be anything particularly difficult or involved. Pick a situation, decide what sort of person is needed to best explore it, write it out, and you’re done.

Light and Shadow

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Happy birthday, @zilleniose-chu! Enjoy. 🙂

He fell
like a star – burning.

Fire
leaked from his teeth, licking against hardened scales, whipped away by the air
that roared around his plummeting form. He tried to slow himself; a high shriek
tore itself from his throat in another burst of flame, his voice crying out in
sympathy for his wing joints.

So
many had aimed true. Too many, even for him.

Streaming
blood and fire, burning inside and out as he fell, and still he dimly hoped
that he had gotten far enough away, that his body, out of control as it was,
would not cause them harm in what may be its final moments.

He
struck trees first, mighty branches snapping like twigs beneath him, splintered
edges gouging and tearing at scales and membrane and perhaps even flesh. Then
there was the ground and more trees still, piling up around him as he ploughed
through them all, exploding into the air and hailing back down, stifling the
fire at his maw for good.

The
silence that followed rang in his mind like a bell. He lifted his snout from
its newly dug trench, clods of earth and felled trees sliding away with the
motion, tried to shift his claws beneath him, and crumpled again with a rumble
which verged on a whimper. The fire was gone, but the blood remained, and it
burned inside.

He
laid his head back down. The world was dark; he closed his eyes, just for a
little while, just to rest.

When
he next opened them, there was light.

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If the OCs (like Lionel, Bentley, Belle, Mira, etc ) were ever to meet Dipper from before he became a demon, what would they think of him?? What would be their views on him in general??

In a sense, Lionel and Belle did meet Dipper pre-demon, if you consider the fact that he sealed his powers and memories and was, for twelve years, more or less human in practice. So it’d be nothing new for them.

As for others – it would really vary, and not just from character to character, but also in terms of the exact situation. For instance, do they already know about Alcor’s backstory at this time? Do they know that they’re meeting a fully human him through some weird quirk of time travel or dimensional magic or the unexplained power of our collective fandom imagination? Do they have any expectations of the meeting beforehand? It’s really hard to say. In fact I can think of exactly one initial impression which would likely appear across the board:

Oh my god he’s tiny!

I won’t lie. I was a little put off with all the OC’s in the AU but now they’ve started growing on me and sometimes I forget that they aren’t actually in the show? Like, ugh, this AU is taking over my life.

Zoey isn’t generally a fan of OCs in fandom works either, but they can be done right! Good OCs in my opinion, are there to compliment canon characters and not steal the spotlight. They’re there to help the story along, to give new perspective, and ultimately give the canon characters more depth.

Henry and the triplets honestly are there to compliment Mabel and Dipper, to give their life more meaning and purpose. Other OCs, like various friends Dipper makes, are there to compliment him and further tell his story as he progresses through immortality.

The story is still all about the canon characters (mostly Dipper and Mabel), there’s no doubt about that. But I’m surprised how attached I’ve gotten with all the OCs too! They’re all very well done, and made to fit perfectly within the canon-divergent story.