LET'S VOTE: RULE CHANGE

[intercom_voice]

This rule was enacted, but due to a lot of backlash, we've decided to hold it to a vote:

▶ Fancharacters who are related to or romantically involved with any canon characters are not allowed. This applies to backstory only, not to CR built in this game or others.

We're either keeping this rule as is or removing it entirely. Please comment in one of the spaces below.

KEEP IT
DELETE IT

In the future, we'll have votes for rule changes too. I apologize for the unhappiness that this has caused. We're all still a bit new at this while modding thing!

VOTING ENDS 2/2 @ 9PM EST

VOTING HAS ENDED

Voting has ended in a tie. A vote will be held between the three mods to come to a decision. Feedback on plurk and in the comments below will be taken into consideration.

Comments

(frozen comment) DELETE IT

[betraitorous]

While I understand the reasons for being cautionary, at the same time I'm a firm believer in "Fan-characters who's backstories include being related to or having been romantically involved with a canon character can be done right, if the right care and thought is put in." Especially since I have one I've been working on for a long time.

I'll use her as an example; in the canon, two major characters are a father and his son, but the mother isn't around and is never brought up or mentioned. For the past several years I've been building a character out of the mother, putting a lot of work into her personality, design, history, how she and the father met and eventually got together, her chemistry with him, why she's no longer around and what happened to her, everything I can to make her feel like a character that would actually be in the canon.
And I know I'm not the only person who puts lots of hard work into their fan-characters the same way! So I definitely say lift the rule, those characters and their creators always deserve a chance. Though I also agree with Rin's mun about checking with castmates for courtesy reasons.