Original Character Do Not Steal

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Name: Darkedgebloodsword Weapon: Soul Katana (its flames grow the more souls it claims). Fav Band: Slipknot Fav movie: The Dark Knight Bio: Darkedgebloodsword the Hedgehog hates Sonic and his friends and almost kills all of them. Using their power of friendship, Sonic convinces Darkedgebloodsword to turn his life around and fight the forces of evil with his killer katana and his cleats of pain. But he has no soul and cannot love even though he desperately wants to. He is an orphan and vows to take revenge. Friends: Shaggy 2Dope Shrek, Pewdiepie Enemies: Justin Bieber Quote: "my heart is a black tormented hole of emptiness, how are you?" DO NOT STEAL Ultimate Neckbeard Sonic OC (do not steal)

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"Original Character, Do Not Steal" is an expression originally used on the art sharing site deviantART. While sometimes used literally to discourage fellow artists from stealing an artist's original character idea, it is more often used ironically to caption a picture of a character either obviously copied directly from an existing piece of pop culture or so sloppily rendered no one would want to steal it. The phrase is commonly used by Sonic fan artists.

Origin

On March 18th, 2008, DeviantART^[4] user Kurobon uploaded a piece of art titled "LOL PENIS THE HEDGEHOG," parodying Sonic the Hedgehog fan art, with a caption that read "original character do not steal."

As of March 2014, the art has over 300 views.

Spread

On December 3rd, 2011, YouTuber Ukinojoe^[5] uploaded a video titled "Blonic' which poked fun at users calling their artwork "original characters" by including "blonic", who was original, not a rip off of Sonic. The video description simply reads "do not steal." As of March 2014, the video has gained over 1.3 million views.

On May 17th, 2012, Urban Dictionary^[2] user Mjfan13298 submitted an entry for "original character" which defined it as:

"A character in a major franchise created by a fan of something, and self inserted into that franchise usually via art and fanfics."

On September 13th, 2013, College Humor^[1] published a comic strip titled "If Characters Acted Like Their Nerdy Fans" which featured a panel with Sonic holding a picture of a human explaining it was his "original human character" and urging others not to steal it.