08-19-2017, 06:19 AM
Where is the line between C-List NPC and "Acceptable to classify as an Original Character" drawn?
Like, let's say I wanted to make a secondary NPC out of Camper Liam from Brock's Gym in Pokemon FireRed or the unnamed Saiyan lady with the knife used as the thumbnail for the Saiyan wiki page. Both of these are clearly characters no one would play, have at most one or two lines of dialogue, and are functionally being used just for their looks or maybe one characteristic they have and otherwise being completely original. So are these just really low C-listers, or are they so functionally indistinct from Originals one could get away not counting them?
Reason I ask is because I was thinking of having a nameless midboss from Yuuka's game as a force secondary later down the line- but even though she has no dialogue or even a name, she does technically have an original design that differs from any other character in the series. So by Touhou standards she is a "Canon." Just one so blindingly minor she has no personality, name, et cetera.
Like, let's say I wanted to make a secondary NPC out of Camper Liam from Brock's Gym in Pokemon FireRed or the unnamed Saiyan lady with the knife used as the thumbnail for the Saiyan wiki page. Both of these are clearly characters no one would play, have at most one or two lines of dialogue, and are functionally being used just for their looks or maybe one characteristic they have and otherwise being completely original. So are these just really low C-listers, or are they so functionally indistinct from Originals one could get away not counting them?
Reason I ask is because I was thinking of having a nameless midboss from Yuuka's game as a force secondary later down the line- but even though she has no dialogue or even a name, she does technically have an original design that differs from any other character in the series. So by Touhou standards she is a "Canon." Just one so blindingly minor she has no personality, name, et cetera.
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