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OC stands for original character.

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The following definition dates to February 2002 in anime fandom:

OC - Original Character. This is when an author adds a new character to the story that she/he made up her/himself. The character is original and not found in the original.[1]


The following definition dates to March 2002 in the Gundam Wing fandom:

Original Character: The author has made up an original character that is one of the main characters or that plays an important role in the story. [2]

The following term dates to June 2003 in Kare Kano fandom:

OC: Original Character. The fic has a character made up by the writer interacting with the characters you know[3]

The following definition dates to October 2003 and was written by Chantal Gouveia:

OC: Original character, created to fill a hole in a fic. Because Tolkien was just not thinking straight when he made the fellowship leave Rivendell without a ferret juggler. [4]


The following term dates to 2005 in the Lord of the Rings fandom:

OC - Original character. An original character is one of the main characters of the story/ pairing. [5]


The following definition dates to September 2006 in anime fandom:

OC - original character. [6]


The following definition dates to 2008 in the Superman fandom:

OC - An acronym meaning Original Character. An original character is any character that is not in the series and is created by the author.[7]

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