User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/My thoughts on OCs/@comment-5665682-20140618183643/@comment-3076833-20140618205511

When people make a character they find them special because it was their creation (regardless of how original it is). Fan made to most newbies look like a label that's saying "i'm not as good as official characters" and hence make the character look "less special" than the creator thinks they are. That's why I beleive most resort to at least not slapping the fanmade label on OCs, some to the point of claiming it's official, or going to be. This "special treatment" also explains why people get so defensive towards critisism.

What can be done though? You can't exactly tell people to not like the character they so adore. Like most newb problems the only thing you can hope for is for them to eventually grow out of this phase, I mean the newbish attitude phase.