LANDING PAD
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A celebration of character!
17~23 October 2022!!
Join our discord server! Find more resources, collaborate with others, and build your characters with friends!
Frequently Asked Questions
✦ Who can participate?
Anyone! Everyone! There are no applications, no test, no jurying process; this event is open to anybody with a Genshin OC, or who's looking for inspiration to get started creating one!✦ So how does this work, anyway?
If the event gets enough interest, prompts will be provided for you to use. You don't have to use the prompts, anything OC-related is fair game, but they'll be there to help you get inspired and come up with ideas. When the actual week rolls around, you can share your works on Twitter (and Tumblr or anywhere else, but I'm only sharing/hosting on Twitter because I do not have energy for multiple platforms) using the hashtag #GenshinOCWeek, and also @GenshinOCWeek, so we can retweet it and share the fun all around!✦ Do I have to create anything specific?
Nope! Create whatever you like. Do an art! Write a fic! Sculpt a statue! Make a cosplay! Choreograph an interpretive dance! Anything goes so long as it's about Genshin and your original characters!✦ Can my character have ties to canon characters or other OCs?
Of course! That's half the fun! Collaborating with other people to connect your characters' histories is one of the best things about making OCs. And of course you can have your character know/be friends with/date the canon characters. Don't worry about breaking things, just go ham and have fun!✦ Are there any restrictions?
Not really. All we ask is that anything that would earn a mature or higher rating be tagged and posted either as a link or under a readmore cut or hidden using Twitter's NSFW blur filter, or something comparable, and please use the hashtag #GenshinOCWeekNSFW instead of the main one, so anyone who is underage or doesn't want to see it can mute the tag and doesn't have to see it. We will not be retweeting anything explicit or above a PG13 rating, as we want the event Twitter to be a place for everyone, but you are still welcome to create spicy works based on the prompts!✦ What if I have no idea how to get started?
Not a problem! There are a few quizzes you can take to get some ideas! Take these for a spin if you're looking for some inspiration:
- What region would you be from?
- What weapon would you use?
- What elemental Vision would you wield?
- What would your constellation be?
These are just a few quizzes we've found that can help you get some ideas, but there are probably dozens of similar quizzes out there at your disposal.
OC Templates
These were found mostly by trawling through search engines, and many were found via Pinterest. Credit is given where it was available, but if you know who made an uncredited template please DM us on Twitter so they can be credited accordingly.
✦ Mondstadt and Liyue Background Cards by Quinnyilada
✦ Inazuma Background Cards by Ferritelight10329
✦ Snezhnaya Background Cards by Inarielssh
✦ Sumeru Background Cards by Haru
✦ All Dendro but Inazuma and Sumeru edited from existing templates by me
Prompts
You can write or draw anything for any day, you don't have to follow the prompts! They are just here to give you some ideas to get started! Anything related to your OC is A-OK!
✦ Day 1 - Introductions
Give us the basic rundown about your character! Think of this as the 'Character Details' section of their profile.✦ Day 2 - Hometown
What nation is your character from? Or are they from another world? How does this affect them and the choices and relationships they make in life?✦ Day 3 - How to Make Friends and Influence People
Who is your character friends with? Whether it's other people's OCs, other OCs of your own, or canon characters, who does your character enjoy spending time with and why? How did they meet?✦ Day 4 - Elemental Resonance
Does your character have a Vision? If so, what element is it? How did they get it? Do they vibe with their element or do they struggle to master it? If they don't have one, do they want one? Are they bitter they haven't received one or are they proud to have gotten this far in life without one?✦ Day 5 - Survival Hairpin
Does your character have a personal item that is very important to them? A piece of jewelry, an article of clothing, a bag, or even their weapon? How did they acquire this item, and why is it so important?✦ Day 6 - They Work Hard for the Mora
Does your character have a job? Are they part of the Adventurer's Guild? A fisher or a hunter? A trader? Something more illicit?✦ Day 7 - Free Day/Golden Apple Vacation
If your OC went to the Golden Apple Archipelago with the Traveler, Fischl, Mona, Xinyan, and Kazuha, what would their mirage have been like?