It's not so much what they can do and who they are connected to as how they are presented, I think. An example might be "Mildred/Jimmy," the shapeshifter Fabula Rasa has come to talk with Sirius in dog form in Stone Cold Sober. The story is never from her POV but she's presented through other characters. Another one that I think really works is Eirik in Josan's A Gift of Light. (Although I think that OMCs and OFCs present different challenges.)
And you know what? I think this would be a great discussion for our newly-created hp_fictalk. I can think of examples of OCs that work for me and some that don't, and it might be fun to talk about OC fic.
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Date: 2004-01-20 02:34 am (UTC)And you know what? I think this would be a great discussion for our newly-created