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NOTICE - I am writing this at a time where I am extremely sleepy. A lot of the information below could come out wrong.

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Warning: Beyond this line will be aBSOLUTELY NO MERCY.

Dan

Introduction
Where do I even begin with this 'edgy' excuse for an original character? He is (in my opinion) the worst character in the entire series. But why? As Jamie from Steven Universe once stated, "How can a guy have no faults? To be human is to be flawed. A real hero must struggle!" Dan has absolutely NO faults whatsoever. In my time of roleplaying, I've witnessed many OCs, good OCs, bad OCs, and then... Dan.

Personality and Emotion
Flaws. An OC needs them. It is physically impossible in real life to have zero flaws. In roleplay, this can be easily bent. Dan represents that bend. Perfection is something many strive for and try to accomplish. But that's not how anything works- NOTHING can be perfect. And Dan? He's perfect. Dan is a very, very typical Gary Stu. He gets all the ladies, is an always-winning 'hero', eventually becomes a villain for literally no reason, has a bad past so people can feel bad for him, and is ridiculously overpowered. His emotion of love is so unrealistic it hurts. He fell 'in love' with Night in a single night (heh, get it?). He barely even spends any time with her, but still claims that he loves her? Yeah, no. Their love isn't real, and it's actually kind of saddening. Moving on, his relationships also never really felt... true. His bond with Lala's characters weren't real and felt forced, like many other 'friends' he obtained. Friendship is sacred, but the character doesn't consider that. The whole womanizer stunt was uncalled for, and we really didn't need that in the roleplay. And by the stars, when he yawns in the face of something that would make good OCs react realistically, apart of my sanity disappears. I may seem wrong or idiotic when saying all of this, but it's simply what I think of his personality.

Appearance
Black and red. The color combination hated by many character creators. As one who spends hours browsing color palettes, I can safely say that Dan's color palette is unoriginal and plain terrible. Many OCs succeed with these two colors and avoid the stereotype surrounding the combination. However, Dan seemed to fail this. Emo/goth characters have fascinated me many times, and on occasion display the attire very generously and well. Dan did not. At least the emo community has a hint of a fashion sense. Appearance doesn't always matter in a character, but Dan should have at least had a more thought out look.

Character Development
His whole history in general is unoriginal and bad. Some characters do fit with a depressing backstory, but Dan? He seriously didn't need it at all. He didn't have ANY character development. I do hope FLH realizes that making a character more and more powerful to the point of god level is not progression. At all. Dan didn't change at all, he only grew more perfect and overly powerful. What would have made his backstory and character development better would probably be a lot less actual power, a decent childhood with, y'know, normal family, and more... well, actual sense.

Effect on the Plot
Season four. That's all I must say. A good roleplay does not focus on just one character, it gives spotlight to almost all of them. Dan managed to totally ruin that concept. The fourth season's plot could have had character developing potential if Dan wasn't such a horrible character.  