<!doctype html><htmllang=en><head><metacharset=utf-8><metaname=viewportcontent="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><linkrel="shortcut icon"href=/img/icon.pngtype=image/png><metaname=generatorcontent="Hugo 0.79.0"><metaproperty="og:title"content="Why is my OC a girl"><metaproperty="og:description"content="An essay about gender and ponies."><metaproperty="og:type"content="article"><metaproperty="og:url"content="http://toasters.rocks/why-is-my-oc-a-girl/"><metaproperty="og:image"content="http://toasters.rocks/images/2020/10/tumblr_nf5ohq1Tn01qexvxeo2_1280.png"><metaproperty="article:published_time"content="2020-10-10T21:00:00+00:00"><metaproperty="article:modified_time"content="2020-10-10T21:00:00+00:00"><metaname=twitter:cardcontent="summary_large_image"><metaname=twitter:imagecontent="http://toasters.rocks/images/2020/10/tumblr_nf5ohq1Tn01qexvxeo2_1280.png"><metaname=twitter:titlecontent="Why is my OC a girl"><metaname=twitter:descriptioncontent="An essay about gender and ponies."><title>Why is my OC a girl - toasters rocks</title><linkrel=stylesheethref=/css/styles.css><linkrel=stylesheethref=/css/syntax.css><scriptsrc=https://kit.fontawesome.com/8ced65a629.jscrossorigin=anonymous></script></head><body><header><imgsrc=/img/icon.png><h1>toasters rocks</h1></header><main><aside><nav><ahref=/><iclass="fas fa-home"></i>Home</a><br><ahref=http://juju2143.ca/><iclass="fas fa-user"></i>About</a><br><ahref=/fr/><iclass="fas fa-globe"></i>Français</a><br><ahref=https://yukiis.moe/><iclass="far fa-comment"></i>Comics</a><br><ahref=https://codewalr.us/><iclass="far fa-folder-open"></i>Forums</a><br></nav><br><nav><atitle=Twitterhref=https://twitter.com/juju2143><istyle=color:#4da7declass="fab fa-twitter"></i><spanstyle=color:#4da7de>Twitter</span></a><br><atitle=Discordhref=https://discord.gg/cuZcfcF><istyle=color:#7289daclass="fab fa-discord"></i><spanstyle=color:#7289da>Discord</span></a><br><atitle=GitHubhref=https://github.com/juju2143><istyle=color:#221e1bclass="fab fa-github"></i><spanstyle=color:#221e1b>GitHub</span></a><br><atitle=Patreonhref=https://patreon.com/juju2143><istyle=color:#f96854class="fab fa-patreon"></i><spanstyle=color:#f96854>Patreon</span></a><br><atitle=YouTubehref=https://youtube.com/user/julosoft><istyle=color:#e02a20class="fab fa-youtube"></i><spanstyle=color:#e02a20>YouTube</span></a><br><atitle="YouTube 2"href=https://youtube.com/c/juju2143><istyle=color:#e02a20class="fab fa-youtube"></i><spanstyle=color:#e02a20>YouTube 2</span></a><br><atitle=Twitchhref=https://twitch.tv/juju2143><istyle=color:#6441a5class="fab fa-twitch"></i><spanstyle=color:#6441a5>Twitch</span></a><br><atitle=Instagramhref=https://instagram.com/j.p.savard><istyle=color:#d6249fclass="fab fa-instagram"></i><spanstyle=color:#d6249f>Instagram</span></a><br><atitle=DeviantArthref=https://deviantart.com/juju2143><istyle=color:#c5d200class="fab fa-deviantart"></i><spanstyle=color:#c5d200>DeviantArt</span></a><br><atitle=SoundCloudhref=https://soundcloud.com/juju2143><istyle=color:#fe3801class="fab fa-soundcloud"></i><spanstyle=color:#fe3801>SoundCloud</span></a><br></nav></aside><articlestyle=background-image:url(/images/2020/10/tumblr_nf5ohq1Tn01qexvxeo2_1280.png)><divclass=metadatastyle="height:calc((var(--height) - 2em) * 0.8320693391115926 - 3.5em)"><h2name=top>Why is my OC a girl</h2><p>An essay about gender and ponies.</p><iclass="far fa-calendar-alt"></i><timedatetime=2020-10-10>October 10, 2020</time><br><iclass="fas fa-tags"></i>#<aclass="btn btn-sm btn-outline-dark tag-btn"href=http://toasters.rocks/tags/rant>Rant</a><br><iclass="fas fa-hourglass"></i>~5 minutes</div><p>An OC, short for “original character”, is often used, especially in the brony and furry fandoms, as an avatar of oneself, and in those fandoms you’re encouraged to create one for yourself. And so is what I did as a brony around 2012, as a fan of <em>My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic</em>, this show that somehow went hugely popular o
