Board Thread:Official News and Announcements/@comment-26874253-20180225215909/@comment-35550648-20180519004903

Airbenderfreak wrote: That's fair, but we do, in fact, allow for exceptions. We're not strictly against human OCs by nature attending MH, we would just prefer justification whenever creators do desire to post them here. It operates case-by-case, as not all slasher killers are Michael or Jason, and we do want to keep the majority of OCs here more obviously monstrous, if that makes sense.

We primarily allow Universal film-based OCs because canon does. Frankie I doubt is meant to be the literal daughter of the movie version, but canon updated her look to match the more modern film depiction, which isn't inherently frowned upon. MH tends to restructure the parents anyway, such as Erik Destler being an actual phantom, whereas cult movies are strictly set in stone, they have A to B plots and characters. So long as creators switch things up as canon would do, I believe we're fine with it. And I do want to add that the mad scientist that attended MH was canonically on a "normie transfer program", not viewed as an actual monster.

I'd have to check with the other admins, but according to prior conversations between us we would allow for Freddy Krueger because he's certainly "classic" enough and a demon-hellspawn, hardly human anymore. We only ask that users not treat the entire film series as canon to MH. In other words, one based upon the classic cult film is not a crossover, but using every modern spin-off and sequel is.

(Creepypasta is a weird case as some creatures like the Slenderman could be considered folklore at this point, which technically we should allow)

I hope this all makes sense and I don't come across as condescending, and if so I apologize.

Again, we do allow for human OCs and characters that stem from cult movies, but we want for them to be handled how canon would go about it. The life and soul of MH doesn't just come from these stories and parents, but how they are changed up for a more unique take.

'''Oh, alright. See. The terminology of ‘crossover’ just seemed vague to me. That’s understandable. It’s just a strange line. If I were to give you a critique it would just to be to clear up what that means in the rules, or even just as a side page that clarifies were exactly the line is drawn. '''

'''I full understand not wanting clones of parents and characters stylized to match monster high’s style. That’s what I enjoy most about monster high. It’s the combination of the original mosnter’s style mixed with modern functionality as well as different sub-cultures/period style.'''