Thread:ChromastoneandTabby/@comment-37396573-20181125032301/@comment-1824169-20181126023857

Just piling all sorts of powers and concepts onto your OC doesn't make them cool; it makes them cluttered. It's not creative or imaginative since literally every kid does it. Making a character with balanced abilities and consistent theming is much more difficult than just slapping together everything you think is "cool" and calling it a day.

Cool characters are cool because of context. Children can find just about any overpowered character "cool" via the power fantasy aspect, but once you start getting a bit older, pure power fantasies stop being cool. Just putting on a flashy show and doing the narrative equivalent of jingling keys in a baby's face isn't good enough anymore. Stories need conflict and relatable characters, and an overpowered character neuters the conflict by never facing a real threat and usually being way too far removed from the average person.