#deoncelerize

[tavlerone]

Tied Up In A Tongue Twister

digital version from last post

the progress :)

swag - @teenageswagger | one - @class-cannibal | bitter - @teenangstbitter | deoncelerized version reference - @wansura from these beautiful pieces

[miru667]

sooo i was just wondering what the term ‘deoncelerization’ means, cause i keep seeing it when i stalk older blogs XD

thank youu !

It's when someone decides to take most or all of the "onceler" aspects out of their onceler OC, so that they become a regular OC without any ties to the onceler. The change doesn't necessarily have to happen instantly either, like maybe they've been rping and making so many headcanons for their onceler OC that over the months or years their onceler OC barely has any connection to the onceler anymore, not in looks, not in goals, not in backstory, not in personality or interests, nothing, and they look back and realize, hey, it might be fun to officially deoncelerize and go nuts with creativity! But the general etiquette is that a onceler OC is a onceler OC so long as the creator still says so.

And for a bit of history, you can look through this page here: https://www.tumblr.com/wansura/search/deoncelerization

But the most important posts from that link are these:

[link 1] The very first deoncelerized onceler askblogs (we called them onceler askblogs back then instead of onceler ocs). It started in our Thneedville High AU. At the beginning it was just people having fun with headcanons for what their oncelers would be like if they weren't oncelers, and gradually it became a whole movement where people actually decided to change their characters permanently.

[link 2] "What is deoncelerization?"

[link 3] When deoncelerization was first proposed, many people were upset. Which is funny since one of the big reasons that deoncelerization was proposed in the first place was because the purists in the fandom were very vocal about HATING the fact that some ppl were letting their onceler askblogs deviate too much from canon movie onceler. (The fandom by november 2012 was very divided between AU askblog enjoyers and canon movie purists (i personally have always liked both canon and askblogs tho)) And then people became upset thinking that deoncelerization meant the end of the onceler fandom. 😂 No way!!!

There are people from outside of the fandom who have posted onceler fandom analyses claiming that the fandom disappeared overnight at the end of 2012 due to deoncelerization or due to imploding from too many askblogs deviating too far away from canon. This is NOT true. Like sure, maybe some ppl deoncelerized because they didn't want to associate with the fandom anymore, and we respected their decision if so. But from my experience many deoncelerized characters continued to interact with oncelers or other lorax characters, and people in the onceler fandom continued to follow and enjoy the stories of characters who got deoncelerized. The onceler fandom will always be the friends we've made along the way and I mean this so seriously.

[spinachbobsquarepants]

at the marauders fandom convention explaining what deoncelerization is

[straycalamities]

since ive seen a few posts about it: theres not been deoncelerization drama in a Hot Minute

if any of yall are getting the itch to oc your -lers, go...run...frolic in the fields

if, for some reason, someone does come throwing salt at your door. ive got the pool noodles. i was there in the trenches the first time the term was even coined. ive got the experience

[rocky-oc-mod]

Final hours of each year 2022 vs 2023

[theyhitthepentagon]

Hii hope this isnt a weird thing to ask but do you have any tips on how to deoncelerize characters from media you dont like anymore? Seeing you talk about it made me feel inspired to do the same with this one game I dont like anymore but have an intense attachment to ceirtain characters from it. Again, so sorry if thats a weird thing to ask, have a good day.

not weird dw!!

theres no right or wrong way to deoncelerize a character, the hardest part is learning to stop associating them with their source media (though thatll get easier over time!). otherwise heres some tips for oc-ifying them

change up their design to your liking!! personally, i use this "telephone" method where i redraw characters over and over from memory while tacking on extra traits i like to test things out. generally i do this with all of my designs before deoncelerization so i spend less time on this when im actually oc-ifying characters

figure out what you wanna do with them! do you want to give them their own ocverse? do you want to add them into an already existing ocverse you have? wanna turn them into a fan-oc for another interest you have? do you wanna just make them a standalone doodle character? figuring out what you wanna do with them can help figure out how you want to revise them

not always necessary, but change up their character a bit!

i guess this is related to the above tip but you can also change up their name, esp when they have a unique/recognizable name. i changed my benrey deoncelerization to Bert

do Not be scared of mischaracterization when it comes to deoncelerization. the whole point is to disassociate a character from their source, if you dont wanna make them resemble their source then thats COMPLETELY FINE

thats all i can think of right now. you do not HAVE to conform to all of these tips ofc. you can deoncelerize characters and have them look exactly like their original counterpart. it all depends on mental perception of the character and disassociating them with their source. ALWAYS REMEMBER to have fun and play and do anythang u want forever

also since were on this topic i realy wanna show off my deoncelerized characters and their sources. under the read more ok ...

[lemonine]

omg i found something really fun... ok so you probably know that the nintendo eshop for 3ds closed down a while ago, and i downloaded all the apps/games i ever owned back onto my 3ds just in case. among them was an app called colors 3d, released in 2012. its a simple art application. and apparently, the data for art i made in 2012 was still stored on my 3ds. so i present to you:

prototype bean

[lesbianfakir]

Thinking about converting my most elaborate tutu au premise to an original story with original characters but it simply doesn’t hit the same when it’s not my precious little guys

[notsowimpy]

I want to get anon hate so badly just so i can laugh and make fun of them because I like hate is just funny to laugh at AND WAY MORE WHEN IT'S ANONYMOUS!!! LIKE DAWG U CANT EVEN SHOW UR FACE !!! U THINK IMMA TAKE IT SERIOUSLY!!! Nahhhh I'll laugh at you so hard i may get banned over it!!

[liquidpaperfoundation1]

Someday I am going to find an ancient ask blog that says "ask the teenage!emo!indie!socialist!fem!onceler" and I'll know that I got deoncelerized at some point and that's why I feel different from the other girls.

[1940s-onceler]

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the richest of them all ?"

Hello I'm back ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) I took a little break from Tumblr but I'll keep drawing Quarante (1940ler) !

Introducing Nathan Cole as well, owner of a big railroad company and deoncelerized version of Quarante ✨ I might tell more about him later !

[miru667]

End of year art dump, part 2!! Everything from January to yesterday. xP All of this is Let It Flow AU stuff, read more for descriptions, context and credits!

1-2) Audrey Grace and the friends she made during her first recon mission to Vileville! From left to right: the Cashtea-ler ( @ampreh ), Théodore Wijins, La Rouquine ( @nalak-bel ), and Wesley the glowing boy ( @ampreh ). The last three are Cashtie’s henchmen who all want him dead. 💀

3-4) Cashtea-ler vs deoncelerized Cashtie (aka Cashtiel)

5) Audrey’s outfit for her 2nd recon mission to Vileville. >:D I really wanted to draw her in black just so she could be a little more stealth and a little more goth. Black Lady from Sailor Moon was my inspo!

6) A sketch page of OCs belonging to people from an rp server I’m in. From left to right, top to bottom, they are: Hugo (@butterscorner), Norma ( @crazypotatofan ), Nathan ( @nalak-bel ), Bean ( @lemonine ), Émilien ( @blackcatangel ), Wesley ( @ampreh​ ), Audrey (mine lol), Bét ( @bethanygabrielleart​ ), Théodore (belongs to my friend Alink, no tumblr)

7) RP art from a scene with @rafatello​ ‘s OC, Joan!! xD He pickpocketed the wrong tourist 🔪 (I love Joan he’s great kshfgjk)

[penny-anna]

would like 2 note i have begun mentally thinking of the process of turning a canon character into an OC as deoncelerization. i'm sure we could collectively coin a better word for this but i don't plan to. :)

[tavlerone]

THE CASHTEA-LER

CASHTIEL LANGUE-D'OR

Without Glasses + Base

Wooo, finally finished! Did I really have to make both his onceler and deoncelerized version? No. But I did it anyway 'cause it was fun. Seeing the difference and amount of detail of both designs :) The process was a good lighting practice too since I haven't done that in awhile. The idea of the composition stemmed from this post right here hehe

@the-cashtealer by: @ampreh

[rocky-oc-mod]

HoboPink is OUT whatever tf this is is IN /j

[theyhitthepentagon]

creator makes a dollar i make a dime thats why i steal their characters and make them mine