I'm making an animation OC for a fanfic and I was like: Hmm, I want to have a female one so I can relate more, but I don't wanna gender bend my Oc's..... What if I gender bend AshFur form Warrior Cats! He looks cool in my imagination! So this is the W.I.P of it!
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You say you don't wanna gender bend your OC's. Well then just create an OC of your own that's already female. It's not that hard. I know you probably don't wanna change the W.I.P your making, but maybe you could use this idea for future reference. It might be helpful.
I mean, you basically used an already pre-existing character and changed everything about them. It may not be the same character anymore, but it still technically spawned from somebody else's work.