Yup. I didn’t use to care so much about my OCs, though that was because I’d never really come up with a story for them. But I totally get now how frustrating it is to put so much thought into original content, only to not have anyone care.
At the end of the day, we’re supposed to be doing this for ourselves, but it’s still discouraging when no one shows any interest at all. If you ever wanna chat about OCs though I’m here. (my main issues right now are for my story itself rather than my characters but I’m always up for whatever)