Thank you very much for this, Lily. I especially loved the story of little Flora-Lily and also this paragraph:

"Writers love to write OFCs because they're a challenge, and they hope that readers will love and adore their OFCs as much as everyone else. But OFCs are a bit like other people's children: Few people love them as much as the writer herself."

I will think about this and write more to you tomorrow. Should really sleep now.