Sometimes OOC works because it's funny.
Sometimes OOC works in spite of itself: "I don't think ____ would really say or do that, but I kind of like it anyway"; it somehow winds up in harmony with the canon character.
But sometimes OOC is just bad.
SEVERUS SNAPE DOES NOT TICKLE PEOPLE.
Even if he's fifteen.
This means you.
(As you were.)
Sometimes OOC works in spite of itself: "I don't think ____ would really say or do that, but I kind of like it anyway"; it somehow winds up in harmony with the canon character.
But sometimes OOC is just bad.
SEVERUS SNAPE DOES NOT TICKLE PEOPLE.
Even if he's fifteen.
This means you.
(As you were.)