Discussion: What are your views on OC ponies?

With season 1 coming to a close at the end of this month, and MLP's huge history of ORIGINAL CHARACTER DO NOT STEAL... will we see an influx of OC ponies over the summer?

Have you created an OC pony yet?

Do you read stories involving OC ponies?

Has any OC pony artwork caught your eye?

I personally don't think I'll ever be able to connect with anything other than the mane cast.  Sure the Apocalypse Ponies are neat and all, but they will never come close to how amazing Twilight Sparkle is.