I've been roleplaying on a different website for a while, and one thing that I've noticed there is that everyone seems to do these pre-made characters/roles for the RPs. 

Sometimes it'll just be a name or a title/archetype plus a few bulletpoints, but other times it gets as detailed as this (not my character description)-

[quote]i. Byrne, Emaleth 
ii. Emaleth Nykteria ["Of the Night"] 
iii. If the gossip mongers of Haggy can count on anyone, it is Emaleth. She is like a shadow on the wall, for the way she seems to magically know all that goes on of these haunted halls. Although she knows all the rules that are broken and all the hearts that are crushed by deeds most unseemly, she refuses to take part in such revelries herself. She has her eyes on the prize, and getting caught up in pathetic merriment now would only distract her from her ultimate goals. Far from being a snitch, Em uses other’s secrets to illicit favors and loyalty. Most just assume she has a stick in somewhere unpleasant because she has never learned how to let loose, but all of the Byrne clan has a terrible secret. Their fortunes have dwindled to a pathetic state, and they have had to secretly sell almost all of their possessions of worth just to maintain their lavish persona. The dowry to Em’s betrothed was vast, with powerful objects and ancient texts since her family has never boasted of great power. That, too, has been sold off, and if her fiance’s family were to know the truth, her impending union may be disintegrated. Emaleth has to balance carefully to maintain her image of perfection, for if anyone were to suspect that she had nothing to show for her name, her future would be as dark as her heart. 
iv. FC: Sara Witt[/quote]
(from https://urstyle.com/styles/553167)

The way it works on that site, most people either have a "reservation" system (first-come, first-serve) or you have to "audition" for a character, so you basically get a character based on how much GM likes your sheet (if there are multiple people "auditioning" for the same character). If you don't get the character you want, tough luck. They'll usually let you pick another character that hasn't been taken and run with it, but I find that most times I don't want to do that

I just wanted some of y'alls thoughts on that+pre-made character archetypes in general? I will admit that I don't mind being assigned a name/FC that much, and I think the pre-mades are a good system to ensure sort of """diversity""" among the characters (so that way there aren't like 20000 edgy emos in on RP), but after several bad experiences with the audition system I am really adverse to that. I don't mind the system that we have on RPG either (where you just make up a character on your own). I know people here/on other forum RP sites who will do vague/loose archetypes, which I don't mind either. But I think it's really fucking stupid to put in tons of work/effort for a character that you might not get to play, and a first-come first-serve system isn't completely fair either. I've been trying to think of a happy medium (ie very vague archetypes/roles), but I'm not really sure if there is one. I still think just player-created OCs are the best way to go, but again sometimes the archetypes/roles/pre-mades can be useful.

Thoughts????