I don’t want to turn this into a whole thing, but what your saying is down right contradiction. I get not accepting a character for power scaling, but because of a canon science project. That as you said... 

“In other words, whether or not the characters themselves exist in this roleplay, the powers and abilities they're known for do. There are still Green Lanterns, still Amazons. You may create a character that possesses these powers (be they canon or an OC), or may invent something entirely new and unique altogether!” 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cadmus