The entire "self insertion" concept for media has always baffled me. Unless the character's own identity is so irrelevant to the story that they have a character creator, I just want to see a story about someone interesting who is explicitly NOT me (and really, I rarely make a character who's anything like me even when given the option to do so). I've already got the real world for experiencing a story about me personally...
The entire "self insertion" concept for media has always baffled me. Unless the character's own identity is so irrelevant to the story that they have a character creator, I just want to see a story about someone interesting who is explicitly NOT me (and really, I rarely make a character who's anything like me even when given the option to do so). I've already got the real world for experiencing a story about me personally...