[ SECRET POST #3234 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3234 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.
[Golden Girls]


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02.
[Boku no Hero Academia]


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03.
[C.S. Lewis vs. J.R.R. Tolkien]


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04.
[Pokémon, Leah Remini]


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05.
[Tales of Zestiria]


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06.
[The Man In The High Castle]


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07.
[Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda, Monstress]


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08.
[Sleepy Hollow]








Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 2 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

inspired by a discussion with a friend

[(Anonymous)]

I think there are more (and better done) self insert characters than people think. The authors are just smart enough not to tell people where the character came from and some people who are so against the idea are probably unwilling to believe that good characters or characters they like are self inserts.

The only ones people really know of are bad because they're the most painfully obvious ones that don't have any subtlety.

Re: inspired by a discussion with a friend

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, absolutely. Or they mix and match a bit, so they're more like... a few splintered pieces of a self-insert. I don't think you can write and not put some of yourself in a character at least some of the time. (Not always. I've written main characters who are nothing like me. But a lot of the time if you look closely, they are.)

Re: inspired by a discussion with a friend

[(Anonymous)]

Personally I think splintering is one of the best ways to do it. Gives you something to relate to the whole cast with.

I've done the same. I've also used myself as a springboard, but the character inevitably morphed into someone different.

Re: inspired by a discussion with a friend

[(Anonymous)]

This.

Re: inspired by a discussion with a friend

[(Anonymous)]

Also in shows there are a few characters who have been revealed to be self inserts. People didn't seem to care because they were good and interesting characters.

ie: Dipper from Gravity Falls. Alex confirmed on Twitter.

Re: inspired by a discussion with a friend

[(Anonymous)]

One thing I worry about is that most of my characters, once I get deeply invested in them, are actually sort of based on me.

It's a real handicap I have as a writer. And I don't mean they're idealised. They have my beliefs, they have my flaws, and they end up agreeing with each other too much. It's hard for me to write conflict without making one side a vicious caricature, and I hate that about myself.