[ SECRET POST #5442 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5442 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

DA

I entered fandom via self inserts many moons ago, and while, yes, I can see why the smutty ones especially are kind of "here's my fantasy", I don't find it any more different than MC1xMC2 smut fics. Granted, I always read self inserts as avatars/OCs. So again, to me it's essentially no different than a smut scene between two canon characters.

All that said, I can tell you I got into self inserts because the source media for the fandom I was in (all before 2010) did not have people who looked like me despite taking place in a setting where historically and currently is full of people who did look like me (to varying degrees)! It was very frustrating. So self inserts/OCs that get close to the MCs gave me a way to see myself/someone like me go on adventures, find love, be beautiful and amazing, and indulge in a space where I wasn't necessarily included by the source. Fandom spaces clearly being low on the bar for where people have representation (in comparison to positions of power etc.), but that's what this space has always been to me. I can make room for myself and others like me/anyone who wants to read that story. I've found more and more authors doing that and it makes me so happy. So that's a bullet a point that can be added to the usual "space where people (usually young women) can explore their sexuality/desires/what have you"/self inserts are just horny mary-sues argument (I have no problem with either, frankly. You gotta enjoy life!).

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the explanation! I don't do self-inserts myself, so I appreciate the context.

[(Anonymous)]

oh, Same on everything! It tends to be Character/OC or /Cooler "me".