Am I supposed to self-insert as the Sensei or as one of his student childwives?
>>288032750Well, are you a man or a wo- actually never mind.
>>288032750You're supposed to self-insert as this guy.
Why do none of you monkeys know what a self insert is?
>>288032750Insert your brain back into the top of your skull.
This series proves that women stop maturing mentally at 12.
>>288032850And you stopped maturing at 3.
>>288032804well, then enlighten us monkeyswhat is a self insert?
>>288033195A character the author put into the story to represent themselves, about as literal as definitions get. The reader can't have a "self insert" because they're not the one writing the story.
>>288033302>The reader can't have a "self insert" because they're not the one writing the story.You severely underestimate the delusions of normalfags.
>>288033302>>288033195The issue with a self insert is that it must lack enough personality so as the vast majority of the target audience can get in the position. When a character has a clear personality and opinions of its own the audience may not like then it stops being a self insert and its just a POV.
>>288033345You can project on an existing character all you want, but that's not a self insert by definition. I don't know why people keep saying self insert instead but I suspect it's because projection is considered a pejorative in internet arguments so they think it sounds better.>>288033350Again the audience doesn't have any relation to a self insert, because it's a vessel for the author, not them. Mary Sue is a self insert, Ryan Gosling is not.
>>288033302That's specifically 'author self-insert". You can also have "audience self-insert".
>>288034257How would the audience insert into the story? It's the same whether they read it or not.
>>288032750You are supposed to self-insert as the brushbuddy who does unspeakable things to all of them while they are asleep.
>>288034471There's no breasts to hide in our mascot is starving
