Haha, I totally can't bring myself to hate self-inserts/mary-sue's whatever when people write fic. I mean, for the most part, they're probably like... 13ish and think it's awesome. And also because, I have definitely self-inserted myself into many storylines in my head for YEARS. It's FUN.
In fact, one of my oldest characters is based on me (she's not all that much like me anymore though). She was a hero of the worlds, which basically meant that her job was to travel to different worlds/dimensions/times and help save the day. So I made a character who's main reason for existing was so that she could insert herself into various storylines and befriend the protagonists and generally have pseudo-romances with one of the characters that always ended up in sad places, because she couldn't stay on that world forever. SHE HAD TO KEEP FIGHTING.
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In fact, one of my oldest characters is based on me (she's not all that much like me anymore though). She was a hero of the worlds, which basically meant that her job was to travel to different worlds/dimensions/times and help save the day. So I made a character who's main reason for existing was so that she could insert herself into various storylines and befriend the protagonists and generally have pseudo-romances with one of the characters that always ended up in sad places, because she couldn't stay on that world forever. SHE HAD TO KEEP FIGHTING.
Yes.