YOU ARE NOT THE AUDIENCE

Tadaa. That's the cardinal rule of story telling.

Seriously

That's the primarykey to telling a good story. You're not the audience. You tell stories for the audience. You need to view the story from the audience's perspective.

So why the hell am I saying this?

SELF-INSERT CHARACTER BREAK THE CARDINAL RULE OF STORY TELLING

When you employ a self insert, you are no longer telling a story for the audience. You are now telling the story so that you can directly be in the story. This is masturbation.

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TOO BAD WOKE SELF-INSERT ASSHOLES CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT.