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Fan-fiction often gets a bad rep, and there’s no trope more dreaded than romance with a self insert OC. They’re often overly indulgent, poorly written stories with characters and situations that make little sense. The self-insert is considered the worst aspect because of their tendency to be overpowered/idealized “Mary Sue” characters. But you want toContinue reading “Self-Inserts – Avoiding the Mary-Sue Trap”