If You Think About It. The Best Written Characters Are, At Their Core, Self Inserts

if you think about it. the best written characters are, at their core, self inserts

they say write what you know. y’know, using personal experience to understand what a character would do or feel. so the best writing for a character you can do will essentially always be based off personal experience or qualities.

why do you think Saint is the way he is. he is just an idealized version of my current worldview and moral values, wanting to always be helpful and respectful. Arti is an extension of my experiences with self-hatred, overthinking and conflicting emotions, wrapped in an angry exterior. Aven is just… me in freshman year of highschool, with a little less depression.

in short. I don’t understand why self inserts are considered conceptually bad. bcuz the best written characters are just well-disguised extensions of yourself.

or maybe I need some sleep. eh. could go either way

gggggoooooooood morning everyone. it is 6 in the morning. I am a very shweepy guy. and my cat is laying on my head.

this is me crawling out of my room

more original work!!!! idk what it is. did this with nothin but a pen and meant it to be. something along the lines of shading practice. and got this.

I think he’s cool

Also got any silly headcanons for the duo? Like voices, likes, Dislikes, etc?

Also what would happen if you yeet the duo into Modern Day earth? This is a theoretical question btw-

my duo? uhhhhhh… Edda would probably find some variety of caffeine and become a menace to society. And/or discover cats and dogs and like detonate with excitement. Aven would either get in a street fight or discover a library and spend a couple days reading all of human history.

As for headcanons. I uh. I have their favorite songs made by fish in a birdcage

Aven’s favorite is rule 13-waterfall, but rule 3-paperwork is a close second

Edda’s favorite is rule 31-calamity. By a mile. She really likes rock

me: preparing to enjoy my sunday night writing and drawing rats being in love to make my heart do the little fluttery thing

my friend: hey did u finish that history project due monday morning

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFU-

screw chicken scratching. I be chicken tearing. chicken gashing. out here on the frontlines of chicken warfare, using my chicken talons to chicken rend my chicken foes. putting chicken incisions in the chicken enemy lines. chicken lacerate.

almost done the history project

now I just have to not stay up late writing and drawing