From what I remember, /lit/ tends to hate self-inserts. Is this

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2016-03-10 11:39:19 Post No. 7794883
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Anonymous 2016-03-10 11:39:19 Post No. 7794883 [Report]

From what I remember, /lit/ tends to hate self-inserts.
Is this true?

If so, why? Why is it you hate self-inserts?
If you discovered that the MC in a novel you enjoyed was a self-insert, would it change your opinion on either the work or on the idea of self-inserts in general?

I'm aware that a lot of teenagers are all Ayy Lmao about it and think they're special so they use a SI and it makes the story boring as fuck.
But honestly, this is like saying all books are bad because Twilight was published.

Some enlightenment?

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Anonymous 2016-03-10 11:41:48 Post No.7794885
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Anonymous 2016-03-10 11:41:48 Post No.7794885 [Report]

Do you mean self-insert or author-insert?

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Anonymous 2016-03-10 11:52:58 Post No.7794897
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Anonymous 2016-03-10 11:52:58 Post No.7794897 [Report]

>>7794885
The author making the Main Character himself, writing himself into the story. I'm not sure of the nuance between the two things you said.

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Anonymous 2016-03-10 11:55:47 Post No.7794902
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Anonymous 2016-03-10 11:55:47 Post No.7794902 [Report]

>>7794897
Ok. When I hear self-insert, I think reader insert, which is sure to be pandering wish-fulfillment escapist trash.

Author insert can be that too but if you refused to reading anything semi-autobiographical you'd be missing out on a shit ton of great novels.

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Anonymous 2016-03-10 12:00:39 Post No.7794910
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Anonymous 2016-03-10 12:00:39 Post No.7794910 [Report]

>>7794897
I think some part of the author leaking into the story and especially the main characters is kind of inevitable. There's plenty of works that were based mostly on the authors experiences and are also good(like pretty much everything Hemingway ever wrote).