Further Reflections on Self-Insertion, Character Discrepancy, and the Character-Artist Divide

[bouncymischa]

I've done some more thinking about the topic that I wrote about earlier... specifically, the discrepancies between genie-Mischa and rl Mischa. :3

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[evilcarp]

I don't know if I have anything very useful to say about the main subject here. Maybe just that when we first meet people on the internet, we tend to not have a very good idea of what they're really like at first, especially when we're also interacting with their RP characters. And I don't think that should matter. You interact with people OOC a little bit, and if they decide that means they want to meet you in person, then you just meet them and act like you normally would. Any false expectations should only cause temporary discomfort-- no more than you might get in a blind date, I suspect--and if they're the kind of people who can't get over that, chances are they weren't going to make good OOC friends anyway.

The real reason I'm replying is to tell you that I had a dream about you. I dreamt that Karina, Tellana and I had to go on a quest to find the Mischa the genie, and we flew over to your house in a dirigible to pick up the real you because you probably had the best insight into how to find your character. And then I think we were planning a wedding for you. But I'm unclear on who you were going to marry.

[bouncymischa]

YAAAY! Carp dreams! ^___^

Although... yeah... marrying genie-Mischa would have been very surreal. Probably par for the course for you dreams. XD

But yeah, you've got a point. I tend to worry a little too much about what other people will think. My major problem here was that if I carry about as a bouncy rubber genie, and then people find out the real me is a not-so-bouncy dull guy... well, you're right that if they're my friends, they'll accept it anyways. :D

Thinking about it though... a wedding planned by you, Karina, and Tellana would be a scary thing... XD