Well, speaking purely from a personal perspective, when I used to read fanfic from other fandoms featuring self-insert characters, I found them bordering on voyeurism; they are an undisguised author avatar, without even the veneer of pretending to be someone else. For my part, it makes me uncomfortable; I'm there to read about the canon characters, not someone else's suddenly extremely personal fantasy!
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2009-02-05 05:05 am (UTC)