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

Comments

[janusd]

I'm Mischa. She's Bouncy Squishy Mischa.

Fixed that one for you... >.>

[skunktaur]

Oooh... you do the Squishing and bouncing too then with the genie, mmmm?

[austin_dern]

Which one's the foam rubber squeaky Mischa?

In any case I'm glad you found a simple and pleasing -- not to mention fun-sounding -- solution to your personal questions. Identity can be curiously fluid online if you give it half a chance.

[bouncymischa]

Janus> Awww, thanks. :D

Taross> It's more related to another question I discussed with Janus. I'll have to bring it up here sometime, since it relates to the associations I make with things like balloons. :P

Austin> That one would have to be Bouncy Mischa, sadly. :P But it is an interesting question, since it also touches upon things like self-identity and the ideal self. Mary-Sues and self-insertions might be the most blatant display of the ideal self, but it is interesting to consider why we make idealized selves like that...

[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

[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

[forsythferret]

Maybe he was going to marry Mischa the Genie. That'd be weird.