self-insert....
was trying to explain the difference between Mary-Sue and Self-Insert to cbpbunny aka => Nakishia, my protege in the fanfic world, when the following ridiculous scene popped into my head. must remember to try not to think of examples when explaining oddities in fanfic writing....
It's a normal day on the planet Earth - well as normal as any day can claim to be - and it was no less normal at the home of fanfiction author 'Artemis Luna Diana' than any where else in the world. Said author was enjoying some vacation time from her busy schedule of school and writing, by watching a little tv - nothing of note of course, just something to pass the time. When the doorbell rang, she thought nothing of getting up to answer it - assuming it was a delivery man or a friend stopping by for a chat. However, when she opened the door, the very normal day at her house on the very normal Earth suddenly became... un-normal.
Luna blinks. Stares. Blinks again. Stares some more.
"Uh, hi? I'm kinda lost," the visitor begins to explain.
Luna slams the door shut and calmly but quickly walks to the phone. "Yes, 911? I have just gone insane, can you please send a paddy-wagon to pick me up? I'm seeing cartoon characters on my front lawn." Luna pauses to wait for a response. "Which one? Goku from DBZ." Pause. "Sure. I'll tell him you said hi." Pause. "Hang on one moment." Luna sets down the phone and walks back to the front door. Goku is still standing there befuddled. "The 911 operator wants to know if you have the hots for Vegeta or not. She seems to think you run hot and cold when it comes to him."
"Uhh..." Goku stutters surprised.
"You might as well come in," Luna says, giving in to the inevitable. "I can already tell this is going to be one of those days."
~Artemis Luna Diana~
It's a normal day on the planet Earth - well as normal as any day can claim to be - and it was no less normal at the home of fanfiction author 'Artemis Luna Diana' than any where else in the world. Said author was enjoying some vacation time from her busy schedule of school and writing, by watching a little tv - nothing of note of course, just something to pass the time. When the doorbell rang, she thought nothing of getting up to answer it - assuming it was a delivery man or a friend stopping by for a chat. However, when she opened the door, the very normal day at her house on the very normal Earth suddenly became... un-normal.
Luna blinks. Stares. Blinks again. Stares some more.
"Uh, hi? I'm kinda lost," the visitor begins to explain.
Luna slams the door shut and calmly but quickly walks to the phone. "Yes, 911? I have just gone insane, can you please send a paddy-wagon to pick me up? I'm seeing cartoon characters on my front lawn." Luna pauses to wait for a response. "Which one? Goku from DBZ." Pause. "Sure. I'll tell him you said hi." Pause. "Hang on one moment." Luna sets down the phone and walks back to the front door. Goku is still standing there befuddled. "The 911 operator wants to know if you have the hots for Vegeta or not. She seems to think you run hot and cold when it comes to him."
"Uhh..." Goku stutters surprised.
"You might as well come in," Luna says, giving in to the inevitable. "I can already tell this is going to be one of those days."
~Artemis Luna Diana~