The latest FanService dives into reader-insert fanfiction and why it's natural to want to write yourself into the story
As a fan, no matter your fandom of choice, it’s natural to want to play a more active role in what you love. In fantasy football, that might take the form of “owning” the perfect team. In most fandoms linked with “shipping,” it could mean writing or reading your favorite characters as they live out the day-to-day monotony of a familiar job… but with kissing. Fans are all about putting some aspect of themselves into their fandom-ing.
But someone catches the boxes before they can fall. You catch a glimpse of strong hands with bright blue nail polish, and then your eyes raise to meet those of your neighbor’s. “Hey Y/N!,” your unfairly attractive next door neighbor says with a wide smile. “I’m glad I decided to check my mail. Otherwise you’d have quite a mess on your hands, huh.”
. After all, cishet men have put themselves and their fantasies into the narratives they’ve created forStill, despite its ubiquity, reader-insert fic often carries its own kind of snobbish stigma. Reader-insert author Rooty, who’s written for popularand for Loki, has learned to stop caring about what people might think. “I know a lot of people think self-insert fanfiction is cringey, but I don't care,” Rooty tells.
Reader inserts can be a way for fans to see themselves and their experiences in scenarios that they don’t have access to in their offline lives. They serve as sites of escapism for author and reader alike, a way for them to flex their creative muscles while diving into a new world with characters they already like. For Erin, who writes for BTS, the stories she put together were built from daydreams during a tough time.
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