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Do you self-insert while playing otomes?

Do you see yourself as the heroine or a separate character?

  • Myself

    Votes: 35 30.7%

  • Separate character

    Votes: 85 74.6%
  • Total voters
    114
Noramlly, not. I play game because I want to see a story between characters from the begining to the end.
 
It depends. If the heroine has a personality that is well-written and completely different from my own, it would be hard to self-insert. If the heroine doesn't really have a distinct personality, sometimes I can.
 
Most of the time I don't self-insert, unless the heroine's personality is very similar to mine. I prefer to view her as an independent character—it makes it easier for me to appreciate her charm. If I project myself onto her, I can no longer see who she truly is. That's why in many games, I actually end up liking the heroine more than the male love interests.
 
I do, but as an original character! I view the heroine as her own person, so I just insert my own character into the world. It's mostly for self-indulgent fun and playing out scenarios I like, especially when it comes to my favorite characters.
 
For me, I always play while projecting myself into the MC because it helps me get more immersed in the game. But it's definitely a shame when the MC's personality doesn't match mine, or when I want to pick option A but have to choose option B instead just to follow the walkthrough for my LI.
 
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Usually not, I tend to view MC as a separated character, but I do try to "partially self insert" to her by try to understand thing in her pov, or go easy on her flaws; instead of judging and criticizing like I do with almost every other character in manga/ books/ movies :akazukin_rawr:.

So no, I don't self insert but instead I treat MC like my beloved daughter and defend her the best I could 🤣 (Unless the MC is very annoying to me, in that case I will drop the game). Oh and in games with faceless/ eyeless MC, I will create an avatar for her too.
 
Yes! I always self-insert.
No matter how dark and traumatic the story might end up being.

orionsbestie said:
I do all the time. That's the whole point of an otome for me personally. Like why would I spend hours of my life watching the guys I like loving another woman? lol couldn't be me, I'm not built to be a wall/third person pov player. If I wanted to be a passive observer I'd just grab literally any romance book or read shojo manga.
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Exactly! <3
 
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No, I don't self-insert. Their thought processes and/or personalities are different from mine. The one time I tried, I just felt awkward doing it.
 
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I'm in somewhat of a limbo seeing mc as a self insert or not honestly... sometimes i do other times i don't...
i think it comes to a moment if i can relate to what the character think or act in a certain situation... if i can, I'll unconsciously think of her as "Oh she's me!" If not then i'll think of her as another character
 
Not once, regardless of the genre, I've ever done that. I've always viewed things from a third-party perspective. However, surprisingly, there are many people who empathize with the female protagonist. Oh! I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Everyone enjoys things differently.
 
I don't. I like it more when the mc has a distinctive personality, the visual novel feels more like an interactive book then. Or, when you imagine the mc is like a friend of yours, or you're her/his guardian angel (or little devil haha) and you can "whisper" something in their ear to influence them a bit 😆
When I try to self-insert, I end up being disappointed because at some point the mc reacts in a way I personally would never, and it irritates me. So, for me, it's better to look at the story as something separate.
Although, if we're talking about something like Love&Deepspace, the borders become blurred.
But I still prefer the mc with a name, face and voice, hopefully.
 
More than self-insert, it's more like i can resonate with the MC in certain dialogues and it feels good hahahahah, for example, when i see some scenes and thought about something, then i realized in the next dialogue the MC's inner voice thought about the SAME THING as me, and it makes the game more enjoyable~
 
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I don't think anything is that immersive to me (heroine acts in ways I would not) but even if it was I would find it a little offputting.
 
not really, but a lot of the time i imagine myself standing behind them and influencing them when making decisions
 
Sometimes, but the protagonist is completely different from me, so I read it as a novel.
 
No ,I don't
I look mc like my daughter so I'm not ntr my girl's boyfriend (it's weird 😂)

And I think I like mc than li ,bc some mc in otome is too cute
 
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I think of it as looking at someone else's life without projecting myself into it.
It feels a bit like reading a book.
 
Sort of? In that the main character and I are separate people, but I like to use "we" whenever talking about her actions in the game, since *I am* the one influencing her choices.
 
korin121 said:
No ,I don't
I look mc like my daughter so I'm not ntr my girl's boyfriend (it's weird 😂)

And I think I like mc than li ,bc some mc in otome is too cute
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YES! Sometimes mc is just so precious I see her as my daughter too, and get upset when others are mean to her (omg dialovers I'm looking at you)
 
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