We love our "Woobie"s, but we don't want to be them; we want to be the one comforting them.
I disagree in part, I've noticed in fandom that people will identify with a character AND want to comfort them. Possibly to the soundtrack of Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All", heh. I think the way that people interact with characters can become a sexy mess of messiness.
The author insert thing, absolutely. I think there becomes a difference though of aha, I can see what you're doing there but it's entertaining enough for me not to care or look too closely (edit: or I'm emotionally getting off on it as well), or I can see what you're doing and it feels like I walked in on you at an inopportune moment and I'll just be running away screaming now.
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Date: 2010-04-20 10:29 pm (UTC)I disagree in part, I've noticed in fandom that people will identify with a character AND want to comfort them. Possibly to the soundtrack of Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All", heh. I think the way that people interact with characters can become a sexy mess of messiness.
The author insert thing, absolutely. I think there becomes a difference though of aha, I can see what you're doing there but it's entertaining enough for me not to care or look too closely (edit: or I'm emotionally getting off on it as well), or I can see what you're doing and it feels like I walked in on you at an inopportune moment and I'll just be running away screaming now.