Heee, I kind of like LouLous myself, that's cute! and has the same ring as "Sue"...
ou mentioned that LouLou's (I like that term, I'm going to keep it I think) seem to appear more with immature writers, and I agree with that observation. I just wonder if it isn't something that we all do initially, until we get better set at creating a universe within the fandom as our own; or maybe that those characters function as the first step to something else.
I think it is - well, not everyone, I know of people who didn't do the self-insert thing. But most folks, yeah, it seems to be a phase. And I think the writers who keep doing it, who don't change focus to other characters, end up developing their avatar/icon into a real character. So the really blatant LouLous are always done by more immature writers, because experienced writers have moved on, in one way or another.
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Date: 2010-04-21 07:48 am (UTC)ou mentioned that LouLou's (I like that term, I'm going to keep it I think) seem to appear more with immature writers, and I agree with that observation. I just wonder if it isn't something that we all do initially, until we get better set at creating a universe within the fandom as our own; or maybe that those characters function as the first step to something else.
I think it is - well, not everyone, I know of people who didn't do the self-insert thing. But most folks, yeah, it seems to be a phase. And I think the writers who keep doing it, who don't change focus to other characters, end up developing their avatar/icon into a real character. So the really blatant LouLous are always done by more immature writers, because experienced writers have moved on, in one way or another.