Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6863431-20150103062825/@comment-25396609-20160428154218

Flashfire212 wrote: Well, I mean, every character should have some element of the creator, or at least some element of the creator's intent. That's what makes the writer enjoy writing them. A full self-insert is normally really bad. A GOOD self-insert doesn't even look like one... and don't get me started on when a self-insert becomes a canon character. Then everybody casually forgets that the writer literally wrote themselves into the story, because "uhmuhgurdthatcharacterissocooliluvthem" kinda crap.

I'm still working on The Rose General, Perchance to Dream, and I've got a few more RWBY project ideas floating around... watch this space for more info on those.

there is a massive difference between a character having one of the writers traits, and the writer outright putting themself into the story.