Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160319212213/@comment-27764012-20160327235935

I didn't get into character creation until I started roleplaying, which wasn't until about the time I started highschool so I'd already figured out some of the basics of creating a balanced character by that point and didn't have to go through much of or any Mary Sue stage, however the majority of the character I make are based on myself or aspects of myself since that that's one of the easiest ways to create characters in my experience. So while it can be seen as a self-insert I don't do it to make myself have adventures with the cast, but to roleplay as characters in the universe with my friends.