On Self inserts

From Dante to Tolstoy to Dan Brown, it seems like self inserts are and old technique with very different results depending of the author.

What are your favorite and most hated self inserts books or characters?

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>And then I made an observation on the current events, and Virgil said I am smart and everybody clapped

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The Rick and Morty :marseyrick: of his time

Dante, we have to go to Heck Dante

I don't know about that Virgil

Your wife's gone Dante, do you want to live alone

Oh geez Virgil, can't we just hash things out

Stop being an r-slur :marseywomanmoment2: Dante, you're going :marseysal2: to witness :marseywarboy: God's infinite splendor so help me God.

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He even (allegedly) flexes his intelligence and understanding of the science of the time by bringing up different timezones and the differences in star cover, both of which change as he exits heck at a different point on the planet, which of course is only possible on a spherical earth

So you could make an argument that you have to have a very high IQ to understand Divine Comedy

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Satan :marseydevil: isn't powerful Dante, just going :marseysal2: to rip that bandaid off real quick, he's actually :marseyakshually: a wimp trapped :marseyvore: in ice.

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