Yes that’s makes sense, I suppose it depends what you are going for and how predetermined you want your MC to be. Perhaps there are some things that can be incorporated into the choices presented to the player. But at the end of the day, if there is a problem with the character overshadowing the MC, then either the MC needs more focus and more RP opportunities for the player to flesh them out, or the self insert needs to be toned down. I feel like that is a major component to examples I’ve seen where I didn’t like the author self insert…it was ultimately a cool character that I would have liked, but they just went a little overboard or it felt as if they wanted to hog the spotlight. Don’t go over the top, leave some things to the imagination, and it should be ok.
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