User blog comment:Lucasthewikiguy13/Self-Insert Character Review/@comment-24364245-20171205014554

I never liked self-inserts becasue it seems like the only purpose of them is just for the author to add in their wish fufillments (be the voice of reason, chew someone out for bad behavior, make themselves look flawless, etc.). Another reason why I despise self-inserts is because they only result in removing the message of what the original episode was trying to send off. In other words, the author's OC only makes the story completely watered down, up to the point where everything is so saccharine.