User blog:The Smarter, Wiser King Dedede/The Biggest Problem with Thomperfan's fanfics

I've said in the past a few times, mostly in the comments section relating to the topic of fanfics on this site, that Thomperfan's self-insert rewrites are my least favorite fanfics to read on this site. However, I actually have skimmered through some of his works to see exactly where the problem in them lies.

Before we start, I have nothing against adding OCs to the show in fanfics, even if they're self-inserts, it's just that I don't tend to be interested in them. I understand that they can be done well if the author is able to flesh out the OC/self-insert in terms of personality. This is where my problem with Thomperfan's fanfics lie:

Thomperfan's self-insert, Nolan (which I'm assuming is his real life name), is a Gary-Stu. Basically, what this means is that his self-insert displays nothing but positive qualities and no negative qualities. As well as this, he often writes himself as the voice of reason in many of his works; to give a few examples:

- In his version of No Laughing Matter, he's the only one who finds Luan's jokes and pranks funny (which I believe was established in an earlier work of his that I probably haven't read yet) and shows no hesitation in defending her when the other Louds complain about her jokes. - In his version of Spell It Out, he's the only one who sees Lucy's sadness and gives the other Louds a lecture on how they should treat her better, instead of the Louds realizing themselves that they should have treated her better. - In his version of No Spoilers, he's against the idea of leaving Leni out of the surprise party planning despite her tendency to spoil them, and is the one who gives her the idea to throw a surprise party for her mother. Speaking of Leni, we'll get to that. - In the few original fanfics he has, it's always the Louds talking about how great Nolan is.

I'm pretty sure there are plenty of other examples that I haven't seen, but by far THE most prominent and rather annoying example of his self-insert being a Gary-Stu is that he's written himself to be Leni's boyfriend. It isn't just the fact that writing himself to be her boyfriend is yet another example of him being a Gary-Stu, it's also that literally EVERY work of his I've read thus far has had some form of romantic conversation between him and Leni. This isn't even exaggerating. At least a good three-quarters of the time they end up kissing, hugging, calling each other affectionate nicknames (like "Noey" or "precious cinnamon roll") or doing SOMETHING that boyfriends/girlfriends do.

I understand that it's a common mistake that many authors who insert themselves into their stories to end up making themselves into a Gary-Stu, whether intentional or not, but it's something that can be easily avoided if you put in some effort. Aside from that, Thomperfan's self-insert just feels like another character that piggybacks off of Lincoln, like Clyde, only he hangs out with Lincoln and his sisters more, and as a result his "versions" of episodes have little originality in them (however, I still do stand by my word that there are far less original Loud House fanfic works out there).

That's the reason why I don't like Thomperfan's self-insert of his rewrites. If anything, if he could just make it so his self-insert could actually display some negative qualities and flesh out his personality a little more, I could at least read his works without disliking them.