In a message dated 97-12-16 08:42:00 EST, jdynon@iaccess.com.au writes:
<< The recent thread on self-insertion has gotten me thinking of something...
could some characters in well-known manga be classified as self-insertion? I
am interested in hearing what people think. >>
Ah my friend but those are self insertions into the original work. Not the
inserting yourself into someone elses creation.
Anothe example would be the novel Jurrassic Park. Crichton once mentioned that
a great deal of what Ian Malcolm said came from his on point of views and that
he talked through him.