There is no such thing as _generic_ comments and criticism.
C&C is very specific: either it applies to a 'fic or it doesn't.
I've read self-insert 'fics that go by your definition of 'bad' and I have
read just as many that don't. There was a whole batch of 'anti-self-insert'
'fics at one point on the list. Please don't condemn a whole genre based
on just a portion of the 'fics that fall under the category.
(I've thought about writing an SI myself, but I wouldn't get along well
enough with any of the characters for it to be a good story.)
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Josh Green, aka Pi -- SORT@BUCKET.UALR.EDU
http://bucket.ualr.edu/~sort/fanfic/
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