Self Inserting

This blog is for self inserting that isn't inherently romantic. This blog isn't anti-self shipping, but serves to try to push back over how dominating romance-focus content is with self insert and how amatonormative the community can be, and provide resources to those who are looking for self insert that isn't romance-focused.

This was also the blog that made the non-romantic versions of F/O if anyone is curious about that

S/I: I got three A's

F/F: Can we go one day without making a comment like this?

F/OE: What do I do if I don't like you

S/I: Oh that's great-

We’ve seen some discussion here and there about how people who self insert might not be comfortable calling fictional friends or family F/Os, as it stands for fictional other and is more associated romance. I was surprised no one has purposed any alternate terms yet, so I’ll give it a shot. 

Reasons for these terms are the following: 

1. It’s less clunky than writing platonic F/O, parental F/O, etc. The main use of F/O also feels like it’s prioritizing romantic relationships with non-romantic relationships as an afterthought. 

2. In some cases calling a character an F/O can be unclear or confusing about the relationship. 

3. Some may be uncomfortable calling characters they view as family a word that comes from significant other or is based on shipping. 

F/F or Fictional Friend, a character who one views as having a friend relation towards them in self insert or other context. F/Fr or FFr can also be used to prevent confusion between FF as in Fanfic and F/F. 

Exampe: Ribbot from Animal Crossing is my F/F, and I like to draw my self insert as being friends with him. 

F/QPP or fictional Queer Platonic Partner, a character who one views as being a queerplatonic partner in self insert or other context.

Example: Viktor from Slime Rancher is my F/QPP. 

F/R or Fictional Relation, a character who one views as having a family relation towards them in self insert or other context.

Terms can also come from this in F/CR being fictional child relation, F/PR being fictional parent relation, F/SR being fictional sibling relation, etc.