Talk:Darrel Conway/@comment-4773581-20140109140335/@comment-1456272-20140110060714

Believe me, I KNOW that characters of this power level aren't acceptable. I learned that when I was working on Pierce Kreeyt.

And it's not like I do it on purpose. I do want him to be strong. Mainly because if he's not strong enough, then he will get killed, no ifs, buts or maybes, which makes for a very boring story. But when it goes overboard like that, that's when things turn to "Living God" territory, like I did, albeit inadvertently.

Frankly, it seems as though self-insertion is like walking a tightrope: it has a VERY thin line between 'overshadowed by everyone, even the redshirt who dies in the first 30 seconds' and 'I'm a god, come at me, bro'. You go too far over to one side, you and your character are going to be hated for it.

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