if you ever feel bad for self inserts, please remember:
- Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus were SI of the author and her family
- the Pines family from Gravity Falls were based on Alex Hirsch’s own family, with Alex being Dipper, his sister being Mabel, and his grandpa being Stan
- Steven Universe was based on Rebecca Sugar’s younger brother, and the Crystal Gems were all based on different facets of Rebecca’s personality
- long story short, don’t feel bad for self inserts y’all
Matt Groening named Homer, Marge, Lisa, and Maggie after his
parents and sisters (presumably Bart is only named Bart because people would
have noticed if he had the same first name as his creator.) Several other
characters on The Simpsons are also named for his relatives.
None of them actually resemble their namesakes in appearance or personality,
though.
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