Favourite point of view? what do you think of 2nd person?

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Re: Favourite point of view? what do you think of 2nd person

#16 Post by Vegeluxia »

Selidor wrote:I don't like second person at all. I don't play games to be myself, or base customisable protagonists on myself, I see the protagonist as a character I'm creating and manipulating, and it makes me uncomfortable when the game essentially turns around and tells me that actually the protagonist is me.
I feel the same. I prefer the character in the story to be separate from me. Second person makes me extremely uncomfortable in almost every scenario I've ever experienced it---and it's especially weird in the romance genre. I want to experience it through or with the MC, I don't want to actually be the MC.

It kind of pulls me out of the immersion sometimes too. Like, "why would I do that? That isn't me." especially in cases were idiocy is the only option, or there aren't very many choices to make.

In visual novels, I tend to really like first person (which I actually don't really like in a "novel" novel), but I don't have any problems with third person or anything.

Honestly though, if you think second person is the best voice for your story, use it. I wouldn't just do it if your only reason is because it's lesson common.

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