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instead of self-inserts, i think betas are for the *audience* to insert themselves into. betas as a gender are meant to represent the average person w/ nothing special about them. its like dating sims, where the protags are usually super bland/generic for you to project onto
in this case i feel that the beta mc isnt normal tho LOL he’s very violent and temperamental
I just noticed that beta protagonists are often self inserts of the author.