#or 'Selina' - modern day and 'Selena' - historical/fantasy setting but I can't really commit to either of those concepts

[lieutenantselnia]

I've been thinking about whether my way of naming my self-inserts might be a bit inconvenient ... to clear it up:

Selina with an i - My modern day s/i that I ship with Doofenshmirtz, she's probably the closest to my actual self, though I still take creative liberties in some aspects.

Selena with an e - My PotC s/i, I have two different AUs for her to ship her with both Barbossa and Davy Jones. She's a bit more like an oc, but I still also see her as a self-insert.

My original thought was to give them slightly different names, so I won't always have to mention about which universe I'm currently referring to. Since they're all based on the same "template" character though (which is just ... me I guess😂), I didn't want to give them entirely different names, plus while I didn't want to use my actual first name anymore, I still wanted a name that I can identify with. In my head it makes total sense, but I can see that this may also be a bit confusing😅

#not actually sure how to handle this if I want to make more s/is as the number of reasonable variations is surely limited #*looking at the Black Cauldron s/i that's been floating around in my head since last Halloween or so* #(tbf she doesn't really exist yet aside from some very vague backstory concepts but i really want to create her) #aside that I also sometimes have the inner logic of 'Selina' - more self-insert and 'Selena' - more oc like #or 'Selina' - modern day and 'Selena' - historical/fantasy setting but I can't really commit to either of those concepts #like I think adding more name variations into the mix for every s/i might make things more confusing #but on the other hand when I just stick to those two it kinda renders the entire system pointless and I might as well just use one #but I've already gotten kinda used to them by now ... aahhhg why do I have to make these things so complicated in my head😖 #self ship #self insert #self insert lore #sorta I guess? #selnia talks