it definitely gets hard for me bc i typically don't enjoy self-insert fiction. all the base characters are interesting as individuals and i love their relationships with each other (i ot3 asra/nadia/julian, asra/muriel, nadia/muriel, portia/nadia -- HI I MULTISHIP) that it would be nice to have more content that plucks out the fan apprentice. but that probably defeats the purpose 😅