Examples: Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpsons, The Scary Door from Futurama, or The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky.

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    5 days ago

    In the second hypothesis it wouldn’t be self-inserting; it’s more like the author explaining something to the readers, outside the story.