List of self-inserts
Disclaimer: This list is incomplete! Many of my S/Is are still in development hell and will appear on this list as soon as I can be bothered to add them.
All self-inserts now use she/her pronouns! this is because I'm tired
| Name | Media | Bio | F/O(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tai Payne | Huniepop | A mess of a college dropout hand-picked for a magical love quest by a fairy, who then abandons said love quest to be with the nerd girl of her dreams. No crazy backstory here, they really just live a normal life together. Save for the fairy. | Nikki Ann-Marie |
| Tai Payne | real life? AU? | A college dropout who works at her local KFC and happened to fall in love with one of her coworkers, who is in town working on several degrees. It's a wonder they find any free time to go on dates, is it not? | Annette Fantine Dominic |
| Tatiana “Tia” Adamova | Fire Emblem Three Houses | A mere commoner from the Rusalka region, she is able to enroll in the Officers Academy after being recommended for her skills to Edelgard personally by one of her high-ranking generals. Though loyal to Edelgard and her cause, she is willing to switch sides if motivated by the presence of a sufficiently strong lady. | Dorothea Arnault, Leonie Pinelli, Hilda Valentine Goneril, Catherine, Ingrid Brandl Galatea |
| Taiga Norwood | RWBY | Having grown up on Patch but later moving to mainland Vale, Taiga reunites with her childhood friend Yang during the Vytal festival, only to lose her again during the fall of Beacon. When Yang enters her life again at Haven, everything irreparably changes for Taiga. | Yang Xiao Long |
| Rhea D. Dali | One Piece | Hailing from South Blue, she left for the Kamabakka Kingdom to live as an okama, but left that place as well due to not fitting in, choosing to sail the Grand Line as a pirate looking for Emporio Ivankov instead, so he could give her the body she wanted. After helping Ivankov and Luffy break out of Impel Down and fighting at Marineford, she set sail again, this time in search of a Devil Fruit, which led her to Punk Hazard where she eventually reconnected with Luffy and the Straw Hats and ended up informally joining the crew. Her taking a shine to the resident archaeologist certainly had something to do with that, I'm sure. | Nico Robin, Tashigi, Monet |
| Faraday Penn | Vampire: The Masquerade | As a tenacious but otherwise unremarkable immigrant who stumbled into the World of Darkness pretty much by accident (and through the deliberate choice of her sire), her journey through the streets of LA and the chessboard of the night-dwelling monsters that run those streets has left her much stronger and a borderline local legend among said monsters, but still a nobody to the common human observer. Also there's vampire makeouts. | Jeanette Voerman, Velvet Velour |
| Thyme Oakley | Monster Prom | The dryad offspring of a fairy mother and treant father, Thyme feels she doesn't quite fit in either of her parents' worlds, and escapes from the crushing despair of being a disappointment into video games and other geek media. Her friends at Spooky High certainly help though, especially one who's as geeky as she is covered in tentacles. | Zoe, Joy Johnson-Johjima |
| Tai | Pokemon Sun&Moon/Sword&Shield | Left behind on Alola after her vacation is cut off when her parents get sucked into an Ultra Wormhole, this civilian with little trainer experience is forced by circumstance to join Team Skull, only to later leave the team and build herself up on her own. With the aid of a charming and lovely Kahuna girlfriend, Tai assembles a full team of Pokemon, which she later uses to challenge the league in Galar when the two of them pay the region a visit. | Olivia, Nessa |
| Tai | Pokemon UltraSun&UltraMoon | In the Ultra version of the continuity, it was Tai who got sucked into the Ultra Wormhole instead of her parents, and ended up at Ultra Megalopolis where she met the Ultra Recon Squad, including their attractive lieutenant. After they worked together to send Tai back to her home dimension, she used her experience in Ultra Space to get a job at the Aether Foundation, where she eventually ran into the URS again, sparking something more than just a working relationship. | Soliera |
| Tai | Pokemon OmegaRuby&AlphaSapphire | In an alternate version of events where Tai’s parents never disappeared, the family returned to their home in Hoenn, where Tai was able to start her journey through the league challenge proper, alongside her witchy friend Evie, whom she later started a relationship with. | Hex Maniac Evie |
| Tai | Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs | A ranger sent on a mission to investigate suspicious activity in the far-off Oblivia archipelago, which turns out to be a more involved assignment than it first appeared to be. After too many run-ins with one of the admins of the Pinchers, who more often than not requires some form of saving, the two realize they may or may not be meant for each other. | Blue Eyes |
| Tai | Fire Emblem Awakening | Caught stealing from a Plegian vault, this mercenary-for-hire from Chon'sin teams up with Chrom and Robin to defeat her pursuers, formally joining the shepherds afterward. Whether her unrequited crush on a Valmese general is resolved or not remains to be seen. | Cordelia, Cherche, Pheros |
| Renko | Fire Emblem Fates - Birthright & Revelation | After failing to protect her charge from assailants, costing them their life, this ronin now wanders through Hoshido seeking a way to redeem herself, eventually joining up with Corrin’s army and forming a connection with a fellow samurai. | Hana |
| Tai | Fire Emblem Fates (all three routes) | The non-conforming daughter of Shura, burdened with the legacy of the fallen kingdom her father hopes to restore after Corrin ends the war they were sent to win. In-between training, she spends her spare moments with two fellow non-conformists, both of whom she loves dearly. | Forrest, Soleil, Rhajat |
| "Theophania" | Fire Emblem Cindered Shadows | Really just Tia in disguise, Tiffany joins the Ashen Wolves on the request of Cardinal Aelfric due to her recently discovered crest of Aubin, causing her to lead a double life as a member of the academy proper and also a resident of Abyss. The double life comes with a couple perks, notably a cool mask and two cute girls. | Hapi, Constance von Nuvelle |
| Lydia of Sreng | Fire Emblem Three Houses | Originally a "reaver" of one of the many warlike clans of Sreng, Lydia managed to get her hands on the sacred regalia of Macuil, the Warfans of Ethur, and subsequently got forcibly recruited into the Knights of Seiros. Though the job has many perks, Lydia does occasionally miss her more carefree nomadic lifestyle, something a certain newcomer at the monastery can probably relate to... | Manuela Casagranda, Byleth Eisner, Shamir Nevrand |
| Davice | Sword Art Online | Originally the leader of a small guild, Davice killed one of her fellow guild members in a fit of rage when she learned they were colluding with notorious player killing group Laughing Coffin. Permanently turned into an orange player, Davice is forced to live out in the wild, where she occasionally meets with a charming information broker, trading money for the whereabouts of player killers to hunt down on her vigilante quest for atonement. | Argo the Rat |
| Ophelia Wyatt | RWBY | An Atlesian huntress and private investigator who struggles with her vices amid the constant struggle to stay alive in the world of Remnant. Her "private" investigations on the orders of General Ironwood have led her on the trail of a certain group of not-so-happy huntresses, but will she see that the right thing to do is to join their charismatic leader on her quest, or will she answer the metaphorical call from a tiny ice cream princess of crime and turn to a life of villainy? | Robyn Hill, Neopolitan |
| Tai Duppe | Bravely Default | After being shunned in her hometown of Florem for her whole life due to being transgender, Tai jumps at the chance to leave town and join up with Tiz and his band of heroes, developing feelings for one of them on their travels. | Edea Lee |
| Tsujigiri | My Hero Academia | Originally a villain, she reevaluates her ideals after meeting with (and being captured by) the greatest hero of her generation, eventually becoming a hero herself so that she may join up with the idol she’s acquired quite a crush on. | Nana Shimura |
| Ribbons Taizai | Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt | A rogue demon who hides out in Oten City after stealing a pendant from Hell that allows her to store her demonic nature inside it, she is eventually recruited by Garterbelt to help fight against Corset and help Brief rebuild Panty. One of Corset’s daughters, who had at first only pretended to join Garter as well, finds that she likes being around the group more than with her sister, partly due to her budding feelings for Ribbons, and eventually with the help of the stolen pendant helps to defeat her father once and for all. | Kneesocks Daemon |
| Daina Kanai | Gurren Lagann | A talented mechanic who, under the tutelage of Makken and Leyte, builds her own custom Gunmen and joins Team Dai-Gurren in their space crusade against the Anti-Spiral, accidentally falling in love with the team’s resident sniper in the process. | Yoko Littner |
| Tai Favilla | Promare | Wanting to live a normal life and keep her Burninsh powers secret but still be useful to society, she joined Burning Rescue and used her gift to help quell fires instead of starting them. Unfortunately she was eventually found out and dragged off by Freeze Force, and replaced on the team by a young blue-haired upstart. The only thing that keeps her going throughout her prison sentence and the events that followed is the slim chance of seeing (and maybe kissing) that pink haired pilot girl again... | Aina Ardebit |
| Tai Itami | Haiyore! Nyaruko-san | After being protected by an adorable alien girl from nightmarish monsters (and her friends, who are also nightmarish monsters) in their spare time enough times, she eventually trains herself to protect not only her own life and the planet Earth, but also the very cutie meant to protect her. Also romance ensues. | Nyaruko |
| Axti the Faceless | Kingdom Hearts | The nobody of Tai, she is trained to be a reserve member of Organization XIII by Larxene, who grows a soft spot for her due to how much she reminds her of someone from her life as Elrena. Though Axti doesn't even make the cut to be a reserve, Larxene makes her her own personal lackey, perhaps to keep her close to herself... | Larxene |