>>50431500>Only when in say, fanfics where they turn Ash into his super serious, dark and dominating personality stuff do I then think someone is trying to self insert. Just have Ash be his lovable self and give him whoever you want to ship him with.To be honest, you can write Ash like that as long as there is a real reason, say, maybe he got into an accident and now is in I don't know the NieR world and he just wants to go homeor make him realize that deep down he wnjoys battles way too much and his real talent lies being a human weapon and not a trainer. I believe that there isn't a bad idea just bad writers.
About shipping, I agree with you and for me I like crossover ships more.