I know you said you dislike y/n content in writing, but how do you feel about art?
Dislike is a strong word, but I do think it’s often very exclusionary, and even somtimes badly masked self fiction, which is fine, but it’s better to make a self insert OC in that case, and not pretend most people should be able to relate to your very… specific y/n.
But! When it comes to art and illustrations, the only artist I’ve ever seen that have managed to create a sort of character x self insert/non descriptive art that works is @birf.
Not showing face/hair or even too much of a body makes it work impressivly well imo. The skintone being a dark grey is also a genius move.
Basically, keeping the canon/main character in focus and not giving the self insert too much characteristics that can ruin the experience for different people is what makes Birf such a genius here.
gotta be honest tho, not making the YN a bald, white and faceless blob helps a lot, lmao, I seriously prefer those who makes their YN a bit of an oc with some lesser seen characteristics in bodytype, skincolor etc!