#but maybe this is all just a very contrived way of pointing out that every character in fiction is the author acting in a mask

[…] I’ve also talked about splinters in a different context, which is that any collection of characters in a story could be viewed as compartmentalized, somewhat exaggerated splinters of the author’s total personality. Everything an author is capable of conceiving is recorded through the characters they create and the words and actions they assign to them, which includes good and evil things.

Homestuck: Book 6, p.387