Reader
Reader noun - A collection of writings.
Work
Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- This, coupled with Self-Fanservice below, is especially prominent in shipping work and reader insert fics.
Source: Draco In Leather Pants / Anime - In a page about the work, a good image will introduce the work; in a trope page, it will illustrate the trope and help the reader understand it.
- This often forms part of an allegory or metaphor for escapism, the idea that the imagination allows a reader to 'enter' a work and subconsciously cast themselves as an observer or a main character.
Source: Intrepid Fictioneer
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