I *like* using mirror characters. laugh I was the first one to cheer when my professors labeled tons of introspection as evil and to be avoided at all costs. There's a balance that must be struck, and mirror characters help achieve that balance.

Laura (who's writing professor likes how she handles introspection and mirror characters)

“Rules only make sense if they are both kept and broken. Breaking the rule is one way of observing it.”
--Thomas Moore

"Keep an open mind, I always say. Drives sensible people mad, I know, but what did we ever get from sensible people? Not poetry or art or music, that's for sure."
--Charles de Lint, Someplace to Be Flying