I’m not sure about that. In theatre circles, there’s both “method acting” and other more controlled or affected styles, right? But that’s also something were people get a lot of training and practice. But even in children’s make believe, there’s a lot of author-stance decision-making, right? (Scene-framing, OOC discussions, resolving consequences of actions, etc.). I agree that the idea of actor stance as being somehow more natural is appealing, but I’m skeptical that’s actually true in practice. I think that many folks might initially assume that depicting a character is largely about immersion, but that the actual practice of doing so can be a lot more complex.