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⌈ Secret Post #6961 ⌋

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I will never understand why some people require "relatability" or "connecting with" to enjoy media.
Do you not read stories to get lost within their world? Listen to music because it has a nice beat? Look at drawings to admire the skill? Watch movies for entertainment and to enjoy the SFX/acting? Watch foreign TV series out of curiosity about another culture? Consume media that has low reviews for the "narm charm" or to riff on?
Why does it have to be "me,"me, me, me?" or how you can insert yourself into it?
"I don't relate to this." Skill issue, you don't have to.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(Yes, this was inspired by some posts I've seen on F!S and a wider trend I noticed. I had a sheltered upbringing. No childhood friends, my father was very religious and racist. He didn't want me to watch anime or talk to classmates of a different race. Consuming media created by different walks of life saved me from becoming a reactionary evangelical like him. The internet helped me tenfold. We're all human in the end. Even as someone with a narrow range of interests wrt genres/tropes. I'm not going to throw out a good song or movie due to being from another culture.)

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It’s not something I do either, I don’t relate to or identify with characters I like, I just like them because I think they’re fun, not because they share an aspect of my personality as if thats the only way I could possibly enjoy a character.

Like I’ve seen meme trend before now that are like ‘your fave characters share a part of you’ and like nope that’s never been me. Most of my fave characters are nothing like me and I enjoy them for that, it would be so boring if I had to find a way to personally connect them to me because jfc would that give me such a limited range of characters I could like.

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See, that’s just one version of what “relatability” means. I think plenty of people don’t use it to mean that there’s any specific similarity the share with a character, but that the character is understandable at some level and they can relate to their thoughts or feelings.

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For me that isn’t relating to a character that’s understanding them, which for me is not the same thing at all? And like I adore the characters I love but I don’t relate to them one bit, I’m s8moly watching their journey and having fun while doing so.

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Same. I've always used (and seen "relating" used) to mean relating to a character on a personal level/having some sort of personal connection with them. There are plenty of characters that I can understand but not relate to at all - for example, I can't relate to a character who wants to be a parent because I don't have any desire to ever have children, but I can certainly understand that desire even though it isn't one I personally experience.

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[(Anonymous)]

This. I think there's some confusion about how "relatabilty" is defined here.

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[(Anonymous)]

I read mostly m/m specifically because as a woman I'm less interested in something I can just go out and experience myself/what I have already experienced. (ntm, the fact I don't exactly do relationships, so I have absolutely no interest in reading about it... this is coming out all wrong, ugh)

I watch/read things predominantly for the characters as well. Setting, world-building and plot are important, but what actually hooks me is interaction between characters. I hate projection, it gets so annoying so fast.