[ SECRET POST #1847 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1847 ⌋


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Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

04. http://i.imgur.com/Of6RQ.png

[(Anonymous)]

OT but OHSHIT GURREN LAGANN!!

[havemy-heart.livejournal.com]

:( This was me in the past. I was eventually able to get over it. I kinda had to since he's not real and couldn't reciprocate. I hope you can eventually move on, too.

[(Anonymous)]

This was my experience too. The 'relationship' if you can call it that basically sent me off the deep end. But like you I managed to get over it after a very, very long time. In the long run it was the only sane thing for me to do.

[(Anonymous)]

i'm curious about this (in a totally non-judgmental way) what do you mean by the relationship sending you off the deep end?

(and partly, i'm also kind of worried that this is going to be me some day...)

[(Anonymous)]

Well, it was almost like unrequited love, except for the obvious fact that the character wasn't real. So as much as I wanted/needed her to love me back that was never going to happen due to the whole being fictional thing. I mean she couldn't even talk to me! If you feel like that about someone for an extended period of time (and this was many years) eventually it just eats away at you. I ended up feeling worthless and it took me ages to regain even a little bit of the self-respect/worth that I had lost. I still get a bit embarrassed and weird about it all (I'm posting a reply on f!s as Anon ffs lol). But I can enjoy the character now without getting those intense feelings anymore. Although I still have a place for her in my heart and I always will.

I hope you deal with it better than I did Anon(OP or not). :)

[kryptoncat.livejournal.com]

Just know you can love more than one person in your lifetime, OP. Even if you've found a fictional character you love, that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to spend the rest of your life pining for them.

[(Anonymous)]

aww, OP. it's not that uncommon. probably half of all the "phan"girls in POTO fandom are in love with the phantom, so i think you're in good company :)

[(Anonymous)]

I like to make up little self insert stories in my head with my favourite fandom characters. As long as you can find the line between imagination and reality I don't think it's so wrong to love a fictional character. It's a sort of escapism.

[mibu-roshi.livejournal.com]

You're not alone OP. As long as you know the difference between fiction and reality you'll be alright. Maybe even try to turn the affection you have for the character into something productive. I usually take my fandom loves and use them to help me want to learn new things and take up new activities because I know it's something that the character would like and enjoy.

Just don't shut out real life and you'll be fine. I have many fictional men that I love and that have inspired me in countless ways and that in-between boyfriends have been great comforts at times!

[wynndfae.livejournal.com]

It was my love of multiple fictional characters that pushed me to create a whole world inside my head that allowed me to indulge in them than allowed me to separate the reality from fiction. I like thinking of them as these comfortable, compassionate old friends that I'll have with me even after all of the real people have up and gone. Eventually it's just a comfort thing and something fun to write when there's nothing else to do.

It's not shameful. I should think it's a wonderful testament to your emotional range. Not to mention a huge pat on the creator's back for making such a relateable and genuinely loveable character. :3