Does anyone feel like they are falling in love or is in love with a fictional character? I think I'm in love with a fictional character, I read a lot of books. I love the John Keller trio collection by Lawrence Block:
-Hit Man
-Hit List
-Hit Parade
John Keller is a hit man (of course) and I find it very arousing what he does. But since I was younger, I always loved fictional men like John Keller when I read books. I never met a real character like John Keller...yet. You can judge me, I need open and honest answers.
My main question is, does anyone think it's wrong to be in love with a fictional character?
2007-09-11 16:43:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
...as long as you keep it in context... like going to the movies, when you get out and are back in the "real world", do you let it influence your life to the point of "recklessness"...? remembering, it's only a movie......... and, no, I'm not in love with any "fictional" character... I'm after this new "wench" who moved into the "trailer-park" last week... Oooo what a babe!
2007-09-11 21:02:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 8⤋
1) It's pretty normal, and I don't know if I'd describe it as a phase. I know some folks who are quite happily married with children who have emotional attachments to fictional characters or long-dead authors (Thoreau, Marlowe, Woolf). 2) In the end, maybe you fall out of love, maybe you don't, but you usually become more interested in something or someone else. Doesn't sound like you're anywhere near ready for a serious relationship. I think you know this intuitively, and these fictional preoccupations are a bit of a safety valve for you right now. It's not really unusual to be fifteen with no girlfriend. If you had no female friends at all, I would be concerned about your development, unless you go to an all-male school. But if you don't yet, all is not lost. Work on appreciating the real people in your life for who they are. Work on your friendships with all kinds of people. You might even analyze what it is in these fictional characters you find appealing, and look for those characteristics in real people you meet. Your world is going to get a whole lot bigger in about three years. Hang tight until then. You got nothing but time!
2016-03-17 04:25:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not wrong, nor strange to fall in love with a fictional character. I wrote a little short story a little while back, and I didn't know the effect the supporting character would have on my readers. This character increase my readership and fan base.
It's a wonderful experience when we are able to identify and consciously bond with a character who exist between printed pages, because that's when life is exchanged.
2007-09-11 19:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by Irving L 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I am in love with a fictional character so I know what you are going through. I'm completely normal. The character I'm in love with is from a T.V. show called Family Guy. The mom Lois is so hot! Take it easy you aren't normal and damnit its about time some starts celebrating thier freakishness instead of hiding it the way everyone else does.
The next time you see a 'normal' person, remember its someone you don't know very well.
2007-09-13 11:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by BiGG Sexy 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It's not unusual, that's for sure. If a writer is talented their characters will be as living, breathing people, the very same people others fall in love with.
I've never fallen in love with a character, but I wouldn't call it wrong, so long as you recognize that they are a fictional character and that you can't actually be with them.
2007-09-11 21:08:44 · answer #5 · answered by Dan A 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nothing wrong, just keep in mind that you're in love with a fictional character and that any real guy you meet with a violent criminal career is a lot more likley to just be a simple violent psychopath.
And lt still beats all the people in love with television characters, who don't ever seem to grasp that they're actors.
2007-09-11 17:24:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah! I have had some of my biggest crushes on fictional characters, examples? Okay: Al'Lan Madragoran, the warrior and warder from Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (if you haven't read them do it!), Ford from A Hitch hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and almost all of the main characters in Robert Ludlum's stories albeit briefly... You are perfectly normal!
2007-09-11 20:46:07 · answer #7 · answered by evaz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think most people on this planet are in love - or at least drool over - fictional characters. Anyone who fantasizes about Angelina or Jessica Alba or Brad Pitt is enamored with the celebrity that they see. They see the hottie with the makeup on and good lighting in the cool movie or TV roles doing brave or romantic or funny stuff. They don't meet the guy/girl withought the makeup who has bad skin or leaves their underwear on the bathroom floor and has bad morning breath.
Whether it's James Bond (I'm partial to Daniel Craig), Sirius Black, Nick Stokes from CSI or an actual actor, we all do it from time to time. Nothing wrong with it, it can get you through boring classes or long car rides or whatever. Just as long as you don't avoid dating in real life or compare guys you meet to the hitman dude. Who knows, maybe you'll write a fan fiction about them.
2007-09-12 03:24:15 · answer #8 · answered by sandand_surf 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, maybe there is just something about hitmen, but I am in love with Jean Reno's character, Leon from the movie of the same title (also released as The Professional) He also had a French accent which helped.
Oh, and James Bond. And Brad Pitt AND Angelina Jolie in Mr & Mrs Smith
But I take everyone's point that real-life assassins are usually not as suave and sexy as they are in fiction. They tend to just be sociopathic sadists who enjoy hurting people... More like Harvey Keitel's character in The Assassin, or that creepy killer in Da Vinci Code.
2007-09-12 02:35:16 · answer #9 · answered by jess b 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I feel you. I am genuinely in love with Bobby Drake (Iceman) and Warren Worthington III (Angel). I know how silly it is, but I can't help it. As long as it doesn't become an obsession, I think it's fine. Sometimes I catch myself fantasizing, but it happens to the best of us :P. So, no, it's not wrong. But don't let it influence your life in any way, like influence your decisions. That's when you draw the line.
2013-10-08 07:30:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think that it's wrong as long as you don't let it take over your life. especially your love life. you can't measure real men against a fictional character, they will all come up sorely lacking. consider perhaps that when you read,you are putting some one that you already know in the role of this character.i know i have.
2007-09-11 17:35:22 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋