Is it normal i think i’m in love with a fictional character?

Lately I’ve been really into Tauriel from The Hobbit movies. She’s breathtakingly beautiful, badass, has a great voice, has a good heart, and is just so wonderful! And I’m moreso feeling this way about the character than the actress, as Evangeline Lily has done some things I don’t agree with.

I’m at a point where I’m almost wanting to manifest her or shift to a reality with her. If that doesn’t work out, maybe I’ll find a girl that reminds me of her.

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  • thepuppet

    you can try manifesting her, but finding a girl like her in real life could create issues because fictional characters are generally better than real people. projecting those kinds of expectations on real people can be unhealthy for both you and a potential real life partner. if you're dedicated i'd recommend developing your fictional crush into a fictional partner through manifesting/HC!

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    • Hubbard

      What’s HC?

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      • thepuppet

        headcanon (usually used for making things up using the source material for fun but in this case you're self-inserting yourself into source material or pulling a character out into your own world or a headspace world, it's a pretty flexible and vague term from what i've seen)

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  • Tommythecaty

    It means you need to go outside and speak to an actual girl.

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  • Tinybird

    normal, I have created imaginary boyfriends.

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  • MrToxic

    It sounds like your feelings for this character have reached a dangerous point. When your feelings are directed towards fictional characters for too long, you can lose attraction to real women. This is a mental health issue I strongly recommend getting addressed

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    • Ihidabody

      And so what if they lose attraction to real women?

      Are we supposed to be attracted to people?

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      • MrToxic

        Biologically yes. Attraction is largely an unconscious process that occurs in all of us. a primitive section of the brain responsible for regulating essential functions like hunger. When encountering a potential mate, a part of the brain called the hypothalamus spurs the release of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin, causing the sensations of lust or love. That said, the wiring in our brains can form incorrectly at times leading to attraction to unusual things such as objects, animals and more.

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        • Ihidabody

          I don't feel attraction and others don't either, so sorry to break it to you, but it doesn't occur in all of us, neither does it mean we're going to form attractions to animals, objects, etc.

          You're spouting nonsense. Feeling an attraction is not an essential. FYI, there are many people that fall in love with fictional characters for whatever reason, yet have never formed an attraction to something unusual. You pulled this right out your ass.

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          • MrToxic

            If you're referring to asexuality then I'd suggest exploring studies performed worldwide on the matter. There's evidence that such people simply lack the chemical response that's meant to occur in the brain which causes sexual attraction. If you'd fully read what I said in my previous comment, you'd have noticed that I'd mentioned our brains wiring can form incorrectly leading to unusual outcomes. What you're describing is one such outcome.

            The information I've posted has come directly from multiple sources and studies on the matter. If you don't like it then feel free to ignore it. And FYI attraction to fictional characters is an issue that can develop gradually or rapidly varying from person to person. It's fine to think what you will about a character. It however, is important to maintain a boundary between fantasy and reality otherwise the end result can be highly detrimental such as the situation in Japan where an increasing number of single people attempt to marry fictional characters and forgo any potential future they may have with real people. While they're free to do this, it is defined by mental health care workers as an illness.

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            • Ihidabody

              Of course, because health care refer to EVERYTHING that that's uncommon as an illness. And like I said, it doesn't matter because "having a future with real people" isn't an essential. Stop treating attraction like a need. Plus, how is someone falling in love with a fictional character an "issue"? As long as it doesn't have a negative impact on someone else's life, then it really isn't an issue. Sure, it's weird, but not an "issue".

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  • S0UNDS_WEIRD

    What did Lily do? Just curious as I was something of a Lost fan.

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      • S0UNDS_WEIRD

        Fuck her then.

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  • Somenormie

    I've had that once, I used to crush on a fictional character named Dawn when I was young.

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    • Hubbard

      From what

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