Loving Yourself

a-dweebs-apocalypse:

joelbyeman:

"you choose your favourite character because they remind you of yourself"

 

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We all have loved a fictional character once. Maybe more than once. Maybe more than just one character. And why exactly do we love them? Why is this character our favorite? The reasons I often hear is because “We can relate to the character’s pain. The feelings are real and raw and more humane than anything. The feelings are ours. We get it. We understand. And that’s why this character is our favorite.” And it’s all true. That’s why we love books. We want to be strong like these characters. They inspire us. And no matter how I phrase it, it’s all the same. Your character reminds you of yourself.

My concern is: You can love a character that reminds you of yourself, but you can’t learn to love yourself?

So … it’s easier to love someone who isn’t exactly you. I guess it is easier that way. To pretend your problems don’t exist. To hide behind your insecurity. To shove your pain. I guess it is easier to love a fictional character, but it isn’t fair.

Because this fictional character is the closest you’ll ever come to loving yourself.

 

 

In case, anyone is curious. Dweeb's apocalypse is my tumblr (dedicated to Supernatural). I have another one that is for kpop.

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silentreader22 #1
Agree. It's a lot easier to relate I think? Even though we unconsciously do this. It makes us feel that at least we're not alone. It makes us feel that at least I have someone with me. On a side note, I think it's funny, my friend, this morning just told me that almost all the characters I like are hetero chromatic people. Ahahahaha.
IRollWithInfinite #2
except me, who just loves me regardless
lmfao
umopepisdn #3
Just recently my thoughts... i told a friend I've been eating healthy and sleeping early... she replied to me asking did i get myself a boyfriend recently. I went baffled n say no. Then it dawn on me, majority people dont love themselves that much unless its for someone else? To me it doesnt make sense.
kpopsterr #4
Now I think that I am too silly to not notice the real meaning of loving a fictional character and having fantasies about them it's a really ironic thing that I was the one calling my self a girl with a deep personality and I proudly give up this title for you ...... you know after reading whatever you wrote even your writing seems more mature and full of real life that I didn't even knew about or haven't care to know about it
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