Discussion Empathizing with fiction

[Round Two]

I watched a playthrough of Doki Doki Literature Club and decided to give it a go for myself. It's...weird. There are lots of bits that are just pure fantasy. Though, at the same time, I really find myself empathizing with Sayori. She does her best to bring as much happiness to those around her as she can, all while hiding everything she's really feeling behind a fake smile. I empathize with her because that's more or less what she's made into her life's purpose. She's doing everything she can to set those she cares about up to be able to live without her--she's trying to remove her own purpose for being alive. I'm not quite there yet...and I can't tell whether or not I'll ever be there. I keep finding more and more people to care about. It seems like an endless cycle. People need me to be here, so I'm here. People need me to be okay, so I try to be okay. I'm hanging on by threads, suffering in ways I can't tell anyone without worrying them and taking the smile off their face. It seems dumb to live for others, but that's all I've got.

I get it. Seeing Sayori smile and laugh and pretend...I get it.

Does anyone else have any characters in fiction that really resonated with them? If so, why?

 

[Sherri]

Rose from Titanic, who would rather die with the love of her life than be on a lifeboat. She stayed with him till the end.

 

[Round Two]

Rose from Titanic, who would rather die with the love of her life than be on a lifeboat. She stayed with him till the end.

I can understand that. My partner and I have...a pact of sorts. We've both been through terrible things together. We've promised one another that we wouldn't go without saying goodbye properly first. We won't try to stop one another, but there'll be no surprises. Loving someone is forever, even if that forever is cut short.