Discussion Wishing my original characters were real

[cececinderella]

So, I don't think this is the healthiest coping mechanism. However, I'm curious. I have an original character named Maxwell. Possibly my favorite OC, the golden child, whatever. I feel like I'm odd in the way that I wish he was real and I could be friends with him. He wasn't written to be a comfort character that could magically solve all of my woes, but rather a somewhat realistic character who is flawed and motivated mostly by survival. I think about him being a real life friend frequently, as I don't have many friends that aren't online, and doing stuff like hanging out with him or going places and stuff like that. I wonder if it's just because I feel very alone and if I had more people to hang out with, I would forget about it.
Does anyone else fantasize about their original characters [or even just fictional characters] being real and having a friendship, relationship, etc with them? I'd like to know what you guys think.

 

[StupidCat]

I've created so many characters for ky fictional writings. I placed on different stages of my life. I tried giving them as realistic features as real people so they always fit, or have the smallest possibility of existence.

 

[cececinderella]

I've created so many characters for ky fictional writings. I placed on different stages of my life. I tried giving them as realistic features as real people so they always fit, or have the smallest possibility of existence.

I definitely understand the realistic features. Sometimes I create my characters in life sims so they can look a bit more real. I don't think I'll find a real Maxwell any time soon, but it's nice to hope for it.

 

[ghost_storys]

I relate to this. For a while there it felt like my OCs were the only thing I enjoyed anymore- drawing them, RPing them, whatever. Rather than wishing she was real, I think I wish I was her. I made her so cheerful and beautiful and talented- flawed, but optimistic. She made friends easily. ...Even though I made her for a horror game and RP awful things happening to her lol. I don't know. Some combination of kinky and cathartic I'm not smart enough to understand.
And then my friends didn't want to RP with her anymore because she was a girl, and I know that's their choice, I can't force them to like things they aren't into, but it felt like such a personal rejection that to be honest, it's what finally drove me to make an account here. I had one last thing I looked forward to... and now I don't.
(that's her in my icon)

 

[JesiBel]

Yes, absolutely. My characters keep me mentally company. I can daydream with them and disconnect from reality a bit. I wish I knew how to animate and create short stories. I just draw as a hobby. They are the complete opposite of me, they are colorful, positive and fun. Some are children or young, others adults. I think I would have liked to have a little brother/sister with a marked age difference.