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Comfort Character

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A phenomenon where lonely people form parasocial relationships with fictional characters as substitutes for real social connections.

Mentions (1)
"I see grown adults talk about their "comfort character" and have excessive emotional reactions when a character they're attached to dies, and talk about how they're unable to enjoy a story if the main characters are immoral or unlikable, i.e someone they wouldn't be friends with in real life."
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