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Falling in love with a fictional character is not abnormal. Neither by societal standards based on just how many people do and by psychological standards. It is a normal thing we sometimes do as humans; become attached to someone who doesn’t really exist. Let’s take a journey into the mountain of psychological research and real life pandemonium of fictophilia.

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Have you ever...? (0:00)
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The Fictophilic Paradox (6:40)
The Benefits of Social Surrogacy (12:14)
"Bridging The Gap" (18:32)
"Her" and love that transcends (23:49)
Reality Shifting and Tulpamancy (28:16)
When "she" isn't enough... (34:16)
Slay The Princess is a mirror (38:35)
Love carves your heart (42:33)
WOW this was long wtf (45:26)


▶Games Shown

MiSide (2024)
Alan Wake 2 (2023)
Signalis (2022)
Celeste (2018)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022)
Disco Elysium (2019)
Slay The Princess (2023)
Love and Deepspace
Chrono Trigger (1995)
Persona 5 Royal (2019)
Mass Effect (2007)
NieR:Automata (2017)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024)
Elden Ring (2022)
Hades (2020)
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
The Last of Us (2013)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
Resident Evil 4 (2023)
Honkai: Star Rail (2023)
Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)
Doki Doki Literature Club! (2017)
LovePlus+ (2010)
NEW LovePlus (2012)
NEW LovePlus+ (2014)
LovePlus Every (2019)
True Love ‘95 (1995)
Mystic Messenger (2016)
Senran Kagura Reflexions (2017)


▶Movies/TV/Anime Shown

Her
Chainsaw Man
Jujutsu Kaisen
Summertime Rendering
A Sign of Affection
How to lose a guy in 10 days
10 Things I Hate About You
Anyone But You


▶Music Sources (in Order):

The Princess - Slay The Princess OST
What's New On The Radio - Mouthwashing OST
Where Do I Go from Here? - VallHalla OST

Hope by Tenno:
www.instagram.com/tennomusic/
   / tennomusic  
www.tennomusic.com

Eidos 7 Abandoned Station - Stellar Blade OST
What's New On The Radio - Mouthwashing OST
My Confession - Doki Doki Literature Club! OST
Submarine - Inside OST
Safe Room - Resident Evil OST
Vague Hope (spring rain) - Nier Automata OST
Fragmentation - Slay The Princess OST
Welcome to VA-11 Hall-A - VA-11 Hall-A OST
Ueno Underground District - Shin Megami Tensei IV OST
Safe Room - Signalis OST

Track: MokkaMusic - Ageless Planet (   • Inspiring Cinematic Piano (No Copyright Mu...  )
Music provided by MokkaMusic Youtube channel and https://inaudio.org

Loneliness 1b - Serial Experiments Lain OST
ANOTHER HIM - Delta Rune OST
Heroes - Mouthwashing OST
My Confession (Variant) - Doki Doki Literature Club OST

DuNock - Wandering Thoughts
(  / wandering-thoughts  )

The Princess - Slay The Princess OST
The Damsel - Slay The Princess OST
I Just Want to Make You Happy (The Damsel III) - Slay The Princess OST

Azure Rose by Wisp X
(   • Wisp X - Azure Rose  )


▶Media/Clips/Considerations:

   • Fictophilia Viddy  


▶Research Sources

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12...