Anyone Else Tend To "Obsess" Over Fictional Charac

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I'm just asking, because I've been doing this sort of thing since I was maybe three; whether if it was from a movie or favorite cartoon, there would always at least be one character I couldn't stop obsessing over.

Like when I was around that age, I was obsessing over Woody from Toy Story, (or Pooh Bear, I can't exactly remember). And as I aged even more, I grew to like several more characters... And depending on which character I was obsessing over at the time, it would be my strongest interest.

Here is a list of predominant characters that I hold a strong fascination in:
-Grovyle, (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)
-Lampy, (the Brave Little Toaster)
-Ozzy & Strut, (the Land Before Time II: the Great Valley Adventure)
-Gordon Quid, (Catscratch)
-Oogie Boogie, (the Nightmare Before Christmas)
-Hades, (Disney's Hercules)
-Discord, (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
-Noah, (Total Drama Island/Action/World Tour)
-*Scott, (Total Drama Revenge of the Island/All-Stars)

I've obsessed over other characters, but these are just the main ones; these cycles can usually last for months, (Discord being the longest for almost two years).

And my Scott obsession has mainly been carried out for almost three or four months, I think. And it's kind of funny, because unlike a lot of my other character obsessions, I originally hated Scott... But he is my current interest right now, which is why I've starred his name.

So, am I just a weirdo, or this a common thing on the spectrum?

I do that, too. I loooove Candace and Jeremy form Phineas and Ferb, they're probably my favorite characters from anything ever.
Whenever I watch or read something, I usually fixate on one character. For instance, I saw Frozen yesterday and I cannot stop thinking about how great Elsa was. The only thing I like that I can't pick a favorite character from is Homestuck.

love this thread, yeah I obsess over specific characters as well, I don't remember about when I was a child but here are all of the ones I can think of :

Hermione Granger (harry potter)
Severus Snape (harry potter) - I have been obsessed with him for the longest
Spencer Reid (criminal minds)
frank n furter (rocky horror) - haha pretty obvious considering my name
Sherlock Holmes - specifically in the BBC Sherlock
Loki (Thor)
Nicholas Rush (stargate universe)
Vala (stargate sg1)

Sometimes the obsession branches off into the actor playing the character as well

I am going to add other people as well but they are not characters:

Musicians:
Brian Molko (Placebo)
Matt Bellamy (Muse)

Other:
Derren Brown (magician/mentalist)
Simon Amstel (presenter/comedian)


I know I must be missing some but I cant think of everyone, these are all the obsessions I have had I don't have them all at once hah I don't think I could cope with that. it usually goes round in cycles, I am currently obsessed with Brian molko, and Severus snape as always

Yes. I have a tendency to get very deep into fictional characters. My current characters are Maruko from Chibi Maruko Chan, Conan/Shin'ichi from Detective Conan, Kokoro from a comic book about schizophrenia, et al.

Here's a list of fictional characters that I've obsessed over in chronological order:

Age 3: Peter Cottontail
Age 4: Spider Man
Age 5: The Incredible Hulk
Age 6: Mr. Dress Up
Age 7: Woody Woodpecker
Age 8: Boss Hog - The Dukes of Hazard
Age 9: Bo Duke - The Dukes of Hazard
Age 10: The Greatest American Hero
Age 11: Alf
Age 12: Mr. Belvedere
Age 13: Mork - Mork & Mindy
Age 14: John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr - Musicians - The Beatles
Age 15: Rain Man
Age 16: Peter Tork
Mickey Dolenz
Mike Nesmith
Davy Jones - Musicians and Actors - The Monkees
Age 17: Any hippie character that I saw in a movie or on a TV show
Age 18: Pretty much the same.
Age 19: Ray Davies - Role Model
Dave Davies
Pete Quaife
Mick Avory - Kindred Soul - Musicians - The Kinks
Age 20: The same
Age 21: The same
Age 22: Austin Powers
Age 23: The same
Age 24: The same
Age 25: The same
Age 26: The same
Age 27: The same
Age 28: The same
Age 29: The same
Age 30: The same
Age 31: The same
Age 32: Sid from Flushed Away :O)
Age 33: The same
Age 34: The same
Age 34: Ray Davies - Musician - The Kinks
Dave Davies - Musician - The Kinks
Pete Quaife - Musician - The Kinks
Mick Avory - Musician - Kindred Soul and Role Model - The Kinks
Age 35: The same
Age 37: The same
Age 38: The same
Age 39: The same: The reason for this is because I'm being myself and this is my natural way of being
like the ages 19 - 21. The only difference this time is that my role model is a more realistic one,
due to my body type, personality and temperament.

I am very obsessed with the guy on my avatar. He's Craymen from Panzer Dragoon Saga. If it was possible, I would marry him. I love him to death and I think about him almost all the time.

Yes. Alot. The most recent one being Sherlock Holmes. There is no other way to describe it than obsessed.

Spencer Reid, Sherlock Holmes, Hamlet.

Um. NO *sits in room filled with sonic objects and wears the same sonic t-shirt and obsessivly draws sonic*

here are some characters i have obsessed over in the past

- SpongeBob Squarepants
- Jeepers Creepers
- Samara (from the Ring)
- Wallace and Gromit
- Coraline
- Sonic The Hedgehog

most of the time i obsessed over certain animals or Objects

YES!! !! To the point that I thought I was some of the characters due to the sheer amount of times spent thinking about them or watching the same shows over and over.

The ones that I can think of right now are:

- Alison Dubois (Medium)
- Olivia Benson (Law and Order SVU)
- George (Secret Life of Us) and then when she moved shows, Kathryn (Stingers)
- Captain Janeway (Star Trek Voyager)
- Samantha (Bewitched)
- CeCe (The Nanny) which is kind of funny because I was obsessed with her about 14 years ago and now again this year.

I don't watch anything without forming a far greater interest in one character than the others. If there is no one I connect with I find it almost unbearable to sit down and watch something. I don't see the point. I could list 100+ shows where one of the characters was the entire reason that I was watching.

The Characters I'm obsessed with are:
Jeannie and Tony-(I Dream Of Jeannie)
The Nelsons (Mainly Ricky)-(The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet)
Buffy and Jody-(Family Affair)
The Cleavers-(Leave it To Beaver)

Yes absolutely. Like Hetty from NCIS LA and Garcia on Criminal Minds. I have glasses like each of their characters which I tend to wear on the day those shows are on.

Always have.

Virtually every single one of my special interests has revolved around fictional characters. I consider them to be my "imaginary friends" and several people have pointed out that I seem to have an almost spiritual-type of connection with them. Whenever I start losing interest in a character, I tend to "mourn" over them and won't feel completely normal/whole until I develop an obsession with new characters.

It would take me forever to go through all of my character obsessions, so I will just talk about the ones I've had this year.

Earlier this year (particularly over the summer) I was into:

Maxwell, Wilson and Willow from Don't Starve
Alexander and Daniel from Amnesia: The Dark Descent

My interest in these characters is gradually fading away. I was pretty upset when I first realized that I was losing interest in them, but I am getting over it.

More recently I have found (or in some cases rediscovered) some new imaginary friends to love. These include:

7 (from Shane Acker's 9)

Judith (from Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are) (I credit my close friend and fellow WPer LtlPinkCoupe for reminding me how much I love this character)

Frollo (from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Loki (Thor)

Before getting on these meds that make a clear thought nigh impossible, I used to write fiction [fantasy adventure] and I was [still am] weirdly attached to all of my characters. Friends or family would stop by and catch me sobbing [and this was before my meds had me crying about seeing an ant with a limp, tragic things like that] and ask what was wrong. I would tell them about the grossly unfair treatment, or even death of a favorite character [ they are ALL favorite characters] and they could not understand why I was so upset. After all, I was the one doing the writing. What they did not, still do not, understand is that " the book is the boss,"and I am compelled to cause some of my darlings to die.

So, yeah, I become obsessed with fictional characters, but only the ones that I personally breathed life into.

I've never been obsessed with characters, but overall shows or books themselves, to the point that I would imagine living in those worlds.

I tend to obsess over fictional characters that I create all on my own. I'll listen to music and make up music videos that show the story playing out to music. I'll think about the story before I go to sleep and daydream about it all day.
Sometimes I'll do a little research online to help aid in the fantasy.

These fantasies tend to last anywhere from one week to 3 months. They tend to focus on a strong, tall, male character who has gone through some childhood/adolescent tragedy (it's been from fighting a war as a child soldier to being a super soldier bred by the military to perform super black operations).

Yeah I dunno why I do it, but it makes me happy.

Pokemon:
Golduck
Spinda (I collected them for cool spot patterns.)
Totodile
Machop

Digimon:
Mamemon
Megadramon
Monmon
Pukumon

Sonic The Hedgehog:
Sonic
Chao

Tomba

Soul Blade/Calibur:
Siegfried Schtauffen

King of Fighters:
Yashiro Nanakase
Chris
Ralf Jones
Duck King

Dead Rising:
Frank West

Guardians of the Galaxy:
Rocket Raccoon

Megaman:
Megaman
Izzy Glow

Ape Escape:
Spike

SSX:
Psymon