I agree. But I'm not sure I was clear in the post above.
What I meant to say was the "emotions" or "process" is similar in that in each case, you feel greatly for someone or something that you are not actually interacting with. You are watching them, reading about them, listening to them - but they do not know you exist. They do not see you. You have never really *interacted* with them. If you've gotten their signature, or talked to them - you still don't know them - you know the persona they are showing you in that venue. You know more about them than they know about you and you have internalized a great deal of that information, translated it. Which is why there are so many different impressions of celebrities and fictional characters. Everyone picks up from the interviews, stories, etc - what appeals to them and ignores the rest. This isn't all that different than love at first sight or romantic love - when you've only just met the person and fallen for them.
The lovely thing about it - is that you probably won't meet the person, if it's a character - you never will - so you do not have to worry about your mental picture of that person or character being dashed on the rocks of reality. It's a vicarious sort of love, I think. A mental or cereberal one. One of fantasy and imagination. Which is healthy - as long as it isn't taken to extreems - because it can inspire one to do things like paint, write, create. If that makes sense.
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Date: 2007-03-06 01:43 am (UTC)What I meant to say was the "emotions" or "process" is similar in that in each case, you feel greatly for someone or something that you are not actually interacting with. You are watching them, reading about them, listening to them - but they do not know you exist. They do not see you. You have never really *interacted* with them. If you've gotten their signature, or talked to them - you still don't know them - you know the persona they are showing you in that venue. You know more about them than they know about you and you have internalized a great deal of that information, translated it. Which is why there are so many different impressions of celebrities and fictional characters. Everyone picks up from the interviews, stories, etc - what appeals to them and ignores the rest. This isn't all that different than love at first sight or romantic love - when you've only just met the person and fallen for them.
The lovely thing about it - is that you probably won't meet the person, if it's a character - you never will - so you do not have to worry about your mental picture of that person or character being dashed on the rocks of reality. It's a vicarious sort of love, I think. A mental or cereberal one.
One of fantasy and imagination. Which is healthy - as long as it isn't taken to extreems - because it can inspire one to do things like paint, write, create. If that makes sense.