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Q&A Do men fall "in love" (romantic, sensual or desire) with fictional characters?

I have written lots of sexy/romance/erotica stories, and I have created lots of compelling female characters that I have fallen in love with (and hate with, etc). I think many of my readers have do...

posted 8y ago by idiotprogrammer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar idiotprogrammer‭ · 2019-12-08T05:54:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have written lots of sexy/romance/erotica stories, and I have created lots of compelling female characters that I have fallen in love with (and hate with, etc). I think many of my readers have done so too. This is a genre that generally begs for such a response -- and it's challenging to make a character within that genre who is not a cliche or stereotype.

In the last 30 or so years I think people are more inclined to fall in love with a TV or movie character than a character from a book. (The last book character I have fallen in love is Scarlett O'Hara!). In today's world, literary works tend to appeal more to people's intellectual side than to their emotional side.

Let me add that I WISH I fell in love with more female characters I read about. But I tend to read very odd things.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-01-09T06:41:34Z (almost 8 years ago)
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