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It's difficult to expect some rationality from the kind of person who has difficulty separating reality from fantasy. The most hardcore fans in any fandom have enough time to totally immerse themselves, as they are not in education, employment, or training, and thus their entire existence revolves around their fantasies.
At best, this leads to simple obsession and pedantic overanalyzation, so they talk about these characters as if they we're real, and as if their head canons were actual fact... ie Cheerilee and Marble Pie ships. Sometimes, as is the case with Flash Sentry, you'll see them go absolutely batty over the faperceived reality that HFlasbroh darSedntry is out to steal le waifu.
At worst, as in the case of the idiot who found a priest willing to marry him to a Twilight Sparkle plush toy, this leads them to induce schizophrenia in themselves through repetitive, damaging meditations. This is because some random stranger on a tulpa site said it's perfectly safe to make yourself see a person who isn't there, and that you should ignore the horror stories of those who have tried to do this and now need to explain to a therapist that they see a pink monstrosity with cupcake teeth ripping the heads off of rabbits and screaming uncontrollably.
It's difficult to expect some rationality from the kind of person who has difficulty separating reality from fantasy. The most hardcore fans in any fandom have enough time to totally immerse themselves, as they are not in education, employment, or training, and thus their entire existence revolves around their fantasies.
At best, th
At worst, as in the case of the idiot who found a priest willing to marry him to a Twilight Sparkle plush toy, this leads them to induce schizophrenia in themselves through repetitive, damaging meditations. This is because some random stranger on a tulpa site said it's perfectly safe to make yourself see a person who isn't there, and that you should ignore the horror stories of those who have tried to do this and now need to explain to a therapist that they see a pink monstrosity with cupcake teeth ripping the heads off of rabbits and screaming uncontrollably.