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cato4797
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29 Jul 2018, 11:22 am

I've been watching Brooklyn 9-9 and I felt like I kind of identify with Jake. However, now that I'm thinking about it I'm kind of worrying that maybe I'm molding my character to fit him a little, bit and that my friends noticing. Don't want to annoy them either.



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29 Jul 2018, 1:43 pm

Yes yes definitely! I've been watching so many kdramas and i feel like i'm becoming one of the poor and unpopular heroines in some of them.



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30 Jul 2018, 6:23 am

No... but I do get emotionally attached to certain characters.



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03 Aug 2018, 7:42 pm

Not totally, but I do find myself naturally imitating some characteristics picked up from characters I would like to be like (Jess from New Girl, Leslie Knope from Parks and Rec, Jessica Jones, etc...).


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06 Aug 2018, 6:12 pm

No, but there are so many TV characters that I can relate to.


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06 Aug 2018, 6:22 pm

yes. all the time. i go through phases depending on which show i'm obsessing about. I go for the charismatic or overly geeky characters.

honourable mentions:

-Don Draper
-Khalisi
-L / light (from death note)
-Lelouch
-generally badass characters who do a lot of training n fighting and are good at manipulating people

I also imitate the vibe of a series e.g. how they talk/ act/ dress/ the subject matter


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07 Aug 2018, 12:36 am

I do this all the time for not just TV characters but all kinds of characters. Characters are a lot of my special interests. It's like I almost become them. I become very obsessed and involved with them to an extreme degree. I have done this for my whole life.


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07 Aug 2018, 9:46 am

AprilR wrote:
Yes yes definitely! I've been watching so many kdramas and i feel like i'm becoming one of the poor and unpopular heroines in some of them.


ahah amazing, which ones?


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08 Sep 2018, 2:07 pm

^ Super late reply i'm sorry for that! I watch a lot of kdramas as well as jdramas. Boys over flowers and Pick up the stars come to my mind first but also i recently watched a jdramas called "Please love the useless me" and that character really resonated with me as well! Do you like asian dramas as well?