who the hell is charlie??

what is UP !! i'm charlie, i've made it 21 years, my pronouns are she/he & my main hobby is being unemployed.

well i also make webpages, drink, and love childe tartaglia ajax 24/7. it's a busy life >3

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here's some questions no one has ever asked me

do i know you ?

if you're from the r/waifuism discord, YES!!! i am less active these days but i remain >3
otherwise, probably not. i don't have any internet presence of note. i operate in my own bubble and i'm cool B]
i do have a webbysite, if you're interested :] there's another childe shrine... >3

how do you label yourself ?

meh.. i don't like 'yume' or 'selfshipper', since those are more casual and even jokey at times.
i tend to call myself a waifuist [since i use the subreddit & discord], but even that doesn't always cover the experience.

what's your deal with fiction ?

well i'm certified autistic B]
but seriously, i've had several fictional partners over the past 20 years !! there's definitely an element of escapism, especially when i was younger, but nowadays it's just something that happens, just like falling in love with real people :]

i don't pick my partners, as you'll hear a lot in the waifuism community. for me, it's about unexpectedly falling in love with someone from probably-whatever-im-obsessed-with-at-that-time, rather than seeking out a partner.

it's also such a Real and Intense thing for me. it's not just an interest in a character, or even thinking that they'd be a cool choice to imagine a relationship with... i'm entirely in love with them, as much as i would be with a real person. no irony here brother !!

you...do know they're not real, right ?

yes. all too well, if you ask me.
while i know that my beloveds will never have a physical body that i can interact with or that other people can engage with, i do believe that the level of devotion and effort i sink into my partner gives them an existence, if you will. i'm the only one who can feel it in any way though.

while i don't really believe in my partner existing in another universe, i do experience things like..coincidences that occur way too often or hold too much meaning to truly be coincidences... the things that ye olde snapewives were known for basically. i would say i understand that i'm just being delusional, but that would ruin my fun !!

what's your stance on people who share your partner ?

point one. no one shares my partner.
while i realise that someone may feel something for the same characters that i do, it's not the same at all. i am the only person truly in love with my partner, and i don't care how that makes me sound.
i don't entertain the multiverse theories, there is one version of the character and they are with me.

point two. i'm going to fucking kill you, also known as instant block.

i assume this is due to ego & being entirely deranged, but i don't really get jealous, per se ?? when i see copycats it's more like... why do you think you could ever be me ?