Daily Writing Prompt 31-Jul: Who is the fictional character you relate to the most?


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Daily Writing Prompt 31-Jul: Who is the fictional character you relate to the most?

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Who is the fictional character you relate to the most?

Who is the fictional character you relate to the most?

This is pretty close to the question from July 24th: “If you could have dinner with any fictional character, who would it be?”

To want to have dinner with a fictional character, I would suspect that, in most cases, you relate to them or simply find them interesting.

If I had to pick the character I relate to the most, that’s a slightly different twist—and I’m not sure I can narrow it down to just one.

Certainly Kramer from Seinfeld comes to mind. I have a tendency to blurt things out without much of a filter, much like Kramer. Think of the classic line:

“You’re as pretty as any of them. You just need a nose job.”

Maybe it’s Chandler from Friends because of his dry, quick, sarcastic wit.

Monica: “The camera adds ten pounds!”
Chandler: “Ah, so how many cameras were actually on you?”

My wife would probably say I’m more like the Tasmanian Devil from Looney Tunes because I try to do everything too fast and usually end up knocking something over or dropping it.

The more I think about it, the harder the question becomes. I don’t think most of us are just one character. We borrow little pieces from dozens of them. A bit of Kramer, a little Chandler, maybe even a dash of the Tasmanian Devil.

Then again, maybe I’ve been looking at it backward.

Aren’t fictional characters more like us than we are like them?

After all, isn’t that what good storytelling is? Art imitating reality.

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6 responses to “Daily Writing Prompt 31-Jul: Who is the fictional character you relate to the most?”

  1. That final turn “aren’t fictional characters more like us than we are like them?” is where the real insight lives. You’ve flipped the lens beautifully. We chase these characters trying to find ourselves, but really they were always just reflections of what humans do when they’re honest or desperate or tired of pretending. The Tasmanian Devil knocking things over while trying to do everything? That’s not exaggeration, that’s just life at speed. And the fact that you’re a mix of Kramer’s unfiltered honesty and Chandler’s defense mechanism of wit? That’s not indecision, that’s just being human enough to use humor when the truth gets too sharp. Good storytelling doesn’t create characters; it just holds up a mirror we recognize ourselves in.

    1. It really does, thanks for seeing that.

  2. Good choices for sure!!!!

  3. Kramer’s unfliltered honesty has its charm but it seems like you are a bit more intellectual than he is. The actor may be very smart though.

    1. haha I hope so but his bladder system was pretty good. Maybe some Hawkeye Pierce from MASH; Funny, sarcastic and smart. Also one of my favorite shows.

      1. Hawkeye that sounds about right

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