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idk what you’re blogging about rn but I hope you get that man pregnant or whatever 👍

the thing about parasociality is that it's undergone a rather bizarre transformation wherein the connotation is almost always a negative one, when the actual definition is merely describing a very human ability to feel connected to and concerned with people who we've never met and even "people" who might not really exist - the term was coined in the 50s to describe the attachment and investment that people felt in fictional television characters.

there's nothing innately negative OR positive about a parasocial relationship. to your example, a relationship doesn't become parasocial when you convince yourself that your favorite media personality is in love with you, but rather when you develop a sense of fondness for them in the first place.

I have no illusions about now attached my favorite youtube yoga instructor feels to me, personally (she doesn't, at all, because we've never directly interacted) but I feel warmly about her all the same, frequently feel cheered after following along with her yoga routines, and will be sad when the dog who appears in many of her videos inevitably dies. that's a parasocial relationship and it's fine! it's not bad to care about people you don't know personally, and that is arguably an important thing to be able to do.

the person i like and why i like them.

a famous person i’ve been compared to.

5 things that irritate me about the same sex/opposite sex.

the best thing that has happened to me this week.

weird things i do when i’m alone.

how i’d spend ten thousand bucks.

things i like and things i don’t like about the way i look.

my last night out in detail.

something that makes me sad when i think about it.

something i’ve lied about.

would i rather be stranded on a desert island with someone i love for ten years or someone i hate for a month? explain why.

something i’m currently worrying about.

one person from tumblr i’d throw off a cliff, one i’d marry and one i’d fuck.

something i do without realising.

lyrics that apply to my current situation/mood.

a drunken story.

something i regret.

post a picture of myself.

my longest relationship and who it was with.

press ctrl v and post.

post a bit of my last IM convo.

5 things i want to change.

my view on being tumblr famous.

someone i’d like to be for a day and why.

5 things within touching distance.

nice