Been thinking about “blorbos” lately in a meta sense. So much of how I think and process the world is filtered through fictional people (sometimes OCs, sometimes not). I’ll be eating soup and be like “Spot Spiderverse would like this soup.” When my real life grandpa died, I remembered thinking about how Broccoli might grieve if this had happened to them. In fact, the more thorny a subject is, the more I find myself thinking about fictional characters. Death, grief, isolation, queerness, parental relationships. We’re it not for My Blorbos, I would seriously struggle to think about such things let alone form opinions about them.
There is, of course, a whole internet subculture that understands this—one that I interact with frequently. But to anyone outside of it, this type of thinking seems deranged.
I wish there was more technical language to describe this experience. I want to be able to explain this to my offline coworkers or to my parents. I can tell them that I really like comics or that I like writing stories, but that’s not half of it. I am thinking about fictional characters almost 24/7. This is a lens through which I see the entire world. I do not engage with fiction the way most people do.
Maybe there is a way to describe this I have not searched enough for it. Is it related to autism? My little cousin does this too. When we go sightseeing he’ll point at stuff and be like, “imagine Luffy sees this” or “imagine Sanji sees this.” And like yeah I get it. Me too dude. But also…most people don’t get it. And also also…saying “it’s just autism” is probably too reductive. I know many autistic people that don’t do this and allistic people who do. I suppose “blorbo brain” is often comorbid with autism?
I don’t know. Wish I could come to a more interesting conclusion to these thoughts.
Ramble over
