Is it normal i’ve been thinking about a fictional character a lot lately?
I asked this before but I guess I didn’t explain it well enough. Basically I’ve been thinking a lot about the character of Jamie Lloyd from Halloween 4-6. I guess in some ways I relate to this character. I sometimes wish I could comfort her even though she’s not real, because she goes through A LOT of shit in these movies! I guess it might be because I’m used to being the one who needs help or reassurance, that the thought of being the one who gives that help is appealing to me.
I remember seeing a part of Halloween 5 on tv when I was 10. At the time I liked to pretend to interact with characters from my favorite movies and shows, and I would sometimes pretend to protect Jamie Lloyd from Michael Myers. There’s one scene where she convinced him to take his mask off in front of her, and for some reason that scene felt really touching to me, and I often tried to recreate that feeling through these fantasies.
Recently I watched Halloween 4 on YouTube and am planning on watching 5 soon (luckily I found a video for it). I actually wrote in my journal immediately after watching it and wrote most of the same things I wrote in this post. I think we can find out a lot about ourselves by taking a look at the characters we like and evaluating why we like them. I think the weird part is that this isn’t some deep psychological film, it’s a slasher sequel, and is not meant to be that deep, but I guess I just really relate to this character on a deeper level, and for whatever reason they’ve been on my mind lately.