Is it normal to have a crush on a historical figure?

Warning: lengthy post ahead.

First thing’s first, the historical figure in question was only 15 at the time of her death, but I developed the crush while watching a movie where she was played by Ellie Kendrick, who was 19 at the time, I myself was probably around 18 or 19 (I’m 20 now). But nevertheless, my attraction to her based more on her personality than her looks.

If you haven’t guessed already, the girl I’m talking about is Anne Frank. I’m sure you’ve heard of her, as I had, but before watching the movie I mentioned earlier I didn’t know very much about her. Only that she was a Jew who was killed by the Nazis at a young age, and that she had a pretty famous diary (which I haven’t read btw). But while watching it I was amazed at just how similar her and I were.

For one thing she was very open about sexual concepts (bonus points for her being bisexual!) and was often mad at authority figures for being so closed minded, something I greatly admire! She clearly was very outspoken, and I had I known her I feel we would have had a lot of common ground (although sadly I don’t think she’d like me back, at least not in a romantic way. Let’s just say I don’t have the best of luck with girls). She was very bright for her age, not to mention very far ahead of her time! In the movie I mentioned she had lots of arguments with adults where she clearly made more sense!

Now, for what might be the somewhat weirder part, her circumstance as well I find attractive. She’s about the closest thing to a real life damsel in distress I know of, and not an annoying dumb one, but a smart one who just happened to need a hero. And this may come off as distasteful, but I have a big fetish for fainting, and while I’ve heard she didn’t actually faint when the Nazis were knocking on her door, I know that the stage adaptation has her fainting, as well as the 1950s movie. It would feel so gratifying to save a frightened and fainted Anne from Nazi scum!

But of course, there’s some things to keep in mind. For one thing, she’s dead, and has been for over 70 years. And another, she was still human, and even if I did know her she would certainly not be perfect (although it’s kind of eery just how many likable attributes she has!) and of course, I mostly know about her from movies, and movies aren’t always 100% historically accurate, but some do try to be as close as possible.

I’m definitely jealous of that Peter guy. Maybe it’s because he reminded me a bit of myself that I could imagine her being into me (that might sound kinda contradictory to what I said earlier but I hope that makes sense). But yeah, it’s not healthy to be obsessed with a dead person like this, the most I can do is just hope I find a girl with these attributes in modern times!