Is it normal to be this in love with a fictional character?

Of course your fantasy man is perfect.

You can control his every move in your mind. He cannot hurt you without your permission. He can never let you down. He can play whatever fantasy game you want because he cannot tell you no.

But remember....

just because he can't hurt you doesn't mean he'll ever really care about you either. He won't really love you - he'll just act out what you imagine him doing. He won't care to surprise you with warmth or happiness.... He'll just do nothing, unless you force him.

It's pretty much like having a blow-up doll where you have to do all the work.

in a way it's odd that you consider real men "boring" since... you cannot predict what they will do next.

sure they won't follow the 'script' you write in your head but they'll come up with things you've never thought of too.

Lois griffin

Of COURSE it is! Mega Man was so cute two years ago!

But now I think I'm nijigen-no-fechi with Meta Knight from Kirby.

I can totally feel where you're coming from in a sense here.
Anyway,I didn't read all of this but I mostly agree with hotshtt's first post, which you already answered back too.
But I too have been in this kind of situation with an anime character. Back in middle school one of my favorite shows was Full Metal Alchemist and I even use to write and read fanfiction for it. It stayed one of my favorite shows throughout middle school, but then when I started my first year in high school the main character Edward Elric meant a hell of a lot more to me.
I mean I always had a crush on his character and wrote multiple fics about him and my own OC's who always had personality traits of myself. But things changed in high school.
I developed social anxiety somewhere around the 6th or 7th grade, but I wouldn't really know or get properly diagnosed with that until my freshmen year in COLLEGE.
Okay so freshmen year in high school, I'd have friends and hang out with them, but compared to my life at home they seemed very boring and dull. At the time I use to think if I could I'd be totally content with being alone with "Edward Elric" and my other fictional characters I wrote up from other stories. They were my real friends, because I never let people close enough to show them the real me.
Anyhow, right after school would let out I'd be walking home but Edward would be right there with me walking me home too, asking how my day was, complaining about his day, and so on, and so on.
Sorry I tend to ramble A LOT as you can see. For a long time I was in love with "Edward Elric", I've never been in love so I think of him as kinda my first love. All the time though I knew we could never really be. I don't think I was ever bummed about knowing I'd never actually be able to be with him. His company to me was enough. I still have Edward here with me today and he is seen to me as a really precious friend who was there for me when I was going through a rough time. It started off with him acting just how he is on the show, but over time he kinda became his own person. Now the only similarities between my Edward and Full Metal Alchemist's Edward is there name and basic appearance.
You said above that you do have trouble forming relationships. I think you should talk to a psychologist about it. You don't have to go for the reason that you're in love with a fictional character. Go and talk about why you have problems forming relationship bonds, rather it be a lack of trust or other reasons, and the in love with a fictional character will definitely surface.

Normal to an extent. Anime characters often resemble humans only with shiny eyes and hair lol.
I sometimes like real actors but just for the characters they play. Have you ever watched The Big Bang Theory? Oh my, every time I see Howard Wolowitz my heart starts going like crazy!

So many words in this thread. HEAD HURT...

VALKEER SMASH!!!

I like some anime guys but I wouldn't say I'm in love with them. But Mello, Matt and L <3

This reminds me of a situation I'm currently going through. I have fallen in love with a character named g0z, yes, it's completely embarrassing but I can't help it! There's just SOMETHING about him. I haven't gotten dreams yet, but I do find real people boring and it's actually kind of sad I can't feel love for someone outside of my little bubble. But oh well.. at least I found someone that feels the same way I do!

I'm with ya on this one girl, I do the exact same thing with Edward Nygma. I guess people like us just have to live in fanfiction...

I know how you feel. I'm in love with Jim Moriarty from BBC Sherlock.

I've decided that the best thing to do is to tell someone about it (which I'm doing now), then cut him off completely. No more watching the shows (for awhile, I mean, they're so great!) and no more imagining about him. I'll allow myself to grieve a little bit, just to let it out, and then carry on with my life.

God has other, real relationships planned for me and I won't let this fictional man stop me from enjoying them.

Since you posted your character love, I'll post mine! In a few ways, they're kind of alike. They're both into science! Mine's a self - taught neurogeneticist and an ex-contestant on a game show. Guess who??
http://venturefans.org/vbwiki/Master_Billy_Quizboy
http://venturebrothers.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Billy_Quizboy

I think it's completely normal. In fact, it happens to me all the time. I would read a book and fall so in love with he character that I would almost feel depressed. I would want them to be here with be and hold me just like they do to the other people in the book. It happens every time I read a book with a guy in it that falls in love with a girl and they live happily ever after. It's pretty sad when you think about it actually.

If you watch enough anime, you WILL eventually fall in love with a character. This is why we have the meme of waifus/husbandos.

It happens because anime portrays life and characters very unrealistically. Characters are less like real people and more like archetypes, meant to play a certain role or have a certain type of personality. They tend to be too perfect. It's easy to love someone who has no apparent flaws.

My advice is to gradually stop watching anime altogether. It will make you depressed, especially if you're into shoujo (girly) anime. I've seen it happen to others, and even felt it myself. And I'm a dude. And watch out if someone tries to get you to watch 'Nana'. It's a doozy for this sort of thing.

For the most part of your story its normal, i have been in Love with kakashi since seventh grade! Im 17 now, and i still like him, he's so cute! Anyway! About the "not forming a relationship part" is weird.. You should do something about that, maybe try focusing on a "real" guy you like and less on the fictional character

jesus christ >.< im sorry for the extra long comment. I really do ramble on a lot, but I just wanted to share a snippet of my own story...my bad :p

I just hope for your sake he never gets a girlfriend on the show

idk, i wounldn't say i had anything more then a small infatuation with she, but i always had a soft (or hard depending on how u look at it) for "Maggie" from the "R.O.D. the T.V."
tall, sweet, and quiet. awwww. i think thats why i'd want to name my future daughter Maggie. i'd want her to be like that, but with my luck she'll be a loud mouth like her old man. hahahaha

Hehe the character is cute actually. I wasn't expecting him to look like that. Now I've never been in love with a cartoon character except for being obsessed with the full cartoon itself. But I am currently in love with a celebrity so I can sort of relate even though my person is actually real.
Now I know exactly how you feel. Like when I see this person I get happy on inside and when I'm feeling down I'll watch this person's movies and interviews and it'll cheer me up for a while. Whenever I dream about him, I latch onto it and try my best not to forget and if I wake up in the middle of it, I'll try to continue the dream even though it never works. Then it doesn't I go into an extreme pissed off mode. When I'm at school or while I'm having trouble falling asleep I'll think about us & the happy life we'd live until I doze off.
However, with all of that going on, I can still feel real feelings for the real boys that go to my school and stuff. So I can't relate to that part. I guess the only thing I can say is that maybe no one is genuinely your type atm. This kinda isn't healthy and probably not normal but I'm doing it too. Just try not to obsess too much over the character to the point where you're not interested in any guys forever but maybe you've gotten to where you want a guy with these exact qualities and no one you know has them so you're not interested. To be honest...chances are you won't find a perfect match but somewhere near it. Idk, maybe you're comparing boys to the character and if you are, then don't do it anymore. Try to go a few days without thinking about him and try to lessen your obsession that way you can enjoy yourself with guys.

"He often appears in my dreams, which I find pretty odd" - This is normal if you watch it a lot or watch it before you go to bed... It makes sense since thats what your brain was processing earlier..