I mean, as a somewhat tangential discussion, there's a certain amount of the population that have a quasi-social/para-social relationship with celebrities/ficti

I mean, as a somewhat tangential discussion, there's a certain amount of the population that have a quasi-social/para-social relationship with celebrities/fictional characters: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02654075211018513 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02654075211018... https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/parasocial-relationships-media/ https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/parasocial-relationships-med...