New, very personal and stream-of-consciousness article I wrote about mourning someone who technically never existed. (Spoilers for the latest episode of The Owl House inside.) https://macaque.neocities.org/articles/mourn.html
For what it's worth, I've had some similar, though still different, experiences of mourning fictional characters. A favorite who was not from a source of mine but who I did feel a deep sense of connection to died unexpectedly. I was devastated and spent some time trying to process it. I also have experienced grief at my own loss for one of my tougher fictionkin sources. All that to say...
For what it's worth, I've had some similar, though still different, experiences of mourning fictional characters. A favorite who was not from a source of mine but who I did feel a deep sense of connection to died unexpectedly. I was devastated and spent some time trying to process it. I also have experienced grief at my own loss for one of my tougher fictionkin sources. All that to say...
I hope it helps to know you are not alone in this experience. Deep connections exist even for fiction and the experience of loss is a unique one