Quote Originally Posted by Gwenorai View Post
Just for you; I'll go there. Link for source.
For further reading Here; it's a paid PDF - if you have a university you may be able to access it.
Revalent material:- Baumeister R., Wotman S., Stillwell A. Unrequited love: On heartbreak, anger, guilt, scriptlessness, and humiliation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1993;64:377–394

Have a read. I'm done here.
Obligatory mic drop.
Umm these things are only tangentially related. Unrequited love is not the same as loving a fictional character, it could be an OUTCOME of loving a fictional character but that's not a given and not proven in any of your sources. Mic drop indeed.
Actually if you could find studies about men who own and live with real dolls, I think that would be way more comparable to loving a fictional character. Thanks hon!