In love with a fictional character?

Actually being in love with a character? No. Being attracted to the character based on how he/she was drawn/rendered? Yes.

I don't see how it's possible to actually fall in love with a fictional character, but I most certainly know that you can obsess over a character and grow feelings for them that would class you in the the "Rabid Fan" category.

What AliceNWondrland said summed it up nicely:

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You can not LOVE a person who isn't real. There has to be interaction between two people, mutual chemistry and appreciation, etc. Anything else is just obsession. It is NOT real love.

In some cases however, people could tend to grow a preference to real people through characters in games/animes/cartoons. Like me for instance. During Digimons peak years here in the states (1999-2000), I was obsessed with Sora from the first two seasons. Feeling that way about her caused me to develop an attraction to shoulder length, red-headed girls.

That preference still exists with me today, but I keep myself open 'cause I know I'll probably never find someone with those qualities.

*goes back to trying to complete his Krystal picture collection*

Jam it back in, in the dark.