these fit into several possible categories (sometimes multiple):

- i feel i am "not allowed" to be them for whatever reason (sometimes doubles of friends)

- i am aware i am projecting onto them more than actually similar to them

- likely coincides mostly with gender or personality envy

- i relate to one single thing they did or aspect of their personality but nothing else

• the fool (rise of the elderlings)
• ted lasso (ted lasso)
• finn wheeler (werewolves within)
• mantis (guardians of the galaxy)
• pierre bezukhov (great comet)
• puck (a midsummer night’s dream)
• alucard (castlevania)
• deanna troi (star trek: the next generation)
• guillermo de la cruz (what we do in the shadows)
• chester (brawl stars)
• q (james bond—daniel craig movies)
• tex sawyer (leatherface: the texas chainsaw massacre iii)
• bingo (bluey)
• abe weissman (the marvelous mrs. maisel)
• kaz brekker (six of crows)
• dale cooper (twin peaks)
• cobb vanth (star wars)
• frank n furter (rocky horror)
• gregory (the life to come)
• earth-65 peter parker (spider-man: across the spider-verse)

haven't interacted with this media enough but i have been told i am these characters

• jaskier (the witcher)
• victor frankenstein (frankenstein)
• aziraphale (good omens)