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== Anime & Manga ==

* The four main characters of ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' have [[Myspace]] pages. They've not been updated in a while, but entail the characters introducing themselves. Anyone familiar with the series would see these introductions as plausible the characters might say in such a circumstance. The blogs are as follows: [http://www.myspace.com/lagoonbenny Benny], [http://www.myspace.com/lagoondutch Dutch], [http://www.myspace.com/lagoonrevy Revy], and [http://www.myspace.com/lagoonrock Rock].

* As part of the promotion for the [[Updated Rerelease]] of ''[[Chaos;Head]]'', seven character blogs, one for each of the girls and one for protagonist Takumi, appeared on the website.

* The protagonists(?) of ''[[Disgaea]]'' also have their own [[Myspace]] pages, up to and including bickering with each other in the comments page. More amusingly, the Black Lagoon characters link the ''[[Disgaea]]'' characters as their friends, and vice versa.

* The English versions of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' and ''[[Lucky Star]]'' both have Myspace accounts, from Kyon and Minoru respectively. They're apparently run by Bandai.

** [[Code Geass|Lelouch]] has one, too, also presumably run by Bandai.

* The syndicated comic ''Luann'' had a short arc where Luann and Tiffany have a competition to see which of their [[Myspace]] pages can get more friends. Both page addresses appeared in the comic; both actually exist on the web and are written as if by the two characters.

* MODOK has a blog on the [[Marvel]] website.

* Superboy Prime of DC comics is supposed to be using his computer in the real world. However, it's hard to determine how, since both Twitter and the official forums have several different people all claiming to be him and fighting over it.

* Bob the Dog, of the comic ''[[Horndog]]'' posts on the comic's [http://www.facebook.com/horndogcomic Facebook] page, and [http://twitter.com/horndogbob has his own Twitter]. Another character from the comic, [http://twitter.com/horndogcharlene Charlene], has her own Twitter as well.

* Not quite the same as a proper blog, but Mayor Dalton's Prostate has gotten it's own Facebook fan page after Rex Morgan, M.D.'s discussions of the organ became a minor meme on [[The Comics Curmudgeon]].

 

== Fanfiction ==

* [[The Luck of Dennis St. Michel, Viscount Stokington|Dennis St. Michel]] keeps one of these, which are purportedly excerpts from his memoirs, although they're posted daily.

* There's a set of ask blogs on Tumblr for the X-Men, mostly based on ''First Class'', which has now extended to ask blogs for their inexplicably-sentient clothing and inanimate objects.

* There are also ask blogs and character blogs for other Marvel characters on Tumblr, including a very well done [[The Mighty Thor|Thor-based]] roleplay.

* [http://dibnydiary.blogspot.com/ The Diary of Ralph Dibny] covers the Elongated Man's increasingly deranged thoughts as his [[52]] storyline progresses.

 

== Film ==

== Literature ==

* Bartimaeus of the ''[[The Bartimaeus Trilogy|Bartimaeus Trilogy]]'' has an official blog - but it's more of a close-ended short story masquerading as a blog.

 

 

* [http://twitter.com/s_sylvesterGLEE Some] [http://twitter.com/KurtHummelGLEE of the] [http://twitter.com/RachelBerryGLEE characters] [http://twitter.com/QuinnFabrayGLEE of] [[Glee]] have their own Twitter accounts. Sue Sylvester's is ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|truly epic]]''.

* Obvious example: ''[[Gossip Girl]]''.

* Barney from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has one, stemming from the fact that he frequently makes mention of it in the show, and puts a great deal of significance in it.

* [[iCarly]] uses them as part of the extensive tie-in website.

* Gus and Lassiter of ''[[Psych]]'' both have blogs on the show's official site. Lassiter's blog is actually written by Tim Ormundson, the actor who plays him.

** Lassiter also has a Twitter.

* One of the earliest character blogs was ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', which had a website in the early seasons which posted "mission reports" after each new episode, although it didn't mention whether any of the on-screen characters wrote them.

* [[Earth: Final Conflict]] also had these, primarily Augur's site.

* ''[http://bannable-offenses.blogspot.com/ Bannable Offenses]'' is a blog where a [[Game Master]] for ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', [GM]Dave, lists his many, many, ''many'' cases of cruel and unusual punishment against stupid and/or ignorant players and gilsellers, along with some snippets of his everyday life. A [[Magnificent Bastard]] if there ever was one.

** The same person also did another character blog from the perspective of an enemy from the game, [http://goblinsmithy.blogspot.com/ Goblin Smithy]. This one actually came first, but got less attention and never made it back from the author's first hiatus.

* The [[Little Red Riding Hood|little red sisters]] of ''[[The Path]]'' posted their own blogs up to the time of release, with entries that became [[Harsher in Hindsight]] after playing.

* During the development of ''[[Psychonauts]]'', Tim Schafer created profiles for each of the game's child characters in a small online friending network to better develop each character's personality.

* Sam Fisher, the hero of ''[[Splinter Cell]]'', once had one. Just like the "interviews" with him in the games' special features, it claimed that the games were merely based on his real life adventures. Strangely, [[Broken Masquerade|he explicitly named the top-secret organization he's supposedly a part of]].

** Actually, this is sort of [[Older Than They Think]]. The arcade version of [[The Idolmaster (video game)|The Idolmaster]] had an online service where, if you put in your e-mail or cellphone numbers (not sure of which), the Idol you're currently coaching will send you text messages from time to time.

** And with the advent of [[Twitter]], character microblogs of [[The Idolmaster (video game)|The Idolmaster]] characters are blooming (more so after [[The Anime of the Game]] airs). The genuine, Bandai Namco-operated ones are of course [[No Export for You|Japanese-only]], while there are also a few English role-played character blogs with a varying degree of [[Serious Business|seriousness]]. Here's a few examples, for [http://twitter.com/#!/harukaamami765 Haruka], [http://twitter.com/#!/ChihayaKisaragi Chihaya], [http://twitter.com/#!/YayoinoKaidashi Yayoi], [http://twitter.com/#!/YukihoHagiwara_ Yukiho], and [http://twitter.com/#!/MakotoKikuchi_ Makoto].

* A series of Twitter posts were written by [[Shantae]] summarizing the plot of the first game, to promote the sequel.

* There is an official [[Twitter]] page for Doug Rattman of [[Portal (series)|Portal]]

** Ethan Mars, Scott Shelby, Madison Paige, Carter Blake, and even Shaun/Jason Mars also have some blogs floating around on the internet, although many of them are inactive or infrequently updated.

* During the buildup to the release of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', Emily Wong had a Twitter feed (technically, she took over the preexisting Alliance News Network account). For twelve hours, she livetweeted the Reaper invasion of Earth {{spoiler|until she died, ramming her skyvan into a Reaper}}.

* ''[[Achewood]]'' takes this to extremes, with frequently updated blogs for Ray, Roast Beef, Pat, Teodor, Philippe, Cornelius, Lyle, Molly, Nice Pete, Little Nephew, Emeril, and finally cartoonist Chris Onstad himself (whose house is a key setting for the comic, and who has turned up sparingly throughout)

** Also, the Chris Onstad who appears in the comic and writes the blog isn't the "real" Chris Onstad; that is, he's a fictionalized version of himself and his blog is not the same it would be if it were the "real" Onstad. He very rarely breaks character from the fictional Onstad anywhere.

* ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'' had blogs supposedly kept by Fox, Collin and Bootsie. The real writers never revealed their identities. All but defunct now, the blogs are still a fun read, and worth looking into for their alternate/supplemental takes on the story.

* Othar Tryggvassen, [[Gentleman Adventurer|GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!!]] of ''[[Girl Genius]]'', [[Genre Savvy]], and a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]], has [http://twitter.com/Othar his own Twitter].

* The [http://twitter.com/FakeConrad c][http://twitter.com/FakeHanna a][http://twitter.com/FakeEllipsis s][http://twitter.com/FakeMrsBlaney t] of [[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]] has fan-run Twitter blogs, though they're admittedly fake and not terribly true to character (rather, most tend to be exaggerated) (the rest of the characters can be found through each character's 'following' page).

* The author of the ''[[Insecticomics]]'' kept a livejournal for Safeguard for a while. However, it was completely in Mini-Con beeps and thus completely incomprehensible.

* The in-universe creator of ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]'', Hubert Schlongson, occasionally pops up on the website to provide [http://www.nobmouse.net/tag/anecdotes/ increasingly surreal anecdotes] about his time visiting Nob Mouse and friends.

* Marten of ''[[Questionable Content]]'' had [http://yellingaboutmusic.blogspot.com a music blog] for a while, but it's long been defunct.

* ''[[Romantically Apocalyptic]]'' has "Ask (Character)" tumblrs for each main character. Though run by fans, the people in charge are kept up to date on plot plans and character bios by the author so that they can be as accurate as possible, and they are effectively official. There are also some less-official ones for side-characters such as Photoshop and Mister Kittyhawk that do not receive the plot-backing.

* Shelley Winters, the nominal main character of ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' had [http://twitter.com/drladysounds/ her own Twitter], described by her creator as "the greatest betrayal of my professional career". He later [http://sgrblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/twitter-splitter-nothing-moves-sprites.html abandoned it], however.

* Death, from the webcomic ''[[The Kenny Chronicles]]'', on [http://twitter.com/thefakedeath Twitter].

* Wolf, from the webcomic ''[[Here Wolf]]'' posts on the comic's [http://twitter.com/herewolfcomic Twitter] and [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Here-Wolf/164037473631440 Facebook] pages.

* The characters in ''[[Dorm Life]]'' get webcams for making their own vlogs. Some of their videos are used to complement the [[Mockumentary]] footage and some are exclusively on the show website.

* Zack, the Cloudcuckoolander cameraman from ''[[Echo Chamber]]'', has an in-character [https://twitter.com/#!/DeadCatInABox Twitter account].

* [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]], of course... though it's only seen in the actual work.

* Every episode of ''[[The Guild]]'' starts with a short vlog from Codex. It is unclear whether she actually posts these vlogs, or if they're for her own edification.

** Also, Vork has [http://twitter.com/Vork a twitter.]

** In the same vein, [http://twitter.com/P3_Protagonist @P3_Protagonist] follows the events of the main character in (more or less) real time, as the time period of the game currently corresponds with ours. [http://twitter.com/BoxerhikoSanada Akihiko] and others (including [[Persona 4]] characters) are apparently all Friends.

* Some online shows, such as ''[[Lonelygirl15]]'' and ''[[Kate Modern]]'', are told entirely through video blogs.

* Marik of [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]] has [http://www.youtube.com/user/ObeyMyRod A youtube] and [http://twitter.com/obeymyrod a twitter.]

* [[The Nostalgia Chick]]'s facebook will sometimes serve as this, as Lindsay has her own and it demonstrates her obsession with [[Todd in the Shadows]]. She even referred to herself as [[X-Men|Mystique and Todd as Nightcrawler]] before realizing how bad that sounded.

* There's also [http://nevermedia.blogspot.com/ Never Media,] which is both a Character Blog and a Review Blog, involving a vampire who analyzes vampire fiction.

* Several of the characters in [[Shadow Unit]] have livejournal accounts (you can friend and comment on them, even- just don't mention that the [http://standuponit.livejournal.com/ blog owners] are fictional). They both expand on the story and act as normal blogs, talking about what the character cooked last night or new music they found.

** None of them are official in terms of canon, but off the top of my head Animated Sentinel Prime's Twitter is run by Jim Sorenson, compiler/writer of several official knowledge guides, and Ravage's Twitter is run by David Willis, the guy who created the character.

*** In addition, Derrick J. Wyatt has officially sanctioned the blogs of Shattered Glass Sari and that fat, pompous old loon, [[Ax Crazy|Lord]] [[Fat Bastard|High]] [[Large Ham|Governor]] [[Laughably Evil|Straxus]].

* There are well over fifty twitter accounts associated with ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' (including separate ones for [http://twitter.com/#!/mlp_Nightmare/following Nightmare Moon] and [http://twitter.com/#!/mlp_Luna Princess Luna]). At this point, it's unclear how many, if any at all, are canon.

** Not to mention a comparable number of tumblr accounts, although those are definitely fan-maintained.

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