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With the rise of the internet, a new method of [[No Fourth Wall|breaking the fourth wall]] has been developed; a blog kept under the alias of one of the fictional heroes (or, occasionally, villains) in a comic, show or book. The writing will be done "in character," and readers may be allowed to correspond with the character as if they were a real person.
 
They are becoming increasingly popular, with many major series having some sort of [['''Character Blog]]''' in operation. Quite a few webcomics like to employ these as well.
 
The [['''Character Blog]]''' may serve several functions:
* It can provide a new angle to the existing plotline, by writing the story in first-person perspective rather than the omniscient view of the story that the audience usually gets. This can be highly effective if there are blogs for different characters in the same show - [[The Ditz]] will probably have a very different take on things than [[The Smart Guy]], for example.
* It can offer supplemental stories, filling in the time that the characters were "off air" or providing relief from the main storyline, such as doing a silly entry or personality when the [[Canon]] plotline is rather dark. May also fill in backstory or provide more [[Character Focus]] than the canon can afford to provide, or keep the audience informed on a character who is currently [[Out of Focus]] or uninvolved in the present [[Rotating Arcs|rotating arc]]. This is a popular use of the [['''Character Blog]]''' for webcomics, which often don't have the time or space to fit in all the stories an author would like to tell - it's much quicker to write a text entry than to draw a comic.
* It acts as a [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]], allowing the fans to interact with the creators, with the alias of the fictional character as an intermediary.
* Basically, it makes the character seem more real.
 
Usually, the [['''Character Blog]]''' is seen as positive, a [[Side-Story Bonus Art|quirky addition]] that exists between [[Canon]] and [[Fanon]]; it adds to the story, but isn't mandatory reading.
 
[[Webcomic Time]] can be a headache to such blogs, since the comic may take several weeks to tell a day's worth of story, while the blog is kept in real time.
 
It's not without its pitfalls, however. It's much more difficult to hide things such as [[Writer Onon Board]] or [[Creator Breakdown]] when writing a blog, and the assumed identity may slip from time to time. Conversely, a writer assuming the identity of a character with strong [[Jerkass]] tendencies has a fine line to walk between portraying the character accurately, and using the fictional personality as an excuse to sneer at any fan who ventures a question via the blog. A lack of professionalism in the blog's writing may result in an extreme example of the [[GIFT]] theory.
 
It may also be confusing to young readers, or to people who stumble across the blog without being familiar with the show. It's unlikely, but the possibility exists that the character is mistaken for a real person, particularly if the source material is obscure.
 
Since a full-on blog can take a lot of work to update regularly, characters often instead create ''micro''blogs on [[Face BookFacebook]] or [[Twitter]].
 
May be part of a larger [[Alternate Reality Game]]. Compare [[Vlog Series]]. A complete work in this form is a variety of [[Log Fic]].
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=== '''Examples:''' ===
 
== Anime & Manga ==
* Prussia in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' kept one on April Fool's Day until he dropped his ice cream on his laptop and broke it. The blog can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20120105081345/http://spazzy.starry-sky.com/oresamanosite/t.html here].
* The four main characters of ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' have [[My SpaceMyspace]] 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|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 [[My SpaceMyspace]] 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.
* Albert from ''[[Gankutsuou]]'' had a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130612233057/http://albert0829.blogzine.jp/index/ blog] written by, iirc, the scenario writer of the series as an unofficial sequel to the series. It chronicled his days on Janina where he met various people from his past, including someone who was ''very'' heavily implied to be the Count in disguise. His friends from Earth often left comments on the entries. (Before you start wondering: yes, it ''was'' officially recognized. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20200923091724/http://gankutsuou.blogzine.jp/ official blog] even links to it.)
* The English versions of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' and ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|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.
* Nearly the entire named cast of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' have [[Twitter]] accounts: [http://twitter.com/Puella_Madoka Kaname Madoka], [http://twitter.com/sayakamuselover Miki Sayaka], [http://twitter.com/tomoe_mami_ Tomoe] [http://twitter.com/TeaAndMuskets Mami], [http://twitter.com/PuellaKyouko Sakura Kyouko], [http://twitter.com/Homuhomu_ Akemi Homura], [http://twitter.com/MahouKyubey Kyu][http://twitter.com/Inkyubeytor bey], [http://twitter.com/hitomi_magica Shizuki Hitomi], [http://twitter.com/Kyusiko Kamijou Kyousuke], and [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] [http://twitter.com/CheeseCharlotte Charlotte].
* Various Type-Moon characters had twitter accounts created for an april-fools joke. (Including [[Fate/stay Stay Night (Visual Novel)night|Saber, Shirou, Archer]], [[Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|Kohaku]], and [[Melty Blood (Video Game)|Sion]].)
** The concept of Rin having a twitter account is even funnier by the fact that Fate/Hollow Ataraxia states that she's technologically illiterate.
** The accounts that are still active to this date are [http://twitter.com/Fate_Gilgamesh Gil's] and [http://twitter.com/tsuki_arcueid Arc's].
*** You can scratch Arc off.
* 3 notable [[Pani Poni Dash!]] characters have Twitter accounts: [http://twitter.com/Rebecca_Sensei Becky], [http://twitter.com/KurumiMomose Kurumi], [http://twitter.com/6SayakaSuzuki #6, AKA Sayaka]
** The kicker? {{spoiler|Kurumi and Sayaka are [[Happily Married]] with each other!}}
 
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* Notable only because it is very well written, [[Batman]] villain Scarecrow has a fake [http://twitter.com/dr_crane Twitter account]. It's one of the few fan examples that are extremely difficult to distinguish from one written by the actual writers due to the perfect characterization.
* April Patterson from the newspaper comic ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' used to have a blog on that comic's website.
* [[Garfield]] has a [[Face BookFacebook]] [http://www.facebook.com/Garfield account].
* Hell, even [[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]] has a (creepy) [http://twitter.com/Johnny_C Twitter], presumed to be run by [[Jhonen Vasquez]].
* The syndicated comic ''Luann'' had a short arc where Luann and Tiffany have a competition to see which of their [[My SpaceMyspace]] 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.
* Cooper from the print comic [[Retail]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100115153421/http://retailcomic.ning.com/profiles/blogs/new-new-digs has his own], though it's rarely updated, and he mentions Norm Feuti often, in a delicate mix of "reality" and comic reality.
* 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.
* Carl "Deathtrap" Draper, a minor ''[[Superman]]'' villain turned Checkmate operative in [[DC Comics]], has a blog [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208105802/http://www.gideonii.com/ here], accessable with the user ID "CARL DRAPER" and the password "wilhelmina".
* 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]].
* [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Badass Adorable|Galacta,]] [[Physical God|the Daughter]] [[Extreme Omnivore|of Galactus]] has an official [http://twitter.com/#!/gali_girl Twitter account.]
** In the original one-shot featuring her, it was a part of her characterization as an up-to-date teenager, with her posting an entry, summarizing the events so far in (kinda fake) tweetspeak, every few pages. The final pages of the one-shot also featured a collection of miscellaneous tweets from her. The Twitter account linked contains all the tweets from the one-shot (except for the ones that break the fourth wall or spoil the ending) as well as many more.
* Marvel Comics' [[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Captain Britain]] has his own offical [http://twitter.com/Captain_Britain Twitter].
 
 
== Fanfiction ==
* "[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20061010063852/http://www.ealasaid.com/misc/vsd/index.html The Very Secret Diaries]", a series of diary entries purportedly written by the main characters of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', covering the events of the first film and some of the second. Lots of [[Ho Yay]] ensues. They were actually published on the author's blog, though -- notthough—not the characters' blogs -- soblogs—so it's not quite the same thing.
* MaintaningMaintaining character blogs as a form of [[Fan Fiction]] or roleplay is a popular practice. In fact, many of the blogs linked elsewhere on this page are fan-made
* [[The Luck of Dennis St. Michel, Viscount Stokington (Fanfic)|Dennis St. Michel]] keeps one of these, which are purportedly excerpts from his memoirs, although they're posted daily.
* [[DC Nation]] keeps mosatmost of its action on the main comm, but some of the players use the character journals to play out side stories or make in-character comments on the plot lines.
* 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 [[Fifty Two|52]] storyline progresses.
* [[Eyrie Productions, Unlimited]]'s ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''/''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' crossover ''The Iron Age'' has intermittently been supplemented by a news/opinion blog written by viewpoint character Benjamin Stark.
 
 
== Film ==
* The main characters of [[Cloverfield]] had Myspace accounts which they updated as viral marketing prior to the film's release. Many fans were heartbroken when they (understandably) stopped updating once the movie debuted.
* In a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], a British design studio recreated the film ''[[Home Alone]]'' [http://twitter.com/HATproject/homealone entirely through tweets], including a Twitter page for every character who had a part, ''in realtime'' over Christmas 2009. They also did ''[[Home Alone]] 2'' over Christmas 2010. They don't plan on doing ''[[Home Alone]] 3 or 4''..."ever...as those movies suck. That is all."
* The leading character of ''[[Saw]] 3D'', Bobby Dagen, has a Twitter account, a Facebook account and a website. His support group, [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|S.U.R.V.I.V.E.]] has a Facebook page and a blog with a few group members (a few survivors from past films, including Dr. Gordon, and just one of the new ones) posting about their experience in the Jigsaw traps and how Bobby is helping them heal.
* In the lead-up to the release of ''[[District 9]]'', alien refugee Christopher Johnson ran an anti-MNU propaganda blog in his native [[Starfish Language]] (but with English translations available at literally the click of a button), unsurprisingly called MNU Spreads Lies. The blog is, of course, no longer online and the URL now redirects to Sony's official site for the movie; luckily, [http://d9.wikibruce.com/Mnuspreadslies.com every post has been archived].
* Amanda Waller started a blog (written by her creator John Ostrander) as a tie-in to the [[Green Lantern]] movie.
* Max Keeble, Troy McGinty, and presumably Jenna from [[Max KeeblesKeeble's Big Move]] each have a Facebook account for unknown reasons.
 
 
== 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.
* Fang from ''[[Maximum Ride]]'' has a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119041120/http://www.max-dan-wiz.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1ovz3wuu6c55b blog]. Its original location is [http://maximumride.blogspot.com/ here], and that's the URL that's given in the books.
 
 
== Live Action Television ==
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'': Oscar Bluth had a blog while he was in prison (when they thought he was his twin brother George), imoscar.com. It wasn't a "real" blog though, in that it always had the same content. Later there was a Saddam Hussein body double, arrested in the infamous spider hole instead of the real Saddam. [[Show Within a Show|As seen on TV]] he claimed that the way you could tell them apart was because the Real Saddam had a scar, and "I'm no scar." He had a blog, imnoscar.com, which looked just like imoscar.com except it was in Arabic.
* The characters of the [[Buffy Verse]] all have Twitter accounts that are coordinated and currently reenacting the series storyline. They are currently near the end of Season Three of ''Buffy''.
** The showrunners also created Cassie Newton's poetry website.
* Serge, the robot butler in ''[[Caprica]]'', has a [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone twitter account.] He provides little details about life on Caprica, and seems a lot more intelligent than [[Obfuscating Stupidity|his behavior in the show]] would suggest.
* On [[Castle]]'s official website Detective Ryan has one of these, called ''The Ryan Report'', in which he gives his viewpoint on whatever case was worked on in that episode. Castle also has a Twitter account that during the season posts random bits and pieces, but has, for the last two summers, had him solving a mystery without the rest of the cast. A pretty well done mystery too. Occasionally made odd by the Twitter replying to Nathan Filion...
* [[Community (TV)|Greendale]] [http://www.greendalecommunitycollege.com/ has a website].
** Also, everyone in the study group has a twitter account, including [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys|Annie's Boobs]].
* While not exactly the same as the others, Hank Yarbo, from ''[[Corner Gas (TV)|Corner Gas]]'' had a blog in one episode called ''Hank Talkin''' which was, for a time, available on the official site. (however, it didn't extend from the three entries from the episode.)
* During the first four seasons of Degrassi the next generation, ALL the student characters had their own blogs. But once the show kept getting more extreme and melodramatic, they dropped it. You can find captions and screen shots of some of the entries on fan sites.
** Most current student characters on ''[[Degrassi]]'' have Twitter accounts; none of the faculty do, including the longtime and current media-studies teachers although their actors' accounts are listed on the [http://www.muchmusic.com/tv/degrassi/twitter/ official page].
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* [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]]''.
* Several characters in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' have online blogs of some kind or another, including, not surprisingly, the geeky [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011195007/http://blog.nbc.com/hiro_blog/ Hiro Nakamura] and the hacker [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20071029021020/http://samantha48616e61.com/ Hana Gitelman].
* 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.
* [[I CarlyiCarly]] uses them as part of the extensive tie-in website.
* The official website of the 2008 [[Knight Rider]] series had "Billy's Blog," ostensibly written by [[The Smart Guy]] from the show.
* During the first two seasons of ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'', an online diary appeared on the ABC site supposedly written by one of the background characters (then picked up by a different background character in the second season.) The diary, however, was written by ABC's promotional department, not the show's writers, and conflicts with [[Canon]] emerged.
* Several of the main characters from ''[[Misfits (TV)|Misfits]]'' have official facebook and/or twitter accounts. It was apparently the first tv series to use twitter in such a way, as it actually featured characters posting comments about the show's events during the original broadcast of the episodes, to maintain a sense of soliloquy. [[Smart Guy]] Simon also has a [http://www.youtube.com/user/simonmisfits youtube account], where he posts footage of the other characters that he has supposedly recorded himself (most of it is just-for-fun, supplemental stuff, but one or two of his videos are [[Chekhov's Gun|vital to the plot]])
** They've stepped things up a notch since season 2 began. The characters now also use twitter to verbally abuse each other on a regular basis.
* Randy from ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' has a blog on the NBC website.
* The serial killer Carver from ''[[Nip Tuck|Nip/Tuck]]'' had a [[My SpaceMyspace]], in which he would post videos about his motives and philosophy of life, and finally, unmasking.
* ''[[The Office]]'' has blogs for Dwight, Meredith, and Creed.
** Actor Brian Baumgartner wrote a blog as his character Kevin.
* 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.
* Several characters from [[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock]] have blogs, chief among them being [https://web.archive.org/web/20180728071642/http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/ John Watson's].
* One of the earliest character blogs was ''[[Stargate SG 1|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.
* On ''[[True Blood]]'', Jessica Hamby has her own video blog as of season 3, giving partial glimpses into her new life or just providing an extra laugh.
 
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== Professional Wrestling ==
* [[CHIKARA]] has an example of the concept done in wrestling, as periodically on their web site new blog posts from members of their roster writing in character are uploaded.
** It could be argued that most pro wrestlers in the indy scene with [[My SpaceMyspace|MySpaces]] would be doing this as well, most notably Vin Gerard, Chris Hero and all the 'guest columnists' on wwe.com
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* General Alfonso Knoxx, the [[Big Bad]] of the ''[[Borderlands (Video Game)|Borderlands]]'' DLC ''Armory of General Knoxx'', has his own [http://twitter.com/GeneralKnoXX Twitter Account].
* ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]] Hottest Party'''s Rena writes blog updates for the DDR Wii games. When [[Furu Furu]] Party (Japan's HP2) was coming out, she even did interviews with the main staff of FFP!
* ''[http://bannable-offenses.blogspot.com/ Bannable Offenses]'' is a blog where a [[Game Master]] for ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|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 [http://la-mulana.com/en/ official blog] for the [[Updated Rerelease]] of [[La -Mulana]] has several [https://web.archive.org/web/20140705134146/http://la-mulana.com/en/category/archeology_lecture archeology lectures] done by Lemeza himself.
* 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 (Video Game)|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]].
* There is a rather lengthy series of [[Fan Work|fan-made]] character blogs for the cast of [[Suikoden IV]] and [[Suikoden Tactics]], which tell the story of both games, although Tactics is incomplete. The archives can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20070403215028/http://www9.brinkster.com/miluda/journals/index.html here].
* Eri Mizutani, from the DS game [[The Idolmaster (Videovideo Gamegame)|THE iDOLM@STER Dearly Stars]], has her own blog, named [https://web.archive.org/web/20130624154329/http://my.bnfes.jp/blog.php?community_id=34 Fountain of Ellie].
** Actually, this is sort of [[Older Than They Think]]. The arcade version of [[The Idolmaster (Videovideo Gamegame)|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 (Videovideo Gamegame)|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].
* For [[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]] and [[Cross ChannelCROSS†CHANNEL|a]] [[Cave Story (Video Game)|few]] [[Zombie Panic in Wonderland|other]] [[Irisu Syndrome|series]], a large collection of [[Fan Work|fan-made]] character blogs can be found on Formspring. [[The Official Unofficial Ouendan EBA Formspring RP|Here's the trope page]].
* 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 (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]
** There are various handfuls of both ask and roleplay blogs on [[Tumblr]] for practiacally all characters from both Portal games. Including, and not limited to, all the personality cores, [[G La DOSGLaDOS]], Chell, Rattmann, Cave Johnson, turrets, the emancipation grill, a lemon, the radio... actually, if it's appeared in Portal, there's probably been a blog made for it.
* Norman Jayden from [[Heavy Rain]] has several, including a popular [https://web.archive.org/web/20110124032353/http://www.formspring.me/NahmanJaydennahmanjayden Formspring] and [https://twitter.com/nahmanjayden Twitter] account run by the [[You Tuber]] [[Nahman Jayden]] (now inactive). He also has Facebook and [http://asknahmanjayden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr] pages owned by different people.
** 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}}.
* Yukabacera of ''[[Iji (Video Game)|Iji]]'' kept secret news posts on [[Daniel Remar]]'s official website to provide some backstory to the game and to characterize himself more. [http://www.remar.se/yuka/ They're right here.]
 
 
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* ''[[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.
* ''[[Erfworld]]'' uses two variations of the Character Blog. The creators have set up [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028233635/http://www.hamstard.com/ a site] with an archive of Parson's "real world" webcomic and [[The Rant|comments]]. After he is summoned into Erfworld, Parson records his thoughts in a series of Klogs (boo'''K log'''s) that are occasionally interspersed with regular Erfworld pages.
* A borderline example: the most prominent characters in ''[[Far Out There]]'' have their own personal [https://web.archive.org/web/20151216135934/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/FOTradio/ Pandora Radio stations].
* ''[[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 BoysBoy'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.
* It should be no surprise that Lindesfarne of ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' would keep a blog. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144352/http://blog.kevinandkell.com/ The Virtual Quill]" updates weekly with her own commentary on recent events in the comic. Recently, she's begun to respond to her readers' comments as well. Even more recently, former regular Catherine Aura has been [http://twitter.com/catherine_aura posting to Twitter] to spy on strip author Bill Holbrook because of his vast knowledge of the Domain universe. To do so, she's even taken the measure of making herself and her son human. Unlike Lindesfarne's blog, however, the readers are encouraged not to let her in on the "secret".
* 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.
** The author has recently started Twitter pages for the main characters, all communicating with each other.
*** [[Schmuck Bait|Word of warning]]: If you decide to go read the twitters, keep a jug of [[Brain Bleach]] nearby if you go anywhere near Pintsize's.
* ''[[Romantically Apocalyptic (Webcomic)|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.
* Many characters from ''[[UnwindersUnwinder's Tall Comics]]'' have their own Internet presence. For example a [[Journal Comic]] made by Felicity Walsh is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120531154136/http://www.drunkduck.com/Your_Guess_is_as_Good_as_Mine/ here]. Another character, Sonty Mick has a [http://webcomicssobad.blogspot.com/ webcomic criticism blog]. Unwinder himself has [http://chatswithvin.blogspot.com/ a blog] chronicling his attempts to chat with [[Vin Diesel]] via Omegle. Then there are Shadow and Chug from [[Power Up Comics]]...
* 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.
* Nick Zerhakker, the [[Snarky Non -Human Sidekick|cyborg helicopter]] from ''[[Skin Horse]]'', has [http://zerhakker.livejournal.com/ a LiveJournal] where he gets to complain about the field team (and everything else) without his in-universe [[Symbol Swearing|profanity]]-[[Unusual Euphemism|blocking]] software interfering.. It was temporarily comandeered by Unity for her New Orleans Mission Log (ie, a sidestory about what she was doing while Tip and Sweetheart were in Cleveland).
* ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'': [[The Lancer|Dave Strider]], in addition to [[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff|his webcomic]], has [http://dstrider.blogspot.com/ a blog].
** On a related note, ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]'''s [[Barack Obama|Barack Obana]] has [http://www.twitter.com/BarackObana a Twitter account].
 
 
== Web Original ==
* [[Twitter]] has enough for [[Twitter (Characterblog)/Characters|a subpage]].
* [[Agamemnon Tiberius Vacuum]] semi-regularly posts propaganda transmissions on [[YouTube]].
* 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 (Web Video)|Echo Chamber]]'', has an in-character [https://twitter.com/#!/DeadCatInABox Twitter account].
** And now Tom's [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]] Shannon has a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130301123743/http://tvtropes.info/echochamber/ blog]. TOM, DON'T YOU DARE READ IT!
* [[Dr. HorriblesHorrible'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.]
* Once done for ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', with the weblog "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131110045957/http://www.homestarrunner.com/sadjournal/ Strong Sad's Lament]".
** Strong Bad has a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130517152608/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog developer's blog] for ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People''.
* The [[Something Awful]] ~[[Let's Play~]] of ''[[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Persona 3]]'', ''[[My Life Is a Goddamn Mess (Fanfic)|My Life Is a Goddamn Mess]]'', makes [http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/Persona3/Update%202/index.html itself] into the [[Live JournalLiveJournal]] of the main character (under the name of Minato Arisato and using the profile name Ramenboi1990) describing his adventures, with occasional comments by the other characters (apparently even [[Robot Girl|Aigis]] has a blog). Excerpts from Junpei and Yukari's blogs are occasionally seen, mostly describing Minato's actions from a second-person viewpoint.
** 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 (Video Game)|Persona 4]] characters) are apparently all Friends.
* Some online shows, such as ''[[Lonely Girl 15Lonelygirl15]]'' and ''[[Kate Modern]]'', are told entirely through video blogs.
* Sandra North from ''[[Sandra and Woo (Webcomic)|Sandra and Woo]]'' has a [http://www.youtube.com/user/SandyTheThird YouTube channel].
* ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' has an example which falls mostly into the second variety, as excerpts from the blog of Quincy Archer, Sound and Fury, have been inserted into a number of posts.
** Also, a few characters from the IU chatroom (where in-universe "fans" of the show talk to each other about the events in the game) currently have their own Twitters as of the start of v4. As you might expect, they contain commentary on the events of the current version.
** There's also [http://sotftv.blogspot.com/ Survival of the Snarkiest], which is similar to the above. Basically it's an in-universe blog for Mini site's SOTF-TV (basically "normal" ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' as a [[Reality TV]] show) similar to [[Television Without Pity]], in which "fans" of the show submit posts about current events in the game.
* The whole ''point'' of [[The Tyrannosaur Chronicles]].
* Marik of [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|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 (Web Video)|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 (Web Video)|Todd in Thethe Shadows]]. She even referred to herself as [[X -Men|Mystique and Todd as Nightcrawler]] before realizing how bad that sounded.
* The author of [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20111125112340/http://autoroutem60.co.cc/blog/ this blog on British roads and traffic and road signing] manages to make this trope an [[Enforced Trope]], a [[Justified Trope]], a [[Necessary Weasel]], a [[Zig -Zagging Trope]] and an [[Exploited Trope]]. All this for a non-fiction blog about the inner workings of the British roads/traffic signing and road signing industry. It's unusual, considering this is non-fiction, but then [[Word of God]] tells us it ''is'' a [[Pen Name]] who writes the blog...
* 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.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Bionicle]]'' has done two online serials this way with a blog written by Gali in 2007 and a Takanuva Blog in 2008. Takanuva's blog though generally retells the climax of the 2008 arc from his perspective.
* Various ''[[Transformers]]'' have Twitter accounts, including ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass|Shattered Glass]]'' Ravage and bunch of characters from ''[[Transformers Animated|Animated]]''. It's uncertain if any (and if so which) are "officially" run, or just random fans.
** 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]].
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]] only has one [http://www.twitter.com/homerjsimpson Twitter account]. The other one is fake.
* There are well over fifty twitter accounts associated with ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|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.
*** [[Ask a Pony|Which have their own page now]]
* [[Archer]] [http://www.twitter.com/codenameduchess has a twitter account]
* Howie, Narwhal, Bunny and Duck from ''[[Almost Naked Animals]]'' all have [[Face BookFacebook]] pages. Narwhal also has a Twitter.
* [http://twitter.com/#!/Spongebob Spongebob Squarepants] and [http://twitter.com/#!/patrick_star/ Patrick Star] both have official twitter accounts.
 
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