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{{quote|'''Phineas:''' If you could have a super power, which one would it be?
'''[[Dumb Muscle|Buford]]:''' That's an interesting question you pose, [[Hidden Depths|as it reveals not only one's impulses and desires, but one's deepest fears as well]].
|''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', "Out of Toon"}}
[[Wish Fulfillment]] is one of the driving points of fiction in general, most likely serving as the inspiration for humanity to start writing in the first place. After all, if [[Real Life]] matched our fantasies, we would not need to create fiction for [[Escapism]]. In simplest terms, Wish Fulfillment is basically just using the control that being a writer affords to create a story that addresses one or more outcomes that the author wishes would come about.
Human beings have needs, and some of these needs are psychological in nature. This is an undeniable fact. When a person's [[Real Life]] does not provide all of these psychological needs, they can turn to fiction in order to provide for these needs. For instance, someone lives a very boring life going to an utterly mundane job and has no excitement at all. Said person's need for variation and stimulation is not being catered for. Thus, this person might feel very attracted towards stories where an [[Escapist Character|otherwise-normal person they can easily relate to suddenly becomes an extraordinarily powerful being and is thrust into a wild and thrilling series of events]].
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Contrast with [[Sour Grapes Tropes]] and [[True Art Is Angsty]].
Tropes generally accepted to be interrelated (if not a direct cause-effect relation) to Wish Fulfillment:▼
▲Tropes generally accepted to be
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]
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