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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]].
This, in turn, is why people sometimes defend fictional characters [[Daydream Believer|as if they were real]], because they are not defending the character but idealized versions of themselves and/or embodiments of their values. An attack on the character is seen as an attack on traits they (the real person) ''personally possesses and/or admire''.
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** [[Humans Are Warriors]]
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Badass]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]
* [[I Just Want to Be You]]
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Free]]
* [[Intrepid Fictioneer]]
* [[Invincible Hero]]
* [[I Want to Be a Real Man]]
* [[I Wish It
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Because [[Real Life]] feels no necessity to incinerate evil people with lightning.
* [[Longing for Fictionland]]
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