{"id":586,"date":"2012-12-10T12:56:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T20:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2012-12-10T12:56:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T20:56:25","slug":"fictionalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"Fictionalized"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got to thinking about fictional characters. What is the obsession with fictional characters? We fall in love with fictional characters every time we turn on the television. I know I have. We wish these characters could be real; we wish these characters could sweep us off our feet. We hope for our Prince Charming to save us. Our absorption into this world has become a serious obsession. But what I\u2019ve come to realize is that we shouldn\u2019t hold out for a character that isn\u2019t real. Love stories in real life can be just as romantic. We just don\u2019t always think of it that way, as we aren\u2019t seeing our love stories play out. Besides, our love stories are always more unique than any fictional story. Believe it, and it will be true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got to thinking about fictional characters. What is the obsession with fictional characters? We fall in love with fictional characters every time we turn on the television. I know I have. We wish these characters could be real; we … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":587,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions\/587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}