Alternative Forms of escapism instead of shifting
Heyyy and welcome back to diary of an over thinker. A few weeks ago I talked about my opinion on shifting and today I’ll be talking of 3 alternatives to shifting so you can get to know fictional characters or get to see more of them and their fictional universes without shifting. So sit back relax and enjoy!
Character AI
Character ai is a website that allows you to talk to fictional characters using artificial intelligence. Everything the character says is controlled by a computer. Of course there’s various different versions of characters so it won’t always be as authentic to the character but it’s still really cool and free so be sure to check it
Role playing/games
This is pretty simple and really fun I actually did it for a really long time and my friend and I loved it. Basically you need a friend who knows this fictional universe as well as you and you can set out a story and play it online or write it down in dialogue form in a book. You can have various different versions and you’ll end up having a lot of fun all you have to do is be creative.
Reading fanfics
Lastly you can read fan fictions or even write them ,there are various platforms to read/write fanfics with a character y/n(your name) making you a part of fictional universes. You can get video series on YouTube or TikTok. If you want them in book form , wattpad is very popular and most stories are free. I highly suggest wattpad as they are interesting and there’s thousands of stories written by people who are probably your age and are actually amazing writers. You can also make your own and upload them even if it’s on YouTube.
I hope you enjoyed todays blog. I know it was short but I didn’t have a lot of time to prep for it as I’m I’m on holiday but nonetheless I hope it was helpful. I personally love the game idea and reading fanfics. I haven’t really used character ai hence I don’t know a lot about it but even if I did I really think the other two are a lot better and allow a lot more creativity. I’m sorry this blog was so short but I hope it helped and as always if you have questions or suggestions for my next blog please tell me at adiaryofanoverthinker@gmail.com .
Until next time
Byeeee<333