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If you had an imaginary friend, what did they look like? How did they act? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Maven to c/[email protected]

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I never had one as a kid so I'm very curious what other people's experiences were.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

My imaginary friend was very tiny, and I'd imagine him cartoonishly jumping around whatever environment I was in so he could talk to me on my level. I used to hide out in the bathroom a lot, so oftentimes he'd be jumping on top of the toilet paper roll, then scampering up to the counter so we could have a proper conversation. If I was in the car, he'd sit on the edge of the window.

The best way I could describe him looking back would be like the vault boy from fallout. Not the same clothes or look, but just that cartoony style. I probably imagined him to be a little darker and with different colored hair.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Fingers. He looked like my hand because I was a silly goober who thought imaginary friends were dumb, but had no issue with anthropomorphizing my own hand.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

When I was younger, my imaginary friend’s name was Tony. Couldn’t tell you what he looked like though.

But I couldn’t stop laughing the first time I saw this on Malcolm in the Middle https://youtu.be/LQCzejDV7cY?si=R-smlPQ-HpPN0zD3 because I did have a weird fascination with that name as a kid.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Kiragushya a 2 1/2 foot tall dancing sword waving samurai

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Weirdly, now I think about it, they were just me gender swapped

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

A blue Pikmin named Lure who would follow me around everywhere hahaha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I never had one as a kid either, not sure if I could have with being on the aphantasia spectrum. I do, however, have a lot of characters I've roleplayed with, and they all go by what one might say is a set system I use.