I Have Imaginary Friends.

Does anyone here have imaginary friends? Some people have had them in their childhood, but faded away when they got older and made real friends. Some still have their imaginary friends even as adults. I know I’ve already talked about this in my introduction post when I first joined Similar Worlds, but I thought I might want to go into a little more detail.

As I was growing up, I’ve had imaginary friends. I guess it was out of social isolation, bullying (I was bullied in junior high and online, which is why I ended up being homeschooled in high school; I graduated in 2012) and boredom.

Well, guess what? I’m 27 years old, and I still have imaginary friends. I was teased at school (this was before I was homeschooled) for having imaginary friends.

Yes, I know they’re not real. But they are to me. They’re not my own creation. They’re fictional characters that I like from anime, movies and video games.

I have six imaginary friends. Four of them have been with me since childhood, the other two have been with me since my adulthood (I was 20 when I first met that the last two imaginary friends). This is going to be kind of long, but here are their biographies.

The first imaginary friend that I have in my world is William Wallace, who is a Scottish rebel from the Mel Gibson movie, “Braveheart” (which takes place in Scotland). William Wallace was actually a real person, but I’m using Mel Gibson’s version, who not only played William Wallace (who is the main protagonist of “Braveheart”), but was also the director and one of the producers of “Braveheart.” If anyone here hasn’t seen “Braveheart”, I highly recommend it. It’s really good. It is rated R, though, so keep that in mind. William fights the English throughout the entire movie because they’ve taken Scotland’s freedom away from the Scots, but William won’t let them do that (“They may take our lives, but they’ll never take… OUR FREEDOM!”, my favorite movie quote of all time).

The second imaginary friend that I have in my world is Murron MacClannough (who is also from “Braveheart””), who is William’s real-life wife and childhood friend. There’s a handkerchief that William carries with him because it was part of his wedding with Murron. After she was killed by the English, William carried that handkerchief with him wherever he went, almost as if it was his memento of her. But I’m not gonna give away the rest of the story in the movie because that would be spoiling. Although she dies in the story, Murron is alive in my world.

The third imaginary friend that I have in my world is Link , who is from the video game series, “The Legend Of Zelda” and is the main protagonist of the story.,He’s the hero who saves the land of Hyrule (which is where the story takes place). In the series, he doesn’t talk (well, he makes attack sounds), but he talks in my world, otherwise the imaginary friends and I wouldn’t understand him. Like William, Link is also a knight.

The fourth imaginary friend that I have in my world is Zelda (who is also from “The Legend Of Zelda” and is named after the series), who is the Princess of Hyrule who often gets kidnapped throughout the series, until Link saves her. Zelda’s the only princess in my world, but we don’t call her Princess or Princess Zelda, just Zelda. In some of the “Zelda” games, Link and Zelda are childhood friends, like William and Murron. Although they’re not married in real life, they are married in my world (even though there are some hints of romance between Link and Zelda throughout the series). Both Link and Zelda carry a piece of the Triforce (which are three Golden sacred triangles that’s an ancient relic of Hyrule created by the Goddesses of Hyrule) on the backs of their hands. Ganondorf (a.k.a. Ganon) (the main antagonist of the story) has the Triforce of Power, Zelda has the Triforce of Wisdom, and Link has the Triforce of Courage.

The fifth imaginary friend that I have in my world is Naruto Uzumaki, who is a ninja from the anime/manga series, “Naruto” (who, like Zelda, also has a series named after him). He has a tailed-beast inside of him, and the villagers of Konoha shun him because of it. But he dreams of being Hokage, the leader of his village, so that people will accept him for who he is. But Naruto is very inspirational because he teaches people to never give up. Like I said about “Braveheart”, I will not give away the rest of the story in “Naruto” because that would be spoiling.

Finally, at last, but not least, the sixth and last imaginary friend that I have is Hinata Hyuga, who like Naruto is also a ninja (“Naruto” has ninjas in it). In the series, she’s shy and often passes out whenever she’s around Naruto because she’s in love with him. Like William and Murron’s relationship and Link and Zelda’s relationship, Naruto and Hinata are also childhood friends, and like William and Murron also end up getting married in their story.

My imaginary friends have always been there for me. They’re my everything. They were there for my surgeries, my birthdays, the holidays, whenever I needed someone to talk to when we were alone and no one was around, whenever I needed to vent about something and needed a shoulder to cry on, whenever one of my real-life friends or family members passed away,, everything.

Whenever I’m angry and upset about something, I imagine my imaginary friends comforting me. They tell me that everything’s going to be okay.

Out of all the six (3 boys, 3 girls; yes, I’ve counted every single imaginary friend that I have in my world) imaginary friends that I have in my world, there are three who I’m close to the most. But just because I’m close to them doesn’t mean that they’re my favorites. I love all my imaginary friends equally. There is no competition on which imaginary friend I like the most, and who’s (or who are) the best one (or ones). If I had children (which I don’t, nor am I married), I would also feel the same way about them. I’d love them all equally. I hate conflict. I’ve always hated conflict. The three imaginary friends that I’m close to the most are William, Link and Naruto.

I don’t remember who were the first imaginary friends that I had, so I’m just gonna say it was Link and Zelda. However, sometimes the amount of imaginary friends I have changes over time due to my indecisiveness, but I think I like it like this. I like having six imaginary friends and three because then it helps me keep track on how many fandoms and imaginary friends there are in my world.

Well, now that I told you about my history with my imaginary friends, you’re probably thinking, “But, Angelique, doesn’t it ever get boring to have six imaginary friends and three fandoms in your world?”

Well, maybe a little. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I enjoy their company. It’s just that maybe I don’t have enough imaginary friends. But I don’t mind. Maybe I want six imaginary friends. The reason why I wanted six imaginary friends is because I wanted three boys and three girls from each fandom. Originally I just wanted William, Link and Naruto. But then I realized that I also wanted girls, too, not just boys. Also, I didn’t want William, Link and Naruto to be without their wives (Murron, Zelda and Hinata), so yeah.

But just as long as we’re all together. We’re a family, and that’s all that matters.

There is a quote from the Disney movie, “Lilo & Stitch” (even though there are a lot of other quotes which are not from “Lilo & Stitch” and are from other things, too) that relates to my world:

“Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind, or forgotten.”

Although we have fun together and hardly fight, like my real-life friends and family, my imaginary friends do scold me if I do or say something wrong (“How would you like it if we…”). Some kids blame their imaginary friends for the bad things they’ve done (like, break something by accident), but I don’t do that. Because again, I know that my “friends” aren’t real.

In the future, I’ll show you their biographies and about their lives today. Parts of their biographies are based on their real life stories, other parts I made up.

Well, those are all my “friends.” But hey, who says you can’t have real friends and imaginary friends, right? For me, you get the both of both worlds. I have two families - one is my real family, and the other is my imaginary family. Hope that doesn’t sound too weird. 😅

Sorry about my rambling, but I hope you enjoyed my history with my imaginary friends. 😊❤️

“I live in my own little world. But it’s okay. They know me here.” - Lauren Myracle (intentional misspelling).