Discussion Was anyone else ultra obsessed with realism as a kid and hated anything fictitious?

[ordinaryotaku]

Back when I was a kid, I literally hated everything that was fictitious.

I remember in early elementary school, we would have reading assignments and I would always try to choose non-fiction books or books containing some sort of information. We were forced to read certain genres and I would throw a fit about it. I remember in second grade, I exclaimed at the Scholastic Book Fair that all the books were lame because there were little to no non-fiction books, and I got scolded by the teacher for it.

I would get extremely disinterested in all of the fiction books or anything made up and wouldn't read anything fictious. Hated reading about fantasy stuff like dragons and made up fairytale or sci-fi stuff. Whenever we had to make stories (we sometimes had to make stories), I enjoyed doing it only if I made them based off of real events or an alternate scenario that would be realistic. No flying cars or anything like that.

Only exception for this I made was for games. I wouldn't mind fantasy themes in those.

Was anyone else like this?

 

[Shay Patrick Cormac]

Non-NT incel trait

 

[DreamCoper]

Back when I was a kid, I literally hated everything that was fictitious.

I remember in early elementary school, we would have reading assignments and I would always try to choose non-fiction books or books containing some sort of information. We were forced to read certain genres and I would throw a fit about it. I remember in second grade, I exclaimed at the Scholastic Book Fair that all the books were lame because there were little to no non-fiction books, and I got scolded by the teacher for it.

I would get extremely disinterested in all of the fiction books or anything made up and wouldn't read anything fictious. Hated reading about fantasy stuff like dragons and made up fairytale or sci-fi stuff. Whenever we had to make stories (we sometimes had to make stories), I enjoyed doing it only if I made them based off of real events or an alternate scenario that would be realistic. No flying cars or anything like that.

Only exception for this I made was for games. I wouldn't mind fantasy themes in those.

Was anyone else like this?

I was kinda like this when I was really young but somewhat grew out of it arounf 8-10, I still have an obsession with explaining and having reason for everything though

 

[ordinaryotaku]

I was kinda like this when I was really young but somewhat grew out of it arounf 8-10, I still have an obsession with explaining and having reason for everything though

Same tbh.

 

[ItsGoyOvrr428]

same, I was obsessed with everything military/tactical and would draw as realistic as I could without internet access military vehicles, soldiers, etc.

 

[Emba]

Ever noticed that fiction is fake and non fiction is real.

But there's no other definition of real, true books?

Just lies, and non lies.

Lies being the central idea concept descriptor.

 

[VλREN]

Same

 

[DreamCoper]

Same tbh.

I did like to read a lot of fiction books but I always tried to make sense of or explain the made-up stuff in them

 

[Wannabe_Volcel]

Yes and it was a mistake.

Goth foids prefer eloquent intellectual fantasy chad over retarded autistic mama's boy guitarcel

When I realized, I tried to read fiction again, but it was hard tbh.

I read 3/4 of The Odyssey, but is a very dense book and mid through I realized the futility of it and stopped.

Might try again one day

 

[UnchargedSamsung]

No I was (still am) an escapismcel