James_H
And I like to roam the land
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Has anyone ever come across these? For example, https://www.reddit.com/r/tulpas
It turns out the concept of the tulpa has mutated in this digital age and means something new to a whole generation of (what seem to me to be) inward-looking, fantasy-prone teenagers. Their tulpas often seem highly influenced by anime cartoons (check out the drawing threads). They often talk to each other in character as their tulpas [in square brackets] (or their tulpas really talk to each other, who am I to judge). A lot of them post about having romantic or sexual relationships with their tulpas. There's quite a lot of jargon about 'tulpaforcing' and 'wonderlands'.
I don't believe in the literal reality of these beings, though I imagine that the subjective reality of them to their tulpamancers varies on a case-by-case basis. What I'm interested in is how this quite involved culture has arisen and perpetuated.
Here's an article from Vice: The Internet's Newest Subculture Is All About Creating Imaginary Friends
It turns out the concept of the tulpa has mutated in this digital age and means something new to a whole generation of (what seem to me to be) inward-looking, fantasy-prone teenagers. Their tulpas often seem highly influenced by anime cartoons (check out the drawing threads). They often talk to each other in character as their tulpas [in square brackets] (or their tulpas really talk to each other, who am I to judge). A lot of them post about having romantic or sexual relationships with their tulpas. There's quite a lot of jargon about 'tulpaforcing' and 'wonderlands'.
I don't believe in the literal reality of these beings, though I imagine that the subjective reality of them to their tulpamancers varies on a case-by-case basis. What I'm interested in is how this quite involved culture has arisen and perpetuated.
Here's an article from Vice: The Internet's Newest Subculture Is All About Creating Imaginary Friends