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Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

god I've really fancied Reality TV contestants in the past, and that's definitely sad.

I would say it's more normal if anything, attraction to people isn't just about what they look like and with reality telly you get more of an idea of "who someone is" as an actual person not just them physically.

Have to say I'm pretty much 100% like that with attraction in general, if you show me a picture of someone and say "is this person attractive" my usual thought is "I don't know I haven't seen them say or do anything". Likewise, with scripted media I can tell you if I find a character attractive - I have no idea if I think the actor is attractive though, unless I've seen them give interviews, etc... and sometimes the answer is yes to the character, no to the actor, or vice versa.

I think there's a name for it somewhere on the LGBTQ identity spectrum but I don't remember what that is .