User blog comment:Weavillain/How Do You Relate to Your Favorite Character?/@comment-32202721-20170719194009

When I read the OP, my first instinct was to express incredulity that you would feel that way as a fanfic writer... until I realized that I do the exact same thing. I tend to have a hard time accepting praise, regardless of who it's coming from.

When a bad/mediocre writer praises my work --> "Eh, what do you know?"

When a really good writer praises my work --> "What, are you kidding me?! Your stuff's way better than mine!"

Now, to answer your question... well, my favorite character is Leni, and I don't have too much in common with her. Though I will admit that I have my fair share of airheaded/absentminded moments, much to the amusement of my friends.

Like, here's an incident my friend will never let me forget; we were at a bar, and I was being served Coronas with lime wedges in the bottle necks. The bartender noticed that I kept taking the lime wedges out, and this happened:

Bartender: I can serve you those without the limes if you don't like them.

Me: Well, I kind of have to take them out in order to drink the beer...

Bartender: No, no, you push the lime wedge into the bottle.

Me: Oh, that's what you're supposed to do with them?

I think I assumed the lime was just there for decoration, or something.