Feeling genuine feelings for fic. characters is seen as so "cringe" that I honestly feel ashamed by my own natural attraction;-;

When I was 7 i had actual love from Serena from Pokémon.

Well, at such a young age is when people most often *really* start feeling attraction and love, hence we might feel that in fictional characters rather strongly, as we slowly grow and learn more about ourselves. However, that genuine love for fictional characters often lasts only briefly, because we soon, instead, learn to love real people. Hence, unless you still feel *genuine* attraction towards fictional characters today, rather than actual people, then you probably aren't fictosexual/romantic.
I don't mean to sound rude; just want to get that out there because, unfortunately, a lot of people misidentify as 'fictosexual/romantic', which, as an actual fictosexual/romantic, is rather annoying (as well as puts fictosexuals/romantics in a negative light) ╯︿╰

I don’t feel any more genuine love. But I think some characters are attractive

That's completely understandable (❁´◡`❁) Thank you for being honest ♥

Np

I just dont think there should be a label for it since pretty much everyone feels the same

Just like how a gay man can really only feel true attraction towards males, I can only feel true attraction towards fictional characters. Also like a gay man, when they can yet acknowledge when somebody other than a male is attractive, I can acknowledge when a real person is attractive. Still, I find myself MOST attracted to fictional characters, naturally. Additionally with fictosexuality, it pertains to ALL fictional characters (or just the males, if you're gay, etc.), and I don't mean it like I immediately have feelings for ALL of them, but just kind of imagine it like a gay person who's attracted to real people:
They like males, and that's a broad range. However, they don't find EVERY male attractive; just the ones they end up personally finding attractive themselves.

That's the best in which I can explain it, and so I hope that helps you see it more clearly. I know it's confusing, but it's just the way my attraction naturally works and, while this term is often wrongly labeled as mere "simping", it goes a lot further and deeper than that. It's the term that fits me best, once you realize that it's not mere "simping" or anything, but, instead, genuine attraction to fictional characters and fictional characters *only*. Please respect such a thing, even if it's a difficult concept to grasp.

Thank you.

Best wishes.
If you have any further questions in regards to this all, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Fictosexual/romantic literally isn't the same as merely simping/fan-boying/girling/enbying/etc. 😶 That's the annoying part about it, because everybody thinks that is all that it is and "Well, *I* once liked a fictional character because they were cute, so *I* must be fictosexual!" It's when you can really *ONLY* feel things for fictional characters, as well as feel much stronger connections, bonds, and other such things for fictional characters (especially romantic/sexual feelings).
I myself can feel things for real people, but said feeling never last. Instead, I only find myself being genuinely attracted to and feeling true sexual/romantic feelings towards fictional characters (and not just because of looks, but for just about everything). Now, I *did* used to believe I was a mere "simp"/"fanboy", but it wasn't until about a day or three ago that I really started thinking about it, and then ✨p o o f✨. I realized I was never what I thought I was; a mere simp/fan-boy who just struggled with relationships and found comfort in fictional characters. Rather, I realized that, while I lack feelings towards real people for long periods of time, I can form close bonds, genuine feelings, and strong connections towards fictional characters, those of which actually last, unlike with real people, and that's definitely not simping/fan-boying; that's *genuine* attraction and feelings, like how a non-fictosexual/romantic would normally love a real person.
Due to my lack of attraction towards real people, I even used to identify as aro/ace- Still, even at that time, I longed for a relationship, which made me wonder as to why I yet couldn't... feel anything towards real people, but still always felt things for fictional characters? So, yeah- Guess I've been fictosexual/romantic this whole time, with it hiding right under my nose 😅

In short, though I can feel romantic/sexual things for real people, especially quite strongly at first, said feelings always tend to fade with time (which is due to past trauma of mine), meanwhile I *can* feel things for fictional characters - feelings that are actually *genuine*, and the sort of thing that somebody who isn't fictosexual/romantic, as said before, would feel towards a real person. Hence, just kind of imagine how you feel towards a real person that you love. Well, that's how I feel towards fictional characters, meanwhile the same cannot be applied to real people, unlike your own attraction, you know?

Ty for clearing this up

No problem whatsoever! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o Besides, I really wish people would get to know the difference, because it's incredibly annoying as to how many people don't, thus making there be a lot of fake fictosexuals, as well as people who misidentify the actual ones as being mere "simps"- ╯︿╰

I ain't reading that

Then don't say there shouldn't be a label for it if :\