That’s funny, the first time I came across the concept of ‘’petfu’’ was no later than last Monday, and now I see a thread about it on /mai/!
I don’t have a petfu and personally don’t see the appeal, the same way I don’t see the appeal for having kidfus (I’m not pretending, of course, that kidfus and petfus are on the same level).
To be honest, I always felt that the strong and serious emotional investment into multiple characters, who would hold different roles into the global fantasy, was weird. I really don’t say that to offend anyone, I’m just being honest about my gut feeling.
The way I usually witness it, waifus (and husbandos) are the more common type, and are usually the bedrock on which all others characters will be added.
Then there are the kidfus (daughterus and sonfus), which would usually join later and form, with the waifu, a family unit for the waifuist. They are, as I see it, an extension of the waifuist fantasy, as the waifu becomes a mother who raises a kid with the waifuist. My feeling is that around 30-50% of waifuists have at least one kidfu, but it’s just based on a vague impression. I think I’ve just seen once a person who said he had a daughteru before having a waifu, so it seems pretty rare.
More rarely I’ve seen ‘’siblingfus’’ (sisterfus and brofus, I guess I should call them?). I’ve always felt a bit perplex about those (and really, I mean no offense to anyone by saying that). How are they actually integrated into the fantasy? Are they (in the fantasy) adopted by the waifuists’ parents?
I know I’m speaking the same words of those who judge waifuists and that is why I remain very careful about that ‘’gut feeling’’ I was referring to, but for me, if someone would say he has a waifu, 3 kidfus, 2 siblingfus, 3 cousinfus, 2 grandparentfus, 3 petfus, and 5 friendfus, I would tend to think……..is this person actually filling some void in his life with all those characters?…
And how can you even find the time and mental energy to invest into all these characters? I just have a waifu, and I often feel that I don’t give her all the attention that she deserves…
I would be curious to know others’ perspective on that, and if you happen to have many kidfus, siblingfus, and/or petfus, etc. please let me know how it works. Maybe that’s all I need to change my biased mind.
On a second thought, I vaguely integrate the other residents of the Scarlet Devil Mansion (the place where Flandre lives) into my fantasy, especially Remilia (Flandre’s sister) and Meiling, but it’s only when I imagine myself living in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. I imagine what it would be to be there with them, but I never talk to them the same way I talk to Flandre in my everyday life.
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Oh, Remilia is my waifu’s sister. That feels weird for me to think you have a Yukkuri version of her as a pet haha. How did you end up adopting her?
