Imagine with me for a moment. Let 's say you 're a 13 year old girl, a little awkward, a little lonely, trying to find yourself in the world, so you run to TV shows and books, taking every line, word, and letter to heart. You find yourself, and who you want to be in these strange worlds, but not quite everything. Missing from these realities you find yourself lost in, is something that 's becoming a frighteningly familiar part of teens lives. Mental illness. Anyone who 's read Harry Potter knows that Harry 's life isn 't easy. He grows up in an abusive home, is forced to fight a war for a world he isn 't part of, and deals through hardship after hardship, so it 's only fair to assume that in the end, he 'll turn out a little banged up.According to pages 753 to 759 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, this isn 't quite the case. Nineteen short years after defeating the figurative devil of the wizarding world and losing countless family and friends, our beloved Harry is married, has 3 kids, and seems happy. Though this is probably the ending many Potterheads had hoped for, it …show more content…
Every fandom comes with it 's fair share of fanfic, and a lot of it addresses the unspoken mental illnesses that many of our favorite characters bear. Most of the fanfic written about CW 's Supernatural has this element in it heavily. A well known Destiel (ship of Dean Winchester and Castiel) fanfic Painted Angels is a good example of this. The central plot surrounds Dean and Cas 's relationship, but throughout the story the author shows how Dean deals with his mother 's death, and having an abusive father. None of this changes his character or throws the plot off course, but it still shows a character that many people love going through the same struggles as them. No matter the fandom, you can probably find a fanfic that goes into the mental illnesses our favorite characters carry. As amazing as it is to see this other side of them, it 's troubling that it 's only