Fictional Long-Term Relationships

I finished the seventh Harry Potter book this weekend. I'm a little embarassed to tell you that I read it in two days--I'd like to say this was mostly due to the fact that I had large chunks of uninterrupted time on my flight to San Diego on Thursday and back on Friday, but really, I just couldn't put it down! When I went to bed Friday night, I had about 175 pages left to go, and thought I'd just read for a few minutes, but the next thing I knew, it was two hours later and I'd finished the book!

Here's the thing--I've kept up with Harry through a combination of the books and the movies, but even without being the biggest Harry fan, I still felt like I had know this little guy for a while now. I needed to know what happened, and I wasn't going to put the book down until I knew. It was kinda like the series finale of Friends. Here were these people who I had hung out with each Thursday night for the past ten years. I needed to know that they were going to be okay! I needed to know that Monica and Rachel and Phoebe would still be friends.

So, that's a glimpse into my emotional relationships with fictional characters--so who are some of the "people" who you've bonded with through books, movies, or tv??