Real Life Is Mean

Fact.

In fiction, when real life gets mean, people start to turn against a single person, things are changing for the worse, and life generally becomes unbearable to the point where they have to lock themselves away in a safe place to hide from the world. And what's the only thing to turn to when Real Life Is Mean? Fiction, of course. Many people in fiction who get sucked into the world of our fiction which would be their real life change roles from whatever they were before they ran away from society to either the Hyperfan, Loner (but only if they return to society), or Psycho.