This X post promotes “Fictional Characters,” an animated short depicting a 73-year-old man’s nostalgic reflection on his 1968 teenage heartbreak, using cartoonish bench scenes with pigeons to symbolize fleeting emotions.
The video’s narration critiques “fictional expectations” in love—unrealistic self-images and unspoken assumptions—as sources of relational harm, ending with a rainy breakup that teaches the brevity of lies.
As the first installment of the trilogy “Who’s Putting Whom On?”, it aligns with the author’s ongoing series of personal, faith-tinged animations probing self-deception and authenticity in human connections.
