## [D] Fictional examples of self-deception?

* Author: u/bouncingsoul *
* URL: http://ask.metafilter.com/271159/Fictional-examples-of-self-deception
* Score: 2

* Created: 2014-11-07T18:47:46

### Post:

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### Comments:

> **u/alexanderwales** [+5]  *Time flies like an arrow* (57 minutes later)
> 
> There are lots of examples there of people that are simply crazy, or with some sort of disorder. I think I far prefer those that are like Walter White, where their self-deception is more true to everyday life - that way you get an actual character study instead of just "oh, split personalities or whatever".

> **u/Artaxerxes3rd** [+1]  (16 hours later)
> 
> Death Note's memory related gambits are a kind of self deception.

> **u/EndlessStrategy** [+1]  (2 days later)
> 
> Demona from Gargoyles is a prime example of this, and also one of the best written characters you can find.

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