Which Stephen King Character...

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goodwitch

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I have always felt a closeness to Carrie White, as I was bullied for all 4 years of high school and also suffered an incident in the gym showers somewhat akin to Carrie being pelted with tampons (though in my case it was a tad more nasty). I don't need to go into details though.
(I can't believe I actually just wrote this and hit "post." I've never told anyone about this).
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Patricia A

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I read Carrie not long after it was published. To be honest, and why not? Carrie is a bit of a soul-mate of mine. Not so much a twin as a doppleganger. I was a huge weird nerd. By "was" I mean, am.
I was an avid reader when I was a kid, the more angst I felt, the more I read. I was an angsty kid, I was also an angry kid. I felt entitled to hate people for what they had done to me, for whatever that was worth.
After reading Carrie I asked myself, why. Why did Carrie freak like that, why did she self destruct and take a whole town with her? I was going through some crap myself and understood her pain, but the consequences of her pain provoked me. I didn't have any super power (obviously) but I had the power to turn myself around before I took my life down in flames, in regular human fashion. She made me think twice about how I wanted to be a person.

Carrie gave me some good homeschooling, I thank her, and love her for that. I would have hung out with her in school, weird kids stick together.
 
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I would probably be Maturin if I could choose. I would love to be something that majestic, and with that level of understanding.

I am akin to some mix of Richie Tozier and Bill Denborough.

I can associate with Dolores Claiborne.