I used to believe that fictional characters weren't real, or in other words, weren't aware of the audience's existence. So I used to wonder why people write letters to fictional characters if they can only read letters from other characters.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I thought Bonnie and Clyde were fictional characters.Anon
- When I was smaller I used to think that if I broke the Tv the characters would come out x]Anon
- I used to believe that albatrosses were a fictional species created for the Disney movie "The Rescuers"Anon
- I used to believe Dragons were real like Dinosaurs. I found out the other day they weren't.. Haha. Anon
- I used to think "Zed" and "Zee" were two different letters.Anon
- From the first six letters of this word, I thought that “megalomania” had something to do with megalodons.— Enrico