Expectations from who? Yourself?
I don't load up a game and go "man Kratos is so awesome, i'll never be as cool as him."
actually scratch Kratos is kind of a massive loser
I don't load up Uncharted and go "man Nathan Drake is so awesome and handsome, i'll never be as cool or as successful as him."
Instead, it's more like "look at how much fun i'm having by shooting up dudes and jumping around like i'm goddamn indiana jones."
There are no unrealistic expectations being set here. People don't suddenly say "man, guys aren't as attractive as Nathan Drake, what a bummer! All guys who don't match up to that standard are shit!" because they already have movie stars and tv actors that do that for them.
The entire OP is just incredibly confusing to me. It reads like some fever dream.
I don't load up a game and go "man Kratos is so awesome, i'll never be as cool as him."
actually scratch Kratos is kind of a massive loser
I don't load up Uncharted and go "man Nathan Drake is so awesome and handsome, i'll never be as cool or as successful as him."
Instead, it's more like "look at how much fun i'm having by shooting up dudes and jumping around like i'm goddamn indiana jones."
There are no unrealistic expectations being set here. People don't suddenly say "man, guys aren't as attractive as Nathan Drake, what a bummer! All guys who don't match up to that standard are shit!" because they already have movie stars and tv actors that do that for them.
The entire OP is just incredibly confusing to me. It reads like some fever dream.