: Re: Is it a bad idea to have a character that has an "imaginary friend"? In a story I'm working on, I'm adding a side character to travel with the two main characters because I realized I didn't

Where there's smoke there's fire

I concur with @Andrey that "dispelling" the magic in a fantasy setting is nearly impossible. Reader will always have doubt (or hope) that this imaginary friend will turn real.

You can do two things:

Make an established theme of your world that some people think they
have a magical connection while in fact they don't;
Unless your character is bad, provide some form of redemption for
her. It wouldn't feel right to the reader if she stays just a poor
delusional muggle through the end.

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