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Originally Posted by ch3353-h4xx0rrrr
On that note, PBL, I don't think the kid really *intended* to have Wilt be a father figure in his/her original intentions for his/her imaginary friend. Missing a father and having no close friends might be a motive, and perhaps an older brother/sister with mad basketball talent as well would spur a thought-in-mind of a basketball star who would actually CARE about him/her.
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I'm inclined on throwing out the basketball fad theory out the window at this point. :p I get a bit tired of it being too obvious, and I'll be more than a little irked if the creator turns out to be a raging sports fan (shock!) and is male, of all things. Not that it's completely unavoidable, but I'll keep my hopes up.
Missing a father and having no close friends constitute as "loneliness" or feeling unprotected. That's a reason that I was also trying to steer clear from as to why a kid would feel the need to create an IF. They're all perfect reasons, but also a little too obvious. :3
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So, of course, nature stepped in and gave Wilt father-like qualities. 
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But what do you think "nature" is? That Wilt's personality traits were something the kid subconsciously created and wanted to have in a father figure? Those traits couldn't have appeared on their own and with nothing to trigger them. Two theories I've seen sticking out constantly (one from PBL) are that Wilt was either
created with this malleable, sweet, apologetic personality, or he
developed it on his own through the years and bad experiences. The latter (a string of bad experiences) would help explain why he represses most of his emotions, particularly anger.