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Maskaphilia 

The attraction to/fetish of fictional characters who:
-Have objects for heads
-have masks that cover some or most of their face worn at all times
-have a face covered by a shadow, making it not visible
-or any other way of obscuring the face

(bonus points the more in-human it gets)

The word stems from:
Maskaphobia; Fear of masks, or otherwise something obscuring the face on a human body
-philia; a fetish of or abnormal love for a specified thing (example: Necrophilia)

Examples of this in characters:

-Sammy Lawrence (BATIM)
-The Projectionist (BATIM)
-Dream (Youtuber)
-Whitty (Friday Night Funkin mod)
-Updike (in Whitty's backstory)
-MTT Resort receptionist (Undertale)
-Hex (Friday Night Funkin mod)
-Most visual interpretations of Phone Guy (FNAF)
-SCP-035, The Possessive Mask (SCP)
-SCP-049, The Plague Doctor (SCP)
-The cast of Dialtown: Phone Dating Simulator
-several characters from Cuphead
-Some Weirdcore OCs
And many, many others.
"Why do you have so much damn Whitty porn on your desktop"
"Well, one, Horny, two, Maskaphilia."
Maskaphilia by Maskaphiliac July 29, 2021

Maskophobia 

The fear of wearing a face mask—when some people become mentally disturbed or paranoid of seeing their and others’ faces covered.
Guesstimate how many people globally suffer from maskophobia, who would find it hard to explain to the authorities why their psychological condition calls for a mask exemption during this pandemic.
Maskophobia by MathPlus July 24, 2021

mapophelia 

Feeling sexual pleasure from reading or looking at a map or a GPS.
“That map from Dora is kinda hot tbh”
Derek, that’s your mapophelia talking.”
“IT IS THO!”
mapophelia by Sage Green June 16, 2022

maskothelioma 

A potential future respiratory condition related to the inhalation of fibers shed from masks worn during the CORONA virus pandemic.
He developed maskothelioma from wearing those cheap masks for 12 hours per day during the pandemic.
maskothelioma by Nolaman1 January 8, 2022