Dreams....

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More strange dreams. In reality I've been worrying about fixing up the stray/outdoor kitty's sleeping space under our deck so that she has something warmer. (We did that this past night. I hope it's been good enough....) So I end up dreaming about that, more or less. And the kitty and I converse. We have some pretty epic conversation like best buds/sisters and hang out having adventures through the day and then go around to the front of the house, which now looks like the old house. But I'm pretty sure the kitty in the dream is supposed to be this kitty and not the kitty we tended to at the old house. They look eerily similar, oddly enough. But this kitty is a lot more timid and a homebody, while the other kitty had attitude and liked to roam. We felt so sad when the first kitty died and it was so empty, and then I think it was only several months later when this kitty came into our lives, like she was being brought to help us heal. And because we needed tabbies in our lives.

My dreams are so weird, though, seriously. And there's recurring locales and situations. And the house often seems to either be the old house or a mishmash of both or even a house that's completely one we've never lived in. But I kind of love my dreams, for the most part. I love and look forward to sleeping, both because sleeping is wonderful when it's needed and because I love seeing what my dreams have in store for me this time. Sometimes I kind of wish technology had advanced to the point that I could visit my dream worlds whenever I choose. Oh, I suppose there's some sort of mind over matter that might more or less cause that to happen, but I don't have enough drive to figure out how to manipulate it. There's plenty of more important things to put mind over matter to use in, rather than frivolous things like this. But still, I do love my dreams and look forward to when I have particular kinds.

And Crystal saw the U.N.C.L.E. movie and we ended up discussing it and the TV series a bit. In the course of that, we got on the subject of Napoleon's serial flirting and interest in women versus Illya's general disinterest in the whole matter. Crystal mused on wondering whether anyone has ever examined the idea of Illya possibly being asexual. I don't think they have and doubt that they'd be interested in such an examination. But then I couldn't get the idea out of my mind and ended up writing a conversational blurb with Napoleon and Illya that touches on the possibility. (Illya never really confirms or denies it. Typical Illya.) I'm not quite sure what to do with it, however, since I'm not sure I want to post it on FF.net or in any other fan community. Not only does it touch on that possibly touchy subject matter, it also implies that Napoleon isn't jumping in bed with all the girls he flirts with and it ends up dipping into Illya's backstory enough that a present-day time period is revealed. If I post it anywhere, I'm considering maybe just posting it directly on my website.

Comments

[amanechan.livejournal.com]

I definitely dream about cats a lot, either mine or someone else's. XD That's really awesome that your dreams are so...productive, for lack of a better term? I'm kind of jealous. XD That would be awesome if you could figure out the lucid dreaming stuff, though. Apparently it's not too hard to train yourself to do it, though I've never tried.

I'd be leery of posting such a fic too, to be honest. With touchy subjects, from what I've seen, even if it's a thoughtful and compassionate portrayal, people really jump on any kind of misstep or anything that even looks like a misstep. It's like there's no room for honest mistakes and learning from them. You're either perfect from the get go or you're horrible and wrong forever.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Yesss, kitties make fun dream subjects! I dream about ours quite a lot, although sometimes I'm not sure whether it's our current kitty or the older one.

I have gotten quite a few stories out of dreams over the years. That's been neat too. And oh really? That's interesting if it isn't too difficult to figure out! Maybe I'll have to curiously poke into that then. Although I wonder if I can only do that with dreams I'm already having or if I can also influence myself to start having a particular dream setting to begin with.

Yeah, I'm nervous enough posting anything that reveals a present-day time period. I'm not sure how I'd deal with posting something that's potentially touchy subject matter as well. Maybe these fans would be totally chill about it, though. I don't know. I kind of suspect no one has explored the idea before; it seems like there are gen and het fans and slash fans and that's that.

[garowyn.livejournal.com]

Dreams can be so wonderful - they give me new original characters to use, lol - but also just very weird, like you said. Places and people I've never seen before appear, and sometimes my old high school classmates pop up when I've not thought of them all year or longer. Our brains operate strangely.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL, yes, I'm so thrilled whenever I can get a fic out of a dream. And once or twice I did get a couple of characters out of dreams. Now if my novel would only cooperate like I want it to. I continually prefer writing for other people's characters and often feel uncomfortable writing for my own. Sigh....

I think the strangest thing of all is when I dream of recurring locales that don't even exist in real-life, but they're so vivid and striking it feels like they must be real out there, somehow, someway, and one day I'll find them.

Dreaming of old acquaintances and friends is very bittersweet.

[garowyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I miss writing fan fic, because you didn't have to spend time introducing characters when the readers already know them.

I find that, too! There's got to be a reason why they're so vivid (other than the fact that we are just that good at creating new worlds!).

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Definitely. It's a lot nicer to just be able to jump right into the story.

Indeed!