Thread: Things To Run Away From Really Fast!

...or Samael's Dream Journal.

I believe I've already established myself as a somewhat flaky individual who spends far too much time looking for wiki articles to link to, so let's jump straight in, shall we?

I love to discuss my dreams, and tear them apart to reveal their innards. This is all in fun, so please go ahead and leave a comment.

I briefly considered colour coding before realizing that I had no idea how nightmares would overlap with normal, semi-lucid, and lucid states. Most of my dreams are semi-lucid anyway. Almost all of my nightmares are. A typical scene:

"I'm dreaming; you can't hurt me."
"Yooouuu reeeeally thiiiink sooooo?"
"...you're creepy as fuck, you realize that?"

What follows is usually an epic battle to the death.

In its place, I have the Scariness Meter. Ratings go from 1 (flowers and rainbows and kittens) to 10 (I run out of the house and spend the rest of the night in a 24-hour fast food restaurant drinking terrible hot cocoa).

Edit: Dreams are now non-lucidsemilucidlucid

Originally Posted by Recurring Characters

The Lunar God: Usually appears as an old man, doesn't seem to like me much. Tried to kill me at least once, may have accepted a truce. (00A, 19, 29, 34)

Johanna: Because I can't keep Mia Wasikowska and Jayne Wisener straight. Resembles both actresses, tends to appear as a friend and ally and occasional enemy. (19, 21, 49, 58)

Elaine: First showed up in June 2009. (4, 34)

Originally Posted by Recurring Alternate Me's

Lucifer: started off as the actual fallen-angel ruler of hell. Has since evolved into an entirely different character: a personification of certain aspects I admire in the story. (00B, 4, 19, 31, 35, 43, 44, 54, 62)

Originally Posted by Recurring Fictional Characters

Angel (31, 59)
Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (33, 35)
Batman/Bruce Wayne (26, 63)
Buffy (31)
Carlton Lassiter (2)
Castiel (33)
Dean Winchester (5, 8, 35, 39, 52)
Harry Potter (8, 50)
Jack O'Neill (35)
Joker (34)
Kate Beckett (27, 37)
Linkara (64)
Mac (The Dresden Files) (34)
Mazikeen (62)
Sam Carter (35, 42)
Sam Winchester (8, 39, 52)
Shawn Spencer (2, 36)

Originally Posted by Recurring Actors/Celebrities

Eliza Dushku (44)
Jensen Ackles (27)
Johnny Depp (22, 36)
Misha Collins (48, 57, 62)
Robert Downey Jr. (36)

Originally Posted by Recurring People

Ben: My brother. Bad driver. (9, 29, 32, 44, 59)
Mom: Occasionally has superpowers. (9, 44, 59)
Dad: Self-explanatory. (9, 59)

Originally Posted by Recurring Places

Quickton: Nickname for the town I'm living in.
Ixburg: Nickname for my hometown.
Others: Halifax, Vancouver, Squamish.

Originally Posted by Recurring Themes

Bright Blue Energy (49, 59, 62)
Orange Lighting (19, 27, 41)
My Own Neutral/Dark Energy (44, 62)
Zombies (43, 60)

Originally Posted by DV Members

Walms, trying to find (46, 47, 51, 55, 60, 61)
Walms, actual appearances (47)
Loaf (63)
MoSH (63)
Serenity (63, 65)

Things to Run Away From Really Fast:

#00A: First Appearances. I need to get away, because something horrible is about to happen. First appearance of The Lunar God. 9.

#00B: Bureaucratic Hell. My name is Lucifer, and I'm busy. 3.

#1. The Other Mother. I talk to my mom about dream interpretation, but she turns out to be the monster from Coraline. 6.

#2. Doomed Underwater Research Stations. As Shawn Spencer, I argue with Lassiter about how to escape from a flooding underwater station. 3.

#3. High School Classmates Near Water. We're supposed to be swimming, but most of the group is just standing on the shore, crowded together in a circle. 2.

#4. The Narrator. The devil, Sam, curses Sleeping Beauty with infinite will, which backfires when she's faced with a runaway princess several years later. 2.

#5. Bad Fanfiction. As Dean Winchester, I try to find Sam Winchester, only to be thwarted by The Trickster in an alternate dimension. 2.

#6. Mental Institutions with Lax Security. A little girl tries to save her fellow patients, but may actually be the one committing the murders. 2.

#7. Allegiant Little Kids. I hang out with the Nostalgia Chick at my high school; kids throw rocks. 1.

#8. Pissed Off Teachers. As Harry Potter, I participate in a dueling tournament, repeatedly humiliating Snape. Fleur is impressed. 2.

#9. Family Vacations. My dad drives us through a potential horror movie. 2.

#10. Homicidal Robots. As Jubilee (X-Men), I sabotage the Sentinels in a shopping mall. 2.

#11. Third Person Narration. I have an extensive resume: spy, tomb raider, babysitter... 2.

#12. Voices Trying To Limit Your Dream Control. Water grounds my dream-powers and I almost make it to the moon. 2.

#13. Dream-Style Karate Tournaments. I almost forget my kata as I shift through one ridiculous costume after another. 3.5.

#14. Restaurants With Poor Customer Service. Also, Missiles. People fire me; people fire at me. 2.

#15. Hey, but I thought I was supposed to be the - Apparently, there's more than one devil. 2.

#16. Mortality. I'm a spectator to a previous life, in which I fatally wound my wife trying to protect her. 8.

#17. The Ninja Maid. I pose as maid service, and later blackmail an ambassador into an alliance. 2.

#18. Gravity Hack. I drift up a mountain and talk to a minotaur. 1.

#19. Alternate Perspective Disorientation. I'm the devil, I'm a driver, I'm an old lady, and Alice, and I'm talking to the Lunar God. 3.

#20. This is Your Church on Twitter. The best way to escape the clutches of the Catholic Church? Add a twitter feed to their webpage. 3.

#21. Nitwit Protagonists. My dream-avatar would like to solve the murder of her friend, who might not actually be dead yet. 3.

#22. Bible Camp. I go back in time and try not to get exorcized. I also meet Johnny Depp. Kind of. 2.

#23. Nitwit Protagonists Take 2. My protagonists bury the eggs of the monster they just destroyed. 3.

#24. Really Mad Hostages. I've been kidnapped. I attack him with a box-cutter. 3.

#25. Amestrian Conspiracies. I track down Edward Elric to warn him about a massive government conspiracy. Again. 2.

#26. Teletubbies are attacking the earth. 2.

#27. Skinwalkers. I'm a shapeshifter helping the police investigate my own disappearance. 2.

#28. Dude, Where's My Car? I remember my license plate number. 1.

#29. LG's Got a Gun. The Lunar God drops in and threatens to kill me. 4.5.

#30. City-Fusions. I'm driven through Quickton-Halifax by a crazy person, and we try to find a vegetarian restaurant. 1.

#31. Buffy, When You're Quite Possibly Evil Maybe. I get a bucket of holy water dumped on me. 2.

#32. Unconscious Desire to Move. Again. Now. Family Reunion, a plot to save "the farm". Random lucidity. 1.

#33. Familiar Places. BC tries to steal my digital photos and Castiel wants to go to Halifax. 1.

#34. Failed Interrogations. Why does the Lunar God want to kill me? 3.

#35. A Pirate's Life. You're trying to sell the combined forces of SG-1 and Lucifer into slavery? You should know better. 3.

#36. Demon Barbers, Malfunctioning Portals. Sweeney Todd chases me and I end up on an asteroid. 3.

#37. Murder Mysteries. Main character did it. 2.

#38. Witch Trials. I have to try really hard to not set this DC on fire. 2.

#39. Misogynists, Scientists, Doctors, Little Girls, Monsters, and Faeries. I run away from everything in the title. 2.

#40. Dream Games. We keep breaking the water balloons. 1.

#41. Bees. I run away from them and start jumping down stairwells. 3.

#42. Girlfriends, Dead People. I hang out with a dream-girlfriend and explore a spooky little town. 2.

#43. The Devil You Know. The devil helps out the survivors of the apocalypse. I get shot in the head. 2.

#44. I Am Legend. I kill people. In an alternate dimension, my brother is captured by vampires and my mom has superpowers. 5.

#45. Silence in the Library. The Compendium of All Human Knowledge needs a new Librarian. 2.

#46. Walmart. I try to find Walms in the parking lot. 1.

#47. Dream Goals. Three stories is too far to fall, and I give a pink rose to a pretty girl. 2.

#48. Soylent Green. A man is fed, alive and screaming, into a meat grinder. His son watches impassively. 3.5.

#49. Ghost Ship. I fight a boss battle using bright blue energy. Also, humanity isn't doing so well, post-apocalypse. 3.

#50. Oh, There Goes Gravity. An elementary school, Harry Potter, and PARKOUR! 2.

#51. Puddles. "Derek" thinks my teleportation abilities are lacking. 2.

#52. Lady Gaga. RUN AWAY! 2.

#53. Nail Polish. Do you have an appointment? 2.

#54. Riddles. I confuse "sleep-deprivation induced hallucinations" with "dreams". N/A.

#55. A CAT! Fragmented dreams include vampires, Star Wars, the Twin Towers, and random cat appearances. 3.

#56. Climbing Classes. Buildering on high school buildings. 1.

#57. Q&A. Unprofessional actor is unprofessional. 2.

#58. The Heist. Johanna and I attempt to rob an art gallery, and are thwarted when a little kid kills our catgirl. 3.

#59. The Hunt. Angel and I are tracked down by the Wild Hunt, led by the Faerie Queen Mab. 3.5

#60. Zombieland. Telekinesis + Zombies = Fun. 3.

#61. Penguins. I realize that being chased by mutant penguins isn't nearly as scary as I think it is. 3.

#62. Stray Little Devils. I try to avoid the minions/allies of another Lucifer. 2.

#63. College.I run into Loaf at an art school, and I manage to shapeshift for the first time. 2.

#64. Time Management. Six. Million. Pokemon. 2.

#65. Choosing Sides. Two southern men argue about the American Civil War. 2.

#66. The Last Unicorn. I'm an ex-unicorn version of Alice in Wonderland fleeing evil, brightly coloured birds.

#67. Girls. Sex dreams followed by aimless wanderings through broken cities.

#68. Welcome to the Jungle. Serenity's crew docks on a jungle planet. As Jayne, I have zany adventures. 3.

#69. Something Blue. I confront a monster, something I see as pure darkness trying to infect me. Unfortunately for it, I have the same power. 6.

#70. Spiral Staircases. I calmly jump into a thirty-story fall, down the center of a spiral staircase. 5.

#71. The Job Site. I run through a construction site and use dark-side force powers on an innocent guard. 2.

#72. Corporate Sabotage. Superpowered clones try to escape from their captors. I bring backup. Lots and lots of backup. 2.

#73. Fighting Fire. I fly around happily, and fight a witch who's trying to burn down a bulletin board. 2.

To be continued...