Thread: "Try to stay calm, but this is my dream" - A discussion about Dream Characters

I don't believe DCs are "real" because:

1.) You can will them into saying and doing whatever you, the dreamer, wish. In the real world, you cannot simply think something is going to happen to make it happen.

2.) If you see a DC while dreaming, look away, then look back, theres a good chance the mind could "forget" some of the features it was projecting onto the DC and you may see a slightly different character. Same deal with looking at text while dreaming. Your mind can't keep up with it all since it is not a solid, physical world. Your mind is creating it all. In the physical world, your senses feed off extremely stable external stimuli. In the dream world, your senses feed off of internal stimuli, something that is solely reliant on the limits of your brain.

3.) In dreams, with experience (which I have yet to acquire), you can create or summon any variety of person or persons you wish. On top of that, you could edit the features of a DC. In the waking world, you cannot think up a person you wish to hang with, then create them. You also cannot change the way a person looks at will (unless you have their consent, a good surgeon, and lots of cash).

EDIT: Not to mention the personalities of DCs are also completely controllable. This is also not possible in "reality."

LD