Thread: (Resist/ignore) / (Kill) / (Send love) to hostile DC

Personally, if there is a hostile DC or even as simple as one in my way, I'll kill them. I've in fact done this so often and consistently, since I started heavily getting into lucid dreaming (so in the past year), that I can now summon and take out a handgun from my pocket with no thought to it and kill a DC with no consequence, or perhaps a shocked reaction from surrounding DCs if I'm focused too much on it. If you're wondering, in the first half of this post I basically explain why I do it (actually that post is kind of relevant to this entire topic lol, so I give the same advice as I did in that).

The fact that I can do it so mindlessly and with ease now makes it seem like there really is nothing negative about the action. At the beginning it was a matter of, I'd shoot someone, I'd think 'oh god what have I done,' and then other DCs would go absolutely rampage on me. Now if I'm fully lucid, I can do it basically mindlessly since I know logically they aren't real, and they aren't really important to me. I've 'memorized' the action of reaching into my pocket for a handgun (muscle memory basically) so now I expect to successfully grab one, and killing another DC doesn't really mean anything to me, it's like shooting an inanimate object. It's like an art I've mastered. I think the only DCs I can't kill without some sort of immediate dream consequence now are DCs I've become attached to due to dream plot, or DCs representing someone really close to me IWL. Just an emotional thing.

Since the internet is anonymous, I'll admit that I can also be like ^ in some ways that I have a more sadistic side myself, and I actually see dreams as an outlet to let it out. I don't like bottling up the negative energy we're talking about, I need somewhere to release it. Obviously doing 'wrongful' activities like that in real life would be morally wrong, but lucid dreams would be the best place to do that kind of stuff. I'm not hurting living conscious beings, and not to mention there are no real consequences for your actions in the dreamworld, only consequences your own subconscious is giving you.

I know it sounds dickish but hey, they aren't real, whatever. I know--and respect--that some other people believe that your DCs represent an important part of your subconscious and killing them can be a very negative thing, but I just don't believe this personally. And that's alright, in my opinion--I'm very open-minded, and it's less important on what other people do in their dreams, and more important that you do what you want to do in your dreams, based on your own personal beliefs.

So, that's my answer, and my recommendation. It really goes down to what you believe in. Personally, I've experienced no trouble as of yet from killing DCs, but you don't have to take my word for it. Do what you feel is right in your heart. Respect your DCs, or don't.

That's the nice thing about lucid dreams. You have control. It's all up to you.

edit: Lol, just noticed Dreamer and I quoted the same topic. It's worth a read, since the subjects themselves are pretty similar (and not to mention, everyone has a lot of differing opinions on morality in LDs).