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Dreams ... we all have them. Sleep experts claim that during an eight hour R.E.M cycle the brain conjures twelve dreams a night on average. However, these dreams are not usually the full length movies but the trailers, and most if not all are forgotten upon awaking. They do stay buried deep in the subconscious and occasionally the smallest word, the simplest visual, can bring back a snatch of them. Now read the description.
Write on any 1, 2 or 3 random dreams you have had. They do not have to be recent, but recent is a fresher memory. Poetry or prose. No limit. This is my first challenge in well over a year. I will decide the winner, who will receive a certificate for their work. I will start this off and please... make sure you tag me in the comment box -- @Danceinsilence ... I thank ye kindly. 8=)
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Inspired Dreams

I've had a number of dreams inspired by things that I had recently read/watched before bed. Here are just a few of my favorites:

1. Attack On Titan

I live in a kingdom similar to this anime's setting, but in contrast, the walls that surround the land are protecting us from fallen angels and demons waging war against humanity. Like the main character, I have unlocked the ability to transform into one of these monsters, and also seemed to be the only one who could fly high enough to cross over the walls. The most vivid part of this dream was when I jumped off one of the walls and let the wings I kept hidden unfurl from my back, the dream ending right before I landed on the other side's suspiciously empty clearing. This dream was probably a result of both me watching the entire second season of AOT in one sitting and talking with my friend about how the series would have less of a gross-out factor if the titans were not naked-ish giants (something very hard to explain to new watchers).

2. Maze Runner

This is an older one that still makes me laugh to this day. I found myself walking in a desert (similar to the Scorch Trials setting, I would say) toward a group of runaways including Thomas and Newt. As soon as we could see each other's faces, Newt takes out a shotgun(?) and points it at me. "We got a bloody crank [zombie, for those who don't know the series] 'ere!" I can't remember whether he actually shot me or the dream just ended there. I had this dream right after I watched the live action adaptations of the books, so the portrayals of the characters had been similar to the faces of the actors.

3. My Hero Academia

This was the most recent one, and an example of me "replacing" one of the characters to live a day in their shoes instead of being myself. Luckily, I had a minor role (Hanta Sero, the tape-elbow dude) that allowed me to just observe other characters training. Most of this dream sequence was just me laughing with Denki and Mina while running from an angry Bakugo, but also getting to experience UA high as a student. (Honestly, BNHA has one of the few fictional worlds that would be okay to live in- if you had powers, that is). I'm not sure why my brain decided on Sero having the perfect POV for me, my guess being that I had been paying more attention to background characters like him right before I had this dream. I even debated with a friend on how oddly useful his and a few other students' quirks could be in real life.

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