Thread: Why DC's deny that they're from my imagination?

Originally Posted by Laurelindo

I believe it could simply be because that's the reaction you would expect from people in waking life;
so your subconscious expectation is that a dream character, who closely resembles an actual person, would react the same way.

Exactly. Dreams are based on schemata, the mental models of our experiences, when has a person ever claimed to be imaginary in our everyday experience? (except in cases of joking or rare mental illness).