Quote Originally Posted by Captain Sleepalot View Post
Ha ha, I like that its okay in your book to murder a dream character but not sleep with them if you are attached in real life.

They are both morally wrong in real life, so why wouldn't they both be wrong in dream life?

I bring that up because I have killed a DC before and I felt EXTREMELY guilty about it. Even while fully lucid, when I kill a DC even though I know no real harm has been done, I always feel guilty and sometimes think "Well that was pointless".

So, for me killing a DC in a lucid makes me feel guilty. Sex, on the other hand, does not because I know its just a biological urge being played out in the mind while asleep.
Well I'm not going to blame my bf for having an accidental non-lucid sex dream or anything, but I would be quite upset if I found out he was purposely dreaming about having sex with another woman. As I'm sure he would be if I were doing another man. Especially since LDs can be as vivid as real life.

However killing someone or stealing - you aren't actually hurting anyone IRL like the possible emotional trauma you could cause to your partner by having a "Lucid Affair". Especially if you tend to be a sleep-talker (like I am ;P).

By dream character - I also assumed he meant someone random? Maybe I misunderstood. In any case, since I wouldn't cheat on my bf in a dream, I certainly wouldn't try to kill him ;P For that matter, I wouldn't really want to waste a perfectly good LD killing anyone. Except of course if I were playing out a scene from a book or game (which I'm tempted to do). Not much harm in fantasizing about killing imaginary characters