Well, there are what I consider semi-lucids, where you have some level of control in the dream but are not lucid. For example, I've thought in my dream, "Well what if this were to happen?" and it happens. Or, at times I know that I can control what is going on but I don't know that I am dreaming.

I think that if we experience these feelings of direct control, it would be prudent to do a reality check. It would be almost as the opposite of what normally happens in a lucid dream.

-Amé