Thread: Help! Can some DCs be demons in disguise? (TLDR at bottom)

First off, I'd advise you to take anything any DC says with a grain of salt. As this entire thread can testify, DCs have a weird language all their own - often it's nonsensical, but sometimes it can make almost too much sense, especially in the context of the dream. Since most (if not all) DCs are a projection of your subconscious, the Ghostbuster guy knew the description of the DC because you knew the description of the DC - the fact that he was able to finish your description doesn't prove anything. Everything in a lucid is based on expectation - you expected the DC to exist in that dream, and so it did, even if through another DC's knowledge of them. It's the same reason that if you expect a DC to be around a corner, they'll be there; or if you expect to lift off the ground, you'll start flying.

Another thing to consider is the "schema" you encountered. A schema is an assumption about an object, place, or person that is deeply ingrained in your mind due to experience or logic. For example, if I asked you to picture an apple in your mind, you would probably imagine some red sort of spherical object, maybe with a stem out the top, and possibly even a tree around it - not because I told you to imagine each of those details, or even that you intentionally picked those details, but because you've come across enough apples in your life that you subconciously know that apples are generally red (even though that's not always the case - sometimes they're green or gold) and grow on trees. Your dreaming mind likes to apply these schemas as much as possible in your dreams (although sometimes with intriguing and creative twists). In this case, you came across a "Ghostbuster" in your dream. What do Ghostbusters hunt? Ghosts and other paranormal creatures - like demons! So it makes sense that if the dream would introduce a Ghostbuster, it would also introduce a Ghostbust-ee. It works in reverse too - if you find a "demon" in a dream, you might stumble across a Ghostbuster chasing it down, because that makes sense (after all, who else you gonna call? ) These schemas can work to your advantage in lucid dreams (Having trouble flying? Grab some hover boots, because hover boots hover!), but sometimes they can distract you from lucidity, especially if (like I said before) they make too much sense and start to convince you that you're in real life.

As for whether or not demons can enter your dreams as DCs - that's entirely up for debate. A lot of people have a lot of different beliefs on whether or not demons exist at all, let alone whether they can take over your dreams. Ultimately, it comes down to what your spiritual beliefs are. Personally, I believe demons exist, but I also believe that a vast majority of the "demon encounters" in dreams are just weird tricks of the subconscious and are nothing more than unfortunate nightmares. I do know several members on the forum that had encounters with DCs that exhibited evil or demonic characteristics, but thanks to lucidity they were able to turn them friendly or even get them to become a recurring DC as an ally rather than an enemy - something that is usually uncharacteristic of a "demon", depending on what dictionary you use.

Long story short, even though there's no real proof either way, I don't think every summonable DC is a demon, and odds are the one you are looking for wasn't one either - you were just the victim of expectation and schemas confusing your sleeping mind. There shouldn't really be any reason you can't try to summon her again and ask her yourself (though again, whatever she says, always take it with a grain of salt).