In Disney's beauty and the beast I always thought the beast was better looking as a beast :P
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In Disney's beauty and the beast I always thought the beast was better looking as a beast :P
I wasn't going by the Disney film, which I haven't seen, but the pictures of it look like a big lion or something. I was thinking of the original story, and as I recall it, the Beast was really horrible. Luckily, we can all choose our own Beast, so go for it! :D
Oh goodness, I'm terrible at lucid dreaming but these sound wonderful, I just have to try them. vuv
Since I'm not one into fairytales (at all) and I haven't seen/read most of these, I think I'm going to have more trouble recalling the tasks in the dream than actually doing said tasks. :P
Still worth giving it a shot though, why not?
These all sound great, I'm going to have to try my hand at these this year. I'm particularly looking forward to the Sleeping Beauty and Jack and the Beanstalk tasks. I like having a darker spin on fairy tales myself, so maybe I'll re-read the Grimm versions for inspiration. ^^
Haha, glad I'm not the only one who thinks this!
I had a non-lucid the night before last which was the perfect setup for the Sleeping Beauty task. Now I feel almost obligated to go save her.
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Well, things turned a bit violent at the end but there it is:
Beauty and the Beast (with a mini gender bender twist)
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It is a beautiful view of green plains, with a weird building with one-two statues in the distance and a very large gray palace next to it.
At this time it clicks this could so well be the palace I wanted to summon. I'm still skeptic that will be able to make it and complete the entire task but give it a go. Don't remember flying for a long distance, it's like the palace became closer as I started to focus on the steps of the task. I go in what looks like museum palace lobby, there's some thematic furniture, long red carpet or velvet curtains, don't pay too much attention to them. I immediately think dad. That's actually quite easy and there he stands in one of the side corridors. I say a few words to him, to mentally confirm this is going the way it has to be. Then start looking for the beast but there is no one in sight.
The room I'm in is pretty small and there are stairs going down and I go to the lower floor, looking for the beast. I run into an old Chinese man that I try to make look scary but no matter how much effort I put into this, he stays the same. I obviously start making scary faces and roar in an attempt to distort his features into evil ones, but he looks scared as hell and is shivering. I can't believe my DC is afraid of me and where is that beast? A couple of DCs that I don't pay much attention to appear and there it is - a disgusting beast. It looks like one H. Bosch's animals - a mixture of different animals, like a large pink pig and echidna, strange fur and the nose of a mole. It also is spitting something poisonous from its month and hissing. I so much regret not being able to summon my much now friendly looking lion man at this point.
Disgusted, I approach the wild creature, tell him I love it him (it?) and kiss it near what looks like its mouth. I remain with my eyes closed and wait a bit, but can still feel this thing aggressively making breathing noises and moving around. I know the curse has to be broken but nothing happens, and I can't take the little bugger any more. It's somewhat smaller now - the size of a cat maybe and I throw it away where it gets under some furniture. That thing keeps making the sounds, but looks wounded and in the next moment I see that it gives existence to a DC that comes out from under the furniture. To my amusement, it is a female classmate. Good enough I suppose. The dream soon fades.
Thanks, imrossed! :)
Hmmm... Another Aladin fail (I haven't forgot about these). I really have issues thinking of a specific task in a LD. Been doing all sorts of tasks, but going for a specific task is hard for me.
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Still a cool dream, BrandonBoss!
Thanks sibyline! I just remembered part that I forgot (this happened like 3 days ago).
Right when I teleported and fought the dude behind me, Jasmine died and I used rewind on the whole thing in order to get it right the second time. :)
"Rewind" in your LD? That's totally boss.
Haha. Thanks Ophelia. It is really strange, because it thought of it in dream and have just kept doing it every time I mess something up. I think that video games and restarting from last checkpoint made me feel like every time I fail I can just try again.
The dry spell has ended, and I am back in the swing of things! :D Got the Aladdin done last night, and I think it's quite amusing to read :) DJ LINK
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"Anyway, you need a carpet, right?" That's true, I did have to take a magic carpet for a spin. "Uh yeah, you got one?" I asked. He nodded his head behind him and, sure enough, there it was. It wasn't magnificent looking at all like it was in the movie. It looked like a standard rug you would put a coffee table on over hardwood. But hey, if it's "magic" then I don't really care what it looked like. "Thanks," I said halfheartedly. I walked past him and hopped on the carpet. I floated up above the floor a couple inches... lean forward, and start flying quickly towards the wall on the other side. I put my arms up in front of me and break through the wall, nearly losing my balance and being blinded by the sun.
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"Well then, Mr. Sarcasm, how about that pool over there becomes filled with chocolate pudding?" I pointed my finger at the pool. Why pudding? I don't know, I couldn't think of anything. Why chocolate? Because chocolate pudding is best pudding. Period. "Uh, sure, whatever," he spoke lazily. I watched intently as a small portion of the pool in the middle began to turn thick and chocolatey. It slowly expanded across the water and down to the bottom, just like supercooled water freezing. 'Damn, that's a lot of pudding' I thought, and I walked over towards it. I reached into my back pocket and pulled out a spoon (sometimes things are just where they need to be in dreams) and bent over. I scooped some up and right as I'm about to taste it (Go read it to find out ;P)
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"How about you let me kick you in the head!" I shouted. I figured I could kill two birds with one stone, part of the TotY and a little revenge . "Well..." he pondered, "I suppose I am playing the role of the genie, so I guess I kinda have to." He rubbed his chin while he spoke. "Alright then!" I yelled, jumping out of the pudding pool. No clue how I jumped, but I also didn't have any pudding on me anymore. Yay dreams! He turned his back to me, "Have fun!" He shouted. Right as he finished I sung my right leg around and roundhoused him right in the head, just like he had done to me.
Excellent dream, Burke, except one thing:
Ah I forgive you that lapse, clearly butterscotch pudding is THE BEST :P.Quote:
Because chocolate pudding is best pudding. Period.
I think it would be way easier if you just used VILD or any incubated dream technique to do this task, since you know...
its kinda hard to start adventures like that
I had a pretty decent failure on the Little Mermaid task. Managed the fish transformation, more or less, but got all panicky underwater. Had a false awakening next to my lovely landlubber Wife, too, but certainly never figured out my way back to the ocean. I am trying though!
Full DJ entry: The Hybrid - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream ViewsQuote:
I fly west for a bit, slowly turning southward and expecting to see water until… I see the ocean just ahead of me! :happy:
I pop up into the air and then plunge straight downward into the water, happily swimming about beneath the waves. The water’s darker than I’d like, but I try not to get too nervous or worked about this. I imagine my lower body turning into that of a fish, swim around that way for a bit, then look down to check my handiwork. It’s close, but not quite right… each leg is still there but all scaly like a fish’s body with a fin on the end.
I look away again, swim around a bit more, trying to make it all feel natural. I check again and it’s looking better, just about right, but now I’m feeling paranoid about my breathing. I feel like I can’t breathe underwater and need to surface. Panicked that something is wrong with my breathing in waking life, I push for the surface and fall into the void.
Good try, CL! I want to do the Mermaid soon too. I'm trying to prepare myself mentally for the making legs bit. I mean, I know it can't hurt me, but I really don't want to chicken out if the opportunity presents itself. I really have to believe deep down that I'm safe. Not quite there yet. We should have a chickenshit emoticon.
Oh here is one: http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...hickenshit.gif
You can totally do it Sibyline!! I'm looking forward to your Little Mermaid entry!
And LOL at the "chickenshit" emoticon. That isn't going to be you. Wish I had a mermaid icon to throw here for you instead, but I do not.
I agree with Canis, both about being able to do it and the LOL.
Also, here's one ;)
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...acters/851.gif
Sort of...
Guys, c'mon... really sweet of you, and I internet-love you both, but please. Did you see the flag icon below my avatar? That's not the little mermaid, that's Ariel.
This is the little mermaid:
http://eatingfastfood.files.wordpres.../11/statue.jpg
I know this because I have sat next to her and held her hand. :hug:
It's an entirely different story for me, and I highly recommend that you read it - but only after you have completed the TOTY. Ariel is super cute, and she - or your own image of a mermaid/merman - will do just fine for this task. But once you have completed it, if you like a beautiful and sad story, I'd be happy to find a link to a good translation of it. It just might bring you to tears.
I had a very close failure on the Jack and the Beanstalk task!
Gah!! I've got to learn to close the deal! Really fun dream though.
Full dream: CL and the Beanstalk - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream ViewsQuote:
I’m filled with confidence after this, so I just start knocking out Task of the Year steps as quickly as I can.
I need bare earth, so I scoop the roadway aside, leaving a bowl-shaped hollow for my seed. I close and then open my hand, expecting the seed to be there. It is! (Looks like a pine nut.) I stuff the seed in the hole, cover it over with dirt and pat it down. A stalk immediately starts growing out of the ground and I jump onto it as it goes by. The stalk’s growing fast and since I hitched a ride so early, the plant’s doing the climbing for me.
I streak past the nearby buildings and head into the clouds. Immediately a shirtless, ape-like giant with a long beard comes loping toward me, about 100 feet away. I’m preparing to do something violent and decisive to make absolutely certain that I nail Task of the Year, but excitement gets the best of me. The scene collapses into a false awakening back in my bedroom.
I think I managed to get the Aladdin one during a mid-morning nap, though my magic carpet came out kind of weird.
To my surprise, I got stumped when trying to decide on a second and third wish. For the second one, I wished to be somewhere warm and found myself wearing a raincoat in the middle of a tropical thunderstorm, which was a bit unexpected. But my third wish was a lot more satisfying.Quote:
I wish for a magic carpet. The genii points to an endcap where there are plush purple toilet lid covers on display. He takes one and tosses it in the air. It seems to get larger and thinner as it spins until landing on the floor, now large enough to hold a person. I make sure to hang onto the lamp as I get on the rug. The rug flies through the air, heading for the front of the store where I magically pass through the plate-glass window.
When I decided to try the Aladdin task, I was a bit worried that I'd basically live out the plot of the movie. I'm very happy with how the dream actually turned out with a lack of princesses and evil sorcerers.Quote:
I wish that I could speak to my (dead) grandmother. I see my Nana, my mom's mother, appear on my left hand side. She reminds me that this used to be her sewing room. I look on my right and see my dad's mother, who passed away before I was born. I really want to hear what she has to say, but she remains silent at first. I realize that I have no idea what she even sounds like because I have no memories to build on. Trying to draw her out, I ask, "What should I do with my life? I could really use some guidance." She remains silent, but this time she leans forward and kisses me on the forehead, then she gives me a hug. Then she tells me, "I want you to live. I have two beautiful granddaughters that I am so proud of and I want you to live your lives."
Well done, Thena! Your genie was a bit playful with the first two wishes, but the third one must have been really special for you. Congratulations!