#convention dreams

[one-time-i-dreamt]

My company (tech) had a merch store for corporate Pride except that year it was a furry convention. you could purchase fursuit materials with paid leave as credits.

[shedontlovehuhself]

The DNC: proceeds to play "Carry on Wayward Son" during this moment.

Misha in the audience:

[vaguely-concerned]

on the one hand I think inner demons could stand to have a bit more romanced rook specific content, but on the other hand the underlying in-built implication that 'yours is the one true voice of comfort and safety in my inner world' is a sentiment and intimacy so way beyond the romantic or the platonic or any secret third thing you could care to name that it makes me lose my entire poor little mind a bit. it's so big and fundamental — near-existential — that in that exact moment at least the distinctions kind of seem irrelevant.

all the people lucanis' mind conjures up along the way are relationships he has that are unavoidably mixed and fraught in some ways even when they're also full of love (they are fraught BECAUSE they're full of love) — the good in them inseparable from things that hurt him at the same time. (it's about: the basic disorganized attachment patterns this poor guy is dragging around with him. careful with those, they're dellamorte heirlooms. what you love also inevitably hurts you and you won't be allowed to have one without the other, you have to surrender parts of your soul to hold on to what little you have left: this is the story up until now.) and the idea that rook isn't that to him — that beneath the fear of wanting them when romanced (which is more its own separate thing because within this psychology, actively wanting something and not just clinging on for dear life to even a meager status quo lest you lose it is in itself dangerous bordering on catastrophic), this is a relationship where there isn't resentment, or guilt, or shame, or dread, or rage, or self-hate, or any of the other emotions that keep him paralyzed, unable to move this way or that. no debts, nothing owed of yourself and your soul's substance except what you can freely and safely and happily give. love and freedom don't coexist — but, I mean, you're almost starting to make me think........... unless...👀👀👀. the unconditional and undramatic 'you are here and I am here with you, you can be exactly how you are right now with me and it's safe for us both even though you're afraid it won't be, I'm not going anywhere' acceptance rook shows him here that he returns to them in the big romance scene, when it's rook who needs it. the way he's just. standing there in the center of it all, like a child desperately helplessly waiting to be found, hiding in the place he hopes you'll know to look first. (rook does know. it's one of the first things they say in there.)

in short the most important room in his little mind palace for the romance is the very first room — the one where rook isn't. where, in fact, rook cannot be, because they disprove the entire structure of the place with their existence and presence in his life. with everyone else he's putting words in their mouths about what they think of him, and rook is the one who actually gets to come in to speak their own words to him — and have him listen. ('he'll listen to you, he always listens to you', 'your voice is a comfort'.) of course rook isn't present anywhere else in there — at the risk of stating the obvious to a tedious degree, they aren't one of the locks, they're bringing the key. in the very finest 'the messenger and the message' sort of way.

[go-see-a-starwar]

Hayden and Cosplayer Alyson Tabbitha at Megacon Orlando (source)

[throwingbread]

Fun fact No. 1: People hear Dream speaking their native language.

Extrapolation : If Dream tells someone his name is “Dream” they’ll hear the word “dream” (eg. a Spanish speaker would call him “Sueño”)

Fun Fact No 2: Hob Gadling’s first language is is Middle English. Fun Fact No 3: The Middle English word for dream is “Sweven.”

Ergo: Hob Gadling would cry out “Sweven” during sex.

I hope this knowledge has improved your life.

[ganondoodle]

the company i work for decided that its switching from the german formal "You"(Sie) to the informal "you" (Du) in all of our websites so now we have to scour the entire database to change it and i quite frankly hate that, not just bc the unecessary extra work but especially bc its such a weird and unecessary change

i bet its bc everything here is getting englishfied (both literally and culturally it feels like, when my new boss talks its half in english bc every second german word is just replaced by an english one despite there being perfectly fine words for it in german too, its so annoying) and bc they want to sound more personal in hopes of getting more clients bc 'company is your fwiend uwu!!', i know this here is the amercian tm site so you wouldnt understand really but i do not want to be greeted with 'du' by companies, no, thats too personal, you dont know me and im not giving you my data, stay away!!

i guess thats how i would describe it .. the formal you is like a polite distance, like someone you dont know staying outside your personal space, but when its the informal 'you' it feels invasive unless i told you you can call me that, and that goes double for companies

maybe its a small thing that doesnt seem important but i cant stand it, im just a little part time worker doing data work so i got no say in it but the companies founder also announced hes giving his post to his kids some time ago so ...... since then theres been alot of changes and new projects that solely aim to imitate whats popular and whats done by other companies, despite ours being one that is, or used to be, intentionally different, like, that was the POINT, but i guess chasing trends is just too appealing for CEOs

[reasonandfaithinharmony]

[justcallme-ange]

Please tell me he is a blond pig man. If I remember correctly you drew him once (I THINK????)

Yes he is! Swap!Dream’s design is more recent - though I did a Halloween thing with Techno where he dressed up as what he thought Dream would look like as a piglin.

Part of the reason he’s left his home in the Nether is because his fur was highly sought after by hunters.

[rupelover]

Rupert Grint & Jessie Cave recreated their Won-Won & Lav necklace scene at the Dream It ‘Enter the Wizard World’ convention in Paris. (March 24, 2024)

[spawksstuff]

1982 Ultimate Fantasy/Houstoncon/Wrath of Con

De reading parts of "The Big Bird's Dream". Transcript below.

My wife did the calligraphy on them, and she wrote, dedicated to all whose heart’s follow Star Trek.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away There lived a big bird nesting on a play. He thought if he could hatch it and get it on the air, He’d make himself a fortune and build himself a lair.

The day finally came and the story was born He let out a cackle: “No more corn!” So he flew from his nest with the play in his claw, Certain to sell it, for it had no flaw.

The story he hatched within his yarn Took place on a ship as big as a barn. Not only that, it was in outer space, Far removed from the human race.

Its crew searched the universe for worlds unknown To teach and learn ~ and not try to own. And not only that, they built a new nation This time known as the Federation.

All of this, taking place in the skies On a starship known as the Enterprise. Now wouldn’t you think, with a plot like this, The big bird had what couldn’t miss?

Well, he landed in Burbank on Hollywood Way, And headed east, to sell his play. But things weren’t as easy as he thought they’d be ~ Particularly when dealing with NBC.

[nobigneil]

This absolute legend mentioned Luke Davenport when they met Neil!

credit: heiseyskiddo go send them all the love

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I got lost in a furry convention chasing after my friend.

[the-gentler-gamester]

How does one survive

Being looked at

Like this?

I'm 99.9% certain I didn't

[go-see-a-starwar]

Rosario Dawson, Hayden Christensen and Katee Sackhoff meeting Caesar the No Drama Llama at Rose City Comic Con

[designerairway0]

(˘ω˘)

I've been staring at them and grinning like an idiot for two days straight ..

just melted into his smile

[bean-writes]

I live in Austin, Texas. One time I was driving in my car and Carry On My Wayward Son came on the radio and I started singing along, just BELTING the song out my open window. And then I looked over and Jensen Ackles was staring at me from his car in the lane beside me and I panicked and hit the gas and crashed into a tree. And then I woke up from my dream.