#lucid_dreaming

[tobeimean]

THE PRESENT

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🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

Hooo boy we could be here all day with fic recs from yours truly.

Obviously @geometricity 's dualshock desertbloom, so beloved by me I bound it twice. If you have an interest in Bro Strider, I recommend it, but I also recommend it if you are a big Dirk fan! I don't like to spoil things though :)

And another fic I have bound in physical format, by Lucid_Dream, whose url I cannot remember sorry, Straw Soldiers. It is, in my opinion, one of the best Karkat-centric, troll-centric No-Sgrub au fics I have ever read, with fantastic OCs you will not expect to feel things about and very fun troll universe lore. I just really love this fic :) also low-key pale johnkat which is awesome.

🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?

Honestly love them all very deeply. I have a shyness about me that prevents me from feeling confident enough to reply to most comments, but I do love them.

Though as much as I love the key smashing and the incoherent yelling (as well as comments entirely made of emojis), my favorite comments are the ones that tell me their favorite parts, or quote stuff back to me, or even sometimes tell me things of personal significance to them. Those are the best to get, and it's the best feeling in the world to read them!

[viewer-of-many]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream

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[cabrakams]

It's scary how my dreams swallow me just to keep me away from my reality.

[letsluciddreaming-blog]

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[imploder]

Invader Zim: IEAB by CrazyMonkeyFox. It was deleted from FFnet like 15 years ago. Lost media. RIP. (Also there's a chance it's actually not as good as I remember because I read it back in high school, but oh well.)

Homestuck: Straw Soldiers by Lucid_Dream. I just adore the portrayal of Karkat here and the surprises and the emotional impact it had on me is far too much.

Miraculous Ladybug: Sting by KryallaOrchid. This is probably my favorite complete ladybug fic. It's a decent size, not too long, but paced SO well. Probably the most "can't stop reading" fic I've read.

Hey, reblog with your all-time favorite fanfic(s)! Any fandom, just no explicit content (and no real-person fics). I want to see what's out there!

[expressthechaos]

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[semusepsu]

One of my favorite descriptions of people experiencing the beauty of language is from a scene from a fanfic where a foul-mouthed alien hears the English word ‘fuck’ for the first time.

Then she says the two most meaningful words anybody has said to you since you set foot on this godforsaken space station: “Fuck you.”

Your heart is soaring because even though you have never heard that first word before in your life, you are pretty sure it is an English swear word. It sounds like a swear ought to sound—short, harsh, angry. You especially appreciate the way it begins with a fizzling “F” and ends with a percussive “K”, like a hissing fuse burning down to ignite a mortar shell of obscenity. It may not be as good as any of your favorite Alternian swears, but this word already feels like an old friend.

(Straw Soldiers by Lucid_Dream, Chapter 16)

[gaemsin]

BOMIN ONE PERFORMANCE VS BOMIN PSYCHO PERFORMANCE I JUST CAN'TTTTT BOTH OF THE TWO PERFORMANCES😭😭 IT WAS SO AMAZINGGG😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I'M CRYING LOUDLY😭😭 MY LOVE CHOI BOMIN I LOVE YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN💕💕💕💕 #BOMIN #보민 #최보민 #뮤직뱅크 #GoldenChild #Take_A_Leap #ONE #Lucid_dream #Psycho https://www.instagram.com/p/CB5IpzXhvVE/?igshid=1qccg2frqmd90

[tobeimean]

Composite Exposure

HISTORY & TIME

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2021/1/8 Fic Rec Repost

In the fic rec post that is going around, I make reference to a previous recommendation post. This was a post which I made back on January 8th, 2021. I posted it on my liveblog, since it was inspired by a request for more Homestuck fics I liked by an anon on that blog. I recently realized that I had not reblogged it here, and so rather than do so, I decided to list the recommendations on a new post, without the formatting errors which bug me about the original post. In my last fic rec post, I chose fic which I thought would be broadly appealing, but in this rec post, since I was responding to an inquiry about my personal favorites, i included some fairly dark stories, and some of them deal with some potentially triggering content. Please read the content tags! You should read the content warnings anyway, but I’m just saying. Take care of yourselves, yeah?

Independent Fics (not part of a series)

Battlestuck [Various Authors] - The beta kids and beta trolls in the Battle Royale universe. Like BR, this fic is full of extremely explicit violence. It is definitely not for everyone. However, it is very good.

Detective Pony [Sonnetstuck] - A children’s book about horses and horse girls edited by Dirk into a labyrinthine treatise on the meaning of fiction and the self. A great fic for all HS fans, and a must-read for any Dirk enjoyers.

General Vantas Gets Hitched, or, The Limits Of Bilateral Diplomacy: A Black Powder Romance [JumpingJackFlash] - Black powder fantasy AU. King John of Skaia and Karkat are put in an arranged marriage in order to end the war between Skaia and the Empire. Full of a lot of fun character interaction and a bit of hurt/comfort adjacent stuff near the end. A fic that feels very 'comfy' to me.

Guilty by Association [mtjester] - This is one of the ones with a darker premise. High school human AU. In the aftermath of Damara and Rufioh's breakup, Damara starts sexually assaulting Tavros, while Meenah and Cronus try to protect him without letting word get out. Well written, fascinating characterization, but it depicts the sexual violence fairly explicitly, so it’s obviously not for everyone.

Modern Cannibals [Bavitz] - This one is set in the 'real world'. Max gets becomes obsessed with Homestuck, and seems to abandon his friendship with Z. Determined to rescue her relationship, Z. gets Max, her other friend Kiki, and Kiki’s boyfriend Cal to take a road trip to Las Vegas where Andrew Hussie will make an appearance. As they approach this heart of darkness, reality starts to warp and fracture.

The Serendipity Gospels [urbanAnchorite] - No SBURB AU Alternia, focusing on Terezi and Gamzee, and their developing black romance. Gospels stopped updating before its originally planned ending, but it does have something of a 'season 1 finale' type ending. The author of this fic is now a published author, and her works have a fandom of their own here on tumblr. If you liked the skull facepaint, the pseudochristian death cult stuff, and the antagonistic yet romantically charged relationship elements in Gideon the Ninth, maybe you'll like this bit of the author's early work.

Straw Soldiers [Lucid_Dream] - A personal favorite of mine. No SBURB shared universe AU. The Alternian Empire sets its eyes on Earth, and Karkat’s blood color makes him an ideal candidate for a spy, whether he wants to be or not. Action, tension, angst, comfort, a deeply enjoyable read. The first act has some body horror, as Karkat's body is modified to make him appear human, but this is absent in the second act, which mainly takes place on Earth.

Unwanted Free Ugly Troll [Orphan Account] - One of the most popular fics in the fandom. No SBURB Earth AU. Trolls are sentient beings which are treated as domesticated animals by humans. The Striders adopt one, then two, then become activists for troll rights.

Series

Cyberbunny Apocalypseverse [Curlicuecal] - When the game ends, Lil Hal and Lil Seb get separated from the kids, and wake in a new universe with cyborg bodies. In a world of tension between cyborgs, humans, trolls, and carapacians, these castaway Striders struggle to find Sawtooth and Squarewave, meet this universe's version of minor HS characters, and deal with the struggles of being human.

The Golden Age [elanor_pam] - A utopian intergalactic society has discovered the Alternian Empire, and tries to reduce harm without prompting the Condesce to use the nuclear option of the Vast Glub. 'The Great Escape' is the standout fic in this series, though it has some content warnings you really ought to heed. Some troll kids, including Karkat, get kidnapped by slavers, resist their captors, and get rescued, and escape Alternian pursuit.

Happy reading!

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finished binding Straw Soldiers (by lucid_dream)!! I had a lot of fun picking out fabric and papers for this, and while it's been awhile so I was a bit rusty, it was also my first attempt at making my own headbands! They turned out okay I think c:

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Since that nice anon wanted to hear my recommendations for Homestuck fanfiction, I thought that I’d list some that I thought were really good. However, I want to stress that this is not a blanket recommendation. Some of these fics, while well written, beautifully written even, feature content which might be triggering to some folk. Not all of it! Some of it is pretty upbeat and fluffy! Just think before you read this stuff, yeah? All right, on to the recs.

First, the independent fics (i.e. not part of a series) in alphabetical order

Battlestuck (Various Authors) - This one is the beta kids and beta trolls in the Battle Royale universe. Like BR, this fic is full of extremely explicit violence and is definitely not for everyone. However, it is very good if you can tolerate what it is about.

Detective Pony by Sonnetstuck - I’ve already mentioned this one a few times, but it is extremely good, a children’s book about horses edited by Dirk into a labyrinthine treatise on the meaning of fiction and the self.

General Vantas Gets Hitched, or, The Limits Of Bilateral Diplomacy: A Black Powder Romance by JumpingJackFlash - A gay royal arranged marriage AU. Full of a lot of fun character interaction. I usually go back to this fic when I need to read something comfy

Guilty by Association by mtjester - human high school AU featuring the full cast, focusing on the aftermath of the Damara/Rufioh fiasco, which quickly escalates as Damara takes out her rage by sexually abusing Tavros. This is another one of those fics that is well written but not something everyone can handle. It spoke to me when I was in a position vaguely similar to Tav’s, which is why I come back to it.

Modern Cannibals by Bavitz - I’ve mentioned this one recently. Max gets sucked into Homestuck and seems to abandon his friendship with Z, so she gets some friends together to travel to a convention in Vegas where Andrew Hussie will make an appearance. Then the world starts to warp and fracture.

The Serendipity Gospels by urbanAnchorite - No SBURB AU Alternia featuring the black romance between Terezi and Gamzee. This one made waves in fandom when it was released. It’s a good fic with good writing, and the first chapter was published in February of 2012, a little before where I am at in the story at this point (the 4700s), and before anyone believed Gamrezi could ever be canon. The author of this fanfic has gone on to publish the novel Gideon the Ninth under the name Tamsyn Muir.

Straw Soldiers by Lucid_Dream - No SBURB shared universe AU. The Alternian Empire sets its eyes on Earth, and Karkat’s blood color makes him an ideal candidate for a spy, whether he wants to be or not. Action, tension, angst, comfort, a deeply enjoyable read. Maybe not a great one if you’re sensitive to body horror, but otherwise great for everyone.

Unwanted Free Ugly Troll (Orphan Account) - something of an out there AU, trolls are sentient beings which are treated as domesticated animals by humans. The Striders adopt one, then two, then become activists for troll rights. This represents to me the wildness and breadth of the fandom content made in 2012

Next are a couple of series which I think are neat

Cyberbunny Apocalypseverse by Curlicuecal - AR and Lil’ Seb get separated from the kids, and exit the game into a universe where they are cyborgs among humans, carapacians, and trolls. A lot of exploration of characters who don’t get fully fleshed out in canon. The Golden Age by elanor_pam - AU where a Star Trek Federation-esque peaceful society that has taken notice of the Alternian Empire, and attempts to mitigate the harm it does without causing the Condesce to set off the Vast Glub. The Great Escape is a standout fic which can stand by itself, in which a group of troll kids, including Karkat, gets kidnapped by slavers, resists their captors, and gets rescued by not-Federation forces, and escape Alternian pursuit.

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Lucid Dreams

A lucid dream is a type of dream where the dreamer becomes aware that they are dreaming. During a lucid dream, the dreamer may gain some amount of control over the dream characters, narrative, and environment; however, this is not actually necessary for a dream to be described as lucid. Lucid dreaming has been studied and reported for many years. Prominent figures from ancient to modern times have been fascinated by lucid dreams and have sought ways to better understand their causes and purpose. Many different theories have emerged as a result of scientific research on the subject and have even been shown in pop culture. Further developments in psychological research have pointed to ways in which this form of dreaming may be utilized as a form of sleep therapy. There are two ways to enter lucid dreaming.

Dream-initiated lucid dream (DILD) - Something inside the dream triggers the dreamer to understand that they are dreaming.

Wake-initiated lucid dream (WILD) - The dreamer moves from waking to dreaming with no loss of awareness.

The term lucid dream was coined by Dutch author and psychiatrist Frederik van Eeden in his 1913 article A Study of Dreams, though descriptions of dreamers being aware that they are dreaming predate the article. Van Eeden studied his own dreams between January 20, 1898, and December 26, 1912, recording the ones he deemed most important in a dream diary. 352 of these dreams are categorized as lucid.

Van Eeden created names for seven different types of dreams he experienced based on the data he collected:

initial dreams

pathological dreams

ordinary dreams

vivid dreams

demoniacal dreams

general dream-sensations

lucid dreams

He said the seventh type, lucid dreaming, is "the most interesting and worthy of the most careful observation and study."

Information found on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream

[expressthechaos]

Lucid bubble dreaming in the city.