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wangxianficrecs · 1 year

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Dream a little dream of me by Moominmammashandbag

❤️ Dream a little dream of me

by Moominmammashandbag

M, 60k, wangxian

Summary: Lan WangJi braced himself. “Wei Ying.” he said. “You are not dreaming. This is real. You have been rescued.” “The kissing bit comes first!” said Wei Wuxian impatiently. “But…I cannot kiss you if you think you are dreaming!" “I don’t see the logic in that.” said Wei Wuxian. “I obviously want you to kiss me or I wouldn’t be dreaming about it!

Mojo's comments: asdfkljfadslkdsaakjka I have no words. Probably because Author used them all, so well applied to such a charming and surprising story that there are none left for the rest of us. Welp. In which wwx lives, but is caged and tortured by jgy for 9 years before nhs starts with his plan for vengeance. Lwj is roped in, and mxy, and a very confused and disoriented (but happy!) wwx as nhs sets the scene to tear down his brother's murderer. Written with Author's usual engaging flair, snappy dialogue and fearless detours into both angst and humor. This story is a fabulous fix it. I just want to rave for a moment at the audacity and skill it takes to have these two such different scenes in the same story and yet never once jar either the pacing or the tone.

Excerpt 1: “You used to put needles in my mouth.” he said. He shook his head, looking down and shifting his weight from one foot to the other. ‘You broke my fingers, and when they healed you broke them again.” “You should have been more cooperative, then.” said Xue Yang. “Your choice. You can’t blame me for your poor choices.”

Excerpt 2: They reached the door of the Hand’s bedroom, and their little party stopped. Nie Huiasang nodded at the sentries and they acknowledged it impassively, as if their Sect Leader frequently came to visit the possessed arm of his dead brother with a retinue, a [goose] and a bound and gagged man in black.

canon-divergence, wei wuxian lives, prisoner wei wuxian, trope: thinking this is all a dream, first kiss, protective lan wangji, caretaking, banter, mo xuanyu lives, humor, fix it, dreamsharing, dreams vs. reality, references to past torture, hurt/comfort, first time, goose!nie mingjue, mastermind nie huaisang, dream cultivation, happy ending, nie huaisang/mo xuanyu, @moominmammamia

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betweenthetimeandsound · 2 years

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Some of my favorite people are dreams-- made of clouds yet fond of cotton candy,

they commune together when they are feeling lonely, but don't need to say anything when they lean on each other's shoulders.

A single heartbeat is another word, but it settles the silence which a cry to the heavens cannot; life starts and stops in lulling waves, but I needed signs to know that they are alive with me.

Living in a dream is not having water fall onto your palms.

At night, ordinary life starts to matter less, because they are all together, taking in the little dew drops settling on grasses long since watered. Drinking it up, they tumble down the hills until they find a field to make love amongst night flowers which kiss them too.

Under a streetlamp which compensates for the new moon, I envy the fragile intimacy a life beholds--I only know love through smashing dishes and singing atonal songs with ruthless abandonment of all virtues needed to function.

I am one amongst the crowd--neither virgin nor whore, neither a believer nor a cynic-- only a hedonist for the pastel, the charming, the innocent and the beautiful.

I want it all in my arms, with you to accompany me to a place in the pastel clouds, away from the chaos which thunders underneath them--a storm of smoke and shattered glass.

#writerscreed #writerscreedchallenge #poetry #prose poem #poetry on tumblr #my writing #my poetry #dreamworld #dreams #chaos #dreams vs. reality

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tanista · 5 months

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Greetings and salutations to one and all!

Just wanted to share with you the latest installment of my Ad Astra anthology story Plus One, exploring the boundary between dreams and reality.

Becky's wedding day has finally arrived- or has it? Who is she marrying, anyway? And what happens when she discovers that what seems too good to be true really isn't?

Better follow that link and find out, dear readers! Hope you enjoy. Feedback is welcome anytime.

Until next time, everyone take care of yourselves and stay safe!

#fanfic #domestic adventures #ad astra #stargate sg-1 #macgyver 1985 #plus one #dreams vs. reality #offworld mysteries

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horang-07 · 6 months

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FNAF SPOILERS! SCROLL! TALKING ABOUT THE SPRINGLOCK SCENE!

i’ve seen so many people discussing the springlock scene in both negative and positive ways and i think it brings up really cool points about how matthew played that scene and balanced fan expectations with his own characterisation.

i think the discussions around this movie have rlly exposed the disconnect between fanon and canon in fnaf, especially talking abt the core games in isolation, bc frankly in the game universe (ignoring the books) we get Very Little characterisation for William other than the obvious, but Matthew managed to add so much in the way he talks and his body language.

in the reveal scene, we see afton at arguably his peak. in his first scene, he comes off as somewhat demeaning and judgemental until he recognises mike’s name, at which point he seems to have this nervous energy, rushing to cover it up but stumbling slightly, his reaction to the tables being turned even slightly is massive.

this is a man who committed multiple mrdrs in essentially broad daylight, hid the bodies in the most obvious place, and still got away with it, and then kept the crime scene as a trophy of his actions, and an ongoing prison sentence for his victims. he has been in complete control for decades, and is confident that he can deal with any kind of threat quickly. his confidence in his reveal is palpable

it changes when vanessa shoots him. the whole parallel with vanessa and the animatronics is hugely interesting too- how william refers to the animatronics almost endearingly as “kids” when he wants them to obey, how both vanny and the animatronics have an unearned loyalty to him, almost a pseudo-adoption through what he did to them, taking them from their parents and keeping them under his thumb, forever stuck as naive, forgiving, obedient children. vanessa breaking from that control shakes him, but the mask slips back into place almost immediately.

then, he’s outsmarted by the brother of one of his victims, and the child he planned to end next. his pseudo-children turn on him and he can no longer manipulate his appearance or shed his skin to escape. he explodes on them, and his language is incredibly telling that he is being dishonest.

he calls them small, trying to belittle them into submission, even though they are ten feet tall metal animatronics powered by rage. he is grasping at straws to regain control, and failing miserably.

finally, the springlocks go off. the locks in the movie look more like a ribcage, so the first two likely puncture his lungs. they’re slow, and painful, but he doesn’t scream or beg or sob. he grunts and groans, gritting his teeth and only letting out sounds of pain that sound almost involuntary. there is no way in hell he would visibly let himself show weakness or pain in front of these creatures that he believes he has control over. he isn’t brought to his knees until there are eight metal spikes embedded in his abdomen. he doesn’t let the mask fall for even a second, until he literally PUTS THE ACTUAL MASK ON and finally collapses. even then, he’s fighting for consciousness, twitching and writhing with no control over his body. william afton thrives on control, and his soul will not rest until he gets it back.

it’s why he keeps the pizzeria- he always comes back. he can’t help but return to the scene of the crime, putting on his old costume, continuing his killings. he revels in being a constant threat on the horizon. and now, he knows he is going to die, and he knows the suit will bring him back, and noone will be able to get rid of him then. so he puts the mask back on, and waits.

in terms of the sfx- they’re pretty accurate. with stab wounds, you need to leave the knife in the wound as long as possible for best chance of survival, as it stops the blood from escaping. in terms of the springlocks, there wouldn’t be copious amounts of blood as the locks are keeping the wounds filled- which is good because it means a slower, more painful death.

#fnaf #fnaf movie #eden rambles #william afton #matthew lillard #springtrap #five nights at freddy's #fnaf spoilers #idk i thought it was a great scene #ppl just need to manage their expectations of what fnaf 1 Actually Is in isolation #not the years of other media and fandom and lore and theory #we literally saw him get springlocked one time in 8 bit with no audio and four frames. how is this worse in comparison #wanna make another post talking abt how the film explores images vs the reality when you look deeper #specifically abby and her drawings/the drawings at freddys vs mike’s motivation being based on the images he sees in his dreams #and how it’s so perfect for fnaf 1 being a game almost entirely made of just scary images without actually exploring the reality #that these robots are Children and Scared and Lost #tldr the fort scene was necessary

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livelovecaliforniadreams · 6 months

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Dream vs Reality

#love this for them #dream vs reality #ofmd #ofmdedit #our flag means death #ed x stede #stede x ed #edward teach #ed teach #stede bonnet #love #so rom com of them #gif #gifs #gifset #taika waititi #rhys darby #2x1 #2x8

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tack-boris · 3 months

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You know what i would love to see in season 3? Another deleted/extended scene from season 1. Like the one of Erik giving Wille the snow globe, or a flashback of how the first kiss scene ended, for example. That would be so dope!!!

#i don't have expectations tho #young royals #wilmon #yrseason3 #flashbacks #expectations vs reality #let me dream

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jellyfosh · 7 months

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’NAP’ Time Dark Version

Mango: I love Sleeping

Mango: Because Dreams are better than Reality

That toy bunny belonged to Gold.

#animator vs animation #animator vs minecraft #ask redemption squad #redemption squad #avm mt #avm #avm king orange #avm king mango #sad MT #He prefers dream than reality tbh #avm gold

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xinambercladx · 1 year

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Todo did an oopsie. The droid equivalent of being a bad dog.

An illustration for my next chapter of Figment, <- my fanfic on AO3. It will release soon. There are 10 chapters up now, so enjoy! ** Read Ch10: Reclamation **

Below is the WIP version where I did only the flats. I try to add color splotches and texture like the Clone Wars always had. It makes it feel a bit more like that good ol' cartoon.

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#Cad Bane #Todo-360 #his loyal but still a baffoon henchman #space cowboy #and his pet dog #i mean droid #figment #fanfiction #ao3 #star wars the clone wars #dreams vs reality #oopsie

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dandelionandkrindle · 2 years

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MOTHERLAND FORT SALEM 2x08 | 3x04

#tally craven #talder #motherland fort salem #mfsedit #mfs spoilers #dream vs reality :)

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deductordemigod · 5 months

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It's winter. You ask me about love and I tell you about violence. I'm sorry. I thought that's what love was. It's all the same anyway. Love is never what you want it to be. It can be better, but it can be worse. It doesn't always have to hurt but it always hurts me. The devotion to pain, to something bigger than myself. Love is something big and loud, and god left a long time ago, and took the tenderness with him. So if you're going to feel anything, why not make it hurt. I used to be a hole in the ground, now I am just a hole in myself.

Saudi Arabia GP [Jeddah] (2022) // unknown // Azerbaijan GP [Baku] (2019) // Azerbaijan GP [Baku] (2023) // 'Translations' by Brian Friel [Act 2 Scene 2] (1980) // unknown // Belgian GP [Spa] (2004) // German GP [Hockenheim] (2018) // Singapore GP [Marina Bay Street Circuit] (2023) // 'Translations' by Brian Friel [Act 3] (1980)// unknown // Bahrain GP [Bahrain International Circuit] (2022) // 'Translations' by Brian Friel [Act 3] (1980) // British GP [Silverstone] (2022) // 'Translations' by Brian Friel [Act 3] (1980) // unknown // Spanish GP [Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya] (2022) // French GP [Circuit Paul Ricard] (2022)

so i'm studying the play 'Translations' in my english literature class, and i couldn't help but find some of the quotes relatable to charles. i then found this poem online (unfortunately no source to be found no matter how hard i look), and the rest is history so to speak.