#breaking into dreams

[theluckywizard]

WIPPIE WEDNESDAY

Just working on a little possible AU/possible HC one shot piece with my Inquisitor Rose and my Hawke.

The dream I’d formulated with Solas was a prison of my own making, meant to keep things out more than keep me inside. The intense clarity that the anchor gave my dreams had always been tolerable– at least until Hawke stayed behind in the Fade. I could only live through so many iterations of watching the man I love get impaled and crushed by the Nightmare. So many dreams replaying the moment I left him behind. Listening to Hawke tell me in a dozen different ways that I’d abandoned and betrayed him. Watching him end his own life out of hopelessness. In my grief and desperation I begged Solas to teach me some manner of control.  My subconscious had become dangerous and I needed to master it. So he and I crafted a dream I could safely retreat to each night, the prison keeping me safe from such intrusions. He’d asked me to choose a familiar place, where each detail was etched deeply in my memory. He had me choose activities to pursue within the safety of the setting, something to pass the time until I returned to consciousness, where my darkest thoughts were under stricter control. I’ve dreamt of my quarters at home at the estate hundreds of times. It’s my refuge. Jigsaw puzzles and knitting. Playing my lute in my pillows piled high by the window. It gives a sense of peace I could never hope to find in Skyhold, where I’m haunted by ghosts of my decisions and the cost of war. Haunted by memories of Hawke.  The wards Solas taught me to set keep all of that out.  I pick at my lute, singing a tune in Antivan as rain rolls in from the Waking Sea and washes down my window. My voice is always sweet in my dreams, never needing warming up or clearing. My velvet pillows hug me while I lounge back into them. Everything is in its right place.  But there’s something strange across my room.  Something that doesn’t belong. On the center of my bed is a yellow cactus flower.  My lute slips and clatters in a twang of strings on the floor as I’m assaulted by the memories, how a yellow bloom would grace my cot each evening in the Western Approach. I stand and approach the flower with the caution its alien nature merits.  “Maker’s breath,” I mutter, crawling onto the bed and picking it up. I spin the fragile bloom against my nose, the petals like satin, the fragrance familiar, flooding my chest with warmth. If I’m losing my grip on my recurring dream, at the very least this is a welcome intrusion. But I check the wards to make sure I’ve activated them properly before slipping into the safety of my dream. The wards are live. I examine the flower, brushing it over my lips, attempting to divine meaning from it. It’s a fond memory of a different time, of a great love I didn’t understand or appreciate. But the warmth gives way to torment, as considering the flower cleaves my heart, the grief falling like a greataxe as I recall how I’d failed to tell him how deeply I’d felt before being scooped around the waist by Alistair and flung back through the rift.  And then I wake myself, because Maker, I can’t do this all over again.

Tagging @bluewren, @nirikeehan, @rosella-writes, @warpedlegacy, @kiastirling-fanfic, @ar-lath-ma-cully, @anneapocalypse, @effelants, @plisuu, @breninarthur, @crackinglamb, @ir0n-angel and anyone else who wants to share their works in progress art or writing!

#dragon age fanfiction #dragon age inquisition #rose trevelyan #hawke x trevelyan #hawquisitor #post corypheus pre trespasser #breaking into dreams #dragon age #garrett hawke #warrior!hawke #purple hawke #blue-purple hawke

[sourscratched]

quick comix of the little creatures

#dimension 20 #my art #burrow’s end #burrow’s end spoilers #honestly i think dr. steel is living the dream #just taking a stroll in the radioactive woods when two fuzzy little animals say hi to you and compliment your hair #and theyre even married and know what hats are?? absolutely incredible #anyway I agree with Rashawn and Brennan when knowingly about to break somebody’s reality Hey girl hey is the appropriate greeting

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie Mike and Michael compare nightmares,,

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #mike schmidt #michael afton #fnaf nightmare #fnaf #fnaf movie #fnaf 4 #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #Michael once again sharing horrors beyond human comprehension to Mike 💜 #tbh it’s been a second since I’ve last had a comic focusing on these two #it’s interesting how both have a deep connection to dreams in particular #though once again Michael is winning on how much worse his vers are #in the Survival logbook Michael does draw nightmare Fredbear #so those are his nightmares this guy can’t even get a break in sleep #I actually wonder if we’ll ever seen any of the nightmares in live action least for a dream sequence

[badass-magizoologist]

#personal #qsmp forever #wilbur soot #dream #please I'm so tired. Oh my god #It is way too soon to make meme about it but ykniow what. break the tension

[bisexualchaosdemon]

Sometimes, I think about the fact that Wymack is Kevin's dad, and I want to weep. He dedicated his entire life to helping others who had grown up like he had, only to find out that his own son had grown up a caged and abused wreck? That's a level of pain that I can't even fathom.

#wymack being kevin's dad but not knowing and not being able to stop the world from breaking him is so fucking cruel #whats more #wymack got his second chance at life through kayleigh teaching him exy #and she knew his dream of making the foxes #and then she lied to him and ripped away his chance to be the father he never had #i want to weep #aftg #all for the game #david wymack #coach wymack #kevin day

[jazzlung]

stay aware

#persona 5 #p5 joker #akira kurusu #ren amamiya #morgana #link #skyward sword #ghirahim #kasumi toyama #bang dream #bandori #walter white #breaking bad #pokemon #decidueye #pokemon legends arceus #hagfish #luka megurine #vocaloid

[blissfali]

pre dsmp cwilbur single mother😁👈

#doodles #dream smp #dsmp #wilbursoot #tommyinnit #tommy is in jail cause he escaped the lab but then they break out and go home for a bit so its fine

[shattered-earth]

I accidentally made a bowl you can't set down looollllll....

I love it but my mind boggles at how it even exists

#ceramics #my art #i can't even use it #cause putting it on the side of the shelf is too risky #i might break the droplet #FYI i did over apply glaze on purpose for a thick melted look but no way i would have EVER dreamed of a drip like this #especially considering it would have normally hit the kiln shelf #it must havebeen placed at the edge of a shelf #without my instruction or consideration #i didn't load the shelf so it is truly unintended and wild it happened #and that it dripped right on the side that was on the edge too wtf

[one-time-i-dreamt]

John Green broke into my house to give me writing advice.

#dream #john green #writing #advice #breaking and entering

[egophiliac]

his magic is so PINK and FLUFFY and PRETTY! I love it!

I'm ready to process the Diasomnias now, buckle up

#art #unique magic posters #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #meanwhile at the super awesome kalim dream base #anyway I KNEW IT! I KNEW HE WAS A DREAMWALKER! #VALIDATION #love me a unique magic that is only really useful in one extremely specific and exceedingly unlikely situation #sure was lucky that silver was on the island huh! #okay everybody i am about to be even more embarrassing than usual over anime characters. hold on. #but i am ALL OVER silver right now. just really really enjoying him! #i love that his reaction to all of this is anger. i love that his reaction to malleus is basically 'how DARE you' #my boy is full of righteous fury and he is going to make it everyone else's problem #his deeply-ingrained respect for mal and lilia is such a big part of his character that it's just. #always such a nice character moment when that breaks! #like when he yelled at lilia during endless halloween night! granted it was lower stakes then but. still. #it'sgoodstorytelling.jpg #meanwhile sebek is over in a corner sobbing and going 'what is HAPPENING' which is its own brand of deliciousness #god. this game really does just slam its fists down onto all of my personal 'I LIKE THIS' buttons. #and now they give me silver's beautiful pink fluffy cloud dream palace. find me a chef to kiss because MWAH #i can't believe they cut it off RIGHT before we were about to learn his backstory. i mean i absolutely can. but you know what i mean. #i have to know the meaning of the shitty acorn bracelet. twst. twst please.

[cosmic--static]

+ an imitation of Matthew's text boxes in the comics

#they both need a break #the sandman #dream of the endless #netflix the sandman #the sandman fanart #cosmo creates #dream (the sandman) #matthew the raven #matthew the sandman

[keuwibloom]

(Slight TW/CW for injury)

With how their whole positivity/negativity thing works (and that they're the only ones who can mortally wound each other), what if Dream and Nightmare aren't able to physically touch anymore?

Imagine, in the past, the brothers' main love language was physical touch (hugs, play fighting, etc). But after they ate the apples, the negativity and positivity act like poison to the other as a defense mechanism.

Any prolonged contact will burn Dream and make Nightmare's corruption boil and melt. It is extremely painful for both of them.

Imagine how this affects them in Parallel Synthesis.

When after all the fighting, after they've settled on a truce, after they've found peace and are able to actually be brothers again,

there will always be that one thing they can never have back.

Btw this takes place during the lunch meeting mentioned here! The stars and the gang decided to have an outdoors lunch :]

Dream and Nightmare belong to Jokublog

#undertale multiverse #utmv #dream sans #nightmare sans #dreamtale #dream!sans #nightmare!sans #undertale au #undertale alternate universe #undertale #fanart #myart #parallel synthesis #keuwi talks #im back!! after a short break #this headcanon came to me and it would not leave #featuring ink killer and cross in one panel lmao #tw injury #cw injury #injury

[0ctosquid-cd]

I am both King and Queen best of both things!

But Dad works fine.

#toh #toh spoilers #the owl house #toh finale #watching and dreaming #little break from your regularly schedule hedgehogs because: that finale huh #also This Guy has been living in my head rent free since I saw him #im in love with his design #peak Dad #edit: thank you to the person that provided an Image description!! #I've updated the post to include it #misc fandoms

[deadpoets]

DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) dir. Peter Weir

#neilperryedit #dpsedit #deadpoetssocietyedit #neil perry #dps #dead poets society #tuserkaren #mialook #useraish #dailyflicks #neil perry makes me sob every goddamn time #especially when he says i'm trapped with this laugh but then it fades and his smile drops and your heart just breaks #bc look how excited he was to act in the beginning #he's got a dream and he's so determined to go after it #but the reality of the situation is he's trapped #and then at the end with his i was good i was really good #bc he was ! he puts his whole heart out there #and his father just stomped on it because he doesn't see neil for who he really is and forces him to conform to whatever he wants for neil #and just ahhhhh #i don't know even know how to it put into words #it's the transition from future to present to past #*mine #*mygifs

[perfectmisshypnohaveyoursoul]

Drool girly 😵‍💫

🤤

#hypnoslut #hypnotized girl #hypnodomme #hypnotist #humiliation kink #hypno fantasy #hypnok1nk #mind corruption #degrade and humiliate me #mind conditioning #mind control #mindfuck #bimbo dreams #hypnotic #bimbo hypnosis #hypno sub #hypno pet #hypnosis #hypnosub #bambisleep #mind break #brain drain #brainwashing #brainwash #brainless #brain washing #mindcontrol #mindlessmantras #mindless #praise and degredation

[alyakthedorklord]

Bat Poker Face Training

Dick, Steph, Cass, Tim, and Jason all crammed into someones room, with a kidnapped Duke sitting awkwardly with them, kinda scared.

Duke: “Uh… what’s going on?”

Steph, completely blank faced and standing ominously in the corner: “It has come to our attention that you require training.”

Duke: “Bruce is already teaching me really well-“

Jason, also blank faced: “That’s bat training. This is robin training.”

Cass, carefully but without a single emotion: “Sibling training.”

Dick, face just as blank as all his other siblings: “It’s much more fun.”

Duke, freaked out by the empty faces: “Am I being hazed?”

Jason: “Eh, maybe. Scared?

Tim, not giving Duke a second to reply: “Yes, he is. It’s written all over his face. And while its okay to be scared, sometimes hiding your true emotions in the field is a matter of life, death, and secret identities.”

Dick: “You’re going to be flustered. Humiliated. Terrified. Angry. Relieved. Your vigilante ID dragged through the mud in front of you as a civilian. Someone worried about your civilian ID and you need to keep them away.“

Tim: “Not just as a Bat, but a Wayne. Some dinosaur at a gala is going to say the most out of pocket thing you’ve ever heard in your life and you’ve just got to stand there.”

Duke: “So that’s the reason you’re doing the creepy thing?”

Steph: “Yes Duke. You need to have a poker face that Even Superman can’t break. That even a Fifth-dimensional Imp can’t crack! And that is the purpose of our training tonight!”

Duke, getting the program now: “Okay. I’m ready.”

Jason, allowing a creepy grin to slide over his face: “Don’t be so sure. Because what we are about to show you… it has broken Batman.”

Dick: “Damian is too innocent to see it, which is why he isn’t here.”

Steph: “If you can handle this, you can handle anything.”

Tim, tapping on his computer, chanting under his breath: “the horrors, the horrors, the horrors…”

Duke, terrified of what Tim is about to pull up, on the edge of his seat wondering what on earth can shake the Bat of Gotham, what the family considers too awful for thier arguably LEAST innocent member to see, what vile images he’s about to be shown…

Tap. The screen lights up white.

Duke: “No.”

Jason, grin widening: “We’ll be reading this aloud, for your entertainment.”

Duke, trembling and inching towards the door: “No.”

Steph, vice grip on Duke’s arm: “There’s no escaping it, Signal. This is your mission- to stay completely pokerfaced through Real Person Fanfiction of us- the Batfamily. And co, of course.”

Duke, sobbing: “Please, why… why would you do this to yourselves… oh god, is that… is that… is that Kate with Bruce? She’s a lesbian! And his cousin!”

Steph: “They don’t know that, Duke. They know nothing. And the depths of a human imagination is comparable to the depths of the ocean… there’s some weird shit down there.”

Tim, without a single emotion on his face, least of all mercy: “I had to sit through Young Justice fawning over Dick and Bruce. Do you know what they said? About my own father figure? Right in front of my salad? I was lucky I was wearing a mask. I cried, and I cried in silence. They knew NOTHING, because I showed nothing. This is what you must achieve.”

Jason: “I’ve had to listen to criminals talk about what they’d do to the ‘Prince of Gotham’ and not twitch. I’ve had to listen to both goons and civilians play fuck marry kill with our vigilante identities and not move a muscle. I know this feels like overkill, but trust me, it’s not.”

Dick: “Don’t worry, we’ll keep it mostly PG. Tim? Begin with the wildly out of character and aggressively heteronormative Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman love triangle. Then maybe we’ll work our way up to slash readers and…” shudders in horror, “…batcest.”

Duke: “NOOOOOOOO!!!”

#jason goes all out #theater kid dreams #and torturing his younger sibs #batfam #they make a game of it #who breaks first #bruce hates this game so much #damian walked in on them once #batfamily #dc prompt #tim drake #stephanie brown #duke thomas #dick grayson #jason todd