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texaschainsawmascara · 1 year

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Mädchen Amick & James Spader, Dream Lover

#can I get in on this?#mädchen amick #madchen amick #james spader #dream lover #90s #romance #movie #film #love

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silver-horse · 7 months

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if we are talking about the lost dream lover/daisy scenes from act 1 then we should talk about why those scenes were so good and why the loss of that storyline is so disappointing. because it's not just "oh those scenes looked better or whatever" it was a completely different character and storyline.

even though the companions pushed back way more and the whole narrative was telling you to resist the dream lover, it was somehow far more tempting. you were constantly tempted in dialogues to use your powers and if you did, you slowly started to lose yourself, the narrator said you could feel something slipping away, something you will never get back. You were giving yourself over to the fantasy, a mindflayer illusion

the game asked you during character creation "who do you dream of at night?" obviously meaning "what are you attracted to?" rather than just "you need a guardian. choose one." there is already a different implication there. I wonder how people interpret "guardian" if they don't know about the original dream lover. they might not even create someone they find tempting. a guardian sounds more like a mentor figure, rather than your ideal fantasy partner.

During early access the dream lover not only offered us power, they also showed us a tempting future where we are powerful and important and beloved and we are ruling the world. such universal temptations and desires. and we were resting on a peaceful field with the person of our dreams. it was peace in the dream world vs the real life struggle.

In the end it seemed obvious where this was leading... if you use the tadpole too much, you would have turned into a mindflayer. and whatever is left of your individuality and consciousness would have stayed in that fantasy world with your perfect fantasy partner. the mindflayer illusion forever trapped you. the song "Down by the River" was written about this fantasy dream lover. and what a banger and creative storyline this could have been. what a tragic ending! to just give up, lose yourself in the fantasy, the easy way out. choose this beautiful fantasy over the imperfect real world. and choose your perfect imaginary partner over the flawed real people, your companions. truly I mourn what an incredible storyline this could have been. It would have resonated with basically everyone.

and you would have been constantly tempted. to avoid this fate you would need to struggle constantly while the easy fantasy is dangling in front of your face with a zero difficulty ability check.

turning into a mindflayer wouldn't have been something you have the option to choose. and you can get cured no matter how much you indulged in the tadpole powers. lmao I kinda hate that there is no consequence for any of that now

#the dream lover as a figment of your imagination...a creation of your own new illithid powers...is a more interesting idea to me #also I liked how resisting the temptation was a group effort... if one character used the power... they were all affected #they were in this together #and they all had apology dialogues if you used any of the characters during a cutscene and made them use their illithid powers #bg3 #early access #baldur's gate 3 #dream lover #daisy #the guardian #bg3 mine #my thoughts #down by the river #my post #my posts #also I wonder how this would have affected the emperor's storyline and how the artefact works...#because he would have been a different character...but I am assuming he still would have existed??#maybe he would have showed himself as a mindflayer from the start... idk...#but the storyline around the artefact probably would have been separate from the dream lover's storyline

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zanephillips · 2 months

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Dream Lover (1993) dir. Nicholas Kazan

#james spader #dream lover #dream lover 1993 #movie #film #filmedit #actor #men #menedit #filmgifs #userfilm #gifs #mine #*#dailyflicks #cinemapix #fyeahmovies #mensource #mancandykings #cinematv

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newbuddylove · 19 days

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#trevorbell #trevor bell #hotguys #cosplayer #gay model #blackmen #black men #muscles #physique #newbuddylove #black man #handsome #dream lover #dude ranch #cowboy carter #thique

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ultravviolents · 10 days

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I never understood what made your lips on my neck such an intimate affair until your teeth grazed my pulse and I realized you could tear open my throat and make me bleed out in your arms, but instead you chose to kiss.

#bad influence #curtis hanson #dream lover #nicholas kazan #crash 1996 #david cronenberg #driftwood 1997 #ronan o' leary #james spader #whoever made this must've been down bad #he's been diagnosed with chronic neckkisseritis and i'm the only cure

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grahamdollton · 1 month

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