Just a note here, and it doesn't just apply to Twilight, but to the great majority of fiction to begin with. Why are dreams in books ALWAYS significant? Don't get me wrong, I place a lot of emphasis on dreams in my own works, especially in Chasing Shooting Stars (the title COMES from the hero's dream, for crying out loud), but seriously. In real life, my recurring dreams are usually more along the lines of Frankenstein trying to eat me, and then me turning into a T-Rex and eating his sister. Or going out for ice cream with a bunch of policemen. Or Jesus showing up in a red buggy and giving me a survey on hot dogs and then turning out to be an alien in disguise. Why, for once, can't the hero (or heroine) have a dream that's REALLY like the dreams we have in real life: that is to say, random, unintelligible, and totally weird? That's not to say that 'epic' dreams don't happen too- I have those a LOT. But I still have far more WEIRD dreams.
And that's why I like Terry Pratchett. In *the Hogfather*, Scary Assassin Dude (It's Te-ah-tim-eh!) tells a soon-to-be-dead-dude that's he is that dead dude's worst nightmare. His response is classic. "Oh, you mean your the one with the carrot that chases me..." He says in another book that most people don't talk about their worst nightmares because they'd have trouble explaining what's so terrifying about that carrot chasing you anyway.
I want to see a highly significant stalking carrot dream.
Terry Pratchett is possibly my biggest inspiration. I've been told a few times that my writing style is similar to his-- and though I'm not arrogant enough to believe it, it sure does make me feel good to hear. "Hogfather" is so full of absolutely priceless scenes and that is one of them. XD
One of my worst and weirdest nightmares involved small painted, clockwork eggs that, when painted, would suddenly turn on and wander around for fifteen or so seconds before exploding violently. AND PEOPLE KEPT PAINTING THEM and putting them down on the floor.
Why, for once, can't the hero (or heroine) have a dream that's REALLY like the dreams we have in real life: that is to say, random, unintelligible, and totally weird?
That's not to say that 'epic' dreams don't happen too- I have those a LOT. But I still have far more WEIRD dreams.
And that's why I like Terry Pratchett. In *the Hogfather*, Scary Assassin Dude (It's Te-ah-tim-eh!) tells a soon-to-be-dead-dude that's he is that dead dude's worst nightmare. His response is classic. "Oh, you mean your the one with the carrot that chases me..." He says in another book that most people don't talk about their worst nightmares because they'd have trouble explaining what's so terrifying about that carrot chasing you anyway.
I want to see a highly significant stalking carrot dream.
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Dammit, I swear I know the difference between "your" and "you're". It's the *Twilight*, I tell you. It drains the brains.
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"Hogfather" is so full of absolutely priceless scenes and that is one of them. XD
One of my worst and weirdest nightmares involved small painted, clockwork eggs that, when painted, would suddenly turn on and wander around for fifteen or so seconds before exploding violently.
AND PEOPLE KEPT PAINTING THEM and putting them down on the floor.
That dream was terrifying!
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