Such stuff as dreams as made on, by rhymer23 (Must be dreaming challenge)

[rhymer23]

Title: Such stuff as dreams are made on
Author: Eildon Rhymer (rhymer23)
Rating: PG
Spoilers / warnings: None
Words: 3000-ish
Summary: Sometimes he dreams that he can fly, but when he awakes, the doctor with the amber eyes tells him that men will never fly, and injects him with gentle drugs to stop him dreaming…

Comments

[lillian13]

Ooooh, nice.

[rhymer23]

Thanks! :-)

[gaffsie]

And friends, he thought, because it had been the dreams of people that had brought him back, not the dreams of empty places and the solitary freedom of the sky. Awww. :)

(I must confessed that I read the ending first, because I was afraid that the fic was going in a thoroughly depressing direction)

[rhymer23]

*laughs* I did used to write bleak and depressing endings fairly often, but I grew out of that many years ago. I can't always manage happy, but I at least aim for hopeful.

[winter_elf]

Wow, poor John!! Loved the interludes on the dreaming and why John was drawn to it and fighting against what he was told was 'real'.

[rhymer23]

Thanks! Glad you liked it! :-)

[mangst]

This is so lovely. The images and language is very poetic. :)

[rhymer23]

Thanks! I was deliberately aiming at a poetic style to make it dream-like and to reflect the unreality of the situation, so I'm glad it worked.

[tzzzz]

This is awesome. Very beautifully told. Thanks for writing.

[rhymer23]

And thanks for reading! :-) I do always enjoy writing dreams, and characters not quite in their right mind. ;-)