I think plummeting helplessly must be one of the oldest things in dream… lore? Dream icons? Dream things? *shrug*
New Fan Art update today, inspired by the dream sequence, by Jade Griffin:
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Thanks Jade!
I have also updated the cast page to include Hamud, Andi, and the Smith Family, plus a few revisions to the character bios. Been AGES since I updated that page. XD
Tried to make the shadows and texturing on this one a little darker than the previous "desert landscape" backgrounds. I also think it's kind of funny how panel three could be interpreted as Selkie running away from an action movie explosion.
WOOT!!! Cast update!
And cute/crazy fanart, nice to see somethin’ different.
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I couldn’t resist doing a sea-horse selkie amid all the pony girls:)
You should do more in your free time, they’re always really good.
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Thanks!
Aaaah falling dream noooo!
From mad, glorious dream to hideous nightmare. Such a shame. I suppose this will be where she wakes up, due to primordial ichtyan (sp?) fear of dehydration.
Ugh, falling. (Strange as it seems…I’ve never actually had dreams like that.)
Woo, awesome fanart!! XD
I LOVE the fan art!!!
Aww, thanks:)
o.o Okay, I think I take back what I said about this being quite a nightmare… it’s turned into a night TERROR. D: Poor Selkie…
I have falling dreams all the time, mostly ’cause that’s how I die in my dreams, like, every time.
Who else falls to their deaths in their dreams alot?
Fall, yes. Death, no. I never die in my dreams. Beginning to think that’s uncommon. Also, I think it is a sign of my personal belief system: Anything is possible.
I only die when I’m about to wake up.
Wierd huh?
When I was about Selkie’s age, I had a fever dream where I fought an army of skeletons on a wooden bridge over a river of magma. But when I got to the other side of the bridge, I would teleport backwards and have to fight the skeleton army all over again. It looped a few times before I woke up.
I had a dream sorta like that, except instead of skeletons it was nazi bears with wings, and instead of a bridge it was on top of a castle within the volcano.
Hmmm, the art is getting better. I feel like the plot is sorta slipping though. It took me a bit to realize this was a dream sequence in the first place. I mean you had this amazing story line about a girl who was probably not human being adopted, with amazing character development. Then this sorta happens, I don’t mind filler, but this feels like filler. I feel like it is losing some of its coherency. With your updates only twice a week I am getting the edgy feeling like I am being strung along.
I think Dave mentioned that this arc will be about Selkie going to school, so to me the dream sequence is establishing her feelings on the kids at the orphanage and, in some metaphoric way, what she expects out of going to school. To me, the dragon is a school bus, the “science class” is her hope of having fun learning with her friends, and the “desert” is her anxiety of being left out or bullied.
I kinda left out the point of the reply.
Basically, I think this is all important and not really filler. I don’t think Dave would lead us on, and he did mention that he tried to cut down some pages so he could get the point across.
I’m sorry if it seems arbitrary. I just wanted to do a back to school dream besides the standard “Oh nos, I forgots to wears pants!” sort of thing. I’ll do my darndest not to string anyone along. 😀
Aye. I had no trouble with it either.
Meh? I figured out it was a dream sequence right away (from the moment we saw Mr. Dragon/Serpent/Thing). I think it’s a nice interlude.
Insight into character insecurities. Shown not told. Good technique.
Sorry to point out but there are two typos in your transcript commentary: cold = could and “a action movie” should be “an action movie”. If ya feel like correcting it:)
Thanks for pointing those out! Got’em fixed. 😀
Is it just me, or does the third girl seem more…cheerful and less malicious than the other two? “Aim for the lava” isn’t nice to say, sure – but she seems like she gets that this is just a dream and Selkie won’t really be hurt (or possibly she just assumes that Selkie isn’t really truly in danger, no matter what).
It seems like the third one (Keisha? Or am I mis-remembering her as the girl from “Magic School Bus”?) is more having fun with her friends and not quite getting that Selkie isn’t having fun too – she doesn’t intend to be vicious…but it comes across that way.
I thought so at first, too, but then looked at it again. She actually has equally angry/mean looking eyes as the other girls (her darker skin hides the lines a little). She’s just a little more hyper looking with her arms and tail up. This is the first time I really noticed either of Heather’s cronies being mean to Selkie (maybe there are other incidents in Selkie’s real life, but I don’t remember them) so I’m wondering if this is based off of reality or if it’s just a perception Selkie has of them since they associate with her bully.
Um, I got the opposite reaction: I thought Keisha was a nice one! And look at her! Aim for the lava? She WANTS Selkie to get hurt? Yeesh!
My thoughts exactly, couldn’t of said it better Jade.
You’ve never swum in lava in a dream? When you know it’s a dream and you don’t burn into a crisp, it’s pretty fun. 🙂
Hey Jade, nice work!
Also… She will be saved. Never underestimate the power of science! 😉
Thanks! And although it would be true for my dream, I believe Selkie is about to wake up from the scare of falling, instead of saving herself. Darn. I thought she was more like me:)
dream tropes?
Anodyne:
Is it just me, or does the third girl seem more…cheerful and less malicious than the other two?
And here I thought she looked psychotic.
Sorry to say but I sort of agree with Thoddiver. I realized that this was separate from the main storyline, but it doesn’t really engage me the way the actual plot does. At first I thought it was a fanart arc, not a dream sequence though. I hope we get back to “reality” soon, as I am much more interested in finding out what happens there, and this dream sequence is taking a lot longer than I might have expected.
On a side note, does anyone else think the background in the first panel looks a whole lot like the inside of a mouth? The protrusions look like teeth to me.
JW Dunne theorised that dreams are equal parts memory, fantasy, and predictions of the future.
Yipe…