One, two... · 6:10pm Aug 25th, 2014
So, this story of mine seems to have taken off like a posessed motorcycle.
I am already working on the next chapter, wherein the nature of dreams will be rather thoroughly examined. I will say this much beforehand about my interpretations of why Luna needs to patrol dreams and how that interacts with the modus operandi of a certain infamous killer:
Nightmares in this work are more than just a bad or scary dream. I have always seen them as a state of consciousness where the mind is closer to being awake than a normal dream, but still deep enough that you don't simply wake up from that state immediately. This personal view of mine is backed up by the fact that almost everyone who wakes up from a nightmare finds that they do not feel as rested as they would be normally according to the amount of time spent asleep. This implies that, in reality, this kind of dream doesn't help the same way that others do. Thankfully, all we have to worry about in the real world is dying from fear-induced heart attacks if we are already at risk of one.
In this story, and in the Elm Street franchise as far as I can tell, a nightmare is a Matrix-like version of dreaming. It is a state of mind where your soul or life force is merged with your dreaming mind and imagined injuries can cause real pain and damage. This is why Luna patrols dreams. One of her duties is to change the state of mind so that the dreamer is out of the dangerous form of sleep and possibly save a life.
Freddy's powers work by causing a dreaming mind to enter this state of consciousness, and then causing as much damage as he can to their life force. If enough damage is caused; he is able to absorb his victim's life force and become more powerful. The more powerful he becomes, the easier it is for him to injure another victim. This, of course, kills the victim in the process.
Oh, and there's a message hidden in the story's description...for those of you that haven't already noticed what the capital letters spell out.
