In which I had a Dream

[kriadydragon]

And in this dream... there was James Bond (Timothy Dalton era) and some awesome dragon riding later on but that's not important. What's important was this... "scene" I guess you could call it - one piddly scene I find myself obsessed with. A young man armed only with a tarnished sword and some kind of stick-blade deal is sneaking past these guards. The setting looks almost Feudal Japan-ish or something, and the young man makes a noise that distracts the guards and the young man slips past them, heading around this building and... and... I woke up, never knowing what it was the young man was after.

And now I want to do something with this scene, possibly combine it with the dragon-riding aspect (but not the James Bond aspect. That would be weird). But it's been a while since I've done a fantasy of that nature (and it would be fantasy because the scene had a very fantasy feel) and on top of that, well, dragon riding stories have been done a lot. Anyone sick of them, yet? And I've done dragon riding stories by the ton (even if some won't be written). But... but... but...

Oh, who cares! It's dragon riding and sneakiness and the guy was hot!

Oh, dreams, you always vex me like this so. I do hope to be able to do something with this "scene" because short as it was, it was interesting, and has so much potential, even though it feels like forever since I did a fantasy set in some ancient world.

Comments

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Speaking of fighting dragons with only a sword, take a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1AenlOEXao
Never mind the warning at beginning as I think that is for the game
not this trailer........
Amazing dragon and never mind the guy who takes it on............

I loved your Sheppard and his black dragon story.....

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I want to play that game! I think it may be the one where you have the power to control dragons, and get them to help you to fight other dragons. I'm not sure, though.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

That dragon in that game looks like it is playing for keeps
That guy sword in hand has more brawn than brains IMO

[nefhiriel.livejournal.com]

That sounds like wicked cool idea. :D And no. You can never have enough dragon-riding stories. Nevar! ;)

Don't cha just love-hate having inspiring dreams like that? I've never been able to successfully write one. :P

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Don't cha just love-hate having inspiring dreams like that? I've never been able to successfully write one. :P

Neither have I, at least not where original stuff is concerned (although the fanfic stuff is still pending), and I'm not sure if this dream will be an exception. It's the kind of sword and sorcery that, though I do write it, I'm not really interested in doing at the moment, and I have this other story idea that keeps butting in.

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Ooo! That sounds so cool! :D Though man, in my experience the infuriating thing can be that, while everything seems to make such perfect SENSE at the time, when you wake up you realize that what was really there was a really strong sense of atmosphere... but only very sketchy (or quite unworkable) plot details.

Dreams can be really fun starting points for stories, though, if only in that initial kernel of an idea. Which is now reminding me of the Gibbs-as-an-awesome-dragon-rider dream I had a while back. I really should get that fanfic finished sometime, here... I think it's well over halfway. (Because really, who doesn't watch NCIS and think, "You know what this needs? More dragons." XD)

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

(Because really, who doesn't watch NCIS and think, "You know what this needs? More dragons." XD)

Bwhahahaha! I pretty much think that about every show ;) I also have a thing about everyone needing a kitten :/

Atmosphere, yes, exactly. I had two Dr. Who dreams that I really want to turn into stories. I started one and... I'm not really happy with it, because it just doesn't feel right, not like how it felt in the dream. In fact I may need to start it over.

The problem with the current dream, as I told your sister, is that it's the kind of story I'm just not interested in at the moment. Ancient Sword and sorcery has become a sporadic and rare thing for me these days, and to think such stories up I have to be in the mood like crazy, and getting into that mood is difficult. I'm all about urban fantasies and unusual worlds these days, and Terry Prachett is being a bad influence on me right now.