I obviously have a warped mind ... I have had some pretty awesome Birdie related dreams in the past. I've been the swan. I've done some pretty shameful things with certain winged heroes (especially when I was pregnant -- pg dreams are pretty aaaweeeeeeeesome) I've flown and killed and even had an Eagle baby ... but last night was something totally out there. So yesterday was an accumulation of wierd topics, smut writing, and an awesome showing of a RL Condor playing a Wolverine... (Hugh Jackman is so my choice as a Condor -- and looks pretty hot nekkid and prowling) ... It started in the AM with Flash and I chatting about the perversions of different races on the way to work. (The final concensus being that Asians are the most deviant with caucasions only pretending to be the most naughty -- Flash is Asian BTW, and I can definitely concur with the final assessment ....:giggle The topic of Hentai was raised and I commented on how uncomfortable it must be to sit there and draw it day in day out ... Although it looks good... The topic of Comics came up later with a friend. I discussed the BotP series and my distate of Tortosa's work -- to which several people absolutely agreed. Then came the final touch ups to a smut fic... Then was me wading through TB's offerings of naughtiness as I admired his naughty work yet again to give me some oomph for my new fic. Oh yes, TB does inspire my work sometimes... After that was watching Wolverine ... and hearing the Gatchaman music being played throughout (the trailer music, not original music) All of it culminated in a facinating dream that I absolutely and TOTALLY believed was real -- while I was dreaming, that is. What happened? So okay. I started as a Swan with a yearning for my Eagle. He was more Ken than Mark and avoided my every attempt at even talking. In strode HJ as Jason, who was shirtless and delish. He handed me a comic and referred to it as being a swan version of porn. He told me to "enjoy" and come see him later. Sweet! So little swannie me settled on a beanbag in the rec room and began to flick through the first volume. Gasp and horror it was Tortosa's work ... However ... As I flicked through the story, that had author credits to our lovely TJ, the comic swirled and I became inside the comic as well as was reading it. It was all about Mark, and his loneliness ... It was all about him needing his Swan and pretty much visualized my smut fic. I wandered through each panel, I could see it on a monitor in front of me as it was read by 7-Zark-7. Four panels still remain vivid in my mind as it flashed step by step into... um... Well, let's just say that it was only a rendering of Mark's manhood as it ... ya know ... grew My little swannie eyes were wide as it played out before me and I heard a growl from behind me. HJ, as Jason, stalked up the corridor with his shoulders hunched and his hands in fists either side of him. He flicked his fists as per Wolverine, and out of his knuckles grew leather whips. They flicked and snapped the Swan into his chest and as her purred something along the lines of "Mark obviously prefers to do it on his own, while the Condor goes out and finds it" ... I got woken by a little tiny man asking for Chocolate milk... I was actually somewhat disappointed ... it could have gotten good from there... So. Now that I have admitted that I am a certifiable nutjob... Share with me your most wierdest birdie dream... I know we all have active imaginations here ... so no doubt you have all had "YKYWTMGW" moments (You know you've watched too much Gatchaman when) SJ

Whoa, I haven't had any dream like that, or (sadly) none that I was able to remember! I did once clearly dream that I was watching a Gatch episode on TV, and explaining the show to someone who was there, telling them the names of the characters etc. There was one other time too, that I dreamed that I was with the team, on the God Phoenix, but it what I was able to remember was brief and fuzzy. Maybe I need to go see "Wolverine"...

I have not had a dream like that ... but I do tend to wake up with mission related plots. Usually I am Mark and am doing some intense mission, although just recently poor Mark has been going through an intense torture session from a Spectran "Captain" ... I think the guy is. My favourite dreams are ones where I am Princess watching Mark work out: on the parallel bars or the beam or practicing moves on the floor.

Wanna hear something weird? Last night I dreamed I was watching a live action Gatchaman movie with Tom Cruise playing Ken.

Aargh, now you've got me imagining a Gatch/Top Gun crossover!

If Tom Cruise ever played Ken, I think I'd never watch Gatch ever again.... CF, that's a nightmare, girl ... I am so sorry to hear that... SJ

I wish I could remember my birdie dreams...I need to keep a notebook by my bed so I can remember to share!

Im not sure I should share some of mine I dont think I have Sj's flair for writing them that well

I've gotten a decent BotP fanfic out of a dream . . . um . . . oh-oh, I don't know if I've posted it anywhere yet. The team gets assigned to investigate why pro wrestlers are going missing, and things get a little out of hand. Of course. I've had some good story ideas come out of dreams; others are just too friggin' weird to let out in public. But I'm currently working on/struggling with a BotP story where the opening scene is straight out of a dream. With my rate of progress, it'll be a while before it's ready, but I'll keep after it.

Cloud will sit and wait patiently for Bardwing's "scribbles".

I'll be waiting too, Barrdwing! And just by posting that idea here, you've earned yourself a !

Ooooo, TJ is bringing out her pokey stick. Be careful Barrdwing, when she brings out her whip and yo-yo and pokey stick you know she really means business.

Originally posted by SJ_SwanJun If Tom Cruise ever played Ken, I think I'd never watch Gatch ever again.... CF, that's a nightmare, girl ... I am so sorry to hear that... SJ

Good news is he's to old to be Gatchaman...however they might cast him into the role of Dr Nambu or even better Red Impulse...then we all have reason to hate him... Best BOTP/Gatch dream....can't go into details since it belongs in the rubber room....

I think I'd like to dress up Tom Cruise as a CotW. Something with lots of epelettes and tentacles that took advantage of his innate tendency for hysteria as well as emphasized his height (or lack thereof). I think he peaked at Top Gun - I kinda loved him way back then. But it's over. As for gatch dreams - I sometimes fall asleep thinking about stories or scenarios, but so far I can not remember dreaming about them. I will have to keep trying . . .

Originally posted by gogirl212 I think he peaked at Top Gun - I kinda loved him way back then. But it's over.

And I think it is in those Top Gun days he would have made a good Eagle Either that or Val Kilmer who played Iceman ....

I think Tom Cruise would make a good mecha Captain...

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I'll be waiting too, Barrdwing! And just by posting that idea here, you've earned yourself a !

I'll get to gettin' to, then!

Ahhh back in the days of Top Gun....yes back then he would have made a good Eagle, but the opportunity is lost for him now... TJ- You might be onto something with him being a mecha captain!

Originally posted by clouddancer

Originally posted by gogirl212 I think he peaked at Top Gun - I kinda loved him way back then. But it's over.

And I think it is in those Top Gun days he would have made a good Eagle Either that or Val Kilmer who played Iceman ....

Hee, back in the day my sister was obsessed with young Val Kilmer and, to this day, can recite nearly all his lines from "Top Gun," "Real Genius," and "Willow". Somehow I see him as more "Joe" than "Ken" though.

Yes I was thinking, after I posted, that he would have made a better Joe.

he certainly had the moody quality that would have suited him being Joe

Last night, I received my latest copy of the Romantic Times Book Review magazine. It reviews any book that even has a man and woman look at each other. They had an article about after the growing popularity of apocalypse books. That got me thinking about TJ's On the Run series so I went back to read some of it. I woke up this morning remembering what I'd call just a dream scene. The team was in a large military looking vehicle. Jason was driving, of course. Tiny was beside him, Mark and Princess were in the center seats and Keyop was in a rear seat slumped asleep. Around and behind him were loads of equipment and supplies. They were all dressed in a hodge-podge of olive, black and camouflage clothes and looked dirty, scruffy and tired, but determined. Jason was driving across what looked like a desert that went in all directions. No one was talking, but there was song playing in the background. I don't know the name or the artist. The lyrics I remember are or are something like: All I ever wanted, all I ever needed Was you in my arms. Words are very unnecessary They only lead to harm I can still hear it in my head. Fanfic material? Maybe.

Well, how did they get there? Why aren't they in their birdie suits? What's going on? Answer that, and you have a fic. I have had dreams, but I don't remember them. Isolated images, but no context.

Becky, the song is by Depeche Mode, It's called Enjoy the Silence. http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/depeche+mode/enjoy+the+silence_20039358.html If my story inspired that dream of yours (and a fic) then I've done something worthwhile. I'm not sure I'd term it as 'apocalyptic'... but it certainly is the end of the BOTP-existence as we're familiar with in the series.

Ebony -- I think you are right, Cruise would make a perfect RI; I can even picture him with the small mustache and boots whose heals are 1/2" to an 1" higher than everyone else. Becky -- I just reread TJ's On the Run series, too. I can really see where it might have influenced your dream. Right now, my life is so messed up that my dreams are chaotic and the last one I remember was about grocery shopping and my groceries disappearing for the holiday meals. I'm not hosting this year!

TJ, I didn't think of On the Run as apocalyptic so much as a drastic change in the world for our favorite characters, all the way down to their memories. I also recently watched the Resident Evil movies and that keeps coming to mind now. Our heroes' world changed forever and the enemy is now zombies? I'm a victim of overactive imagination syndrom.

The last Gatch dream that I remember was a recent one but I only recall tiny bits of it with which I cannot make a whole story! Forgive me but I'm always fixed with Gatch F and my dream was taking place somewhere in that series with Egobossler, etc. I was Ken (what's new?!) and the whole team was in a kind of mission which, as I said, I cannot remember what it was or dealt with. I only remember clearly that every time Ken (i.e. me) had the chance to win the battle with his enemy, the fatigue and consequences of his illness took the toll over him and he never managed to defeat Egobossler when combatting in person. I also recall a lot of tenderness between Ken and Jun, especially when the Swan showed that she cared about him not feeling well in a very emotional manner. Even Joe had a big part in this dream as he always was there to support Ken and to take command when the Eagle wasn't capable to do so! I wish I could remember every bit clearly! TJ, I have to read your "On the run" series! I'm itching with curiosity!

Originally posted by gatchamarie I was Ken (what's new?!)

I do that as well gatchamarie. I find it funny how I dream from the Eagle's POV and he is my favourite character, and yet I feel I most closely resemble the Owl's character. I had to be the lowly Owl on the board just to keep his character recognized.

Marie, your dream sounds great, and very consistent with the series! I think you need to write this up.... Whenever you have time, you can read my On the Run series. It will still be there.

I never dream I'm the character. It's always like I'm watching it on TV.

My overactive imagination is starting to fill in the whys of my dream. I don't know if I'll get a fic out of it, but we'll see. Not that I don't already have enough fics in the works.

Originally posted by clouddancer I find it funny how I dream from the Eagle's POV and he is my favourite character, and yet I feel I most closely resemble the Owl's character. I had to be the lowly Owl on the board just to keep his character recognized.

Opposite characters attract each other! But wait ... I associate my character with the Eagle's and he's also my favorite! Perhaps my theory isn't that right! Or maybe perhaps the Eagle had a change in character a lot of times ... who knows?!!!! CD, don't you think that, maybe, you have some Eagle in you?!

Originally posted by Transmute Jun Whenever you have time, you can read my On the Run series. It will still be there.

Count on it!!

Originally posted by Becky Rock I don't know if I'll get a fic out of it, but we'll see. Not that I don't already have enough fics in the works.

You can always jot down some notes for the future just to make sure you don't forget the main points! We can wait ... don't worry!

Okay, I had a weird dream last night and I woke up able to remember it clearly. It's been a while now since I was in grad school, but in the dream I was walking across a university campus and talking to my advisor about a book I'd read recently (in real life), but the man I was talking to wasn't my real-life advisor It was Dr. Nambu. Now why couldn't I have a dream with Joe in it, damn it?!

Nambu could introduce you to Joe, Ib. If you followed him around, you'd be bound to run into the team. I've started a fic based on my dream. I've filled in a piece or two but still have lots to figure out.

Be careful, LB ... in another dream Dr. Nambu might ask you to be a member of the SNT!!! ... the good thing is that then you might meet Joe!

I don't even want to think about what it means that you're reaming about Dr. Nambu!

None yet. The closest I've gotten to a birdie dream is cosplaying as Eagle at a con. Don't know if I ever will though. There's a place I found selling an Eagle costume that looks REALLY nice! But here's the problem:It's $240!!!! Come on! $240 for a costume???

Come to COmic Con in San Diego, Darkwater! I do a Swan and an Eagle Cosplay. But not at the same time.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun Come to COmic Con in San Diego, Darkwater! I do a Swan and an Eagle Cosplay. But not at the same time.

I really wish I could, I really do, but there's no way I can. Drag. I'm going to this con in Hoboken, NJ in April (well I'm planning to at least) and Anime NEXT in Somerset, NJ in June.

Originally posted by AllentownDarkWater There's a place I found selling an Eagle costume that looks REALLY nice! But here's the problem:It's $240!!!! Come on! $240 for a costume???

If I'd have the chance to wear it I'd buy it! ... even though I think that a Swan costume would be more adequate for me, being a woman! Next month we celebrate Carnival at our country and all the kids and teenagers wear costumes of their favorite characters, or other funny or grotesque ones, and flock in the streets along with all the buzz ... sob ... I'm too old to do so and we do not have any anime conventions to go to here!

I don't know if I'm going nuts or not ... I've had one of those dreams last night and I'm going to annoy you describing it as I think it will take more than a couple of words to actually do so! My dreams are generally always vivid and I remember most of them clearly after I wake up, especially those which could have had some impact over me ... this was one of them! By the way ... do any of you wake up crying or laugh or talk during a dream or is it only me?! For some time, if not always, my mind keeps on thinking a lot ... I'm one that questions a lot and doesn't miss the opportunity to watch a documentary or movie that is related to myth, mysteries, religion, spiritualism, death, afterlife, etc, etc. I'm one person that searches a lot the feelings behind words and actions and everything I encounter leaves a mark on me ... yesterday was one of those days, not surprisingly even with the involvement of Gatch! Yesterday, I've watched episode 42 of Gatch F in which Nambu had died and in which the team's grief, especially Ken's, had been so well and strongly shown. I've also watched a few episodes of "Casshern Sins" (which, by the way, is awesome!) which had been entirely related to the death theme, and, some days ago I've watched another documentary relating to the year 2012. My mind must have combined all these in one, almost really lived, dream ... it felt so true that I get goosebumps whenever I recall it! My dream started with Ken destroying the first satellite in space with his Hypershoot. It was almost like watching the episode with this scene in itself except that he was on his own ... there was no glimpse of the Team even if the Gatchaspartan was there. The Eagle returned to Earth, exhausted and weakened by his disease, his knowing what was going to happen to his beloved Earth if the second satellite of antimatter were to collide with it, being his main concern. He entered a base, presumably one of the ISO, but which I never have seen before. Strangely enough, I felt that Ken too was feeling a stranger in this place, the sense of solitude being so encumbering. To his astonishment and horror, he assisted an execution of a man who was being called a traitor of the Earth ... I don't know why ... perhaps the man was a Galactor but I've never witnessed such cruelty in the series from behalf of the good. Evil could be felt everywhere. After they shot this man (his face I don't recall) the ISO's personnel turned to face a weary Eagle. "It's Gatchaman!" one said. "But, how can we be sure!" said another, "He could as well be another traitor!" Here, I could so well feel Ken's anxiety for not being recognized by his own people ... and yet there was no sign of the Team or anyone familiar ... this added to the dark feeling. Next thing I remember, the scene switched from cartoon-like to real life. I found myself, my husband and my kids on the balcony of my dad's house which has an open view of a deep valley just in front of it. We were all frightened ... my worst fear, that of feeling helpless and unable to protect my kids from any harm, being so real and overwhelming! I still shudder at the only thought! Other families were all at their doors or at their own balconies. I recall well hearing a voice, as if from a megaphone, telling all of us to seek shelter in the apposite shelters provided for us as the catastrophes of a probable Armageddon were going to begin shortly. It was still unsure if this was the very end of the world or if such an event could have only been temporary! In my dream, my mind was referring to the satellite of antimatter created by Sosai Z but it was also referring to the various data, contradictory or not, by me attained regarding the year 2012! I remember so well worrying about my dad who was not with us and my mind was whirling as to how I could protect my kids. Suddenly, the normal sky above us, that of a late afternoon, turned dark and gloomy. The white clouds turned black and joined themselves in several whirlwinds from which strong energy bolts where being thrown into the deep valley in front of us, destroying everything where they hit and shaking the entire ground! It was horrifying and we started clutching each other with terror, staying as close to each other as we could. We then found ourselves in a huge, secluded place ... similar to a giant, indoor stadium ... how I don't know and why such a place either! The location was crammed with desperate people and the air felt rather heavy. We had also been able to reunite with our familiars and I had found my dad. Everyone was feeling helpless, waiting for his imminent doom. Suddenly, my small kids started complaining about not having their favorite things with them including their water bottles (from all things!) I felt the urge to return home and fetch these things which were so important for my children but my husband and dad didn't want me to go back ... it was a great risk! Then comes the funny and hilarious part ... as always, the hardheaded me didn't want to listen to anything and I made up my mind to go! I remember turning to my husband and dad and told them these specific words ... I'm laughing at myself even now ... "If Gatchaman arrives ...," (because that was what my mind was telling me, and that was what all of us in the shelter were waiting for ... Gatchaman to come and save us! Maybe he was delaying because he had not been feeling quite well!!), "... tell him that Marie had been waiting for him! But, tell him "Marie" and not my real name as that's how they know me at Gatchamania!" I'm rolling with laughter at myself right now! LOL ... as if Gatchaman would search for me from all the others! And it's hilarious how I've emphasized over my name ... my real name is Mariella so there's not so much of a difference! Okay ... you can laugh at me also ... go on! The dream ended right there, so I don't know how it could have continued and I didn't have the pleasure to meet Gatchaman in person! If it had felt so real then our meeting would have felt that real also! Sorry again for this and please do not think I'm crazy! At least, I think I'm not until now!

So, Marie, has Gatchaman arrived yet? That's certainly one detailed dream! I'm lucky if I can remember vaguely the subject of my dreams, much less anything else!

Wow! That was one detailed dream! I don't think I have ever had something that detailed in my dreams.

That sounds like the seed for an awesome fanfic.

Oh wow, that's a great dream in that it was just like you were a character in an episode! I can remember dreams that are that detailed sometimes, but none yet involving Gatchaman characters -you're lucky!

Originally posted by Transmute Jun So, Marie, has Gatchaman arrived yet? That's certainly one detailed dream! I'm lucky if I can remember vaguely the subject of my dreams, much less anything else!

Sadly ... I didn't have the pleasure to meet him! Perhaps it was a good thing, though ... remember ... my DH was there also!!!! And, yes ... my dreams are commonly that vivid and unforgettable! I sometimes tend to ponder upon some of them during the day! As if I don't have enough upon which to dedicate my time!!

Originally posted by UnpublishedWriter That sounds like the seed for an awesome fanfic.

So ... you don't think it's nuts! But, really, some ideas I do get from my dreams!

Originally posted by clouddancer I don't think I have ever had something that detailed in my dreams.

Thank God for that! You don't know how much some of them leave me feeling exhausted instead of fresh when I wake up in the morning! Sometimes, they're also liberating, though! More than once I've said and done things in my dreams that usually I restrain myself from saying or doing! Now don't get smutty ideas! ... even if there have also been those instances ... oops!! But ... really ... believe me if you can ... once I have dreamt of protecting myself from an earthquake and have woken up startled! I couldn't sleep for the rest of the night and two hours or so after the dream, the wardrobe's doors had begun to shake and the earth had begun to tremble! There had been an earthquake in the middle of the sea separating our island from that of Sicily! Isn't it creepy!

Originally posted by lborgia88 Oh wow, that's a great dream in that it was just like you were a character in an episode! I can remember dreams that are that detailed sometimes, but none yet involving Gatchaman characters -you're lucky!

Only that this time I wasn't the Eagle himself as usual! I was myself! LB ... you did have one involving Dr. Nambu not so very long ago if I'm not mistaken! But, I think the Eagle or the Condor would have been a better option!!