Meh, don’t worry about it. At the moment I’m on the 6th or 7th page of part 3 of this topic. Reading through it again has given me so many more insights and I think that taking the time to investigate this from the ground up with my characters (specifically my original three) will help us out in the long run. I’ve already begun an investigation thread at my other forum, starting with tearing apart the weaknesses of the old “find a random DC and tell them to make you lucid next time you’re dreaming” technique (LILD, I think?).
Allow me to lend you a bit of advice, though. You should stop worrying so much about stepping on people’s toes. If they can’t understand the beautiful piece of technique you’ve given the community then it’s their loss, and if they bother you about it I’ll stuff them in a gym locker somewhere for you. Seriously, I’ve been with this technique longer than anyone else [still] here besides yourself, and I’ve been doing this type of thing for most of my life. In fact, I think most authors do this in one form or another. It’s completely normal, and there is no reason to be afraid of what other people think of your technique.
Note that last part had nothing to do with my request, but rather to do with me reading through the topics again, especially the part where you were ready to drop the topic completely because of something LDPhone (I believe it was) said. We dreamers are an open bunch, and we’ll support you. You don’t have to back yourself into a corner trying to explain things to people that want to call foul about. Offer a gentle explanation of the limits of existence of your characters, then move on and let us take what we will. Trying to over explain it away will only lead to more people thinking there is something wrong with it. My explanation to anyone who asks is something like this: your mind can generate and maintain DC while you’re asleep, so why not while you’re awake? Sure due to the preoccupation of the mind with other things they’ll be less detailed in a perceptual sense, but they are no less [or more] real than they are when you’re asleep.
I hope I’m not coming off as being hard or anything like that; I’m just trying to help you out with something I’ve noticed you doing over the course of the thread (since May 2007). [I’m trying to be helpful.]
All the Best,
Wolvendeer
PS - In part three I wrote about a massive falling out with one of my characters. We’ve since come to an understanding and are on good terms again. In fact, he’s helped me out greatly since then with a few IRL issues I was having.