#acdau

Here’s a story, back in I think 2022 I had a nightmare about being abducted and held in someone’s cabinet.normal nightmare stuff for me. Then it was like the dream suddenly switched, and went off script. This woman came into the man’s shop where I was being hidden, and knew I was there. She was very out of place, her red dress stood out compared to everything else. It was like she didn’t belong in it, or come from the dream. She saved me and left me outside and then.the shop I was held in just explodes…she asked me if I was okay and I was like uhuhhh?????

I was thinking about her recently because I had drawn her before a few times and I realized…she’s the original concept of the acdau!! An outsider going into someone else’s nightmare to save them!!! It’s literally her whole story… Wilbur and Gulliver are definitely not the only two doing this, so…I guess she exists in that AU???

Plastic (the monster guy) was also an oc that came from a dream, as well as Cane who I didn’t draw… dreams are something very personal and important to me which is why I’m passionate about my dislike against nightmares.. it’s also why I enjoy stories about dreams!

This is.story spoilers but really who cares… in the Selina story, Ross takes over Venus and Eric’s dreams and gives them strange nightmares, basically toying with their personal memories.. he has Eric relive a painful moment over and over because he’s having fun doing it….. I’ve had many nightmares where it felt like that, like a part of me was just being mean on purpose….so making stories like the acdau where people are safe from nightmares is.important to me…smiles.. especially since I suffer from chronic pain that worsens with bad sleep and/or stress so nightmares literally put me in pain and.unnecessary distress!!!

I didn’t realize until much later but I wrote this comic a while after my dad lost his job of 20 years and I think it was a way to cope??? Something about seeing your parents say “if I don’t do my job I’m worthless” makes you.feel badddd…. So I was kinda projecting (my papa is better now!)

As for the comic, there were some details I did want to share! One of the reasons many things in this dream seem unfinished is because of Orville’s fear of spending time for himself, so he doesn’t spend time keeping track of details in the dream. Gulliver’s shirt changes, Wilbur’s height changes, his shirt changes, everything is inconsistent.

I try to avoid Wilbur’s name in the comic for.reasons…. So sorry about the Rodrigues/Wilbur and Johnny/Gulliver confusion..

This one isn’t really important but Orville’s last line of “yeah I think so too” used to be “yeah you’re right,” because it bothered me that it seemed like he was doing this for Wilbur which kinda contradicts the whole point.. also he originally was going to say “maybe I should pick up guitar again” but this was the perfect opportunity to spread the Raymond x Orville propaganda.rubs my paws together