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Holy fuck. Haven dream, an incoherent but beautiful one.

Its 2:27am right now, i woke up from the dream around 1:50 and i was unusually disorientated. I didn't know where i was and thought i was in a house i used to live in. The unusual part was that when i began to write down this dream, i noticed i had woken up at 11:12 and wrote down one sentence "Safe Haven needed my fucking help" Two things, i never call her Safe Haven, i always shorten it to Haven. Second, i never swear in my dream journal. Obviously i wrote it, it was my handwriting but i don't remember waking up. What the fuck is happening to me?

The first thing i remember is standing next to a giant tree with blue leaves, like its towering over me and i'm looking up. Its dark out. There are no branches but I can't see shit other than the tree and a cut in the clouds, like if a plane would make a line in the clouds? Im kneeling next to it propping myself up.

Then I look down and realise, im holding Haven in my arms. She looks hurt but she doesn't have cuts or bruises, shes just out cold and looks rough as hell. I get up and start running in a random direction, i think i was trying to get away from something? All the while her head is just bobbing over my shoulder and her legs flopped between my arms. Writing this out is choking me up a bit, it was so fucking sad to experience.
This is when i become lucid. First time ever, i notice her cutie mark. I've never paid attention before but i had my arm supporting her back and butt. Note: Her dream catcher cutie mark was glowing a pale green, and it was angelic as fuck, light seeping from it.
I think to myself "Im seeing a cutie mark, am i dreaming?". Realization. It may sound selfish, but my initial thought was how i can prolong the lucid dream, then i thought about helping Haven. I start whispering "Haven, where do we go." "Come on Haven, guide me" i don't even know what im running from.

(If no next post appears i've been banned for tripping filter.)
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Thats when she opens her eyes. She doesn't look at me but softly says
>Sit
"sit? like sit down?" (didnt know what she meant)
>here. I would- (couldn't make out what she said, just mumbles then has a spasm or some shit)

I sit down cross legged and just cradle her in my arms.
"whats happening? usually you save me, hah."
She looks at me and her orange eyebrows tilt like shes hurt. She doesn't look angry, only hurt. Thinking about this now, the way she looked at me, I don't know what it was.

Without hesitation she pushes on my legs, lifts up and kisses me - for a short time. Holy shit. It was like a fucking fairytale. I put my hands lightly on her neck and kissed her back. (Always wanted to do that but girls don't seem to like it) It was strange, felt like kissing a girl yet Haven has a snout? The mind can't figure out how to create the sensation. What i remember most is how comfortable I felt, she was so placid and accepting. The weight of her on my legs, funny enough i didn't get a boner. And the taste, like you know those cream and strawberry sweets? Fucking awesome. Ask about this separately if you want more details.

I kissed my fucking dream guardian pony.
Afterwards she taps on my shoulder. She doesn't react much, aside from pushing her lips together and a weird befuddled grin. She jumps onto her hooves and rubs her eyes, then nonchalantly says

>Well that felt nice.
Haven, professional moment destroyer.

I laugh and stay sitting, then ask what now. I was thinking about asking for more but i didn't want to push my luck.
"How long do i have left?"
>Minutes. one question?
"its fine"

Last thing i remember is a clanging/static noise. I slip out of lucidity. I had a dream straight after this before waking up but it was unrelated, so fuck it.

I fucked up not asking a question, because i had one someone asked in the last thread.
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Falling for a coloured dream pony. Good god, the fuck is happening to me?
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>>12237265 (OP)
How are you able to conjure up a pony in your dreams?
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>>12237337
Past threads are here.

It just keeps happening naturally, but these past few dreams i've induced what i've wanted to happen before going to sleep.

Seems to be going in a general direction.
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>>12237376
dont sex up your brain horse guardian OP
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>>12237414
Ill probably only go as far as kissing. I forgot to add to my post, it didn't feel sexual at all really. She feels, innocent?

Fucking beautiful to experience, though.
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>>12237276
I'm jealous that you're able to lucid dream. I'm also happy though, because every time I've tried it's been a nightmare.
I usually would become lucid in a dark house, going around locking all the doors and closing the windows. There would be some faint light outside and then I'd hear people walking in the house.
I stay calm until I hear a voice in my head. It's not mine. It's a deep male voice that tells me I can't hide from him.
I know I'm dreaming, but I ask him if I'm dreaming. He pauses for a while and says "Yes."
At this point I start waking up, it's like he has rules and is required to be honest with me.

Having a guardian like you do would be nice, but I start lucid dreaming always at the wrong time.
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>>12237456
could you post a guide/link to make these dreams
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>>12237541
Just search lucid dreaming guide on google. Its all there. Theres nothing specific for dreaming of ponies, except maybe an open mind and willingness to believe you can.
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>>12237568
soon
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The plot thickens, givin' me chills OP. Where are you going to take this now?
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>>12237667
Fuck i don't know. I feel like this only happened because i wanted it to, i may just ask her what she wants. Even though shes a part of my subconscious, she still has a good level of sentience.

Shes remarkably sound for a dream character. Usually they're very sporadic and unpredictable. Acting one way then complete different in the next dream.

Not Haven.
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So do we post dreams in this thread, or just listen and reply to OP?
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>>12237739
Well talking about Haven is the main thing i guess, keep it related or the thread ends up getting deleted.
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>>12237761
to add; haven artwork, thoughts, theories etc. Still not even sure why shes appearing in the first place. never got a straight answer
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>>12237724
I know you hear it in every thread, but damn if that doesn't sound like a tulpa.

I'm curious, though, where did her cutie mark come from? The original thread said she didn't have one, and I'm a little confused on the wording of this op. Did your subconscious give her the cutie mark of one of the drawfag drawings in the original thread?
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>>12237788
She didn't have a cutie mark when i first seen her, so when i was drawing her i just made a crappy one that represented sleeping.

Someone in the thread suggested a dream catcher cutie mark, since thats what she does. Separates nightmares from dreams. I thought it was amazing and drew a design.

Amazing what the mind can do isn't it.
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This is getting weird. Now I wonder what caused you to write that Haven needed help. Maybe it was the art in the last thread or something.

This is making me want to really get back into LD's even though I have a rough history with them. I tried for a while, but only got 2 that lasted a few seconds each, and I am not enough of a morning person to keep a handwritten journal.
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>>12237906
It freaked me out for a while. I don't drink alcohol so i don't know what its like to do shit without knowing until another time.

I didnt realise until i flipped the pages to write out this new dream.
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>>12237941
I can't ever recall a time where I had a complete blank on what happened.

I may have had a trade for that, though, since I sleep really lightly and dreams are rare. Even my LD's were both fuzzy, full of static, and in black and white. Any color is general, and very fuzzy, like a flood light on a wall.

I'll keep trying, though. There are so many things I want to experience, and dreams are perfect for. But I might try to be ultra observant all the time such that I can't ever let go of reality enough for a proper dream.
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Sounds good OP. Only a matter of time before you are pulled into her dreams as well or somesuch. Being a dreamcatcher is neat and all, but what about when she has a nightmare too?

>>12237739
Any of the above, really. Dreams are an infrequent enough conversation piece. At least on my end, anyway. Like one time I had a dream I was in my college cafeteria, eating a sandwich. It was empty of any other persons except pinkie, who was sitting there at another table. She looked really sad, laying her head and forehooves on the table dejectedly. I do nothing and continue to eat sandwich. Soon, figure walks in and starts talking to pink horse. Can't make out what they're saying, but figure seems to cheer her up as she smiles at him (his back was towards me when he reached her table, which was the time I actually bothered to look at him).

Wake up, get coffee. Brother says he had a weird dream. He was in his high school cafeteria. Saw it was empty except for pinkie. He proceeds to cheer her up. She says something like thanks for being a friend and then his dream ends.

As I noisily sipped the coffee, I did not tell my bro about this phenomenon because I was too busy wtf-ing at the time. It was, and still is, weird.
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I feel like Haven is talking about dreams as they're a sort of 'physical' world, at least for her anyways. Like our combined subconscious as a race has dreamed up a world with beings such as Haven in it, and when we dream, we enter their world for a small period of time. We're just sort of visiters.

I may be just rumbling, but what do you think OP?

Also, upon reading the earlier Haven threads in that picture, did you get what she meant by Dream Screamers? She was pretty much making a joke. Silent beings, screamers.
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>>12238195
Don't know, sometimes id scream when waking up from my recurring nightmares because my voice wouldn't work in the dream.

Interesting theory, though. Its difficult to say though.
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>>12237376
please continue the updates OP, as someone who is extremely jealous yet supremely interested: i need more.
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>>12238323
Maybe I should test the theory of Haven popping up in my dreams. According to things she said earlier, if we know of her and call her, she'll appear. Though I rarely have dreams at all (or at least remember them) and I've only lucid dreamed once. But I have lots of nightmares, usually sleep paralysis.
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>>12237376
Could someone update this? I want all of the Haven posts in one file together. Also, OP. Don't stop posting. I'm really interested to see where this goes.
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Whelp im going back to bed. Try to keep the thread bumped so i can read some posts later on. It shouldn't fall off 10 pages by then, though.

Ill answer any questions when i come back.
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>>12238532
Sleep tight OP
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>>12238532
Have good Haven dreams, OP.

If you remember, ask her if others can summon her in their own dreams.
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The human brain is fuckin amazing when you think about it eh? All these things that impact us, all in our sleep. Cross personalities all created in our heads. And our body lets us live in it. Its a universe our mind created. Astoundingly amazing when you truly think about it. Wow
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>>12238737
damn...
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>>12238532

I've got no questions, but I'm glad to see this is still happening for you.

You've got something fantastic going on, and have inspired me to try my hand at lucidity as well.
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>>12238737
I feel as if we have created another world, with the worlds combined dreaming. And, upon dreaming, we enter it for a limited amount of time. Would explain two people dreaming, and somehow being in each other's dreams.
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>>12238780
i mean....it makes me feel like we are....connected by something in all of us. Like how theres the feeling of being watched. You cant explain that stuff
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Is haven getting weaker with every dream? (the black emanating substance from the other dream, her taking damage from the other nightmares, and now laying hurt on OP's arms)
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>>12237265 (OP)
>>12237276
I'm NOT READING ALL THIS
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>>12238860
I think her helping is out of her love for him.....buts its killing her, literally. This is shakespeare stuff
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>>12238903
Do it anyway.
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>>12238860
OP seems to have either dreamt her up, or rather have just met. She is a dream protector, and protector's can still get hurt. Her job is a tiring one, and she may be only able to rest in dreams like OP's perhaps.
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>>12238323

I'm familiar with that happening, OP. I can remember one in particular when I had friends visiting from out of town, crashing on my couch in a small studio apartment. In the dream I was in bed, paralyzed, as the figure approached, armed. And no matter how hard I tried to scream, there was silence, right up until he went to cut me.

I awoke sitting straight up in bed, immediately felt exhaustion wash over me, and fell back. My friends on the couch came over and shook me; told me I'd let loose the most blood-curdling roar they'd ever heard. I mumbled I was fine.

I don't think it's a "common world" insofar as it is a combined subconsious. I think the common pieces for these dreamstates exist in each of our brains, and so all too often we have similar experiences in them.
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I warned you about that necklace dawg.
They tend to signify desire.
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>>12238924
Actually, I remember him talking to her in a much earlier dream, he asked her what she was and she said "I think I'm a nightmare, or I was." Gotta read the screen cap
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>>12237414
Can I put this on a T-shirt? Damn, I can't breathe.
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>>12239117
fuckin do it bro
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>>12238195
Sounds familiar...
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bamp
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>>12237376
I think we're missing a couple: this one, and the last one not too long ago
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>>12240021
and the one from May 18th
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>>12240072
bumping with missing caps

>>12240021
the one with the old house and the tornado?
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>>12240280
OP said it was a short one, and IIRC, he said he wasn't lucid in that one
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>>12240340
sorry, I think I missed that one
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>>12240280
Holy shit. Haven is the nightmares.

She has became the rebel nightmare and wants to be the sole nightmare alone, and with it, all the nightmare powers. She is the highlander of nightmares (heh night mare).
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bump.bmp
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>>12237306
didnt you already make out with her once?
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>>12240922
and bump
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buuuuuuuuump.
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Sup guys, just woke up. Didn't have a dream about Haven again, though i didn't expect to.

Fuck, kind of a disappointed. Wan't to ask her so many questions.
>>12238860
This is interesting. I've seen the black substance a few times with no idea what it is. Her nightmare leaking out or something?
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>>12238915
Oh fucking hell. What if this is the case?

To the people who can lucid dream - how long of dream journal writing and reality checks did it take for you to gain your first lucid dream?
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>>12244821
Took me under a week. For some they lucid dream that night, for others it takes months. Its completely random it seems. Keep in mind that writing down your dreams helps draem recall only - remembering dreams. Doesn't have much to do with having one, but if your memory is bad enough you may have one in the night and wake up not remembering.

I think your willingness to let go of reality and be open minded is important. To change Morpheus words a bit "Don't think you can, know you can".

The same difference.
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By the way guys, is it just me or would this make a brilliant fucking story for a book?
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>>12244852
Thanks. I've been doing it for a few weeks now with no joy. I think another thing I'm worried about is doing a reality check in my dream but not realising I'm in the dream world

>>12244860
Copyright it before some anon does
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>>12244904
Within the first week i was doing reality checks about once every 5 minutes in real life, so like over 100 a day. It was fucking crazy but i was desperate to have one.

Now im lucky if i remember to do 10, though since i've been dreaming about Haven its motivated me more.
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I have strange problem with being sentient in a dream.
Without reality checks i recognizr that i'm in a dream. But everytime i think: i fucking love dreaming and the random way it appears so i should forget that i know this is a dream for letting it happen by itself.

Any advices for hellping me avoid thise thoughts?
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>>12238860
>>12238915

It's not Haven thats getting weaker, its OP becoming stronger.

Haven is after all a nightmare herself, the more confident and less afraid of nightmares OP becomes the harder it is for nightmares to exist In his consciousness. Haven included.

Its soo sad, but it seems like Haven is helping you even if it means she too will cease to existone day.
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>>12238915
You hit the nail on the head. Very Shakesperian.
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>>12245068
If this theory is true then it's possible that Haven herself knows this and is letting OP experience the happiness he wants in the time she has left.

There is going to a time where they will have one final meeting before Haven disappears forever.

A dream thread has quickly become very sad.
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Just gonna ask about lucid dreaming
I'm able to enter lucidity rather easily, but I can't really do much, and they almost always turn into nightmares. And most of the time the nightmares are demonic creatures just screaming, and then I wake up, and my heart is pounding. They also tend to take place in locations I'm familiar with.
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>>12245200
What OP needs to do is convert her from a nightmare into a dream (ya'll thought I was going to say tulpa didnt you). That way she can safely exist in his subconscious. Maybe theres a catch like she looses her powers or something.

Scratch all that, OP what you need to do is write this fucking novel! Weather you use our ideas and headcanons or not you've already got one hell of a story!
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>>12245200
>>12245068
I doubt that. OP's life took some serious blows recently. If anything Haven is exhausted/hurt because so is OP and she reflects that or she has been hard at work keeping his dreams peaceful. Haven was doing fine before that even when dealing with the odd nightmare, especially back when she first showed up in his dreams.

I uploaded all the dream screencaps I have. Are there any missing?
>imgur.com/a/75vqf
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>>12245481
I hope your right.

Get well soon OP.
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>>12245542
I've pretty much almost gotten over it now. Had my few weeks of depression.

Who would've thought the most influential thing to get me out of it would be Haven. She did what my none of my family tried but couldn't do.
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>>12245353
I'm not a fantastic writer bro. Still, i feel this would be a great fucking novel. I've yet to come across a good book that involves fantasy surrounding dreams.

A dream guardian who protects you from your nightmares, there's a fantasy story somewhere in there.

Also, just dumping Haven pictures.
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Whenever I realize I am dreaming, I suddenly become worried that I will fuck up and think about something scary.
Next thing I know I'm paralyzed and I hear a bunch of static before waking up. Kind of like Slenderman, without the face popping up. Or If that doesn't happen I just suddenly feel stressed and slide back into unconsciousness.
And tips on how to remain calm so I don't immediately wake up?
I've tried rubbing my hands, spinning and smelling things, but that still doesn't stop me from getting the static shit.


Big fan of Haven. Don't sex up the dream horse protector.
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>>12246419
I had a fuckton of problems with this same issue. If you get into the habit of not preoccupying yourself immediately after becoming lucid, you usually start to worry that it'll turn into a nightmare.

For example i'd be staring at someone and they'd suddenly turn and start attacking me the instant i thought about it. My worst experience is when im staring at a person and they start to open their mouth, and it just keeps getting wider and wider covering their whole face.

Anyone got ideas why Haven isn't like that? Multiple times ive just stared at her waiting for her to start screaming or her face to change or some shit, but she never does. The most shes done is stared intently at me. Shes still part of the dream, shouldn't she be vulnerable to my insecurities changing her?
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quick cartoony sketch i just finished in reference to when Haven appeared behind me saying "Ask away"
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>>12246464
I'd wager that you subconciously recognize her as your guardian, that she's there to protect you and you have nothing to fear from her. With other persons you encounter this is not so clear. As a result just expecting something can tip the balance and make it happen.
This is especially interesting because I remember OP saying that Haven always feels "unpredictable".

>>12246683
Nice work. I see it's the one with the collar.
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>>12246697
She feels (or felt) unpredictable when she'd just stare at me blankly and how shes always so calm. I was always waiting for the time she'd do something nightmare-ish.
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For some reason, OP reminds me of Ness and Haven as Buzz Buzz
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>>12237265 (OP)
what filter are you worried about tripping so much?
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>>12247033
I got banned once for 2 days because my post tripped a spam filter, so i couldn't post the second part of the dream for 2 days.

Was annoying as fuck, i put that part at the end just in case it happens again.
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>>12247068
anyway, everyone keeps saying not to have sex with her, but I don't see why not.
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>>12245481
good work on that? could you include the rest of the art about Haven too?
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Whipped up another little sketch of Haven for you mate. A little more emotive than usual but hope you all still like it. As alwsys please let me know what you think.

I didnt caption this one but originally I was thinking of something like "get well soon, squishy" or some shit.
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>>12247225
>Upload rest of Haven art
I have something approaching a metric tonne here. I can upload more if there is demand for it.
I am currently trying to get it somewhat organized. Anybody know who the artist of this one is?
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>>12247231
HNNGGG. Fucking hnnggg.

I like that you drew her body resembling a thin filly-fluttershy, it more closely matches Haven.

Shes always looked frail and gentle aside from her eyes. She has those piercing "some things not right" type of eyes.
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>>12247412
That is one of Friendly Drawfriend's if im not mistaken...
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>>12237265 (OP)
I just woke from a lucid dream hour and a half (Roughly) ago, and I generally have night terrors with them (even while lucid dreaming.) They make no sound, and always wake me (Even from evening naps.)

About 5 minutes (estimate) into the dream I was in a room with no light. It was difficult to make out anything. But I could feel the night terrors there, slowly coming closer. It was like being squeezed by multiple walls in a circle. The pressure stopped very suddenly, and almost knocked me from the lucid dream (Which was odd, as in my short experiences have never been knocked from one.) A voice came after, and it was a soft, quite feminine voice.

> Go home, and [a phrase I couldn't make out, it was something about locking doors?]

The dream promptly ended. I couldn't fall back asleep after writing in my dream journal, so I went to walk around to find the front door of my apartment to find it unlocked.

I find this thread, and the ones before it a few minutes later.
>What the literal fuck?
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Hey OP hey OP hey OP hey OP, you know what you should do now?
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I had a dream last night that I was enjoying the nightlife in some fantasy city in Mississippi if Mississippi was actually Spring Break central Florida or whatever and cute local girls in street clothes kept inviting me back to their place to "play roulette with them and their mom" nudge nudge wink wink
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Heres a little something for you guys to visualize the moment. Hopefully it conveys the situation. She was a little bit smaller/thinner, but my proportions suck balls.

Forgive the fuck ups in the picture, i'm still learning, but fuck was it fun.
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>>12247777
And everyone seems to ignore that this man got quads.
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>>12248016
This was when i realised i had her in my arms. When i start running i pull her closer so her head was resting on my shoulder to stop it bobbing so much.
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>>12248016

Was she warm? Or can you not feel that in a lucid dream?
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>>12248016
That's a great piece of work there. Good job, OP.

>>12248031
The abysmal writing style makes people ignore it. Quads confim that Haven visits others?
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>>12248016
>>12248047
I love you, OP.
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>>12248083
You can feel anything if you are aware of it on some level. If you're concentrating so much on one aspect (Like vision or touch) then you'll forget about the others. They're still there, you just don't remember them. Its unlike real life where you can think back to a situation and remember other senses without realising.

Its like memory is the most important thing in dreams.

She was furry and warm, but her coat was short. Enough to see if you ran your fingers through. Holding a coloured cartoon pony in my arms, felt so fucking good man.
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Make her into a tulpa already.
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>>12248219

>Holding a coloured cartoon pony in my arms, felt so fucking good man.

I am so fucking jelly.
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>>12248219
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>>12248219
>Holding a coloured cartoon pony in my arms, felt so fucking good man.
F...fuck you OP.
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>>12248255
I'm a lucky guy, but in a way I'm not. All of whats happened yet she doesn't really exist. Sometimes ill be sitting there doing something and be like, man, i wish i could hold Haven right now.
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>>12246407
OP, This story has so much potential, and i'm a young writer who has just found so much inspiration on this thread.

i'm asking your permission to base a short story on it. i wouldn't be making any profit, just writing for the pleasure of writing.

it would the amazing if you could get back to me about it.
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>>12249844
Sure, just as long as you keep it 'canon'. Nothing too crazy or out of character.
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>>12249875
thank you. the only thing i would like to know is what would you like your 'fake' name to be in the book, seeing as how it's based on your experiences?
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>>12249931
My fake name?
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>>12248219
>Holding a coloured cartoon pony in my arms, felt so fucking good man

so much fucking this, it was during astral projection for me though
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>>12249964
well, in the book i'll need to think of a name for the character who will encounter Haven unless you'd like to come up with it. in which case, this is your chance.
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>>12250045
M names Joel, but i use Mal online for most things. You can use whichever, or none.
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>>12250098
my*
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>>12249501
You got to experience it none the less and that's what counts. Hold onto that.
And good lord, am I jelly.

>>12249844
>>12249931
Could you be so kind and post/link it in here once you are done?
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>>12250098
will do, OP.
if your interested in the story i can give you updates on it, if not, that's cool too.
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This fucking thread man...
I cant into lucid dreaming.
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>>12250120
it may be long, so i'll probably take it chapter by chapter. but yes i can do that. i may have to get a name for this thread though.
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>>12250159
We agreed on not doing Haven generals so you'll have to keep an eye out for my threads. I only post when i have a Haven dream.

Thats not to say you or someone else couldn't make one if you have a reason to.
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>>12250189
got it, i might just put it on fimfiction and then link it in one of the upcoming haven threads if that's cool with you.
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>>12250229
Sounds good.
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>>12250131
That feel man.

What I would give for lucid dreams with ponies
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>>12251577
I believe in doing it in a casual way.
Lucid dreaming is a unique hobby because its the only thing you can do consciously while sleeping.

If you integrate that into your sleeping routine then it becomes less of a chore waking up to write down your dreams and shit.
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Pick one song that you think best represents Havens character. It will be interesting to see what people choose.
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>>12252671
http://youtu.be/lv0sPHgtuLE
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>>12252862
doesnt work
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>>12246831
Buzz Buzz is unceremoniously killed and then gives you last words about your quest.
pls no not Haven.
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>>12252931
Yes it does.

You just don't work
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>>12248016
Updated picture. Funny how when you come back to a drawing after a break you can see a flaw. The eye seemed to be messed up.
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>>12253943
Looks good, OP
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>>12253943
Nice improvment on the eyes, OP.

Say, did you draw this here?
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>>12254029
I did. I was practising doing the challenge.

Interesting that you should notice brah.
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>>12237376
Shit... Of course I've heard of you, but I never took the time to actually read these threads until now...
Hot damn
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>>12254161
I happened by in the draw thread at that time. That sketch seemed rather familiar in both drawing style and pone.

>>12254214
And now you know why these Haven threads exist.
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Great update. Love to hear about haven.

By the by, I had an anon make a desktop out of a previous Haven image. Linked if you want to see, it's great.

>>12242985
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>>12254619
Oh fuck that is brilliant. Got it as my desktop now.
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Thoughts up to now? Feeling creative as fuck today.
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>>12255713
Feels/10.
Keep doing what you're doing, OP.
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>>12248138
Haven can appear in anyone's dreams. Knowing what she looks like and what her personality is like is the way she gains entry. But since dreams are created mostly from things in our own minds she's going to act differently for each of us that meet her.
I saw her once, and then it was only from a distance. The dreamscape was just like rolling hills with short wild grass everywhere. All Haven did was stand there, shook her head and disappeared over the top of the hill she was stood on. Had a voice in my head say something about 'you do not need me'.

On a side note, I have mentioned in a previous thread that if a story was made about Haven, then it could be based on nightmares manifesting/breaking through in to real life, and Haven coming over with them as a sort of Heroine. If anyone wants to expand on this idea, feel free.
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>>12250229
>>12250246
I. Cant. Wait!

>>12253943
I really love this drawing. I think the problem with my drawings is there not flowy like yours and Friendly Drawfriend's. I need to work on that.
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>>12254681
Have to congratulate you there OP. Haven's popular enough to encourage others to create a wallpaper. All we need now is for someone to start animating her.
I think someone mentioned she's even turned up in one of the official comics. Anyone noticed where? (I'd assume it'll be the Nightmare Rarity one but I haven't spotted her yet).
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>>12256834
Woah you fucking kidding me?! in the official comics? Do tell.
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>>12257040
Like I said, someone else mentioned it, I haven't seen her. Did have a closer look through the rarity comic, and saw Mando Pony, Wildfire, and even Doctor Whooves playing with a sonic screwdriver in the middle of the fight against the nightmares. I'll go take a closer look at the rest of the strip and report back if I find anything.
To quote, 'she's appeared in the micro comics so unless scruffy wants to delete an official thread'. If anyone else knows where she appeared (I'm assuming for a single scene in the background), please post.
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>>12256834
>>12257040

I heard that too, but I never saw it. I think it was like a background cameo similar to Mando and Sibsys OCs running away.
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That anon posted his Haven story on fimfiction.

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/118970/a-safe-haven

It's not bad.
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>>12257379
t'was me. i was going to wait until it was edited a bit better to post it here, but anon beat me to it.
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>>12257205
Had a close look through the Nightmare Rarity strip, but haven't seen Haven anywhere. Maybe she's in another strip? I know several references are made throughout the official comics related to internet banter (for lack of a better word), and it's more than obvious the writers have been on here. Surprised I haven't seen Milky Way (without the assets), or Tracy in the comics yet. Or are they there and I've just not seen them yet?
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Update time. Not sure where to go with this. The inexperience kicks in.
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>>12257908
welcome back
love your stuff
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>>12257908
Must say, your artwork is improving, (and it wasn't bad to start with). Keep it up.
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In case anyone wants to try Lucid dream for themselves, I found a video that might help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llw717IARpQ
I also found another interesting Lucid dream related video too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYSX51xBkos&feature=endscreen
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>>12258043
Fuck, thanks man. Its nice to know theres a visible difference showing that i'm improving in some way.

I mean, when i drew >>12257593 look how awkward the stance is. The line sucks balls and the shading is awful. I might redo it just to see if i've improved. The more i draw the more confident i get, i guess its paying off.

I also kept changing my style, but i feel like im starting to do more of my artwork in this >>12257908 way, it feels most natural.
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>>12258183
You'll always improve slowly with practice. I'm the anon with those pony warhammer marine models. Try comparing my Pinkie troop transport pic (one of my first), with the Colgate one I did (only painted 2 more since).
I'll post them in case the couple of threads I did didn't catch your attention.
A little off-topic but it gets my point across. And lets me show off my force a little.
Pinkie.
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>>12258447
And the Colgate one. Long story as to how this lot came about, and it'd de-rail this thread a bit so I'll leave it at that, unless you want to know.
Even contemplated adding Haven as one of the units at some point. Don't know if I will or not. At £22.50 (yes, I'm a Britfag) per model for those transports this hobby is kinda expensive.
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>>12258183
Sup man, your dreams are pretty awesome and kinda fucked up at the same time. I hope you realise the potential of having a way to directly speak to your subconscious, you could remember your whole life through speaking to haven. Also, I wanted to mention that you essentially have a crush on your unconscious mind, which is something worth thinking about. Anyway dude I just wanted to let you know how interesting you are
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>>12258544
Bumping with a pic that hasn't been posted yet, and really should have been.
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>>12244821
Started making a vector of this nightmare last night. Might finish it today. Any suggestions/ideas for how it should look?
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>>12259084
And I'm calling it a night. After 2:30 am in UK.
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>>12257593
redoing this picture to see if i've improved any. Work in progress.

Boom.
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>>12259205

Looks great. I'm not a drawfag by a long shot, so I'm afraid I can't offer any helpful criticism.

The ears however, do strike me as a little large.
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>>12259341
Good eye, you're right. I always have problems with proportions so when i exaggerate them on purpose they usually come out actually pretty accurate.

Need to be more careful.
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Going to bed. See you guys tomorrow, hopefully the threads still up and hopefully i remember a good dream.

Peace.
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>>12259513
Good luck.

I'll bump before I go to bed.
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>>12259513

I'll keep the thread bumped as long as im awake
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>>12252671
https://eqbeats.org/track/3951
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>>12259513
This is bull.
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Pre-sleep bump as promised.
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>>12259205
Maybe have her lean against the scythe like in pic related. It's always a bit awkward when ponies stand on two legs like that, unless that was her pose at some point.
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I know i'm just being a huge faggot here, but using a scythe as a weapon is extremely impractical. It has a limited range and would be just too awkward to use properly.
Still, i know about the symbolical meaning it carries and that it just looks really cool.
And just to affirm my autism even further, the pic shows a practical design for a weapon used as a scythe. It still looks really cool.
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>>12261574
*For a Scythe used as a weapon.
Dear god i can't into typing.
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wow
for some reason the thought of safe haven being in dreams of others as well intrigues me a lot
has anyone aside from op been able to call on her in a dream?
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>>12259513
also, i'm going to suggest that you make haven a tulpa in every thread until you do.
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>>12261630
We have had sightings, like >>12256691 but I don't think we have had someone summon her, let alone have her stick around and interact with her significantly.
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>>12250098
>keep that hair short Haven
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>>12237414
It's been over 24 hours. I'm still laughing.
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>>12259513
>>12260993

Fear not. Us Ausfsgs will keep this thread alive!
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blamp
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bump
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Im back. Just woke up.
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>>12268701
Mornin' OP. Here's a WIP.
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>>12268809
Interesting.

A few things i noticed. The normal eye looks strange, not sure why. And the shadow leg doesn't look connected to the body because of the contrast in colour.

I tried to solve that problem in my picture here >>12246407
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>>12268834
The iris of the normal eye is asymmetric even though Haven is looking straight at the viewer with a smaller than usual pupil. In most pictures of Haven made by OP her iris is very thin with a large pupil, usually with the iris only being visible on the side facing away from her nose. Perspective helps with it as well.

See
>>12237265 (OP)
>>12237276
>>12246230
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>>12268701
>>12268834
>>12268991
No new dreams?
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>>12268834
The eye probably looks strange without the eyebrow. I haven't really touched the leg yet either. I'll work on it some more later.
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>>12269070
She's also missing the bags under the eye for the sleepy/tired look.
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>>12269129
>>12269070
>>12268991

Oh, thats it. Theres no eyebrow/bags.

Continue. Its looking nice. We don't have too many vectors of Haven.
>>12269067
No new haven dreams, just a bunch of normal ones excluding her.
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Second time ever drawing armor on something, holy fuck this is hard.

I don't know how some pieces wrap around the body.
I've heard that you should keep the design simple. So if you're drawing plate you keep it to 3-4 whole pieces on the body, and then you can split it up into more so it wraps on the body properly.
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>>12269762
Clothing really is usually more difficult than the actual person wearijng them, yeah. Looking forward to a finished version, interesting design.
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Bamp.
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copy pasta! saw this yesterday
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>>12254619
It 404'd. Can you or anyone else post it please?
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>>12269762
Looking better than the original, keep it up. Look forward to seeing how this turns out.
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I don't know what I'm doing with the curly shit. It reminds me of Eversion.
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>>12271598
On a side note, you could have the light catching the sharp edge of the blade on the scythe against a dark background.
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Update time. I haven't put any tone/shading onto it yet so it looks a little basic, still trying to decide if the colours work. Im largely following the same colour scheme as deaths armor from Darksiders 2 since this is entirely what its based off of.

What colour should i make the scythe? Anything look a bit shit that i should fix?
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>>12271961
Looking good.
The current scythe color actually looks fine. The silvery metal look goes well with the strong colors of Haven's mane and her armor.
I think a chainmail shirt and leggings would go great with the current armor.
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>>12260039
I think that one works great
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>>12272172
Oops, i forgot to add the bottom half. I was thinking a hanging cloth from the middle and side plates like in a reference picture of Deaths armor.

Leggings would look awesome, going to add that.
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>>12238915
We need a wallpaper version of this. Even though I like to hide my pone powerlevel I'd make an exception if this was made.
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c'mon, sex up your brain horse guardian, what's the worst that could happen?
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>>12272230
Or....
Chainmail hanging cloth and plate armor leggings.

dragonscale weave, preferably

/facetious
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Bump!

This shall be a long-living thread, I decree it so.

Still 300 posts from autosage
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>>12273559
"Haven?"
"I want you, pickle."
"Want me for what?"
She raises a hoof and clears her throat."Let me clarify, I want your pickle."
"Huh?"
"Give it to me, squishy." She points.
"I'm still not following."
"Descartes."
He scratched his chin for a moment in thought before the obvious implications struck his mind. "Oh. OH. But I-" She lays a hoof on him and pushes, knocking the dreamer over onto his back. She walks forward until she is overtop him, her face above his. "Haven, I don't-" She hushes him with a hoof on his lips, removing it once he goes quiet. "Haven... why?"

"When you know someone mind and body, thoughts and hopes, dreams, and nightmares, you can judge them as accurately as any. I n these short moments that I've guarded you, shielded you from horrors, and felt your touch and your compassion, I have known you better than you know yourself. I have judged you, and I have found myself looking forward to the next visit." She lowered her head to his ear and whispered with a silky voice. "The next taste. The next touch." She raised back up to her full height, her violet eyes staring into his own. "Come on, squishy; let's make a wet dream you'll never forget."

It was happening. The dreamer didn't want to hurt her. It was true, she had stood by as a reliable friend in the sometimes very distressing affairs of dreams, but was this really something that he could go with? She was a horse, an adorably soft, friendly, and loving little thing, but still...

He embraced her and they kissed. She had never shown anything romantic and it was fantastic. As his tongue played with hers, as they rolled there in bliss, Haven was suddenly slammed aside by another form. Black, winding, twisting, this creature grabbed at the dream guardian, holding her aloft as she cried out in pain, reaching a hoof out in a desperate plea. "Squishy, I'm sorry! Run!"

Be careful about sexing up your brain horse guardian, OP unless she just did a security sweep first.
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>>12274899
Damn, I didn't know how to feel while reading this. First i felt dirty and guilty, then I was aroused (and still guilty), then I was shocked (but still aroused), then the writer states the moral of the story and I lose my shit.

That Haven is one dynamite gal.
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>>12274899
Holy shit, that was cool.
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Hey OP. You should really really make Haven into a tulpa. Just think. She can be with you 24/7! And you can still lucid dream with her.
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Update. (only been working on it for the past 20 minutes)

Added a bottom robe to it. Now onto the proper shading if theres no other suggestions you guys have.
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>>12276630

Looks pretty legit
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>>12276630
Yeah, the robe part really completes it.
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>>12276685
>>12276756
I don't know how to tone it now. Don't know which way the light should come from to make it look best.

any suggestions.
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>>12274899
More?
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damn this whole business is cute as fuck, good luck with your dreamy horsey gf in denial op
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I'd say the light source should probably be from front right, casting shadow across the face under her hair. Maybe catch a glint of light that shouldn't be there in that eye next to her hair to reference her origins perhaps?
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I only need to do a bit of a background next, but i compared the two pieces i drew to show the improvement.

Im glad im improving.
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>>12277764

Her left hoof (the one holding the scythe) looks a tad strange to me, but I can't put my finger on why.

It seems that this whole Haven thing is giving you plenty of opportunities to practice though, right?
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>>12277764
Yea really OP, that's a pretty big difference in a short amount of time.

Also, what >>12277895 says. The hoof hoding the scythe in the new version looks odd. Suggest making it just hook around the scythe from behind rather than also bend in the front like that. It looks unsettling.
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>>12277895
Hmm, any specific idea why it looks strange? Hard to see it myself.

Ponies legs (arms?) bend weird, so i had trouble drawing it. their elbow, It like, bends forward. Opposite to humans.
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>>12277961
I think i see it but i'm still not sure how to change it. Can't wrap my fucking brain around how it works.
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>>12277995
Something like this? Have it reach out, and then wrap around it.
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>>12277764
what do you draw with, OP?
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>>12278227
ah i see. Ill try that.

Does it look odd because the hoof too high or maybe the connection inbetween isn't apparent enough?

Usually i'm good at seeing my own mistakes, though im finding it difficult. If someone red-lined it i'd most likely see my mistake instantly.
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>>12277962
I think the main problem with the left hoof is, it doesn't look like it's attached to her body. Maybe that's the biggest fault. Still, your skills have improved considerably. Keep it up.
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>>12278336
SAI tool. The free version because im too lazy to get the full.
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>>12278402
Oh, and a small point just occurred to me. Think of where the joints are on the legs. Front legs have a elbow joint, (as you said, it's reversed from ours on the ponies and so works like our knees), and there's another joint (wrist) where the hoof meets the leg. So if you wanted you could use that to give the hook-round effect you need to have her holding the shaft of the scythe.
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>>12278501
Strike that last comment. The ponies do have joints the same as our arms. It's just where we have fingers, that's the pony's hoof.
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>>12278402
Got a bit of help from a guy in the request thread.

Better?
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>>12279212
Help as in, he redlined it then i redid the arm.
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>>12279212
Much better; that's what the hoof wrap around pic was trying to show.
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>>12280070
Just goes to show what a difference it can make.

As soon as i seen the redline the guy done, i didn't need to look at it again. I think the 3 joints in the arm really mess me up. More practise i guess.
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>>12279212
Much improved. Looks right now. Sometimes a bit of a pointer in the right direction can make all the difference. And now we have another Haven pic to fill up the next installment.
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>>12277028
It was wrong, all wrong. She could fight the nightmares! Nothing ever stopped Haven! Hurtling death comets, a thousand hands grabbing at you, all of them were just blown away!

But as the dreamer scrambled to his feet, the little guardian screamed, flailing as black claws slashed at her, drawing deep red liquids.
"Run!" She cried, sinking deeper into the creature as it tore at her mane, face, and legs.

He was paralyzed, unable to move his legs, something was keeping him there, rooted in place as his former protector was taken in by the monstrosity up to her hips. She struggled but the claws tore and grasped, pulling and ripping bloody gouges into her soft coat. She could find no purchase and she began to panic. "I'm so sorry I'm so sorry Squishy!"

His vision blurred, colors seemed to warp and fade around the creature. He quickly realized that she was trying to do something, anything to banish the nightmare. And just as quickly the dreamer realized something else. It wasn't working.

He tore his eyes away for an instant. When he opened them he saw something on the ground besides him. In a burst of terror-driven effort he grabbed it.

"S-squishy?!" Haven cried out as she saw him brandish a scythe, handling it firmly, checking its weight and getting a feel for it. But there wasn't time. She was up to her snout in the inky darkness that was the nightmare's body. "No! No no no! You have to run!" She called, waving a hoof as he surged forward, towards her, towards the nightmare. Towards that which he could never stand against. "Please run!"

In the moment the creature completely covered her over she called out for him one last time. "Squishy!"

In that same instant the scythe raised to the heavens. It swung down, reaping a hole through the creature. In the ensuing gap, there was the little guardian, Haven, wounded eyes wide in shock as the creature disintegrated around her into a cloud of smoke. She was only dimly aware that she was falling to the ground.
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>>12281552
moar
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>>12281552
When she cracked open an eye again she looked up into the face of the dreamer. He cradled her in his arms as blood trickled from her wounds. "I'm so sorry." He said, not daring to squeeze her for risk of making her condition even worse. "I've seen you fight nightmares all the time. I, I knew I could fight them too, like you, but I was scared, I was so scared." He started to tighten his grip for a hug but caught himself.

She sluggishly reached out a hoof, touching it to his cheek. Blood smeared across in its wake but neither of them paid it any attention. "It's okay... I was scared, too." She coughed up blood weakly.

"It's okay, it's all a dream!" His voice cracked. "I, I can make you better. I have control, I-" He was stopped by a hoof pressed to his lips with barely the pressure of a butterfly. He stopped all the same, falling silent. She shook her head. "Be good for me. Please."

"I, I will, Haven."

She whispered one final thing. "Goodbye, Squishy." The little guardian closed her eyes.

"Haven? Haven! Don't go, Haven!" But it was too late. He silently held her for a few moments, looking away only when he remembered the scythe, still on the ground where he dropped it.

He woke up that morning. Even though he didn't want to, he still woke up. Hands covering his face, he lay there in defeat. "Haven. I'm so sorry."
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>>12281918

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"No!" Haven sat on a hospital gurney.

"You compromised yourself by falling for the dreamer. You let your guard down and almost ended with your own demise. You're extremely fortunate that we managed to get a medical team to you so quickly. I don't need to remind you of how dangerous dream-delving is."

"I won't do it again, squishy-I mean, the dreamer needs me!"

"He doesn't, and you know that. He proved that he could fight his own nightmares. As of then he was officially removed from the registry."

"Then I cold be reassigned to someone else, maybe?!"

"No, you've broken the most important rule. Keep your personal life out of the dream. You've proven you can't handle the responsibility."

"But-!"

"You know the rules."

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>>12282154
---Approximately one year later---

It was back. That unmistakeable form, that malevolence. The nightmare that slaughtered his little guardian. Fighting it wasn't working. He couldn't escape it, the creature knew wherever he might go. The dreamer didn't know why. It never talked, only moved.

He ran down a dark hallway and dove through a door. It would only be a matter of time before it found him yet again. Panting, tired, sluggish, he moved deeper into the room, panic driving him to look for a place, any place that might serve as an extra hiding spot. A closet, a table, anything! All he found was a tall bed. Childish, but it'll have to work. The dreamer pulled the sheets down about the mattress, desperately trying to find some kind of solace in his night terrors. They covered the surroundings and he took cover underneath the bed itself, seeking shelter in the shade no matter how fruitless it was.

It wasn't long before there was the sound of scuffling outside. The sheets pinched together in one spot as thought something was grabbing it. He felt his heart pounding. This was it, the end!

The draping sheets drew out of the way to reveal a familiar face.

"Whutcha doing under there, squishy?" It was none other than the softly smiling, and as tired as ever, Haven. "Looks uncomfortable."
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>>12282527
That was amazing.
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>>12282884
Well don't thank anyone just yet; really couldn't bridge the gap due to a total lack of good ideas about Haven vowing to find some way to re-enter the dream, culminating in that ending there.

Honestly I think I should have stuck with that first part about the silly moral and just kept it at that.

Go get some sleep, OP, she's waiting.
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>>12282527
>Right in the feels.
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>>12285722

bamping a bamp to keep this alive until tomorrow morning
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Last bump for the night, I'm going to bed.
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>>12286925
>>12288093

Once again aussies taking over bump duty. I might whip up a sketch based on >>12282527 amazing story.
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>>12274899
>>12290125

And here we go. Its rough but I hope you guys like it.
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>>12290784
HNNNG

Also hi, i just woke up.
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>>12290870

Your up? Where do you live? Just a country name will be fine, im not a stalker or anything. Im totally not going to build a machine like in Pacific Rim and link our minds so I can experience the bliss of being in Havens presence.. sigh

Also hello.
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I think this song best suits Haven, in my opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwGmm5TCINU&list=PLkIXMvAVzReBCuCV-0PyaEski7ir_80By
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This story has touched my heart in so many ways.
One of those ways is because I haven't had a single dream (or one that I can remember) in about a good year and a half.
I just go to sleep, Complete blackness, about 4 seconds later, wake up and it's morning.
:c
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On top of that, Because of which, I haven't even been sleeping much period. I usually stay up all night, and all day. Every once and a while I take a good long nap for about 6-9 hours, and I think I see something, but it more or less just looks like a white dot, about the size of a period, in a huge black space.
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>this has been going on since march

I just recently got wind of this and only now took time to read through it. pic related
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>>12291065
What about something more like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZX2N9_7NO8

>>12290870
As the tired writefag who wrote that, I second this hngh! HolyshitsomeoneillustratedsomethingIwroteI'mgonnadiehappynow
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I remember having a...I guess you could call it 'lucid' dream. For some reason I was sleeping on my side and I could feel my heart beating. Then I started imagining it going faster and faster until like the point where your adrenaline is rushing and you wake up. Weirdest dream experience ever.
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>>12293713
Yeah, all kinds of crazy stuff happens in dreams.
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Uh, quick question, I'm new to 4chan, is there a way I could follow this post without having to scroll through all the posts? Idk, maybe I'm just stupid, but this thread is interesting as hell.
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>>12297197
Just bookmark the thread or search it through /mlp/catalog.
While you are at it install 4chan X or whatever plugin supports your browser.
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>>12297401
Thanks!
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>>12297473
Generally a good way to re-find threads you're trying to follow is with the catalog button on the top and bottom of the pages.
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>>12300567
Or use the thread watcher?
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Then I remembered I like Eversion.
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>>12301748
Spooky/10
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>>12301748
Nice work.
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>>12301748
2spooky4me
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The first of these threads I saw was the July 3 one, so I'm pretty late to the party, but man this is some heavy stuff. After reading each story I have to go lay down and think for a while. My dreams are barely memorable, I've never heard of anything like this before. It's really amazing.
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>>12297197
since you seem nice, I'll give you a tip: drop the tripcode. You're likely to get some flak over it from other folks unless there's a specific good reason that others need to know which posts are yours.
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>>12291995
>Prime OST
You mah nigga for life
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>>12291995
I think this song represents Haven best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zvjYLAzJb8&list=PLkIXMvAVzReBCuCV-0PyaEski7ir_80By
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>>12307264
Lyrics Apparently:
(And every night, I lay awake)
(And I find no conclusion)
(And every night, it just stays the same)
(In my dream of an absolution)
'In the nightlight, do you see what you dream?
All your troubles, are they all what they seem?
Look around you, then you may realize
All the preachers, all with their lies.
And I might know of our future
But then you still control the past
Only you know if you'll be together
Only you know if we shall last
In the night light, do you still feel your pain?
For the valor you waited, it never came.
If you were able, would you go change the past,
To mend a faux pas with one last chance?
And I might know of our future
But then you still control the past
Only you know if you'll be together tonight
'Cause every night I will save your life
And every night I will be with you
Cause every night I still lay awake
And I dream of an absolution
Cause every night I will make it right
And every night I will come to you
But every night it just stays the same
In my dream of an absolution
In the nightlight, do you see what you dream?
All your triumph, and all you'll ever be
Look around you, then you may realize
Happiness lies trapped in misery
And who knows what of our future
We can all try to change the past
Only you know if you'll be together tonight
'Cause every night I will save your life
And every night I will be with you
'Cause every night I still lay awake
And I dream of an absolution
'Cause every night I will make it right
And every night I will come to you
But every night it just stays the same
In my dream of an absolution
{etc too long to list in a single post}
Yeah that does make sense, doesn't it? But if we're moving away from abstract tones to actual lyrics, there's probably some styling songs about dreams that some other anons might know.
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Bump. I suspect this thread is on it's last legs.
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>>12312883
that may be, but it's worth keeping alive a little while longer.
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bump
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Bumping and hoping for OP to return.
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Been lurking here a little today, so I ended up doodle'ing some Haven.

Really cool story. Might even look cool as a comic, depending on how it ends up. The fact that it's actually real events just makes it so much better. Or maybe just a book with some doodles of her giving a lot of the 4chan feel everyone else on here has already experienced. (still going with comic though)

Good luck meeting her again, OP. I'll keep lurkin'. :D
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>>12321677
Drop the email, it's not necessary, and people could send you spam or figure out who you really are.
Also, drop the emoticons.
Nice pic, btw. Fucking saved.
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>>12322082
Good to know and thanks.
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>>12321677
cute
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About to cap that writefag story from earlier in the thread, bumping so I can post the cap
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>>12321677
Fuck yeah, new Haven artist! Saved.

One little thing friend, maybe in future add some light shading under the eyes for the sleepy look. Also as strange as it may seem her eyelashes should be a dark orange, its kinda like a defining feature. That said I love your style.
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Done.
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>>12324464
can i have the image in that cap?
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>>12324586
It's here >>12290784.
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>>12324464
Man, if it wasnt for you guys and these Haven threads I probably would have stopped coming here during the hiatus. Also dawww you used my sketch.
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Anyone who knows if there's a gallery/folder with all the Haven art somewhere? Assuming all old threads have 404'd.
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>>12325225
I dunno about the art, but there's an imgur gallery linked earlier ITT with all the thread caps, except for >>12324464.

Honestly, you'd be hard pressed to gather ALL the art of any pone.
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>>12324464
Thanks anon!
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Gotta get back to work bump.
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>>12326944
any time, glad you guys liked it.
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Last bump for tonight, I'm going to bed.
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>>12274899
who is this?
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>>12335140
>DYERTT
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OP, here's an update on that song. Hope you like how it's coming along

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0ihgJGPAaWh
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>>12335388
Hey I remember you from a few threads ago. I hope OPHD likes it I think it would be a great theme for her, kinda mysterious and solemn.
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Hey guys. My internets been off for 2 days. Can't believe this threads still going.
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>>12335917
That's because it's amazing!.
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>>12312883
Better coloured version here.
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>>12335917
It's because this thread is god tier.
Although literally I visit this thread and lurk ALL of /mlp/ for any more like this, I am addicted to the idea.
In fact, you have inspired me to stop being a night owl and try and get some damn sleep once in a while, just so I can try and do this myself.
Kudos to you, OP. You are not a fag. Far from it, friend.
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These threads get more insane every time.

Pic unrelated.
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By the way guys, while i had i internet i updated this picture a bit. Slightly coloured the background.
Not too noticeable since I'm not confident enough to do proper backgrounds yet, but starting to see that complete white backgrounds do more harm than good.
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>>12336556
no internet*
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>>12336566
Yo, OP (or any Anon that knows about this sorta deal), I've been meaning to post and ask you about stuff in one of your threads, but I guess now is the only free time I have nowadays.

Your threads have been keeping me going in my endeavors to attain Lucidity and Astral Projection (or rather, to spice them up with something new. An OC rather than the usual; I've been doing this already for a while now, but it's mostly been with Lyra as a companion to talk to in dreams)

Anyway, I've come up with a sorta bland character.. not much to 'im, but then again, it's just a work in progress. The question I had was, did haven have a personality to her upon discovery? did you pre plan one? Would you suggest possibly just letting it make it's own personality through it's 'sentience'? I'm so lost, I don't even know.
With Lyra, it was sorta the fanon "Oh she's got a thing for humans and whatever" so that was easy.
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>>12337165
I didn't plan her or plot out a personality because I'd never considered meeting a pony in a dream or thought about creating an OC. I've always thought OCs are dumb as fuck mostly because of all the shit generic ones.

Saying that, she has alot of personality quirks and features that i like in a person, which makes sense. She is alot like me. A particular family member always used to use nicknames for me when i was younger like pickle, honey, jellybean and sweetie. (though never squishy, not sure where Haven got that from). Shes unopinionated - like me. Shes quiet but not shy - like me. I've always loved those bowing hairstyles where the bangs flop over front of the face - haven has then. I only started noticing everything when someone in a past thread came up with the idea that my mind created an ideal companion in my image.

Shes the most complex and complete being I've ever encountered in a dream. Its fucking insane.

Haven did seem to have a personality right from the beginning, since the few couple of dreams were quite close together and her personality was consistent throughout. A few things from these threads may have influenced her. Her cutie mark for example, she had no cutie mark yet in the latest dream i seen her dream catcher - that was someone elses idea.
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Can someone tell me what all this Haven stuff is because I can't seem to catch on.
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>>12337414
Here you go newfriend

>>12237376
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>>12337165
>Would you suggest possibly just letting it make it's own personality through it's 'sentience'? I'm so lost, I don't even know.

Probably the thing you're best doing is waiting until you're in a lucid dream, then close your eyes and ask your mind/subconscious what you want. Its remarkably good at dissecting exactly what you want from a sentence. You'll need to have a good control and lucidity to point where you can change your dream.

"I want a pony that would be perfect for me to appear right now"
"I want to meet a pony that is everything i want in a person"

Who knows what your brain will come up with. Sometimes you'll get completely random results. Depends how much you believe it.

I consider Haven to be pretty much a real person right now. Who we are is just a process of our brain. A dream character is near indistinguishable from a real life person but Haven is on a completely different level.
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>>12337472
Isn't Haven a tulpa?
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>>12337414
To sum it up

>I have bad recurring nightmares
>one night
>having nightmare
>coloured pony bursts through the door and vanquishes my nightmare
>takes me into a dream
>spend time with her
>wake up
>excited as fuck
>draw how i remember seeing her and write up my dream

Who would've thought she would be this popular.
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>>12337492
No, she only appears in my dreams and lucid dreams.

Multiple people have tried to get me to make her a tulpa, but fuck that. Nothing compares to the realism of a high lucidity dream.
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>>12337502
So, what method did you use to get into LDing?
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>>12337581
The usual stuff really.

Heard about it somewhere, researched into it then i was hooked. That night i started writing down my dreams. First night i wrote like a sentence, now i can write pages. After a few weeks of that i started to try WILD and MILD techniques. Never needed to do much more than that. 95% of all my lucid dreams happen through dreams. WILD is alot of work because of patience and self discipline. The most important thing is to stay excited about it every night and treat it as a hobby, because your dreams/lucid dreams only happen as much as you are interested in them.

Nothing you're experiencing is actually happening, so memory is the most important aspect.

I'd always had so many ideas of impossible shit i could never do, probably from the games i played and shows i watched.
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>>12337616
Kamehameha? You feelin me?
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>>12337688
I always prefered Big Bang Attack. But I feel you.
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>>12337472
It's 4 AM. I want to try. I just want to give it a shot really. I'm afraid though. I'm afraid my natural skepticism will prevent me from seeing what I want, and will instead try justifying everything and thus holding it all back. I just wish I knew a way to accept things as they were.

Do you think that this pony could change into other things, but still be the same pony? Like.. say you had Haven right?

What if in your dream she suddenly became.. what, i dunno, a male, or a dragon, or a diamond dog. You get the idea. Same mind, different aesthetic look.

Is that normal? For your wanted illusion to morph into different things every time you see it? It's like I can't make up my mind on what I want to see. Too much self doubt.
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>>12337712
My fear is sleep paralysis.
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>>12337736
I thought that was normal. Astrally Projecting anyway. Astral Projection is probably the most fascinating thing I've ever heard of.
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>>12337472
I think I'll be going to bed.
Thank you for answering dude. If this thread is still around, I'm this guy;
>>12337712
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>>12337712
Sounds to me like your conscious mind is thinking too much about this.

Your sub-conscious is much more base in its desires and processes. If you truly want to experience this stuff then you will becsuse its ingrained in your mind no matter how much your conscious mind tells you its not.

The problem you face is when you achieve lucidity will your start to overanalise yourself out of the dream!
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>>12337712
It was my worry that she would suddenly turn into something frightening. Thats one of the nightmare signs in my dream. Ill be talking or looking at someone and their face will start to change into something horrible.

Its never happened with Safe Haven. Its extremely unusual because dreams aren't usually persistent or predictable, a thought or emotion can change everything around you.

Don't know how or why, but if i can do it anyone can. My brain is no different from anyone elses, really.
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>>12338041
Hey, what do you think of this?
>>12335388
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>>12338041
Hey, OP.
Any new note worthy Haven dreams lately?
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>>12338255
I would honestly be interested in anything Haven related at all.
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>>12335388
Tune that guitar. Other than that, sounds great.
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>>12337616
How long does this usually take you to record these? I know some people have busy schedules, myself included, and might not have a lot of time in the morning.

Does this usually happen in the dead of night, or closer to morning? Do you feel the need to sleep again afterwards?

I am aware of some techniques, but I have had only mild success with them. I have had two seconds-long LD's in my life, and neither were very clear, or had any color. I want to get into this, since I have a lot of ideas I would like to experience. Maybe I'm being stubborn with something that doesn't work for me.
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>>12338676
Agreed. Although I am addicted to this concept; lurking /mlp/ for every thread like this. I need moar.


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