the universe is a dream theme
We must ponder the possibility that reality as we know it is simply the dream of one's self, or of some other sentient entity.
Examples
In tz1985e1x23a "Shadow Play", Adam was convinced that his execution wouldn't matter because he is only dreaming.
10 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tz1959e2x26 | choice | Everything we saw was apparently just Adam's recurring bad dream. |
| tz1985e1x23a | choice | Adam was convinced that his execution won't matter because he is only dreaming. |
| ds96x13 | major | Benjamin mused about whether his reality was all a dream of Benny Russell. |
| nightgallery2x07a | major | The characters and their world was simply the imagining of a writer. |
| tng5x25 | major | How could Picard tell whether he was transported to an alternate world or whether he was just crazy? |
| tz1959e1x01 | major | Ferris speculated that he was in a dream and would soon wake up - which was the case, of sorts. |
| tz1985e1x02b | major | A woman becoming trapped inside her own dream leaves us to ponder whether our own reality is in fact just some dream. |
| ds97x02 | minor | All of Deep Space Nine may have been a figment of Benny Russell's imagination. |
| movie: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) | minor | A butterfly hallucinating Vincent wondered aloud if the butterflies might be the real world, and the real world as others perceived it but a dream. |
| nightgallery1x05b | minor | The survivor learned that his world was not real. |