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Pushing in From the Other Side
Oct. 25th, 2015 11:02 amOver the past six months, on three separate occasions, I've dreamed of an alternate universe in which Angel ended differently.
Not a universe in which the show was real but rather, a universe in which Wheadon/rightsholders made an Angel film for theatrical release (similar to Serenity) after the end of the series. In the first dream, I had to move heaven and earth to get out of work on time to see the first showing, which was ridiculously crowded (apparently, the film was a hit). Because it's my subconscious, Wesley was pretty instantly resurrected, and the fang gang went on to battle evil in an appropriately cinematic fashion.
In the second dream, there was a follow-on made-for-tv movie in which a few of the regular cast members were replaced by other actors. In both cases, I can't remember anything of the plot; my angst in the first dream was more about trying to find a theatre that had room for me. The third dream--last night--was all about my overwhelming need to understand why Alexis Denisof wasn't included made-for-tv movie. Was it scheduling? Illness? I needed to know. My dream-self haunted Google and pelted![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gimmelgirl with questions.
I have zero idea why my brain keeps returning to Angel. I haven't thought about the series in a while, and it's been more than five years since I pursued fanworks or re-watched episodes. Generally, I think of dreams as the tumblr of recent thoughts; prior to sleeping last night, my brain was focused on 1) linguistics and the transition from Middle English to Modern English; 2) Divergence!Claudius and Eibhlin, and 3) Netflix's terrible collection of apocalypse movies. Where does this weird alternate universe come from? Why does it keep returning?
Not a universe in which the show was real but rather, a universe in which Wheadon/rightsholders made an Angel film for theatrical release (similar to Serenity) after the end of the series. In the first dream, I had to move heaven and earth to get out of work on time to see the first showing, which was ridiculously crowded (apparently, the film was a hit). Because it's my subconscious, Wesley was pretty instantly resurrected, and the fang gang went on to battle evil in an appropriately cinematic fashion.
In the second dream, there was a follow-on made-for-tv movie in which a few of the regular cast members were replaced by other actors. In both cases, I can't remember anything of the plot; my angst in the first dream was more about trying to find a theatre that had room for me. The third dream--last night--was all about my overwhelming need to understand why Alexis Denisof wasn't included made-for-tv movie. Was it scheduling? Illness? I needed to know. My dream-self haunted Google and pelted
gimmelgirl with questions. I have zero idea why my brain keeps returning to Angel. I haven't thought about the series in a while, and it's been more than five years since I pursued fanworks or re-watched episodes. Generally, I think of dreams as the tumblr of recent thoughts; prior to sleeping last night, my brain was focused on 1) linguistics and the transition from Middle English to Modern English; 2) Divergence!Claudius and Eibhlin, and 3) Netflix's terrible collection of apocalypse movies. Where does this weird alternate universe come from? Why does it keep returning?
