Been thinking. About Heroes, Janice namely. To me, this story still feels unfinished, and going by what I see from most people, this feeling is not shared by many. Apparantly, everyone generally considers ths chapter closed and that Matt has moved on.
But that’s not how it is, is it? Tell me if I misinterprete. The nightmare that Maury trapped Matt in was about Janice and the baby, so I guess he isn’t over the whole matter yet? I would be content with the explanation that this scene was only added in to finish that story, and explain why Matt broke up with her, but… that’s not what it does. In an earlier conversation with Nathan, Matt sumsit all up: Janice was pregnant with someone else’s baby and he can’t live with that. The nightmare actually casts doubt on this version, because dream!Janice tells Matt that she told him the baby isn’t his, but he can thoughts, and… what does that mean? Before this, everything was clear, but now: Did he read her thoughts and realize she was lying about him not being the father? Did he refuse to read her thoughts, taking her word for it (out of spite)? Why would he do that? Bzuh!
I hope that gets cleared up in some way. It has to come up again, why else make that dream sequence?
I never mentioned it, I think, but in his Dream Analysis, Freud cites a certain Maury a lot. That book is also surprisingly readable, with some parts, of course, where you have to think “Oh, shut up, you!” but for Freud, it’s kind of fun to read wihout too much brain-breakage. This dream analysis of Freud’s is very… language-based, it seems. I need to think more about my own experience with dreaming.
1. I have never died in my dreams.
2. I have never dreamt of falling.
3. I do fly a lot, relatively speaking.
