Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Dreams and Nightmares In The Pokemon World

         There are many Pokemon that are based off of dreams. Among these are the mythical Pokemon, Darkrai and the legendary Pokemon, Cresselia.
         Darkrai is known as the "pitch-black" Pokemon and is known for putting people to sleep with his attack, dark void. This attack causes never ending nightmares and can only be stopped with the help from Cresselia.Cresselia can be seen as an opposite of Darkrai, as Darkrai causes nightmares, whereas Cresselia prevents them
Cresselia and Darkrai are also found on islands that can be seen as counterparts to one another. Darkrai is found on Newmoon Island while Cresselia is found on Fullmoon Island. This is also fitting because the new moon is absent of light as opposed to the full moon which is when the moon exhibits the most light.  
          In addition to this, there is a story in the Pokemon universe about a little girl who is put to sleep by Darkrai. The girl's parents search far and wide to find a remedy for her curse but fail. The girl is later abandoned by her parents and left in her house to starve to death. The girl's ghost is seen inhabiting the house and can only be put to rest with the help from Cresselia. 
    

Images: Darkrai is on the left, Cresselia on the right.

6 comments:

  1. What does this have to do with dreaming. Although dreams exist in this world, it is nothing more than a fictional cartoon. Unless you give us ACTUAL facts about dreaming i will be forced to give you a -10/10 review.

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    1. If you were anything more than a joke, you would have looked at this blog's mission statement. I quote "Our goal is to teach the public about the many possibilities of their dreams and to assist them in getting in touch with their inner-self." We here at Sleepawareness Inc. genuinely believe that showing a contrast to the way Pokemon interprets sleep can actually help one understand more about how sleep works in the real life. This is not the first time that Pokemon (or any video game in general) has helped many people understand a theme of the real world. For example: Pokemon helps children comprehend the complexities of evolution by using cute fictional animals that literally evolve and get stronger. Tetris has been used to test for the symptoms of ADHD and ADD as well as rehabilitate many injured people. So before you spread your foul excuse of an opinion, you should check your facts.

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    2. In your mission statement you wrote, "Our goal is to teach the public about the many possibilities of their dreams and to assist them in getting in touch with their inner-self." While you may believe this is what you have done, everyone else can see straight through your childish obsession with a foreign cartoon. Obviously you and the savages at Sleepawareness Inc. hate American business and are plotting the downfall of our mighty economic empire. However, that point is for another time.
      Getting back to the main reason for the failure that is this post: it is about the dream world, in a fictional world, made by people who were awake. perhaps if they had dreamed up this cartoon then it would have some validity, but unfortunately for you that is not the case. You bring up Tetris but Tetris has actual ties to the the disorders that you mentioned. POKEMON is a cartoon for school children, not for grown adults seeking a more comfortable dream

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    3. This reply is to fix the minor punctuation errors in Sean's comment made on May 11, 2016 at 8:52.

      In your mission statement you wrote, "Our goal is to teach the public about the many possibilities of their dreams and to assist them in getting in touch with their inner-self."
      While you may believe this is what you have done, everyone else can see straight through your childish obsession with a foreign cartoon. Obviously you and the savages at Sleepawareness Inc. hate American business and are plotting the downfall of our mighty economic empire. However, that point is for another time.
      Getting back to the main reason for the failure that is this post: it is about the dream world, in a fictional world, made by people who were in turn awake. Perhaps if they had dreamed up this cartoon then it would have some validity, but unfortunately for you that is not the case. You bring up Tetris but Tetris has actual ties to the the disorders that you mentioned. POKEMON is a cartoon for school children, not for grown adults seeking a more comfortable dream.

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    4. This statement is an approved by Sean of MidwoodBlogs Enterprises.

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  2. I think this is honestly disturbing. Referring a childhood videogame to dreams and nightmares? Wow. A nightmare is much scarier than one percieves it to be. That is why it has the name nightmare. However, this post decided to ruin a childhood memory of mine in the process. This is unacceptable! I demand this post to be taken down. It is practically a crime to do this. I hope this apologetic excuse for a post on the website is flagged, and may the writer experience a punishment that makes death look like a blessing, and have a great day!

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