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pluralstories2022-07-26 06:02 pm
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Finder: Dream Sequence, by Carla Speed McNeil (sci-fi comic, 2003)
"I've lived all my life in the same city, so I can't really get lost, but I have an absurdly bad sense of direction, so even my own block can seem alien to me. I'm aware enough of reality that I won't step in front of, say, an ambulance. I'm just far away enough from my fantasy world that I can feel its edges, but not its obligations. A pleasant fugue state sets in. I'm free."
Blurb: Magri White hosts a massive MMO game inside his head until one day, his mind rebels and his inner demon starts attacking players. Paracosm exploration and psychodrama ensues. Also headmate smooching.
Why is it worth your time? It's really good. McNeil is a master of comics craft. She uses beautiful imagery to mash the cybernetic/psychological reality and the corporeal one together, depicts dissociation with elegance, and it's just gorgeous.
Plural Tags: headspace/elsewhere TO THE MAX, in-system romance, low trauma focus, nonswitching, nonhuman headmates, media-influenced headmate (Magri's inner demon is based off a real person, whose image got ripped for films and pornos)
Content Warnings: In comments below; contains spoilers.
Accessibility Notes: Available in ebook and paper forms.
Miscellaneous Notes: The standalone volume of Dream Sequence is out-of-print, available only secondhand. In print is the omnibus it got packaged into, Finder Library, vol. 2, but Dream Sequence is the only plural portion, and it is absolutely standalone. (That said, Finder is a masterwork, so you might enjoy the rest anyway.)
Blurb: Magri White hosts a massive MMO game inside his head until one day, his mind rebels and his inner demon starts attacking players. Paracosm exploration and psychodrama ensues. Also headmate smooching.
Why is it worth your time? It's really good. McNeil is a master of comics craft. She uses beautiful imagery to mash the cybernetic/psychological reality and the corporeal one together, depicts dissociation with elegance, and it's just gorgeous.
Plural Tags: headspace/elsewhere TO THE MAX, in-system romance, low trauma focus, nonswitching, nonhuman headmates, media-influenced headmate (Magri's inner demon is based off a real person, whose image got ripped for films and pornos)
Content Warnings: In comments below; contains spoilers.
Accessibility Notes: Available in ebook and paper forms.
Miscellaneous Notes: The standalone volume of Dream Sequence is out-of-print, available only secondhand. In print is the omnibus it got packaged into, Finder Library, vol. 2, but Dream Sequence is the only plural portion, and it is absolutely standalone. (That said, Finder is a masterwork, so you might enjoy the rest anyway.)
content warnings
Note that Magri is pathologically passive; his story is him realizing that he needs to take charge of his own life, stop amputating his emotions, and DO THINGS before he destroys himself and (through his demon) everyone/thing around him. You may not find him a pleasant character to be around.