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FMA induces deep thinking and ramblings [Jan. 28th, 2009|01:45 pm]
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So I'm watching Fullmetal Alchemist (STFU I still like it), and I've made it to episode 17. Well in 16, there was one of those passing characters who was a war veteran and he said something interesting.

A dream to get everything back the way it was? But once you have it, what will you do with your life? The pleasure of a dream is that it's a fantasy. If it happens, it was never a dream.

It just . . . made me stop and think. The pleasure of a dream is that it's a fantasy. If it happens, it was never a dream. One of the synonyms for dream IS fantasy. But another synonym, albeit by a different definition of the word "dream" is "goal."

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/dream

That quote just . . . kind of stopped me in my tracks. Hell, I even paused it. But it made me think. Does this mean a dream, as in the terms of a goal, isn't really a dream since it is within your plans in reality to make it more than just a dream? Or is something a dream only before you manage to make it happen? And if a goal is a dream until it is reached and becomes reality, what is it then? Is it still considered a dream or is it something else entirely at that point?

I tried to make a concrete line of thinking here that was easy to understand . . . and I failed miserably XD

Any thoughts?
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[User Picture]From: [info]anne_beheaded
2009-01-28 09:14 pm (UTC)

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I think you can dream about a goal and you can achieve both.
[User Picture]From: [info]goldenbabe
2009-01-28 09:52 pm (UTC)

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I think you did a good job. I agree with the quote. And btw I like it to so don't worry.