I Wish It Was Real: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''The sleep is still in my eyes, the dream is still in my head''~~ ~~

{{quote|''The sleep is still in my eyes, the dream is still in my head''

''I breathe a sigh, and sadly smile, and lie awhile in bed''~~ ~~

''I breathe a sigh, and sadly smile, and lie awhile in bed''

''I wish that it might come to pass, not fade like all my dreams''~~ ~~

''I wish that it might come to pass, not fade like all my dreams''

''Just think of what my life might be in a world like I have seen!''|'''[[Rush]]''', ''2112''}}

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== Music ==

* The Leslie Fish [[Filk Song]] "Valhalla" is about a Viking who died in battle, but couldn't reach Valhalla because Christianity had his Gods under siege. Odin reincarnated him as a "bookish, lonely lad" who immersed himself in Scandanavian lore. "Sigurd" then stumbles into the Society for Creative Anachronism, and while it's not perfect, it fits a ''lot'' of the bill - including drinking, boasting, wenching, and fighting!

{{quote| ''Be careful of what paradise you deal~~ ~~

{{quote|''Be careful of what paradise you deal

What hope you make other dreamers feel~~ ~~

What hope you make other dreamers feel

For if too many hear it~~ ~~

For if too many hear it

they will struggle to draw near it~~ ~~

they will struggle to draw near it

And in the search they just might make it real!\\'' }}

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* In ''[[Erfworld]]'', moments after Parson declares he would gladly trade his current life a life in a game world, he is summoned into a [[RPG Mechanics Verse|turn-based strategy wargame universe]]. This turns out to be [[Be Careful What You Wish For|less desirable than he'd thought]] when he finds himself on the badly outnumbered side of a war, under threat of [[Bad Boss|having his existence ended]] if he doesn't follow orders.

{{quote| "Over the years, Parson's had a lot of big ideas. But this is the first one I've ever seen him follow through on."~~ ~~

{{quote|"Over the years, Parson's had a lot of big ideas. But this is the first one I've ever seen him follow through on."

"Dibs on his dice" }}

** Later, when he complains that "this isn't what [he] wished for", it's pointed out that in this case it was Erfworld that wished for ''[[The Chosen One|him]]''.

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** In another episode, he wishes his life were like an action movie, and the next day it is.

* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' episode "Wishbones" a boy named Pud'n wishes his toy bunny were real. An extra-dimensional skull grants his wish, but being a case of [[Be Careful What You Wish For]], the newly animated bunny turns out to be a complete psychopath who does everything in his power to kill Pud'n.