Language: English | Total Words: ~ 114,000 Mainstory + ~ 6,300 Bonus | Works: 6 Main + 4 Bonus
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Index Summarized
Dream Catcher: The Main Story, setting up the lore for the rest.
Dream Catcher Aftermaths: A deeper look into "Rayman was fished out of the sea and no one knows where he comes from."
We keep Moving: What is going on with the Origins Retcon and how can everything still work if we take this into consideration?
Paved With Good Intentions: Rayman is determined to find out how that first clash with Jano went and dives into the Guardian's mind.
The Wool Over Your Eyes (Paved Aftermath): The Comfort after the Hurt for Paved.
Reverb: Rayman promised Jano to help if ever he were in need of it. What if push comes to shove?
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Last Updates:
June 7th 2025: Last Chapter of “Reverb” released!!!
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March 20th 2024: Chapter 1 of “Reverb” released (Happy Two Year Anniversary Dream Catcher!)
December 24th 2023: Bonus Story “Sit in My Shadows With Me” added
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Part 1: Dream Catcher
Characters: Rayman, Jano, Murfy, Globox, Teensies, Ly, Polokus
Setting: The Cave of Bad Dreams (mostly)
Rating: Teens / FSK12 (due to some horror elements)
Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Nice Job Breaking It Hero, Enemies to Friends
Summary: When the Guardian of the Cave of Bad Dreams has a favor to ask, Rayman might be in for more than he bargained for. The benefit of the doubt is hard to give when your friends are held hostage.
Lore: Mostly focused on Rayman 2 lore but borrowing elements from other games in the series where our main antagonist makes an appearance (like Rayman 3 GBA or the Origins manual). Setting up a consitent Canon for the following stories.
Makros: Words: ~ 19,500 | Chapters: 7/7
Bonus: “Dream Catcher” Inspirational Playlist
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Part 2: Dream Catcher Aftermaths
Characters: Rayman, Ly, Jano, Globox, Carmen the Whale, Teensies
Setting: The Glade (the Council and Whalebay get featured a lot)
Rating: PG / FSK6
Genre: Healing, Hurt/Comfort, Politics
Summary: Plagued by the consequences of the recent incidents and his own mysterious Nightmare, Rayman struggles to find peace in the aftermath.
Luckily he has old and new friends to support him.
Lore: A deeper look into "Rayman was fished out of the sea and no one knows where he comes from."
Makros: Words: ~ 8,500 | Chapters: 6/6
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Part 3: We Keep Moving
Characters: Rayman, Globox, Murfy, Teensies, Polokus, Betilla, Ales Mansay, Jano, Ly, various characters from R1 and Origins
Setting: The archipelago (Rayman Origins)/The Valley (Rayman 1)
Rating: PG / FSK6
Genre: Comfort/Hurt/Comfort, Amnesia
Summary: Rayman returns home, but home is no longer what he remembers it to be. The terrible flood that dragged him to the Glade several years ago has turned the valley into an archipelago and our limbless wonder tries to get used to the change.
Lore: Post!R3 Ray returns to the valley. He expects to find what he left behind in R1 but comes across the world as it’s portrayed in Origins. Uses the Setup from the previous Dream Catcher Stories but can easily be read on its own.
Characters: Rayman, Jano
Setting: The Snoring Tree, The Cave of Bad Dreams, The Forgotten Temple
Rating: hard T to mild M / FSK 14-16 range
Genre: Horror, Whump, Friends to Enemies to Friends, Nice Job Breaking it Hero, Angst with a Happy Ending
READ THE TAGS!!! This story will embrace the horror genre and tackle some sensible topics! Trigger Warnings to expect: “Body Horror”, “Dysphoria”, “Self Hate”, “Self Harm”, “PTSD”, “Depression”
Summary: In which Rayman learns the hard way that dredging up other people's trauma is bound to have repercussions.
Or: A mindscape dive into what the first confrontation between Rayman and Jano had been like
Lore: Dream Catcher Canon up to this point. Can NOT be read in a vacuum.
Makros: Words: ~ 17,800 | Chapters: 7
Bonus: “Paved With Good Intentions” Inspirational Playlist
FANART
[The First Nightmare] by Blachalkar (chapter 4)
[Jano Doodles] by @dark-roasted-kestel (chapter 6)
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Part 5: The Wool Over Your Eyes (Paved Aftermath)
Characters: Rayman, Jano
Setting: Jano’s Nest/The Swamps of Awakening, the Snoring Tree
Rating: G
Genre: Comfort, Fluff
Summary: In which Jano gets a Hobby and Rayman keeps a promise (This is... literally just fluff and comfort after the last story)
Lore: Straight after Paved with Good Intentions
Makros: Words: ~ 5,600 | Chapters: 4
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Part 6: Reverb
Characters: Rayman, Jano, Raymesis, Ly, Globox, Polokus, Surprise Villain, Surprise Support
Rating: T
Summary: Rayman promised Jano to help if ever he were in need of it. What if push comes to shove?
Makros: Words: ~ 43,500 | Chapters: 17
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Bonus 1: The Forgotten Temple
Characters: Rayman, Jano, a Mini-Jano
Setting: The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire + Bonus Temple, the Forgotten Dungeon
Rating: PG / FSK6, maaaybe T / FSK12 for one little horror-moment
Genre: Fetchquest, Fluff, slight Horror concerning the Nightmares
Summary: Jano asks Rayman to retrieve something for him because he's stuck with guard-duty and can't go looking for it himself.
Lore: Rayman 2, Rayman Arena, Dream Catcher AU (Rayman and Jano are friends, but the Timeline is wonky as this plays between R2 and M/Arena)
Makros: Words: ~ 2,000 | Chapters: Oneshot
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Bonus 2: Smile
Characters: Rayman, Globox
Setting: The Glade of Dreams
Rating: PG / FSK6
Genre: Fluff
Summary: Rayman ponders, Globox joins him.
Lore: Rayman 2, Originally written for the 100 prompts challenge on dA in 2019, but it’s already referencing the themes of this series so much it might as well be a Prequel
Makros: Words: ~ 650 | Chapters: Oneshot
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Bonus 3: Runes
Characters: Ly, Umber
Setting: The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire
Rating: PG / FSK6
Genre: Worldbuilding (Headcanons, Theorizing)
Summary: Ly mulls over Rayman’s connection to the Masks
Lore: Rayman 2, Spin-Off Sequel that happens right after “We keep Moving”
Makros: Words: ~ 1,100 | Chapters: Oneshot
Story has been written as a Gift to Blachalkar on dA
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Bonus 4: Swim
Characters: Rayman, Ly (also feat Globox, his kids, and Carmen)
Setting: The Beach / a Lake
Rating: PG / FSK6
Genre: Character Introspection, Lore, Continuity
Summary: Ly teaches Rayman how to swim
Lore: A little bit of everything, set After R1 and before R2
In conversation with multiple posts going around discussing technical literacy and typing skills…
I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is less than 35 Words Per Minute
I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is less than 35 WPM
I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is 36-45 WPM
I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is 36-45 WPM
I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is 46-55 WPM
I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is 46-55 WPM
I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is 56-69 WPM
I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is 56-69 WPM
I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is faster than 70 WPM
I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is faster than 70 WPM
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➡️ Take a typing test here (and you need an actual, physical keyboard for this):
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➡️ 'Typing classes' refers to computer skills classes you might have had in school; you can also count games or other related typing training your parents might have had you do.
➡️ Across 3 different typing test websites*, the (english language) world average typing speed is 40 WPM.
"he would not fucking say that" but about injuries. he would not fucking recover that quickly. those scars would not fucking heal like that. he would not be fucking able bodied after that. he would not be fully lucid after that.
(It might can be changed or confirmed again after rayman legends retold release)
Regardless of what others might think of Raymesis, I really enjoy discussing headcanons with people—it’s so much fun! It helps generate more interest in Raymesis he deserves so much more love
My personal take on this character honestly varies depending on the general lore of the "universe" I'm writing for.
A couple of key factors to consider are which Games are being considered, how many other clones are there (e.g. Origins and Legends having a total of 3, R1 "Bad Rayman" being a spell not a person, etc.), whether or not OCs are involved at all, etc.
But among all those different takes, the most fun I found to be having with the Raymesis from the Dream Catcher series who scews more to the left option than the right but also not really?
That character is a personality that just likes punching for the sake of violence, not because he hates Rayman or anyone for that matter, just because he thinks it's FUN in its own right. He'd punch anyone and not differentiate between friend of foe. The basis for this is layed out by the fact that he's a playable character in the newer games with the same enemies the good guys are facing.
The SECOND he's offered powers though, the bar immediately sways todwards "You mean I get to be BETTER than that shitty hero guy? Hell yes count me in!" not for the sake of a grander purpose, but just for the sake of getting to upstage the hero he is based on.
He was such a little shit in the best way possible, a menace with relentless drive - every scene with him was a riot, and I was actively looking forward to them xD
(It doesn't help that my Main OC was built on the kind of role that later iterations of him were popularly displayed to have, so a part of me wanted to differentiate the two from each other as their own individual personalities :) )
Who is your favorite canon disabled character from Guild Wars 1/2?
Reblogs with comments highly encouraged! Putting your thoughts outside of the tags means we can all engage with each other, and find other thoughts we find provoking!
☝️🤓 it’s because the further you move toward the earth’s poles, the lower the angle of the sun is at the hottest parts of the day, meaning the radiation hits your whole body, causing it to feel 10-20 degrees warmer than the thermometer reading will tell you. People from tropical climes, aka close to the equator, are used to the sun’s radiation hitting a much smaller target- their head and shoulders.
Also the further you move toward the poles the more pronounced the difference between the length of day and night is. Worst part of a far-north (or south) heatwave is it doesn’t get dark long enough for meaningful cooling.
It’s not the heat. It very literally is the sun.
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