OH man, sorry to hop into your convo, but like, I totally agree that it might not be intentional that Proko doesn't fight back. Think Aurora, think Matthew. What if it's almost impossible to just pull someone perfect and balanced and not loyal to you outta your dreams? Like if All K wanted was Proko back and all Niall or Ronan wanted was a brother or a lover, and you get something close to an independent person but not quite there
No no, the more the merrier! I could talk about the dream beings for DAYS.
But yes, that's kind of how I feel about it. I mean, we know Matthew well enough. What we know of Proko is basically that he went from being a looser member of the Dream Pack to an all out lackey. At least, I think that's how the boys put it in the book. And we know Aurora is pleasant and loved her sons and her husband and also that she bickered with Niall about the events of Ronan's birth, but it was probably rather loving bickering and not any sort of actual disagreement.
I spend a lot of time wondering if they know. I mean, I don't think they know inherently. Matthew doesn't seem to, or we don't know that he knows he's different than the others at any rate. But just sort of if it's a tug at their core, like people want to believe in a god and the dream beings want to believe in their makers without really knowing why.
I also have nebulous thoughts about how not being able to get a fully independent person comes from the way we can never truly know someone else, you know? Not their nooks and crannies. It's like how there are three versions of you in any relationship. The you you think you are, the you they think you are, and the you you are objectively. But the objective and internal versions of a being are probably never going to factor into the creation of them, because the person creating them is mostly concerned with what they need out of a being, which from what we've seen tends to come down to companionship in some form or another.
And then there's the thought I have about whether or not the dream beings can recognize one another, because Matthew is Aurora's favorite. Does the new Proko notice Matthew Lynch more than the old one did? SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DREAM BEINGS.
These are the thoughts that keep me up at night.