Ugh. You've got to be kidding me. Internet crashed just as I clicked "add reply" T___T
Anyways. To paraphrase what I had before... there are different types of memories. Tonal eidetic (that may be backwards) means you can remember everything you hear, versus the accepted definition of eidetic where it's a photographic memory.
Virginia, I think whatever you want is game. I don't think in general the remembering dreams thing applies to eidetic memories because (a) it's not technically a visual, it's all in your head, and (b) it would be impossible to prove you could remember every dream. You can say you do, but we dream so often and briefly that there's no way you could recall each one, and even if you did there's no way to check your answer against a rubric or something. You might remember a lot of your dreams, or even truly remember them all, but you couldn't really say so and it wouldn't make a difference. Clark is different though, so you could probably make it fly.
I had a question about how you would have him go about remembering his dreams. Would they be as intense in his sleep as if he were living it, or would every dream have the power of a dramatic nightmare? Or would the dreams be completely normal and the only difference would be his memories of them the next morning? Or would the memories have to be triggered by something, like a moment of deja vu that suddely reminds him of the vivid dream he had...? In any of these cases, how would this effect his sleep patterns, or even his mental health in general (if Clark's dreams are as intense as reality, how would his mind ever catch a break)?
Just food for thought.
PS: Now you've got me thinking an LnC/Inception crossover. I don't know how or why and I know I can't do it, but you've planted the seed...
