Because I should already be asleep...

[lapacifidora]

I found this fun little article on io9 about why science fiction goes to dream sequences so often. Among the many thought provoking reasons was this little gem:

10) Extra sexiness without consequences

And most importantly, we want to see Mulder shirtless and handcuffed. We want to see Sookie and Eric doing the wild thing. We crave random titillation, and we don't care if it makes sense in the context of the story. In fact, the less sense it makes, or the more it hints at undercurrents of sexitude under the surface, the more exciting it is. So it's almost mandatory for dream sequences to include "I can't believe they went there" friskiness.

The strange thing is: It's not just scifi that does this. I've seen it in other more literal forms of fiction, often for the same reasons.

That's all.