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A cursory thought that occurred to me while reading one of the fanfics (qcard fanfic, of course).
Why do we so often capture any developed seed of Q and Picard's relationship in the Captain's dreams? Is the relationship between them in the 'real' world so inaccessible to us? Or is it simply that Q's ability to intervene in Picard's dreams seems intriguing to us? Or do we recognise that through a dream Picard would be more honest with his feelings, desires etc?
Don't get me wrong, I love this motif because it's mostly very well executed, and I simply let myself be absorbed by it… But it just makes me wonder where the inspiration for just such a solution comes from.