system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Nightmare on Elm Street] The Dream Warriors were able to give themselves powers of their choice against Freddy. What if I just lucid dreamt that I was unstoppable like Juggernaut or Dr. Manhattan? Would Freddy ultimately still grab me, say a lame pun, and stab me with his gloves?
gpt
Remember, you're not *actually* becoming Dr Manhattan. You're just *dreaming* that you are.

You're putting your will against his, wrestling for control of the dreamscape. That's the conflict here. The Dream Warriors choose to visualise this as them getting powers, but you could just as easily visualise it as summoning minions or calling forth positive memories or some kind of dating sim where you have to win the valedictorian's heart before freddy does. The metaphor doesn't matter.

What  *actually* matters is whether you can override his will with your own. If you can, you can beat him. But if you can't, it doesn't matter how ludicrously powerful you imagine yourself being. Freddy can just wipe it away like any other dream.