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I think we're using the word "nature" differently. I'm thinking in more universal terms, like "human nature." You seem to be referring to something more akin to an individual's disposition. It's an important distinction, I think, if we're to decide …
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A little thought, hardly worth mentioning, but I want to get it off my chest since things are starting to wrap up around here: I'm somewhat baffled by the lines about reason that Destruction and Dream exchange when they visit the Royal Society. It m…
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Nature is a tricky thing to talk about. What do we even mean by "nature"? (If I took nothing else away from my Philosophy of Human Nature course, I learned to always be clear about the definitions of the terms you use.)
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Sugoi!
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Hah, @Daniel, you speak almost as though having Death for a sister would make it *easier* to die! Dream knew that, when it came to the end, there was absolutely no way to avo…
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I know, right? I'm very excited and nervous.I don't think I could do Saturday or Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, personally. (I get back to the States early on Memorial Day Monday, but that probably isn't an ideal hangout time.…Yeah, I was afraid of that. I might be able to join next weekend... I'll have just arrived in Tokyo, so it won't be the most convenient thing in the world, but it should theoretically be feasible. Getting more people involved trumps my convenience, …And would this weekend work, or is that too short notice for people who are interested?Using a different artist for each story was an excellent decision; an opportunity to let some (amazing) talents play, as well as a way to give each storyteller a distinct voice.
"Hob's Leviathan" is an inspired pun on (Thomas) Hobbes' "Le…Is there still interest in one last hangout? Or shall we just fade quietly back into reality as we finish?The small observations take form first.
The wake and ceremony are almost like "Where's Waldo." After the funeral, there's an encounter between Calliope and Richard Madoc in the background, and John Dee is lurking in shadow.
Whe…I wish the trades were more helpful about which artists worked on which chapters/pages, so I could better describe what I like and don't like about the art. I'm finding myself in a similar position to you, Marian, where the more time I spend with it…Dream absolutely wanted to die. But that's a big topic, and I might have to jump around a bit first (and maybe some more afterward).
The lettering throughout these books has been great, from Matthew's scratchiness to Delirium's lilting to…When Ray Bradbury died in the summer of 2012, I recorded a reading of one of his stories: http://www.aarongolas.com/no-news-or-what-killed-the-dog/Whoops, re-referencing the comic, I just now got Judy's line in Foxglove's nightmare: "Hold on. I got something in my eye…" *shudder* Shifting gears…
Ah, does the Cuckoo win? Well, hah, yes, I suppose… I guess what I should ask is,…Regarding the maiden-mother-crone motif, maybe I was a little misleading in my earlier comment, but maybe not.
Here are my thoughts. We …@Daniel, I certainly didn't mean to imply that Dream's fears stem only from his imprisonment. That was just a recent and important example. Another example would be how thing…We never see Destruction execute his function, even in flashbacks. He speaks about it at times: "Then follows my time, brother. The age of fire and flame…" But we never see it. We see Despair's Plague Year of 1665, but not the Great Fire of London t…Good question, @scorcha. I think Destruction gets to the crux of it: "Dream, my brother, you forget nothing you have interest in; you forget, instantly, those things you do …This volume is such a turning point for the series, it's fitting that change plays such a major theme.
Considering how Dream chastised Desire about interfering in mortal lives at the end of volume II, it's interesting to see him getting a…