Totz_the_Plaid
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[[I have absolutely ZERO idea why it's formatting weirdly. It looks completely normal in the edit window, so... yeah.]]
EDIT: Still have no idea why it formatted weirdly, but I'm gradually fixing it.
EDIT #2: Finally fixed. An… -
I've only just been able to get copies of vol. 6 and on to read, so I'm hoping to catch up by this weekend, but I'll post a story here.
I've got several, perhaps I'll share others. Some true, some fictional, and a few that I can't verify… -
@jynx I sorta agree with you about Dream's lack of agency in his actions, but I don't think it was taken away from him as much as he took it away from himself. He was pushed in…
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Coraline is just as powerful as The Ocean at the End of the Lane in that way, for me at least.
Though I cannot stand the movie because the addition of Wybie ruined it. In the book, it's Coraline's curiosity that gets her int… -
One thing, though, Thessaly says that the moon won't accept Wanda. We never see the moon reject her. So is it the universe, or is it Thessaly's own prejudice?
Also, in VOLUME V Main Discussion Comment by Totz_the_Plaid March 2014 -
We also see further softening of Morpheus's personality in this volume.
First is when he turns back and tells Nuala that she did the right thing. It takes him a moment to realize that she needs it, but he's able to empathize with the fac… -
There's more to the theme of identity than just those few points. It feeds a lot into Barbie's two identities, the power of the Cuckoo, her friends in the dreamscape (which also reminded me of Labyrinth, as they're inspired by toys in Barbie's room,…
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I saw the main theme of this volume as being a question of identity.
Obviously the fact that the enemy is a cuckoo feeds directly into that, given its strategy of laying its eggs in other birds' nests and its hatchlings killing the other … -
@MattTroedson I don't think it's so much that The Sandman influenced other works of his, but rather that he's always been fascinated by dreams, legends and fairy…
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...Death: At Death's Door is a very silly book. Quite enjoyable if you like light humor manga, but it doesn't appear to have the complexity or symbolic depth of Sandman or the other Death stories, nor does it try to. That's not a bad thing, s…
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Well, I'm a tad over halfway through, and this book is MUCH lighter fare than its mirror.
First noteworthy thing: Season of Mists was published between 1990 and 1991, and collected in 1992. Death: At Death's Door was publish… -
In re-reading Death and Dream's talk on the balcony of Destiny's castle, it reminded me of a curious detail in Season of Mists, chapter 3 that I meant to bring up, but slipped my mind:
When Morpheus asks for Death's advice, she pop… -
It was written by Jill Thompson, not Neil Gaiman (well, most of it anyway, the meeting between the Endless seems to quote verbatim from Season of Mists, albeit shortened, and other parts later may come directly from the source as well, I'm on…
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I've got a couple of fake covers featuring Death.
The first is a photoshop of a in Fan Art Links Comment by Totz_the_Plaid March 2014 -
@Svithrir Hm... Interesting idea. Gaiman could've chose to use "Shaper" as a nickname for Morpheus for that reason.
Shakespeare seemed like an inevitable choice… -
I don't think there's any one answer to why it's worse that the punishment is about redemption, simply because not all of the damned would have the same opinion on why it's worse, but I do agree with the potential reasons brought up by…
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I literally only finished my first read-through of this volume about ten minutes ago.
I'm also typing this comment without having read the rest of this thread so far, as I don't want it to affect my immediate impressions. I'll go back and… -
I just remembered, while responding to a comment of Joi's at the end of a rambling comment over in the vol. III thread, Morpheus appears to Martian Manhunter as a disembodied head surrounded by fire, which is deadly to Martians in the DCU.
@Daniel, it wasn't Hob who commented on the quality of Shakespeare's writing, it was Christopher Marlowe.
I also agree that this volume was particularly rapey, bot…@Joi_the_Artist Yeah, I like that subtlety. Death isn't there to make it all stop, but she can help to let it all stop.
Given the themes of a…