orionsangel86
OrionsAngel86
The real life embodiment of the Ben Afflick meme. I've been here a while now. November 5th 2020 changed everything. Ex SPN fan who has begrudgingly been dragged back into the dumpster fire thanks to the unhinged choices of a certain Mr Jackles. Current obsession is The Sandman (Netflix show and original comics). I have started diving back into meta analysis for the first time because The Sandman gave me brainworms. It feels good to be analysing decent media again! Big fan of Neil Gaiman's works in general. Other interests include Our Flag Means Death, Good Omens and WWDITS. I just wanna have a fun time and chat really nerdy things with other fun people. Call me Saz. She/Her. Bisexual disaster. 30something unapologetic fangirl.
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#this was heartbreaking#and so cathartic for me#and so healing for me#thats how you do it#dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives spoilers#edwin payne#charles rowland
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#i love them#lmao#maybe all sandman stories should have statler and waldolf style commentary by fowl mouthed cats#dead boy detectives#bahahaha
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@nualaofthefaerie what have we started?!? 😂😂😂
YOOOO MASON IS ON BOARD!
@nualaofthefaerie tweeted this after we were geeking out yesterday about how much Lukas Gage reminded us of Desire and I joked that he was Desire's child.
Listen I am full on headcanoning this into reality. That Cat King was faaaar too much like Desire for me to ignore it. Huuuuge Desire vibes!
Clearly Desire themself agrees with us!
So what are we thinking? Talk to meeee about this! Who is the other parent? Lukas Gage is a child of the Endless with 9 lives and whole host of magical powers and probably a lot of parental issues twisting him up. Is Desire a good parent? Highly unlikely lol. But you gotta admit it makes for excellent fanfiction. :P
#dead boy detectives#the sandman#desire of the endless#the cat king#mason alexander park#lukas gage#hahahahahahaha#make it canon
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Still on my soapbox about this because I fucking can't get enough.
Okay so lets talk about the Cat King! Does he have a name other than Cat King? Regardless, he is a handsome, sexy, charismatic and confident character. When the boys first meet him, he is dismissive and mimics boredom and states that he doesn't care about them or their case - but this is soon shown to be a front.
He displays a range of abilities throughout the show, including:
Shapeshifting
Teleportation (of both himself and others)
Time Manipulation
Can compell you to speak the truth
Possibly has the ability to manipulate people into feeling lust and desire for him
Can cast spells over objects to inact his will on people
Not immortal but clearly doesn't age.
Has 9 lives - presumably once the 9th life is done he will die.
These are some pretty heavy powers to possess. We know next to nothing about him other than he is the Cat King in this particular small town, but given his abilities and what we know of this universe, it seems fair to link him to either the Gods, the Fae, or the Endless.
Similarities with Desire
From the moment he appears on screen the comparison stood out to me.
He has golden cats eyes which do not change even when he shapeshifts (yes okay the eyes are cat's eyes but its very reminiscent of the golden eyes of Desire)
He has a lovely gender non conformity in his wardrobe choices. The boy can rock a skirt that's for sure. Certainly seems apt for a child of a nonbinery entity
"My Kingdom is all about Want and Pleasure" - is someone trying to emulate their parent?
He actually transforms himself into people he thinks Edwin desires - whilst not a trait Desire is known to have, it certainly seems like something they COULD do if they wanted to.
"I'm a fair and consensual Cat King" - as much as this is true, is this a case of like parent, like child with the kinda rapey "if I want something I'll have it" attitude because trapping someone against their will and implying sexual favours will free them doesn't exactly scream that you are "fair and consensual" and whilst Desire never did anything truly rapey in the show - they glossed over the whole Unity situation - we all know Desire in the comics hardly respects consent.
the general link between Desire and Cats - Desire literally dresses as a cat with a swishing tale and twitching ears. Clearly cats are creatures Desire likes.
So could the Cat King be a child of Desire? Well I think its totally possible! He seems like the kind of character that would have major daddy issues/mommy issues/general parent issues lol, and Desire is certainly the type of creature to totally neglect their kids and make them feel pretty terrible about themselves. So that could totally be a really fun dynamic to explore.
It does beg the question who the other parent would be. I think some form of cat God or Goddess would make sense. Lady Bast? lol. Perhaps she got bored of waiting for Dream and had a whirlwind affair with Desire instead?
Or perhaps his other parent was a simply cat spirit or cat fae that coupled with Desire for a short while.
Whatever the answer, I really like this headcanon, think its really fun, and hope that fandom embraces it in future fanfictions because I would LOVE to imagine a meeting between these two and how that may go down.
And who knows, with Mason on board maybe we can get some canon exploration one day! If everyone watches Dead Boy Detectives so we get a renewal that is!!!
YOOOO MASON IS ON BOARD!
@nualaofthefaerie tweeted this after we were geeking out yesterday about how much Lukas Gage reminded us of Desire and I joked that he was Desire's child.
Listen I am full on headcanoning this into reality. That Cat King was faaaar too much like Desire for me to ignore it. Huuuuge Desire vibes!
Clearly Desire themself agrees with us!
So what are we thinking? Talk to meeee about this! Who is the other parent? Lukas Gage is a child of the Endless with 9 lives and whole host of magical powers and probably a lot of parental issues twisting him up. Is Desire a good parent? Highly unlikely lol. But you gotta admit it makes for excellent fanfiction. :P
#dead boy detectives#the sandman#desire of the endless#the cat king#mason alexander park#lukas gage#sandman meta#dead boy detectives meta#this is mostly just fun#but i want it to be truuuuuuue
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"TV is hard okay! They're working really hard on Dream's pout right now."
Lmao cackling over this. Excellent marketting strategy over at Sandman HQ 😂
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So I have no clue how to get instagram videos over here but someone please share that video of the Dandelion Sprites moaning about The Sandman and saying that they are busy working on Dream's pout and that if we keep complaining they'll send Neil Gaiman after us.
Please I was cracking up its so funny I need it on tumblr. It was posted by The Sandman Offical on Instagram
#the sandman#dead boy detectives#dreams pout is indeed an art that needs lots of work#neil gaiman#lmao
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YOOOO MASON IS ON BOARD!
@nualaofthefaerie tweeted this after we were geeking out yesterday about how much Lukas Gage reminded us of Desire and I joked that he was Desire's child.
Listen I am full on headcanoning this into reality. That Cat King was faaaar too much like Desire for me to ignore it. Huuuuge Desire vibes!
Clearly Desire themself agrees with us!
So what are we thinking? Talk to meeee about this! Who is the other parent? Lukas Gage is a child of the Endless with 9 lives and whole host of magical powers and probably a lot of parental issues twisting him up. Is Desire a good parent? Highly unlikely lol. But you gotta admit it makes for excellent fanfiction. :P
#desire of the endless#dead boy detectives#the sandman#lukas gage#mason alexander park#i am so excited#i hope this headcanon spreads like wildfire until we've tulpa'd it into reality#lmao
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my final death appreciation piece! I’ve loved making all these pieces to honor my fav girl!
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Always fun to find the references in the source material!
Hi,
To come back on my question about "the Sack of the Gods" in Dead Boy Detectives ; a post from @avelera explained that actually it was indeed referenced in the Sandman comics! :)
It was!
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hi neil! i’m reading american gods for an english assignment (i got to pick the book, so of course i picked my favorite!), and in the end i need to make a small playlist of songs relating to the story. do you have any suggestions or genres?
also, on a more unfortunate note, i was a little disappointed by dead boy detectives. the writing and dialogue just didn’t seem like you! did you just create the characters, and someone else did the writing? i was very excited to see Death though, she is phenomenal :)
i hope you and yours are well!
I didn't write much of Dead Boy Detectives at all. It's not my show, although I love it. (For the curious, I wrote one scene in Episode 1, one in Episode 7, and one in Episode 8.)
#so we know which scenes he wrote in eps 1 and 7 for sure (my favourites)#but im curious about episode 8#will need to rewatch and take a guess#but i definitely picked up on Steve Yockeys writing and i loved it because i love his writing too#also lol at more ppl asking neil to do their homework for him#always love the hubris of that#bravo#dead boy detectives#neil gaiman
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I had so much fun appreciating death this week
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A Big Thank You For Death Appreciation Week
This is slightly overdue but I just wanted to say to everyone who participated thank you so much for Death Appreciation Week! All your fanworks have been wonderful to see and it's been a joy on my dash this past week in the run up to the release of Dead Boy Detectives.
Wasn't she fabulous in it? Even if it was only a short cameo it was so so lovely to see Death again and it just makes me more excited for more Sandman!
For anyone who wants to see the fanworks from the week, please check out the #Death Appreciation Week tag
For all your excellent contributions to the appreciation week, thank you so much! :)
@dragonnan, @milfzatannaz, @tryan-a-bex, @seiya-starsniper, @writing-for-life, @marlowe-zara , @bobbole , @mjdrawsalot , @nanonews , @goblininawig , @alteon77 , @iconsumethesoulsofthedamned , @tickldpnk8 , @nualaofthefaerie , @lucienne-my-beloved , @kittynannygaming ,
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Death - art by Bill Sienkiewicz
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my final death appreciation piece! I’ve loved making all these pieces to honor my fav girl!
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I had so much fun appreciating death this week
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DEAD BOY DETECTIVES (April 25 2024)
#i love this#i watch it in full every time#its the whole fun and whimsy and joy and queerness of it#bisexual lighting!#dead boy detectives
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Its been a while now, and I've slept on it, but I'm still reeling from episode 7 of Dead Boy Detectives. Even if I can find critique in other episodes - somewhat clunky dialogue at times, a lot of exposition, the teenage drama which can sometimes get tiresome - I cannot fault episode 7. It is perfection. Its a classic Yockey episode full of symbolism and metaphor, full of layers and meaning and depth. You don't just invoke the Orpheus Myth in The Sandman Universe my dudes. That was IMPORTANT. Especially since it was invoked on the stairs to Hell - the very stairs Orpheus probably walked down himself.
There is something so harrowing about it, about the Despair of it all. About what it means for these characters. My head is reeling from it.
Not only that, but the external symbolism and the clear Knowledge of what such an episode would mean to their target audience, to a specific target audience that certain creators of this show would be well aware of, and well aware of that target audiences specific pain. The additional meta level which you can only possibly understand if you were part of a certain group of people on November 5th 2020. How the echoes of that particular event were vibrating around that staircase. How there is something lovingly carved into that episode that builds a bridge between us. There was a love letter in there, an apology perhaps too, an echo to another confession that didn't get such respectful treatment. A confession that sent someone to Hell rather than freed them from it.
To invoke the Orpheus Myth, to invoke Despair herself, there is something in that. Sure, many people will dismiss this as reading too much into it. But they don't have the same shared history that I do with Richard Speight Jr, with Steve Yockey. Two people that know all too well the impact such a scene could have.
Anyway this is mostly just ramblings as I try to get my thoughts together. Whatever it all is, its something, and it goes beyond the show itself. There is healing in this and I can appreciate that deeply.
#dead boy detectives#supernatural#destiel#the old tragedy#despair#should i put a DNI on this post for destiel antis#yes yes i should#seriously dont both commenting if youre just gonna tell me im stupid#this means something#it certainly means something to me
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