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dee-is-for-lots-of-things · 2 years

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i’m probably gonna make a proper Analysis post once i’ve finished the series but can i just say now i love The Dreaming i love trans writers i love “bad” trans rep with shitty and complex and fucked up characters who kill and maim and cause problems for themselves i love Echo i love this series and i need to read more of whatever else caitlin r kiernan has written holy SHIT

#i just think their writing is neat #i will ALWAYS take weird and complicated trans characters written by trans writers over safe trans characters by cis writers #wanda mann (my beloved) serves an important purpose especially in the 90s comics scene where trans people were not common #but echo is just. ugh fuck yes i love this. this is what i want this is what it's all about.#the transsexual agenda is. read The Dreaming and The Girl Who Would Be Death #Do It #lily liveblogs #the dreaming #echo sandman #fuck idk what to call her jlfjdsklf #caitlin r kiernan

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lokitty-supreme · 1 year

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Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️

Shout out to Wanda & Echo of The Sandman Universe for being trans icons

#neil gaiman #caitlin r kiernan #the sandman #the dreaming #echo #wanda mann #trans day of visibility

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melancholypancakes · 1 year

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The Goddesses and Echo The Gossip Nymph

“Why are you following me?!” the Nymph asks angrily as Persephone responds, ‘Why are you repeating everything you hear?” she asks Echo.

“Why do you care?! do you think I care, Aphrodite, is flirting with Desire?!” she yells as Aphrodite stammers to explain herself.

“I don’t care! I don’t care about your problems with hades and Minthe! I care about something way bigger!”

Persephone gasps as Echo knew about her problem with Minthe.

“Echo. You gotta stop doing this or you’re gonna get yourself killed.” a goddess beside Aphrodite and Persephone said.

“I’m not doing anything wrong!” echo exclaimed angrily at Y/n. “Yes, you are. You’re spreading rumors of Aphrodite having an “affair” with Desire of the endless and Persephone fighting Minthe over Hades!” Y/n exclaims back.

“Well...What about you?! You’re laying with Dream of the endless! behind Zeus’s back!” she yells and the goddess gasp.

“You have no proof of this and even if you did. I wouldn’t let you speak of it and it’s none of your business!” The goddess yelled at the nymph.

“I swear, by the Gods keep spreading these nonsense rumors Some God or Goddess is going to curse you!” Y/n yells as the nymph runs off.

“Just leave me alone or I’ll everyone your dirty little secrets!” Echo screams.

(After Hera steals Echo’s voice)

“Now, what have we learned?” Y/n said looking Echo dead in the eye. Echo looks sadly at her and looks down at her feet silently.

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eternalchant · 11 months

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giving verity a funny little ancient counterpart....

#like i said... verity's a wol but not azem #her name is somnia lol #me when the fascination with sleep and dreams brought on by sandman doesn't go away #but also she (literally) haunts zenos's dreams of the final days 🤪#i'm figuring it out still <3 but essentially she had a focus on dreams. did some bullshit.#now there's like... an echo of her aether that can manifest within dreams. it's her but it's not! it's a memory of her.#and it manifests more easily in zenos's dreams because of his connection to emet + because his dreams are about something familiar to her #chant plays ffxiv

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ketavinsky · 2 years

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what else is a nightmare supposed to do in its free time.....

#loyalhorror #the sandman #the corinthian #the second corinthian #the third corinthian #echo #this would never happen. for many reasons #but seeing as the corinthian is SO TECH SAVVY AS OF SHOW CANON #well. new headcanon just dropped #' ACTUALLY THATS NOT WHAT ARTERIAL SPLATTER LOOKS LIKE AT ALL. 400 SINS. '#i dont know how i keep forgetting how twinky he is in the comics. i really dont. but every time it takes me by surprise #my art #i need a proper. art tag. i need to do anything but doodles #' no style in this eye gouging scene. 90 sins. do better. '

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youcouldcallmegus · 2 years

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Thought about it and realized part of the appeal of the corinthian is that you don't have to look him in the eye

#the sandman #the corinthian #the tism strikes again #its the tism #how tf does this bastard see though #does he do echo location by chattering his eye teeth #obviously the answer is ✨️magic but let me have my nonsensical thoughts in peace

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echowilds · 10 months

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tagged by @twilightdomain <3

last song: hereafter - architects

currently watching: uhh do old among us vods count? i've been watching them while i'm cooking. i very rarely watch shows, but i've been meaning to check out the sandman season and good omens s2 when it comes out

currently reading: it's been an embarrassingly long time since i last read anything (not counting writing on here) bc i can't focus on it atm. but i did start listening to 'i am in eskew' (horror fiction podcast)

current obsession: gw2 ocs :] other than that i'm sort of in between obsessions currently, which is nice (for now) bc i get to focus more on Adulting and Responsibilities

tagging: @cindermetalheadgw2 @dasozelotvonnebenan @stiffyck @thiefseeker @heyitsmejona as always zero pressure to do this, feel free to ignore if you don't want to (or if you did it already and i just missed it/forgot. but feel free to do it again?)

#movies & shows tend to be v stressful for me even if i know what's going to happen so i very rarely do watch them #case in point: sandman. i've wanted to watch it since it came out but. well. let's not talk about how long ago that was pmao #i say i get to focus more on responsibilities but what i mean is that i just take more time to procrastinate on them #last book i started was life ascending by nick lane btw. haven't made it past the first chapter tho #moth echoes

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sofiroll · 2 years

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so sad that dream missed the 1980s he would have loved the cure

#robert smith looking ass #echo and the bunnymen vibes #no but I do love him #the sandman

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plasmagrrl · 2 years

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In the Dreaming

#collage #art #mixed media #dreams #bits and pieces #remix #joy #echoes #dreaming #fractal #fractals #missing pieces #memory #In The Dreaming #Sandman

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reveriestardust · 2 years

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Headcanon 001 -- The Exhausted Echo

Created from the stardust of Dream’s left eye and therefore quite literally a part of him, Reverie has always felt a lingering connection with their Maker. They are painfully devoted to Morpheus and exercise the utmost empathy at all times, perhaps having a greater unspoken understanding than most. They know their King carries a heavy burden, so full and so empty both at once, and that he is very tired. Despite their knowledge of this, they do not speak it with anyone.

When Dream was imprisoned by Rodrick Burgess and the Order of Mysteries, Reverie felt a jolt. The severing of the connection was jarring and traumatic, having never experienced such a loss in all their creation. Initially panicked, Reverie quickly regained composure, knowing that if Dream was gone, then someone had to keep things going. Though they did not have anywhere near the power of the Lord of Dreams, they did their best, worked in overdrive. Unfortunately, they could not do it all and many things fell through the cracks, some of their own threads frayed. Morpheus had always kept the order, but Reverie was a guardian and guide, not a leader. They could only keep the ship adrift rather than sinking to the bottom of a tumultuous sea.

While other dreams and nightmares left, Reverie was one of the very few who remained loyal, who had faith their Master would return. In some ways, they could see where Dream was being held, but had very little power to do anything about it as guards were very focused and kept their minds occupied in further sleep precautions, living little room for daydreams at all. Reverie even went so far as to cultivate Alex Burgess and Paul McGuire’s daydreams about one another, in hopes that Paul’s compassionate nature would influence Alex to release Dream. Though unsuccessful, Reverie never stopped trying despite being overwhelmed with laborious tasks in the Dreaming.

With the ‘accidental’ marring of the binding circle, Reverie felt the trickle of their Creator’s consciousness returning, resounding swirls in their essence with renewed vigor--this only inspired them to continue working, unwilling to stop until Dream’s power had been restored. Though they would have gladly sacrificed themself and the Fire Opal to provide Morpheus with whatever power he needed to retrieve his tools, Dream did not call upon them to do so, perhaps recognizing their services were still needed so he could focus on completing his quest. Only when the Dreaming had been restored did Reverie finally stop, collapsing in their Sanctuary and abandoning their added responsibilities in favor of Morpheus fully taking up the reins once more. Daydream’s recovery was slow...and is ongoing.

Though putting on a good face, Reverie is still quite exhausted after the whole ordeal. They are doing their best to continue as things were prior to Dream’s incarceration, but the lingering fatigue remains coupled with ongoing disquiet in their heart, the residual damage caused by their separation from their Creator and the strain of firing all cylinders for one hundred years taking their toll on Daydream.

But they are doing their best.

#sandman rp #sandman roleplay #hc #the exhausted echo

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hedonistbyheart · 2 years

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He had to remind us who Morpheus is in Danish, but reluctantly. Ole Lukøje is such a goofy character in the Danish consciousness that it's jarring enough that he resorts to Danglish for Sandman instead, lol.

#the sandman #netflix sandman #he enjoys it though #it's a review echoing what everyone else is saying: it's great #danske sager #sandman review

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lokitty-supreme · 1 year

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I just think it’s neat that The Sandman writers said, “You know what would be cool? Putting trans people in major roles in our comic books.”

#the sandman #the dreaming #neil gaiman #caitlin r kiernan #Wanda Mann #Echo

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rulesdreams · 2 years

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tag dump! part 1

┄─ 💤 * 𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 : what tidings do you bring me?

┄─ 💤 * 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 : i hear the sound of her wings.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐈𝐒𝐌 : i’ll show you terror in a handful of dust.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄 : he fades and shimmers until he seems more than the echo of a dream.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐏𝐒𝐀 : dream a little dream of me.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐒𝐏 : he seemed to fill the world.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂 : his eyes glittered like twin stars.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐔𝐄 : it is never only a dream.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄 : til the sandman comes.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍 : you are my eyes.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍 : he was a creature of hope, for dreams are hopes, and echoes of hopes.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄 : he looked like he was dressed in the night.

┄─ 💤 * 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄 : your waking world is shaped by dreams.

#┄─ 💤 * 𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 : what tidings do you bring me?#┄─ 💤 * 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 : i hear the sound of her wings.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐈𝐒𝐌 : i’ll show you terror in a handful of dust.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄 : he fades and shimmers until he seems more than the echo of a dream.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐏𝐒𝐀 : dream a little dream of me.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂 : his eyes glittered like twin stars.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐔𝐄 : it is never only a dream.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄 : til the sandman comes.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍 : you are my eyes.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍 : he was a creature of hope for dreams are hopes and echoes of hopes.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄 : he looked like he was dressed in the night.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄 : your waking world is shaped by dreams.#┄─ 💤 * 𝐒𝐏 : he seemed to fill the world.

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dee-is-for-lots-of-things · 2 years

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just finished The Dreaming 1996 an it’s so fucking good, i’m gonna cry when i get to the post-nu52 Sandman Universe series and this is all wiped from continuity :(

#at least i'm ASSUMING the new 52 was the excuse they used to revert canon back to before this series #it couldn't possible be that none of the writers actually fucking read anything other than the main series and just assumed the status quo #stayed the same over sixty issues #what sort of comics writer would possibly do that /s #dc #sandman #the dreaming #the sandman #caitlin r kiernan #the dreaming 1996 #im sure the new stuff is good too BUT does it have echo in it?? huh??#does it have tethys??#or jumella??#or eve ready and willing to kill a motherfucker 24/7?#lily liveblogs

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manicr · 2 years

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The Dreaming: Rise (2001) Just a mortal man

writer: Caitlín R. Kiernan

art: Christian Højgaard

#the corinthian #echo #the dreaming #the sandman universe #no longer in continuity

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lightdancer1 · 1 year

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One of the things that I have with my backstory of the Endless relates to my take on the 'chaos and pain' mentioned in A Winter's Tale:

And to the Source Wall, and how that bit of DC cosmology interacts with the rest, as well as Death's role as 'the one who defines and trumps all existence' (there's a phrase that might need to be written out of the English language).

In a metaphysical sense the Source Wall is the 'Fourth Wall' in the Morrison approach but I dislike everything Grant Morrison does with that. I view it as an Iron Curtain ringing the DCU and a means to entrap lesser-powered hostile entities and to fence the *real* wolves out.

Death leaving her function for that time shattered the elements she does to hold Reality together, meaning the entities sleeping within the wall, a few of them, woke up. And in that time a few of the wolves, to speak, penned out by the wall got loose and got in and started having a merry old time.

Hence Death gets her first task to repair this thing and re-solder it back together. And in the process it also established one of the fundamental realities she does not least by consciously refusing to dwell on it. Her presence holds her functions cohesively together, in a setting where so many beings are, deep within them, ultimately living beings (including the very literal stars themselves).

The Source, incidentally, is also the Presence and the being of Christianity (mostly, with a smattering of Jewish and Islamic elements) in question, from whom the New God chieftain Highfather nominally draws powers the comics keep forgetting he has to fluff Darkseid. How that connects to the wall is a thing that's had a few dozen explanations, really.

This is not canonical, the nature of the 'chaos' is never entirely explained and that works perfectly for canon as it's a backstory that doesn't need an in depth explanation to work. For stories that center on Death as the protagonist instead of Dream it gives the decision she made, which in my view would be one of the hinges of her own identity and self-perception not least from the one time we hear her speak in her own voice in that one story, actual tangible results at the level mortals would register.

And it is that kind of result that also led to the Parliament of Stars in the first place, because the one Endless that really did leave her job in the time before the rules set limits on how much damage that could do broke reality in the process. It left lasting scars and memories on those entities old enough to know it happened and to set those rules.

Death refusing to attend the Parliament at all is why she gets saddled with being the sole person to repair the Wall, in a case of 'you refused to attend the thing caused by the thing you broke, then you get to clean up your own mess you made alone'.

#death of the endless #sandman fanfic #my backstory for said fanfics #Death leaving as per the comics (which is the background I use here and she downplays it in the show dialogue) broke reality #it broke rather completely in point of fact #as she briefly left the DC multiverse entirely she didn't see the full extent of the chaos and has little real idea how bad it really got #but the consequences echo and in my stories at least THIS is what created those rules the Endless follow #Death neatly ignoring them and not being bound by them when she's the reason they exist in the first place well....#that is among the reasons that a lot of the cosmic entities at her scale do not like her #it is also intended to be a flaw and one of the ways in which the actual character is more complex than the pedestal Dream has her on

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