gilbert is the most realistic character in all of the sandman because fiddler’s green is a literal creation of dreams. he is a cosmic incomprehensible entity. and when given the choice of how he wanted his human form to look and act he went with THAT. fuck the corinthian wearing stylish clothes and being charming give me a grown ass man that looks like he’s constantly cosplay Sherlock Holmes
throwing this into the void as my contribution to the sandman fandom,, i couldn’t stop imagining dreamling slow dancing through fiddler’s green and seeing as i can neither draw or write i made the music for it instead.
I love in ep 9 when Gilbert walks into the "Women's Work" room during the convention - the fact that he stands there nodding and just going "Yes Queen say it louder speak your truth 😌" while they're discussing misogyny in their field (the field of...y'know...murder). He fully stood in the doorway and was like "Absolutely 100% you go girl 🤗" and it literally isn't until the other host mentions getting the job done with brute force that he's like "wait...brute force on what. ..wdym brute force ☹️"
Fiddler’s Green is so innocent that despite walking into multiple, very questionable, panels at the Cereal Convention, it took him a while (and after seeing the corinthian) to realise that something was amiss. And the fact that he also went into the women’s panel is so cute.
the second best change to the Sandman Netflix series was humanizing John Dee (he was boring to me in the comics)
the absolute best change was instead of just showing the “collector” convention panels, having it be Gilbert reacting to each panel and slowly figuring out what’s happening. Suspenseful but hilarious. 10/10. Perfection.
Y’all I’m supposed to be working on homework right now but my mind cannot stop thinking about Unity staying in the Dreaming and befriending all the residents like
Unity having tea with Cain and Abel and Goldie being stoked that he has another lap to sit on
Bonus points if she puts Cain in a good enough mood that he actually doesn’t kill Abel the days she comes over
She explores Fiddler’s Green and Fiddler’s Green becomes Gilbert for a while so they can talk about books together
Nightmares love that Unity isn’t put off by them (I mean this woman called Dream of the Endless a dumbass TO HIS FACE)
Unity brings Lucienne tea in the library and sits and talks with her when she has a break
And if Lucienne hasn’t taken a break that day, Unity makes her take one
Gault giving Unity updates on how Jed and Rose are doing (because Gault stayed friends with Jed you can fight me on that) and Unity committing these updates and stories to memory
Lucienne knows Unity frequently reads Rose and Jed’s dream books but doesn’t anything about it
Matthew also gives Unity updates on Jed and Rose and also tells her about stuff that went on while she was asleep
Unity (after talking with Lucienne) figuring out the kind of family she technically married into and deciding she wants to get to know Dream as a person, because he’s technically her brother-in-law and she never really got the chance during the whole vortex debacle
Dream of course resists and avoids at first because the situation that made them technically in-laws was messy (put delicately), but Unity goes “I’m sorry this wasn’t an option pal” and now they have tea together once a week (Dream sulks about it at first but now looks forward to it)
Unity being able to sort out all her feelings when she learns the truth about her golden-eyed man and move on, and the process is scary and painful, but it’s okay because everyone she’s befriended in the Dreaming supports her the entire way