The Sandman + Onion Headlines

Imagine Death comes to collect your mortal soul and her emo brother is just standing there like 🧍‍♂️

yes pathetic little man thats exactly how u should sit

Wow. You're as good as your... friend there.

THE SANDMAN 1.06 | The Sound of Her Wings

Bruh the fact that you can feel Morpheus’ anger through the screen. You can see him tremble with rage as his voice becomes cold hard steel. We already knew Neil was right about what he said about Tom’s gravitas, but that scene was on a whole other level. Even I was terrified, Jesus Christ.

And you contrast that with how gentle he is with Calliope. How upset and terrified he is for her. How he actually begs her to accept his help, because he cannot bear to see her in this situation a second longer. How scared he is she’ll refuse out of pride as he did, because he’s been there and he knows the regret that comes after, and because he sees her imprisonment as so much worse than his. Because he knows Calliope, and it horrifies him that something like this has happened to her.

And at the end, you can really tell how part of him still loves her, and regrets so much about what has happened between them. Because like all his lovers, he’s given her a piece of his heart, and that will never change as the millennia go by. And for chrissake, their relationship lasted long enough for him to marry her, to father a son with her. To raise him and watch him grow up and be there with her and the rest of the Endless on Orpheus’ wedding day. And for Morpheus, even after thousands of years of bitterness and sorrow and regret, to come to her aid and demand she be freed, and to tremble even as she talks of forgiveness and presses her forehead to his cheek.

Death:🔆😀🌈🌷eating her apple happily 🍎✨😊 🌼

Dream: ★⋆ 🕷️🔪🕯️  𝐸𝓂☹︎ moping mode on ⛓️🕸️ 🥀

A collection of rare Dream Sandman smiles for research purposes

Are folks ready to admit Neil Gaiman was right about the eyes thing? Like, he said on his own Tumblr that it was for the acting performance (which matters a lot more for a long-form show). And the night-eyes look great and impactful when they make their appearances! But yeah, considering Morpheus is *completely silent* for the first 40 minutes of the first episode, and had to do a lot of acting *entirely with his eyes*, it works impeccably well.

Seriously though shout out to Tom Sturridge for the micro expressions. You know the era of tumblr where people would read paragraphs of meta into a character blinking? He does that. Manages a whole range of expressions without ever leaving the address of "slight pout".

Accidentally made them diptychs

“I’ll tell you what, I’ll be here in 100 years’ time. If you’re here then too, it’ll be because we’re friends.” -THE SANDMAN (2022-) // “We are an angel and a demon. We have nothing whatsoever in common.” -GOOD OMENS (2019-)

the corinthian is THE character ever. motherfucker has sauce for days. he’s a nightmare personified chilling on earth. he drives a convertible. he eats eyeballs but he doesn’t even do it with the teeth he has in place of his eyes. he charms everyone he meets. he’s a keynote speaker at a serial killer convention. he was even gay.

Thank you, Lightbringer. The Ruler of Hell is honorable, indeed. I will not forget this. Honorable? You joke, surely. THE SANDMAN (2022- ) | 1x04: A Hope in Hell

Delirium's "gallery" is just me messing about to figure out how to colour things again, sorry

THE SANDMAN (2022-) —  “Sleep of the Just” (1.01)

When I first met him... he was the most gallant of lovers. He knew so many things. He delighted in sharing his knowledge. He had a castle full of treasures, and he took such pleasure in showing them, giving them to me. He was so gentle, and his skin felt like white silk against my skin. And I gave what I could give to one such as he. When we made love, it was like a flame: I felt utterly engulfed, utterly loved. Treasured. I have been with many poets, many dreamers... but his love alone was ice and fire. His eyes were stars.

Calliope, in The Sandman #71, by Neil Gaiman

When Dream is being Silent and Mopey so Death sarcastically asks herself the questions he should be asking, and then immediately he puts on a smug little expression, gets in her face and repeats them word-for-word...the Sibling Energy TM.