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Daniel - art by Marc Hempel

#the sandman #daniel hall

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sandman

#the sandman #dream of endless

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i forgot how little despair is canonically!!

even compared to delirium who if i remember correctly is pretty small compared to dream and destruction, despair still only comes up to her chest!! idk why i love this so much but i do

#the sandman #despair of the endless

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Only Hope (!) calls you out like that…

Since I’m currently in the process of writing the mother of all “H/hope in the Sandman”-metas, just a couple of random panels. This one, obviously everyone talks about quite often…

And this is doubly important since this happens after a certain 1889 meeting, but before the fishbowl. So Dream didn’t have the experience of being captured yet that furthered his change. And yet, his reaction to her is very different than the reaction to Hob (also: Can we talk about the symbolism in Hope reaching out her hand, touching him and his allowing it?). Because she is Hope.

(And innocence I dare say—she is a child for a reason.)

But the panel hardly anyone ever talks about is this one:

That’s Hope saying the exact same thing to Desire. And they have the same reaction. And she calls them out on their bullshit in exactly the same way. And again, can we talk about the symbolism in asking Hope to join you and her replying she will come with you? That’s more than just the obvious “We’re saving the universe and you stand for the afterlife”, which is also a biggie, but that’s for the other meta). Because she is Hope.

Both Dream and Desire are so lonely (I’d hazard a guess she could say this to all the Endless btw). And they both cope with it in such maladjusted ways. But they let a child call them out like no one else is allowed to call them out. They bristle, but they don’t overreact like they do with others (especially Dream). Because she is Hope.

(And all of that’s to say: She is the personification of H/hope, not any of the other side-characters that commonly get hope projected on. And D/dream(s) are hopes and always will be because she touches/d them.)

#LOVE THIS #the sandman #dream of the endless #desire of the endless #hope beautiful lost nebula

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Cain the Caretaker, aka my awful awful husband ❤️

#the sandman #cain

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3am and i’m awake thinking about how sad it is count fenring and lady margot’s dynamic wasn’t in dune part two. like the power couple ever with their own language and secret schemes… i miss them.

#that’s why i kinda dislike the feyd/margot ship #bcus she has the best husband in the dune universe she doesn’t need that slimy guy #dune #count fenring #lady margot fenring

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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 ,

#it was amazing thank you for hosting!! #death of the endless #the sandman

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You know what, props to Jon Snow for being the greatest wedding planner of all time. My boy managed to arrange a wedding that broke like every social norm in the north, between groups that have warred for MILLENIA!! and officiated by a foreign religion! Crazy that no one died like there wasn’t wasn’t even a lil scuffle. Some people can’t even get through a wedding without murdering their guest which btw indicates a lack of skill on the planner’s side I'm afraid. After the events of the past year, his services are desperately needed because how were people getting anything done before him??

#jon snow #asoiaf

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I'm in awe of how we ran historical revisionism on the civil rights movement so bad that people truly believe it was quiet self-sacrifcial non-disruptive christ-like activism that forced progress and not — like — the incredible economic pressure of boycotts and outbreaks of illegal civil disobedience

Yapping to the choir but eughhh it burns me up girl effective protests have to be loud and inconvenient for change to happen because silent cries die in the dark that's the entire pointtt

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Death - art by Bill Sienkiewicz

#i love her blue eyeshadow #the sandman #death of the endless

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Morpheus—Dean Kotz

#the sandman #dream of the endless

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i think it is important to recognize the ways in which your favorite thing sucks. i think it keeps u normal

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Still having Chani feelings, man. Because I think it is actually not that common to see a character (but especially a female character) whose main commitment in life is to a political struggle, and to have that be taken seriously by the narrative. Not painted as naive idealism or a trendy lifestyle choice or something the character eventually leaves behind for "real" commitments like marriage, career or children.

We don't see really anything of Chani's home life in the sietch, but it seems reasonable to infer that the fedaykin are what she's built her life around. The very first thing we learn about her, before we even know her name, is that she's a fighter. This is a core part of her identity.

She falls in love with Paul when he's willing to risk his life beside her as an equal, for a cause that she can't escape but he could walk away from if he chose. The question she asks him is not Do you love me? but Will you always be with me? Will you always be beside me in the struggle, fighting for the same things I am?

And as soon as the answer to that question is no, they're over. There is absolutely no possibility of love overriding that political betrayal, because her love for him is inextricable from coming to trust that he is committed to their liberation and not simply trying to use them. He said over and over again that he didn't want power, and as soon as he reaches out to claim it there is no way they can be together. The worst betrayal isn't watching him choose another woman, it's watching him declare himself emperor and send her own people off to slaughter others when he said he was fighting for their freedom.

So she leaves him, and we're never supposed to see it as anything but justified. There is simply no way she will turn her back on the most important thing in her life for him.

#dune #chani kynes #my girl :(((((

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my final death appreciation piece! I’ve loved making all these pieces to honor my fav girl!

#UGHHH BEAUTIFUL #death of the endless #the sandman

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Chani

#dune #chani kynes

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Death and Dream—Mike Dringenberg

#the sandman #dream of the endless #death of the endless

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paulchani: “you chani could change everything”

song: it’s not up to you by björk

#tried posting this on tiktok but they don’t support björks music ?? #idk why they’re bjorkphobic but whatever #dune #dune part two #paul atreides #chani #chani kynes #paulchani #paul x chani