#fables and reflections

[comparativetarot]

The Lovers. Art by Shannon Hochman, from the Sandman Tarot Deck.

#Shannon Hochman #Sandman Tarot Deck #The Lovers #Major Arcana #Tarot #The Sandman #Fables and Reflections #Folklore #Greek #Orpheus #Eurydice #Animals #Snake

[hiraya-sa-dilim]

the-fray-how2save_a_life.mp3

#the sandman #morpheus #dream of the endless #orpheus #delirium of the endless #calliope #dream x calliope #fables and reflections #the kindly ones #really feeling it tonight boys #memes #post #mine #tbf i have not read overture yet but he's gotta get it from Somewhere (my moneys on both parents)

[ferritin4]

I would give @neil-gaiman fifty thousand dollars to make the one-off bonus episode for season two ("season two") be 'Ramadan' in the full style of P Craig Russell... though I am well aware that it would cost a lot more than fifty grand to put that together.

How boss would Tom Sturridge look, though. Cooler than he ever has.

#the sandman #morpheus #dream of the endless #p craig russell #neil gaiman #fables and reflections #ramadan

[thelastofthebookworms]

I couldn't include Endless Nights or Overture. Don't throw rocks at me.

And please reblog so we have some voters.

#polls #sandman #sandman's volumes #preludes and nocturnes #the doll's house #dream country #season of mists #a game of you #fables and reflections #brief lives #worlds' end #the kindly ones #the wake

[iwanttocreateagod]

... What lesson?

An analysis of Three Septembers and a January from Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman, Shawn McManus, Daniel Vozzo, Todd Klein, Alisa Kwitney and Karen Berger. (I, unfortunately, do not own The Annotated Sandman; everything I mention will be a part of my personal interpretation of this story)

What this short story does really well is illustrating the sibling dynamics between the Endless. Something that before was only shown at the start of Season of Mists. While the storyline itself can truly be seen as a stand-alone, it possesses many examples of how the interpersonal relationships interfere with how the siblings rule their realms. Dream shoves his principles aside as soon as Despair plays into Destruction's disappearance. A united front is constructed between the youngest siblings to compete against Dream. Death stands outside this, and her part in the Emperor's life is taken to be unwavering. Desire's attempts to claim the Emperor, is the action most connected to the continuing storyline; "But I'll make him spill family blood, I'll bring the Kindly Ones down on his blasted head...". This proclamation foreshadows in retrospect the conclusion of The Doll's House as it is takes place chronologically before the events in that comic, but this issue was released later. The reference to the Kindly Ones also gives a great example of how the amazing storyline planning can be seen, even in stand-alone short stories. Desire bringing a dead man back to life for this competition, also shows that they have the strongest drive to win from Dream and the least respect for Death's dominion.

On a deeper layer, the Endless' interactions are used to illustrate the interplay between the concepts they personify. This is not done subtly: "Dreams are 'nothing,' sister? Without dreams, there could be no despair."; An echo of Dream's defeat of Lucifer in A Hope in Hell. Very clearly, the ability to dream trumps despair, delirium and desire. In this story, it only yields to death and destiny. Yet the citation above shows that without dreams, the youngest three would not even have a realm. Dreams, apparently, have the capability to both create despair, delirium and desire, and to destroy them. This pattern can be taken much broader than shown in Three Septembers and a January.

The order that exists within the Endless suggests a power dynamic. As they are written, Gaiman seems to have presented them in order from most to least powerful. One can only exist because of its former. Death is bound by destiny, dreams would not exist if nothing was alive, despair/desire are fuelled by dreams, delight/delirium can be a direct consequence of achieving or rejecting the things that cause you desire or despair. Destruction was purposefully omitted in this list, his position between Dream and the twins seems strange. Destruction could have existed outside the Endless altogether; even without life, destruction is inevitable. He can be interpreted as an aspect of the second law of thermodynamics, which means that even without his actual presence, destruction would continue. A conclusion taken directly from Brief Lives. His complete existence and placement as part of the Endless serve as motivation for leaving, for abandoning his realm. The fact that he exists makes the fact that he leaves inevitable, creating the tragedy surrounding him; no other choice could have ever been made, him existing as himself is what damns him.

What still needs to be pointed out, is the capitalization of the word Lesson in Dream's speech bubble. This was an active decision by Klein, no other words starting with the letter 'L' are capitalized. Capitalization usually implies an (additional) importance connected to the word. In this case, it could imply the dual interpretation of the lesson learned within every Sandman comic: The lesson connected directly to the world of the Endless and the implications of the lesson on the "real" world. The conclusion about which lesson is learned in this story will therefore depend on who you are asking. The one I have taken away from it is told above. Despair might have missed it entirely. As with every good piece of literature, ultimately it is up to you.

#the endless #the sandman #brief lives #fables and reflections #dream of the endless #dream #despair #despair or the endless #morpheus #desire of the endless #delirium of the endless #three septembers and a january #sandman comics #sandman

[somestorythoughts]

I want to thank whoever decided to put this in the comic it is ADORABLE

#dream of the endless #death of the endless #fables and reflections #the sandman

[charlesmoffat]

#fable speaks #fablehaven #fables and reflections #fabulism #fabulist #fairy tales

[notallsandmen]

Tell me that this isn’t Dream and Orpheus, I dare you. The HAIR, the POUT, the ROBE

Aubrey Beardsley, ”The Climax”, 1893 (published as an illustration for Oscar Wilde’s Salome in 1894)

#orpheus #art nouveau sandman #aubrey beardsley #dream of the endless #lord morpheus #oneiros #morpheus #fables and reflections #the wake #sandman comics #the sandman comics #the sandman neil gaiman #salome #calliope #neil gaiman #sandman neil gaiman

[sunsorbit]

what is he WEARING he looks like a depressed clown

#i for one cannot wait to see tom sturridge in this fit #everyone’s missing out on the addition of his full length outfit in the reblogs #the sandman #fables and reflections #the sandman comics #sunny speaks

[the-cloudy-dreamer]

“You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live.” ― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections

#the sandman #the sandman comics #dream of the endless #Orpheus #song of orpheus #fables and reflections #neil gaiman

[two-hands-toward-the-sun]

so….live…… (my lungs forcibly expel themselves from my body)

#i am in so much pain #the sandman comics #orpheus sandman #brief lives #fables and reflections #the sandman

[the---hermit]

The Sandman volume 6 - Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman

This was by far one of my favourite volumes of this graphic novel series. Each story was so different and yet fit perfectly with one another. I really enjoyed my time with this volume. It's the core of the things I like mythology and history interwoven amazingly into these new Sandman stories. The stories included in this volume are: Fear Of Falling, Three September And A January, Thermidor, The Hunt, August, Soft Places, The Song Of Orpheus, The Parliament Of Rooks and Ramadan. The only thing I didn't like about this sixth volume were the illustrations of the very first story: Fear Of Falling. The story is absolutely amazing, I loved it, but I though the illustrations were quite ugly. Of course it's a personal opinion, but I was glad the other stories were illustrated differently. As I said there's a few stories starring famous historical people, going all the way from the French Revolution to Marco Polo, to Augustus and Imperial Rome. I also loved the retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice's story (I am litteraly listening to Hadestown as I write, so I clearly like this myth). I think this volume is my favourite so far alongside the first volume. I am even more excited to read more of The Sandman.

#2022 book #book #books #bookblr #booklr #book rec #book review #book recommendation #bookish #book cover #the sandman #neil gaiman #fables and reflections #graphic novels #reading #mine #the---hermit

[panzerdrako]

THE SANDMAN

Fables & Reflections

Ramadan

#the sandman #vertigo comics #fables and reflections #ramadan #neil gaiman #comic

[lizajane2]

He really went out of his way to make someone believe that they’re an emperor because he was provoked by Despair.

Are you a child Morpheus?!

#the sandman #sandman #lord morpheus #dream of the endless #fables and reflections

[runningoutofbooks]

Reading Fables and Reflections and I’m absolutely loving everyone in the dreaming being so fed up with Dream being in love. Fiddler’s Green literally just leaves because he can’t stand it anymore.

#dream is an annoying romantic #absolutely cringe #fables and reflections #the sandman comics

[carolemm]

LE CHENE ET LE ROSEAU de Jean de LA FONTAINE

Le chêne, un jour, dit au roseau :

« Vous avez bien sujet d'accuser la nature :

Un roitelet pour vous est un pesant fardeau

Le moindre vent qui d'aventure

Fait rider la face de l'eau

Vous oblige à baisser la tête;

Cependant que mon front au Caucase pareil, Non content d'arrêter les rayons du soleil,

Brave l'effort de la tempête.

Tout vous est aquilon, tout me semble zéphir, Encor si vous naissiez à l'abri du feuillage

Dont je couvre le voisinage, Vous n'auriez pas tant à souffrir;

Je vous défendrais de l'orage

Mais vous naissez le plus souvent

Sur les humides bords des royaumes du vent.

La nature envers vous me semble bien injuste.

Votre compassion, lui répondit l'arbuste,

Part d'un bon naturel; mais quittez ce souci :

Les vents me sont moins qu'à vous redoutables;

Je plie, et ne romps pas. Vous avez jusqu'ici

Contre leurs coups épouvantables

Résisté sans courber le dos

Mais Resiste sans courber m des disait ces mots,

Du bout de l'horizon accourt avec furie

Le plus terrible des enfants

Que le nord eût porté jusque-là dans ses flancs.

L'arbre tient bon; le roseau plie.

Le vent redouble ses efforts,

Et fait si bien qu'il déracine

Celui de qui la tête du ciel était voisine, Et dont les pieds touchaient à l'empire des morts.

#photographie #photography #arbre #tree #chêne massif #chêne #fables and reflections