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Dream and Nada—Vince Locke

The Kiss—Gustav Klimt

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Dream—David Mack

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Morpheus—Neko Melchiah

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I feel we’re not talking enough about this panel…

Because yes, we always rant on about how much the fishbowl changed Dream, or that it was the onset of his change. And that’s also true. But…

The ruby was wrenched from his very being when he was young (he was still all white at that point, from what he wore to his hair. Just like Daniel). He took it from his chest. It was part of his essence (I’m sure we could find different words, like what we commonly call soul or heart in the literary/poetic sense, but of course it’s also about what he is, and about his function. Dreams and hopes. It was “powered by his spirit”). Most of the relevant info is linked here:

And then he gradually turns black, from hair to clothing (there’s still white in both in The Heart of a Star—by the end of it, it’s gone). And we wonder why he was often (not always) so cold and detached.

Then that essence gets released again, becomes a part of him again.

But it’s not just about power. It’s about gaining back his proverbial essence, his heart and soul and spirit, all that he is. Even if it hurts because there’s nothing now that keeps the pain and the constant teetering on the edge at bay that comes with feeling so deeply, and feeling everyone else so deeply (severing yourself from your essence, from your feelings, from all the dreams and hopes you have, also for yourself—isn’t that, at least to a degree, what humans do when they dissociate?).

But it also plays a part in him realising his wrongs and starting to set them right.

For billions of years, since he wrenched the ruby from his very being, he was basically incomplete because he denied himself what made him complete. He turned it into a tool, for whatever reason he believed made sense at the time. And then it all comes flooding back, and it’s just so much. Tools are indeed the subtlest of traps…

Yeah, thinking about that makes me a bit unwell…

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Morpheus doodle that i wanted to do more with but my tablet keeps freezing on me :(

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Dream and Death—David Hitchcock

All the Endless are buckling under the weight of their functions, not just Dream

This is so heavy in so many ways. Because yes, in your last moments, you might actually meet both Dream and Death. I find it strangely moving that they are portrayed as a team here to ease what can only be described as the most horrible suffering. Or maybe that’s just how I see it.

But it looks so heavy on her—so many stretching out their hands/reaching out for her, and we will never know whom she offers it to in the end (apart from the fact that she holds Dream’s hand 😬, which might be accidental or on purpose on Hitchcock’s part).

I personally think we actually see how heavy her function weighs on her here, and I sometimes find that vulnerability lacking in other portrayals. Dream looks almost protective in the way he wraps her up—she is allowed a moment, isn’t she?

But naturally, Death can also come to us shrouded in a Dream, which brings us full circle…

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THE SANDMAN | Episode 1.05 "24/7"

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Your kingdom is my birthright

Dream of the Endless & Doctor Destiny Tom Sturridge + David Thewlis The Sandman 1.05 24/7

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The Sandman: Season 2 | Behind the Scenes Sneak Peek

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Sandman s2 promo twinss

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Death, Dream and Matthew - art by Chris Bradbury

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Reader stealing Goldie to hold in their pocket like this

If you come closer to them, they'll run away while holding the pocket so Goldie doesn't bounce too much.

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Feeling the pain of this as a fan of the original work, and of the actors and this show, and of the other works and shows now hamstrung by his behavior. I wish supporting them didn't have to be tangled up with supporting him even a little, even tangentially.

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DREAM OF THE ENDLESS | seasons 1 & 2