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List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox of the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers ❤️

Note: Sorry this took me so long to answer! Five Things that Make Me Happy: 1.) The love of my life, @mistermegee I could write a college thesis paper on how much mistermegee/cal means to me and I love him with all my heart and soul. 2.) Any pet I've ever have, do have, and will have. I'm an animal lover (horses, owls, and rats are my favorite animals). Presently Cal and I have two cats, Pumpkin and Navi and they're both little furballs with some sassy personalities. 3.) Music: Music is another big part of my life. I was first Clarinet in middle school though I left band by the time I entered high school because I didn't know how busy I would be and kind of regret not sticking with it. I also tried learning guitar but my fingers just don't want to cooperate. I was also a metalhead in high school but have since expanded my enjoyed genres but still don't overly enjoy pop or top 40 playlist groups. Some songs are good but pop music is too peppy for me. 4.) Video games, comic books, & horror content : I'm lumping these together since they usually fall under the class of media. Video games are a big part of my life (I have a sleeve tattoo dedicated to Dragon Age that I still need to have work done on.) All three of these subjects inspire me in my writing and world building for an interactive fiction I'm developing (very slowly developing to be clear). I even enjoy bad and classic horror movies. 5.) My hobbies!: This is probably the widest group of things that make me happy. Art and writing top this list, of course. Art, like music, is a huge part of my life. I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil and get my hands on some paper. I don't write as much as I should but god, in high school I had notebooks filled with a story I was working on (it was heavily inspired by isekai anime) but never finished. I also enjoy reading, crocheting, beading/jewelry making, and crafting/learning new crafts. Dungeons and Dragons is also a huge inspiration to my interactive fiction and I am getting back into playing Magic: the Gathering. Thrifting vintage items is also a hobby of mine along with collecting cool and eccentric items. Gardening brings me peace of mind and I'm very proud of my collection of plants that I tend to and I work hard to learn how best to care for them. Right now I'm learning how to best prune some of my plants that have gotten a little carried away with their growth. This year I'm going to attempt to grow my own crop of potatoes! I live in a building complex, so most of my food gardening has to be in containers/buckets but that's just fine with me! There are probably so many other things I could get into that make me happy when it comes to my hobbies, so I only included the big ones that I'm currently focused on. Thank you for sending me this ask and I hope you know a little more about me now. ^^ Have a great day!

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Favorite color: I usually don’t do colours. Only black. I might let a bit of red or purple sneak in. When I feel particularly adventurous, a smidgeon of hot pink (go away with pastels) or really bright turquoise.

Last song: Aria 2 (pt. 1) by Max Richter because I sometimes put on “Sleep” when I write. Yeah, sounds counterintuitive, I know 🤣 Great for focus though. At least for me.

Currently reading: Fathom Folk by Eliza Chan.

Currently watching: Not much. Not in a TV headspace at the moment, too much reading and writing going on.

Currently craving: Nothing in particular. Thinking of it, I could go a coffee…

Coffee or Tea: Oh, I just answered that question previously I guess. Coffee of course. Forever and always. Black and short. No shenanigans. I hate tea. I can tolerate fruit infusions on a good day in winter, but that’s about it.

no pressure tags: leaving out the peeps who’ve already been tagged and torturing @marlowe-zara @dreaminglibrary @sgam76 @leesgotwritersblock @poobtato @bobbole @morpheusbaby3 @duckland @notallsandmen @dixdafne No worries if this isn’t for you.

(And adding a tag for @withoutyouimsaskia and @cappulcino because I already did this one. Thank you for tagging me 🙂).

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Tagged by @southernreaches :D

rules: choose 4 of your favorite characters from 4 pieces of media as options and let your tumblr pals decide which one most suits your vibe.

I guess I'll tag... @dreamaturgy and @midnightwerewoolf if they wanna run with it

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Favorite color: purple. the best color. iconic. dark and rich, full of life. mysterious. hidden depths. what does this color actually mean? who can say. so many opinions and so many truths yet simultaneously nothing is true. a real legend of a color.

Last song: The Loneliest by Mareks Radzevics

Currently reading: Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies by Andrea J. Ritchie

Currently watching: in between shows at the moment. just finished star trek discovery (my LOVE) and haven't started anything new because of big work things and also big writing things.

Currently craving: to consume? nothing. looking forward to this hot shower in a few minutes after a very long day, though. my skin craves the warm comfort of water more than I currently crave air.

Coffee or Tea: listen. LISTEN. they both win. I cannot choose. I love coffee with my entire heart, and have done so for the approximately 1.7 million years that I have been alive. but I also love tea. I love the ritual and the balance and the tea cups and the variety. I love both of them in equal measure. and if you make me choose the universe will explode. probably. do you really wanna make that bet?

no pressure tags: @ad-astra13, @swaps55, @dreamaturgy, @therev28, @pushingsian, and anyone else who feelsk inclined

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Get to know me!

I was tagged by @dreamaturgy and for once I remembered to do things!

Three ships: Geraskefer (because Geralt of Rivia has two hands,) Sophie Hatter/Howl Jenkins (book especially but also movie), and… well I suppose a Baldur’s Gate Cuddle Puddle? I ship them all with each other and haven’t found any combo that hasn’t delighted me, though Wyllach and Halstarion have been especially fun!

First Ship: Does me with Prince Caspian count? If not, probably Belle & Beast.

Last song: 10,000 Emerald Pools by Børns.

Last film: Shin Godzilla

Currently Reading: Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer (current fiction), The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (bedtime story), and The Power of Positive Dog Training (current nonfiction.)

Currently Consuming: nothing

Currently Craving: A hot chai with honey.

I tag: whoever would like to do this! Tag me so I can see your response!

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Catania: il progetto “Dreamaturgy Zone” di Retablo verso la conclusione

Catania: il progetto “Dreamaturgy Zone” di Retablo verso la conclusione. Catania, Inizia la settimana conclusiva di “Dreamaturgy Zone: D.e-Mo 2023 (Democracy & Electronic Movement) - Esperienze Immersive di Civiltà Aumentata”, il progetto artistico-culturale ideato dalla compagnia Retablo, che rientra nella programmazione di “Palcoscenico Catania. La Bellezza senza confini” del Comune di Catania. Questa iniziativa, che promuove la ricerca di forme avanzate di partecipazione democratica attraverso l’utilizzo creativo delle tecnologie digitali e delle arti performative, coinvolge i quartieri Librino, Antico Corso e Tondicello della Plaja, si concluderà domenica 1 ottobre. La prima parte del progetto ha previsto 3 laboratori, mentre, nella seconda parte di D.e-Mo 2023 sono in programma 4 spettacoli teatrali, che prenderanno il via a partire da martedì 26 settembre. Ecco il dettaglio degli eventi: -Il Labirinto (Compagnia Teatro dell’Argine): dal 26 al 29 settembre alle ore 17.30 a Librino, negli spazi dell’Istituto Omnicomprensivo Angelo Musco. Innovativo, immersivo, itinerante, questo è uno spettacolo che supera la tradizionale fruizione teatrale, sperimentando un nuovo linguaggio che unisce teatro, cinema, realtà virtuale e gaming. 14 esperienze visive e sonore che raccontano altrettante storie di adolescenza dimenticata, grazie anche a decine di interviste con enti e associazioni del territorio che si occupano di ragazzi e ragazze in stato di disagio o di pericolo. Ogni spettatore è dotato di un visore, uno speciale dispositivo che proietta chi lo indossa in uno scenario così realistico da sembrare vero. Immerso in una realtà virtuale, il pubblico potrà guardarsi intorno a 360°, esplorare diversi luoghi, interagire in maniera diversa con cose e persone. Senza mai uscire da uno spazio reale di 7x7 metri, lo spettatore nella realtà virtuale si muoverà in un dedalo di corridoi e stanze dove scoprire le 14 storie de Il Labirinto. Il Labirinto è quindi uno spettacolo itinerante dove il pubblico camminerà e resterà in piedi per circa 50 minuti. -SEPHIROT®: Marino (Compagnia Chrones.) il 26 e 27 settembre alle ore 19:30 a Via del Principe, 20 (Tondello della Plaja). SEPHIROT® è un sistema di creazione di performance interattive in cui pubblico e performer cambiano il corso della storia in tempo reale. Lo Scenario che proponiamo è Marino, un’iperdrammaturgia originale scritta da Alessandro Anglani, che conta due Protagoniste - GILDA e LUISA, 4 finali diversi e 10 scene, per un totale di 59 possibili narrazioni differenti. Durante le scene di interazione della performance, alcuni luoghi dello spazio saranno sensibili al monitoraggio del software DoppioGioco, sviluppato in collaborazione con l’Università di Torino. Se un membro del pubblico occupa quel luogo, sosterrà o ostacolerà un dato personaggio, permettendo un'interazione spaziale con la narrazione. I temi affrontati saranno molteplici e complessi: emancipazione femminile, sex working, dipendenze affettive, identità di genere, orientamento sessuale, transizione di genere, portando a mettere in discussione la concezione stessa della famiglia e dell'amore. -Speakers’ Corners (Compagnia Teatro dell’Argine): sabato 30 settembre a Piazza Università alle 12.00. Il flash mob che conclude il laboratorio Politico Poetico made in Catania, un laboratorio di cittadinanza attiva per immaginare una città migliore a cura del Teatro dell’Argine e condotto da Micaela Casalboni e Andrea Paolucci. Il gruppo di giovani e giovanissimi partecipanti invaderanno pacificamente la città per raccontare ai loro concittadini e concittadine cosa sognano per Librino, il loro quartiere: che cosa amano, che cosa vorrebbero cambiare, che contributo può dare ciascuno di loro a questo cambiamento e a partire da quali atti concreti. Lo faranno attraverso azioni collettive e piccoli monologhi, racconti e giochi. Seguendo l’idea che la possibilità di cambiare il mondo passi dalla necessità di cambiare il proprio territorio. -Tifeo. Il Tradimento dell’orecchio (Compagnia Retablo): drammaturgia, interpretazione e regia di Turi Zinna e Federico Magnano San Lio, andrà in scena domenica 1 ottobre alle 21:00 in Via del Principe n. 20. Rinchiuso nel retro della propria mente, il vecchio Tifeo non riesce più a incutere terrore destabilizzando l'intero universo come fece ai tempi dell'insurrezione contro l'Olimpo, quando si lanciò all'assalto del cielo e riuscì perfino a imprigionare Zeus. Continua a sentire le voci delle sue cento teste feroci di belva, ma la sua vis rivoluzionaria è stata disanimata dal dottor Cadmo che lo cura ipnotizzandolo con la musica del razionalismo progressista. Il suo scopo è normalizzare la bestia. Lo tratta come un errore della natura, un caso psichiatrico. La guerra utopica dell'ammutinato all'ordine costituito è definitivamente persa. La mente del soldato sconfitto è stata il campo di battaglia di questa sanguinosa lotta di classe. La patria espugnata è landa devastata, saccheggiata, carcere introiettato dentro cui si agita il gigante disperato sorvegliato dal mellifluo ed arrogante Cadmo. Biglietti a questo link: https://www.liveticket.it/retablo Per gli spettacoli SEPHIROT®: Marino e Tifeo. Il tradimento dell’orecchio si può anche acquistare con carta docenti e 18 app, solo sul sito. E’ possibile prenotare inviando una mail a retablo.comunicazione@gmail.com oppure inviando un messaggio whatsapp al numero +39 327 267 8002  ... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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The Sandman fandom is fucking hilarious to me bc everyone is like "i wanna put him in a box and study him" or "i wanna put him into Situations :3" and then they DID actually do that in the show like right at the beginning and half of the fanfiction is getting that guy OUT of the Situation.

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A Catania prosegue il progetto di Retablo "Dreamturgy Zone"

A Catania prosegue il progetto di Retablo "Dreamturgy Zone". Catania, E’ in pieno svolgimento “Dreamaturgy Zone: D.e-Mo 2023 (Democracy & Electronic Movement) - Esperienze Immersive di Civiltà Aumentata”, il progetto artistico-culturale ideato dalla compagnia Retablo, che promuove la ricerca di forme avanzate di partecipazione democratica attraverso l’utilizzo creativo delle tecnologie digitali e delle arti performative. Questo progetto, che rientra nella programmazione di “Palcoscenico Catania. La Bellezza senza confini” del Comune di Catania, si concluderà il 1 ottobre e coinvolge i quartieri Librino, Antico Corso e Tondicello della Plaja. Sono in corso a Villa Fazio, nel quartiere Librino, due dei tre laboratori che compongono questo progetto: il primo, condotto da Turi Zinna, che è fra i fondatori della Compagnia Retablo, si chiama Hyper Dreamedy. Teatro tecnologico 4 dummies: un workshop di progettazione multimediale consente a tutti di comprendere funzionamento di quelle che possono apparire come “magie digitali” applicate alle performing arts, offre la possibilità di lavorare in gruppo per dare vita alle proprie idee e a produrre creazioni originali. Il secondo si chiama Politico Poetico made in Catania, un laboratorio di cittadinanza attiva e un evento finale per immaginare una città migliore a cura del Teatro dell’Argine e condotto da Micaela Casalboni e Andrea Paolucci. In particolare, sono previste tre sessioni di laboratorio con giovanissimi abitanti del quartiere dai 9 ai 18 anni, per conoscere meglio il luogo in cui vivono, giocano e studiano e immaginare azioni reali e concrete, ma anche poetiche e visionarie per renderlo più accogliente, solidale e bello. Temi come Ambiente, Disuguaglianze, Città e Comunità, sono stati trattati attraverso giochi, interviste, esercizi teatrali, per rispondere alla domanda: “Cosa possiamo fare noi, oggi, nella nostra città, nella nostra scuola, nel nostro quotidiano per costruire un futuro più sostenibile?”. Tutte le idee, i progetti, i sogni e le visioni saranno raccontate alla cittadinanza durante il flash mob Speakers’ Corners. Il gruppo di giovani e giovanissimi partecipanti invaderanno pacificamente la città per raccontare ai loro concittadini e concittadine cosa sognano per il loro quartiere, il Librino: che cosa amano, che cosa vorrebbero cambiare, che contributo può dare ciascuno di loro a questo cambiamento e a partire da quali azioni concrete. Lo faranno attraverso azioni collettive e piccoli monologhi, racconti e giochi. Seguendo l’idea che la possibilità di cambiare il mondo passi dalla necessità di cambiare il proprio territorio. Infine, al Bastione degli Infetti, nel quartiere Antico Corso, lunedì 25 settembre dalle ore 16.00 è in programma SEPHIROT®, laboratorio a cura di Chrones: un sistema di interactive storytelling che si basa su una forma letteraria sperimentale, le Iperdrammaturgie (hyperdramaturgies), e che si sviluppa nell’ambito della narrativa non lineare, ovvero che non prevede un solo percorso da parte del lettore all’interno del racconto. Questo sistema è in grado di generare delle performance interattive in cui pubblico e performer cambiano il corso della storia in tempo reale! Oltre che da performer e pubblico, lo spazio scenico è occupato anche dalla figura del Direttore, che scandisce i ritmi delle interazioni e arbitra la partita tramite gesti codificati. E’ possibile prendere parte ai laboratori (che sono gratuiti), mandando una mail a retablo.comunicazione@gmail.com oppure inviando un messaggio whatsapp al numero +39 327 267 8002). A partire dal 26 settembre, verrà dato spazio agli spettacoli teatrali: Il Labirinto (Compagnia Teatro dell’Argine) dal 26 al 29 settembre dalle ore 9:00 a Librino (Istituto Omnicomprensivo Angelo Musco); SEPHIROT®: Marino (Compagnia Chrones.) il 26 e 27 settembre alle ore 19:30 al Bastione degli Infetti (Antico Corso); Speakers’ Corners (Compagnia Teatro dell’Argine) il 30 settembre - luogo da definire; Tifeo. Il Tradimento Dell’orecchio (Compagnia Retablo) il 1 ottobre - alle 21:00 in Via del Principe n. 20.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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A Catania prende il via "Dreamaturgy Zone" di Retablo

A Catania prende il via "Dreamaturgy Zone" di Retablo. Prende il via martedì 12 settembre a Catania "Dreamaturgy Zone: D.e-Mo 2023 (Democracy & Electronic Movement) - Esperienze Immersive di Civiltà Aumentata", il progetto artistico-culturale ideato dalla compagnia Retablo, che promuove la ricerca di forme avanzate di partecipazione democratica attraverso l'utilizzo creativo delle tecnologie digitali e delle arti performative. Questo innovativo progetto, che rientra nella programmazione di "Palcoscenico Catania. La Bellezza senza confini" del Comune di Catania, si concluderà il 1 ottobre. Sono previsti, nel complesso, tre laboratori (partecipazione gratuita previa iscrizione obbligatoria retablo.comunicazione@gmail.com) e quattro spettacoli teatrali, che riassumono un palinsesto multidisciplinare che utilizza il linguaggio delle arti performative dei media digitali per ripensare e riattivare spazi di comunità. Turi Zinna, regista, autore e attore, che è fra i fondatori di Retablo, presenta così Dreamaturgy Zone:"Questo è il secondo step di un progetto che ha preso il via nel 2022, finanziato dal Comune di Catania e dal Ministero della Cultura, destinato alle periferie delle Città Metropolitane italiane. Con la nostra compagnia da due decenni affrontiamo la prospettiva delle tecnologie applicate alle arti sceniche, nell'ottica di quanto queste abbiano un'influenza anche nel contesto sociale. È sotto gli occhi di tutti quanto la crisi di rappresentanza che sta attraversando la dinamica democratica nel mondo sia collegata con la frammentazione dei blocchi sociali tradizionali di riferimento novecentesco e quanto sia interrelata con le comunità che si formano attraverso la socialità digitale. L'universo delle rappresentazioni non può non essere travolto da questa evoluzione radicale. Rappresentanza e rappresentazione, in questo passaggio d'epoca, sono investite da un analogo turbamento. D.e-Mo 2023, quest'anno, sarà realizzato nei quartieri catanesi Librino, Antico Corso, Tondicello della Plaja. Il palinsesto che andiamo a presentare ospita oltre alle nostre produzioni, quelle del Teatro dell'Argine e Chrones.: compagnie e artisti che più stanno sperimentando in Italia forme di drammaturgia ibrida, fisica e digitale". Il progetto sarà inaugurato martedì 12 settembre a partire dalle ore 16:00 a Villa Fazio, nel quartiere Librino, con il laboratorio Hyper Dreamedy - Teatro tecnologico for dummies(Compagnia Retablo) condotto da Turi Zinna, Un laboratorio di teatro digitale nel cuore di Librino, dove immaginazione e tecnologia si incontrano per generare bellezza. Dove sperimentare tecnologie avanzate per creare esperienze interattive e immersive. Dove il digitale è bene comune, linfa di creatività condivisa, accessibile a tutti. Una preziosa opportunità in cui tessere reti neurali collaborative tra città ancora separate. Un luogo in cui le idee prendono forma attraverso la collaborazione e il mutuo apprendimento. I successivi appuntamenti in programma sono il 13, 16, 19, 20 e 23 settembre. Da giovedì 14 settembre alle ore 14.30 prenderà il via a Villa Fazio, Speakers' Corners, un laboratorio a cura della Compagnia Teatro dell'Argine che nasce dal più ampio progetto Politico Poetico che si è aggiudicato numerosi premi, fra i quali l'UBU nel 2021. Questo workshop, condotto da Micaela Casalboni e Andrea Paolucci, coinvolgerà ragazzi e ragazze dai 13 ai 20 anni per immaginare soluzioni e proporre azioni per rendere il proprio territorio più inclusivo, equo, sicuro e giusto, a partire dai 17 obiettivi dell'Agenda 2030. Saranno realizzati cinque tavoli tematici (Ambiente, Lavoro, Disuguaglianze, Comunità, Giustizia), con una domanda: "Cosa posso fare io, oggi, nella mia città, nella mia scuola, nel mio quotidiano per costruire un futuro più sostenibile?". Chiederemo a giovani cittadini e cittadine catanesi di individuare nel proprio quotidiano situazioni di disagio, spreco, inefficienza o degrado e di elaborare piccoli e grandi progetti per raggiungere, sia a livello locale che individuale, gli obiettivi globali dell'agenda. Per fare tutto ciò useremo esercizi teatrali e metodi di facilitazione quali il world café, il debate e il Jigsaw, modalità coinvolgenti e partecipate per stimolare la riflessione e la partecipazione di tutti e tutte. Tutte le idee e i progetti diventeranno piccoli monologhi che i partecipanti presenteranno alla cittadinanza durante il flash mob Speakers' Corners. I partecipanti saliranno su delle cassette di legno, piccoli podi improvvisati, come a Hyde Park a Londra, pronti a spiegarci il loro punto di vista sul mondo e per raccontare agli spettatori la loro idea di domani. I successivi appuntamenti, della durata di 3 ore ciascuno, saranno nei seguenti giorni: 15, 21, 22 e 29 settembre. Questo laboratorio di cittadinanza attiva si concluderà il 30 settembre con un evento finale a Piazza Duomo per immaginare una Catania migliore. L'ultimo laboratorio di Dreamaturgy Zone, che è a cura di Chrones., è in programma lunedì 25 settembre dalle 16.00 al Bastione degli Infetti, nel quartiere Antico Corso: SEPHIROT® è un sistema di creazione di performance interattive in cui pubblico e performer cambiano il corso della storia in tempo reale. Il laboratorio consiste nella possibilità di assistere alle prove aperte e al dietro le quinte dell'allestimento di Sephirot Marino, prima vera performance digitale ibrida di Chrones. Lo spettacolo si avvale della tecnologia "visual recognition", un sistema di intelligenza artificiale specializzato nel riconoscimento dei volti, fornita dal software per le performance interattive "DoPPioGioco" sviluppato dal CIRMA (UniTo) e adattato da Alessandro Anglani alla forma iperdrammaturgica. La seconda parte del progetto è riservata agli spettacoli: Il Labirinto (Compagnia Teatro dell'Argine) dal 26 al 29 settembre dalle ore 9:00 a Librino (Istituto Omnicomprensivo Angelo Musco); SEPHIROT - Marino (Compagnia Chrones.) il 26 e 27 settembre alle ore 19:30 al Bastione degli Infetti (Antico Corso); Speakers' Corners (Compagnia Teatro dell'Argine) il 30 settembre - a piazza Duomo; Tifeo. Il Tradimento Dell'orecchio (Compagnia Retablo) il 1 ottobre - alle 21:00 in Via del Principe n. 20. SPETTACOLI: - IL LABIRINTO (Compagnia Teatro dell'Argine) dal 26 al 29 settembre - dalle ore 9:00 - Librino Istituto Omnicomprensivo Angelo Musco - SEPHIROT. MARINO (Compagnia Chrones.) - 26 e 27 SETTEMBRE - ore 19:30 - Bastione degli Infetti (Antico Corso) - SPEAKERS' CORNERS (Compagnia Teatro dell'Argine) - 30 settembre - piazza Duomo ore 12:00 - TIFEO. IL TRADIMENTO DELL'ORECCHIO (Compagnia Retablo) - 1 ottobre - alle 21:00 - Via del Principe, 20 LABORATORI: - Hyper Dreamedy - Teatro tecnologico for dummies (Compagnia Retablo) - 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 23 settembre - ore 16:00 - Villa Fazio, Librino - SPEAKERS' CORNERS (Compagnia Teatro dell'Argine) - 14, 15, 21, 22 e 29 settembre - dalle 14:30 - Villa Fazio, Librino - SEPHIROT® (Compagnia Chrones.) - 25 settembre ore 16:00 - Bastione degli infetti (Antico Corso).... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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Thanks for the tag, @dreamaturgy

Disclaimer: I have watched DBD, but I wouldn’t consider myself a fan and I was never a massive fan of the DBD comics either, so my thoughts will purely come from a Sandman angle.

I think the deal of “not turning back” was very Orpheus/Hades-specific, so I wouldn’t necessarily consider that a prerequisite to get anyone out because we are not talking about the same pantheon.

Having said this: All the Endless are canonically nigh omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. So if they want to know something, they will. The question is probably whether they’d be interested enough to let it come into focus. And also whether the writer wants them to know for plot reasons which can also turn into a plot hole on occasion 🤣

I don’t necessarily think Dream had no idea what could/would have made the outcome for Orpheus different; he very clearly warned him. I think Dream knew that it was a foolish idea for Orpheus to go into the underworld, it’s not that he had no clue. I actually think he might even have had an intuition what was about to happen if you just look at the start of Song of Orpheus. It’s just that it is one of his rules that he won’t intervene. And it’s tricky to judge that from our very human angle, which was also the angle of Orpheus because he was mortal, because quite frankly: We have no idea about the wider consequences of such actions (I’m not sure if I’d ever want to be involved when Morpheus gets put through the trolley experiment 🤣):

What we also shouldn’t forget is how Hell works in the Gaimanverse:

You don’t end up there because you truly deserve it and then there’s no way out. You end up there because you believe you deserve it. You end up there because you believe such a thing as Hell/damnation exists in the first place. You end up there because you feel guilt.

That’s why good people can end up in Hell and bad people can potentially get off scot-free.

But this is not Eurydice’s underworld. It is not Hell as we understand it, it is not the Hell of DBD. Eurydice ended up in the place that all dead people go to. Hades is not Lucifer/the devil. He is a god like Zeus and Poseidon, and they each rule over a part of the world, and his happens to be the underworld. If you deserve punishment, you go to Tartarus, and mythologically, that’s not where Eurydice went. She just died. And the rule in Greek pantheon is that you don’t come back from the land of the dead. So in a way, Hades might have been charitable because Orpheus moved everyone with his song. Hades is canonically not bad. He is not good or evil. He is fairly neutral, sometimes even benevolent.

Or maybe Hades knew Orpheus would look back, who knows. We cannot know for certain. Fact is, he gave him a chance to have Eurydice back.

I personally don’t think Morpheus would care how Charles did it because it’s inconsequential to how the whole thing worked in Song of Orpheus. I also think Morpheus had a pretty solid understanding of what Orpheus should have done differently—again, it’s not that he didn’t warn him.

As for the practicalities: You need not sleep to dream. All dreams are under Dream’s purview, that includes daydreams. And if he wanted to, he could always get in touch with you—canonically, he has done this several times even with people who weren’t asleep, e.g. Constantine. Being dead alone does not forfeit the ability to dream either, as Dream’s conversation with Lucifer clearly shows.

I just don’t think this particular case would matter to him because that would be assuming he didn’t understand what went wrong for Orpheus. Because he totally did.

So that’s my 2p, not sure if they are helpful in any way.

Do you guys think that Morpheus knows what Charles did? That he got Edwin out of Hell despite turning back? Do you think he saw? That he knows he managed where his son failed?

Do you think he wants to ask him how he did it, but he can't because Lord of the Dreams has no influence on ghosts because they cannot sleep? Cannot dream? Or does daydreaming count? And if it does. Do you think he'd ask?

[inastarlesssky]

Whoa, it's been a while! Thanks for the tag, @sseanettles!

Fav color: It's kinda funny because it's so specific, but the color of an ocean wave when you see the sunlight through it, and the sort of dark blue you see when the sun is setting and it's about to be night? Yeah I like those.

Last song: Try by P!nk

Currently reading: I actually don't have anything currently between my schedule of studying a foreign language, trying to catch up on my own writing and a couple of new fixations I've picked up.

Currently watching: (Oh that's so cool, I didn't know you liked Psych, too! I love that show) The Umbrella Academy because I just got sucked into that show and it's a fun ride. I really like Klaus and Five.

Currently craving: Quesadilla; tortilla with melted cheese. I haven't had one of those in a long time!

Coffee or tea?: Hm I'd say coffee.

Hobby to try: Sculpting. I've never done it before, but it would be fun!

Current AU: Oh holy moly, well I have a list of projects I'm going to start. So technically don't have one that I'm currently working on, but I have some ideas.

These Brilliant Lights - a Dead Boy Detectives Edwardian AU in which Charles meets Crystal during a seance and needs her help to break a curse that's been put on him. Also Edwin and Niko are paranormal detectives.

In This Twilight - The Sandman. An arranged marriage/marriage of (in)convenience. Johanna Constantine is pursuing a Jack the Ripper copycat killer and just so happens that Dream of the Endless is pursuing the same one.

Among others, but those are off the top of my head!

No pressure tagging: @tina-mairin-goldstein @dreamaturgy @cappulcino

Tag Game

Tagged by @zzoomacroom, thanks dear!

Fav Color: dark blue, like a deep, dark navy blue

Last Song: welcome to the machine by pink floyd

Currently Reading: not currently reading anything (too busy between my actual real life job, cosplay work, and trying to get back into my own writing), but I read Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson last month and greatly enjoyed it

Currently Watching: I am presently re-watching my belovedly dorky Psych, it's such a delightful, low-brain-power trip down memory lane

Currently Craving: pork tamales :( I got faked out by the red sauce stain on the corn husks on the last one in our fridge, which turned out to actually be rajas con queso (which I hate)

Coffee or Tea: I take the third door. hot chocolate.

Hobby To Try: woodwork. I want to try to make my own alebrijes

Current AU: oh man. how to live with living forever aka my "Death resurrects Morpheus, and he is pettily furious about it in the single most graphic and self-destructive way he can manage ft. Hob Gadling discovering how much he love-hates the Endless as he teaches his bedridden stranger currently rotting away on his couch how to face up to the truth of the self, how to find the will to live when you have no other choice, and how to be a better person." The first work is nothing grows in corpses (in the earth of me).

The second one is going to be called ruin (of bitten lips and broken hands) and you can read an excerpt here from my old blog of Delirium being. well. Delirium. but in Hob's bed. while he is still in it. and Gwen is very, very deeply, mercifully asleep next to him. it's a good time XD.

Tagging mutuals (no pressure): @windsweptinred @inastarlesssky @rriavian

[pizzafishandchips]

@dreamaturgy

👍kept my promise

[writing-for-life]

Hey @dreamaturgy , I’ll try to point you towards some metas that might answer some of these questions.

You’ll find some answers to many of those questions here:

You need to scroll through to the bottom for this one because it’s thoughts added to… other thoughts 🤣:

About Daniel, an excerpt from another post I wrote a while back:

I don’t think I’ve ever looked into that exclusively but mentioned it in a few metas (also the ones linked above). Perhaps one could say: It’s the nature of dreams to wish and hope but never get it (because once you have it, it stops being a dream). So it is who/what he his—he can never reach it because he is (a) D/dream. Forever unreal. All the Endless are their functions. They don’t just watch over them.

It’s pretty much that: They don’t interfere. I think Neil Gaiman said at some point, “They’re not a superhero team.” She comes for Jessamy and Burgess in her function—because they die. Dream is not dying at that point.

Plus: Dream asked all his siblings for help once when he was in dire straits (you’d need to read Overture). And they all said no. Each single one, including Death. The only one who did help was—surprise: Desire.

But considering that none of them came to his aid and that he has a very strained relationship to the one who did, he would never ask again.

Plus: There’s also a moment in Brief Lives where it is clearly stated that they are uncomfortable in each other’s realms. So while he wasn’t in Death’s realm at that point (obviously), it can still be assumed that the Endless generally try to avoid to be in each other’s company for extended periods of time/too often, even if they might be fond of each other. And if they do, the results usually aren’t�� great? Even “The Sound of her Wings” isn’t straightforward in that way (see linked metas), and Brief Lives really hammers it home.

So it’s a combination of a lot of things.

Hope that helps 🙂

WHAT DO YOU MEAN DREAM'S HAIR USED TO BE WHITE!! oh my god. i just saw your post about killala and i have now perished. thanks for breaking my heart.

but also hi!! i'm relatively new to the fandom and it's a great place to be. i haven't finished reading all the comics yet but i'm curious to know:

what do you think are the main differences between TV!Dream and Comics!Dream? i've heard so many people claiming that he is incapable of changing, for instance, and though the show does convey his overall rigidity pretty well, i'm not getting the vibe that he's immutable.

also!! it's clear that he feels a lot. which is always funny to me when the corinthian is like yo, try this and maybe you'll feel something for a change but like. he does!!! or i get the impression that he does. he probably feels too much if anything?? all of it simmering just beneath the surface, barely contained. how would you personally analyze his relationship with his own emotions?

i hope all of this is coherent enough for you to answer lmao, i saw your post about enjoying being asked sandman questions two seconds after i woke up and barged into your inbox. hope you have a lovely day!

Thanks so much for the ask, and welcome if you’re new(ish) to the fandom! 🤗

I’m sorry I broke your heart—much more heartbreak to come I fear if you haven’t read the comics yet, so I’ll try to keep this as spoiler-free as possible.

I am one of those people who believes the differences between comics!Dream and show!Dream are actually not as big as they are made out to be where it matters, and you will definitely find people who disagree. At the end of the day, we all read it through our own lens and will never be fully objective about it.

The main difference I see is that they filed off the rough edges of the comics a bit to make a new audience sympathise more. It’s very hard to do that with a character who is basically in full arsehole mode for most of the first 40 issues or so, and even then only slowly begins to come out of it (although we can obviously see glimmers of what lies below the surface at the beginning of the comics, too, but it’s far more subtle than in the show). I’ve worked in musical theatre for a over decade of my life and understand a bit about bringing the written word to stage/screen, and some things simply don’t translate well from book to stage/screen, and you have to change it. So my personal opinion is we get a more sympathetic Morpheus and certain changes so the audience can do exactly that—sympathise off the bat. You will lose an audience pretty quickly if they don’t care about the protagonist and the universe he moves in, and you can’t be as nuanced about it as you can be in a written work. We’re talking about streaming services thinking about profits here, even if people don’t want to hear it.

Also: The more you sympathise with a character, the deeper the emotional investment and the more you feel, even if it hurts.

Having said this, I don’t think Morpheus is incapable of change, and I never got where that idea comes from. His biggest flaw is that he believes he cannot change (and even he has moments when he admits he might have). In the introduction to Endless Nights, Neil Gaiman says that he was once asked to describe The Sandman in twenty-five words or less, and famously, it was this (you might have heard it):

“The Lord of Dreams learns that one must change or die, and makes his decision.”

And I think some people might have wrongly taken that for an either/or thing. I don’t want to say too much at this point because I don’t know how much you know (if you’d like spoilers or already know how it ends, let me know, I’ll happily expand on it). Only so much:

He is capable of change, also in the comics. Very obviously so. But just like he denies he has his own story (which also isn’t true), he denies he can change. Or at least he thinks he perhaps cannot change enough (it’s actually hard to write about this without giving everything away, help! 🙈).

As for his feelings: He does feel, but again, it is something he pushes down and will deny himself. Until it bursts to the surface and breaks through, and when that happens, it’s usually with, well, let’s say varying results, and that’s putting it mildly. Personally, I’d say he has problems relating to his feelings, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t feel. Quite the opposite in my view. He holds the collective unconscious—all unprocessed feelings and whatever else floats around in that collective mess, and it’s exactly what he says to the Corinthian in that famous scene: he needs to keep a lid on it and keep that lid firmly closed so all of it doesn’t consume him. But that also means denying himself the feelings that are linked to his own personhood (if you want to call it that). There’s Dream of the Endless, and then there’s Morpheus. And while they’re one and the same and inseparable, Morpheus is also the “point of view”. The character, the person, if you will. And deep down, he craves that personhood so badly. Out of all the Endless, he is the only one who basically collects names because they mean having something beyond his function, which is also mirrored in what he tells Death in “The Sound of her Wings”: he wants something more. He is the only one whose realm is populated with sentient beings (yes, I know Despair has rats, but I think you get my drift). He is desperately lonely and struggles with it. He seeks connection yet denies it to himself. That’s not someone who doesn’t feel.

I don’t know if this answers your questions at all—I was doing the wild “spoiler-free” dance 🤣 But please let me know if you want me to go a bit deeper, I love talking about this stuff.

You can also have a look at my metas if you haven’t already. The headers pretty much explain what they’re about and what spoiler-level to expect, but none of them are truly spoiler-free I guess:

Again, thanks so much for encroaching on my inbox, and feel free to follow up if anything was left unanswered.

@dreamaturgy ask answered

[tickldpnk8]

Love this spoiler free explanation @writing-for-life : you always have a great way of putting pen to thoughts I seem to have floating in my brain.

Maybe it’s because I started with the first Netflix season before I read the comics, but I never got the impression that the comics are hard/unkind/unsuited to modern audiences/etc or that Morpheus isn’t as soft/kind/capable of change/etc as he is in the show. I might be projecting Tom’s portrayal onto the written version, but that’s the interpretation I bring with me as I read it. (And everyone is entitled to their own interpretation of course)

But to me, Morpheus clearly has a growth arc and it’s always felt to me as though his jerk moments are written to show that personal growth he goes through, despite what he may be feeling or dealing with on the inside. I also get the sense that some of the grittiness of the comic is just there as a pastiche on the different literary styles they are depicting in different issues. As a story about stories, it’s done as a kind of meta analysis about genres within the construct of the narrative. That’s obviously going to get somewhat lost in translation when adapting it to screen. (I have a post on this languishing in my drafts, and hope to get around to finishing it one day.)

I think because they are comics, folks tend to underestimate the literature side of how they are constructed. I say this not to diminish folks who read them for the surface level story: they work on that level of writing too! But I personally love digging into the deeper metaphors, references, etc. And if you find yourself craving that kind of conversation @dreamaturgy, I welcome you (or anyone else) to check out the #sandman Bookclub tag.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN DREAM'S HAIR USED TO BE WHITE!! oh my god. i just saw your post about killala and i have now perished. thanks for breaking my heart.

but also hi!! i'm relatively new to the fandom and it's a great place to be. i haven't finished reading all the comics yet but i'm curious to know:

what do you think are the main differences between TV!Dream and Comics!Dream? i've heard so many people claiming that he is incapable of changing, for instance, and though the show does convey his overall rigidity pretty well, i'm not getting the vibe that he's immutable.

also!! it's clear that he feels a lot. which is always funny to me when the corinthian is like yo, try this and maybe you'll feel something for a change but like. he does!!! or i get the impression that he does. he probably feels too much if anything?? all of it simmering just beneath the surface, barely contained. how would you personally analyze his relationship with his own emotions?

i hope all of this is coherent enough for you to answer lmao, i saw your post about enjoying being asked sandman questions two seconds after i woke up and barged into your inbox. hope you have a lovely day!

Thanks so much for the ask, and welcome if you’re new(ish) to the fandom! 🤗

I’m sorry I broke your heart—much more heartbreak to come I fear if you haven’t read the comics yet, so I’ll try to keep this as spoiler-free as possible.

I am one of those people who believes the differences between comics!Dream and show!Dream are actually not as big as they are made out to be where it matters, and you will definitely find people who disagree. At the end of the day, we all read it through our own lens and will never be fully objective about it.

The main difference I see is that they filed off the rough edges of the comics a bit to make a new audience sympathise more. It’s very hard to do that with a character who is basically in full arsehole mode for most of the first 40 issues or so, and even then only slowly begins to come out of it (although we can obviously see glimmers of what lies below the surface at the beginning of the comics, too, but it’s far more subtle than in the show). I’ve worked in musical theatre for a over decade of my life and understand a bit about bringing the written word to stage/screen, and some things simply don’t translate well from book to stage/screen, and you have to change it. So my personal opinion is we get a more sympathetic Morpheus and certain changes so the audience can do exactly that—sympathise off the bat. You will lose an audience pretty quickly if they don’t care about the protagonist and the universe he moves in, and you can’t be as nuanced about it as you can be in a written work. We’re talking about streaming services thinking about profits here, even if people don’t want to hear it.

Also: The more you sympathise with a character, the deeper the emotional investment and the more you feel, even if it hurts.

Having said this, I don’t think Morpheus is incapable of change, and I never got where that idea comes from. His biggest flaw is that he believes he cannot change (and even he has moments when he admits he might have). In the introduction to Endless Nights, Neil Gaiman says that he was once asked to describe The Sandman in twenty-five words or less, and famously, it was this (you might have heard it):

“The Lord of Dreams learns that one must change or die, and makes his decision.”

And I think some people might have wrongly taken that for an either/or thing. I don’t want to say too much at this point because I don’t know how much you know (if you’d like spoilers or already know how it ends, let me know, I’ll happily expand on it). Only so much:

He is capable of change, also in the comics. Very obviously so. But just like he denies he has his own story (which also isn’t true), he denies he can change. Or at least he thinks he perhaps cannot change enough (it’s actually hard to write about this without giving everything away, help! 🙈).

As for his feelings: He does feel, but again, it is something he pushes down and will deny himself. Until it bursts to the surface and breaks through, and when that happens, it’s usually with, well, let’s say varying results, and that’s putting it mildly. Personally, I’d say he has problems relating to his feelings, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t feel. Quite the opposite in my view. He holds the collective unconscious—all unprocessed feelings and whatever else floats around in that collective mess, and it’s exactly what he says to the Corinthian in that famous scene: he needs to keep a lid on it and keep that lid firmly closed so all of it doesn’t consume him. But that also means denying himself the feelings that are linked to his own personhood (if you want to call it that). There’s Dream of the Endless, and then there’s Morpheus. And while they’re one and the same and inseparable, Morpheus is also the “point of view”. The character, the person, if you will. And deep down, he craves that personhood so badly. Out of all the Endless, he is the only one who basically collects names because they mean having something beyond his function, which is also mirrored in what he tells Death in “The Sound of her Wings”: he wants something more. He is the only one whose realm is populated with sentient beings (yes, I know Despair has rats, but I think you get my drift). He is desperately lonely and struggles with it. He seeks connection yet denies it to himself. That’s not someone who doesn’t feel.

I don’t know if this answers your questions at all—I was doing the wild “spoiler-free” dance 🤣 But please let me know if you want me to go a bit deeper, I love talking about this stuff.

You can also have a look at my metas if you haven’t already. The headers pretty much explain what they’re about and what spoiler-level to expect, but none of them are truly spoiler-free I guess:

Again, thanks so much for encroaching on my inbox, and feel free to follow up if anything was left unanswered.

@dreamaturgy ask answered

[anxious-witch]

Oh wow! Thank you for such a detailed and thought out answer! I was mostly musing about it and I honestly didn't expect a real answer, but I appreciate that you took the time to give one. Especially bc my only knowledge of the Sandman is from the series.

I didn't consider the difference between Hell from Greek myths and from DBD, but I suppose it makes sense they coexist here, especially given Death seems to have different afterlife depending on the soul in question. Still! Quite interesting that the reference was brought up in the same universe as the Sandman, which made me wonder if it would make Morpheus curious.

Good to get a confirmation he also rules over daydreams and dreams people have regardless of if they sleep or not. I might use that one for the fic.

Thank you for the explanation, and thank you to @dreamaturgy for tagging you under my post

Do you guys think that Morpheus knows what Charles did? That he got Edwin out of Hell despite turning back? Do you think he saw? That he knows he managed where his son failed?

Do you think he wants to ask him how he did it, but he can't because Lord of the Dreams has no influence on ghosts because they cannot sleep? Cannot dream? Or does daydreaming count? And if it does. Do you think he'd ask?