#wanda mann

[arielthedaydreamer]

The fact her last name is "Mann" is just f*cking surreal bruh 😭 I kinda hope they change her name for the series

I still think a lot about how Wanda was drawn so masculine despite her medical transition including hormone replacement therapy, electrolysis, and years of living as a woman.

[lokitty-supreme]

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️

Shout out to Wanda & Echo of The Sandman Universe for being trans icons

[dogboyboyshorts]

vertigo girls always come out on top

[milfzatannaz]

Wanda my beloved for @bohemiandaydreams

[dxliriumoftheendless]

sandman fandom how are we feeling about the season two casting call??

[do-you-know-this-queer-character]

Do you know this queer character?

Wanda is Transgender and uses She/Her pronouns!

[bullfrawgs]

So with the recent allegations about Neil Gaiman, it has suddenly become much more popular to criticize his works. Often to the point of claiming that they "always knew", that they'd always been critical of it. We've seen this pattern before with Rowling, among others. That's not what this is, I cannot claim that I wasn't a big fan of Gaiman's works. But I still have this concern that has been rattling around in my head for years now. The way the trans woman Wanda is handled in Sandman trade 5, A Game of You. It opens with Wanda being nice, and sweet, and making me as an audience member really like her. Then, when the main thrust of the plot begins, she is excised from it and left on the outside of the dream realm explicitly for not being a "real woman". And then the space surrounding the dream dimension, where Wanda is, is all destroyed and she is killed, and the story ends with her getting buried under her deadname, misgendered, and the 2 small acts of defiance that Wanda's friend graffitis her real name on her tombstone, and that Wanda looks like a cis woman in the afterlife as a ghost. So the question is, why is she here? She's one of the very early trans characters in Big 2 comics, so Wanda draws a disproportionate amount of analysis in talking about this arc, but her "purpose" in the arc is to be explicitly tertiary and unimportant to it! This is, in effect, her downfall, her entire purpose is to not be involved in the story and then to die, because her death is the direct result of the characters in universe cutting her out of the story. And *maybe* there's something to that, I suppose, but it's not enough to justify the outcome. This story would be roundly hated if released today, because it's just fridging a trans woman who was created for the purpose of being fridged. People traditionally cut Gaiman a fair bit of slack, because it was the 90's and best practices around trans characters hadn't been established yet, but he was told *at the time* that he shouldn't fridge her. Trans icon, contemporary comics writer, coworker, and purported friend of Gaiman Rachel Pollack told him before GoY was published that he couldn't kill her. He does so anyway, and has said numerous times that GoY is his favorite arc of Sandman as a direct consequence of the criticism levied against him. He recounted this story of going against Pollack *in the memorial article he wrote for the DC Pride issue following her death* and I've just kept seething over this ever since. It's so incredibly frustrating, he did nothing to really break the chain of trans characters that are there to die which would continue for years hence.

[zal-cryptid]

DC characters - Wanda Mann

[raspberryjellybrains]

I wrote a ficlet for this, but it was kinda bad. so here's barbiewanda for sandman femslash weekend!!!!!! it was for "favorite food" bc wanda was gonna make barbie her favorite kind of cake (strawberry and chocolate with pearls) when her girlfriend oh so evilly ruined the surprise with kisses

(@sandmanfemslashfans !!!)

[smol-nemesis]

Dream should've fell in love with Wanda instead of that TERF thessaly

[comparativetarot]

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

Something that always stuck with me is the part of Wanda’s story where Thessaly doesn’t include her in the moon ritual. On a recent reread of it, I felt that it was a part of the story that could get some interesting updates when it is put on the Netflix show. Anyway, this card is kind of my play on that, specifically that both these women are of the moon.

[athymelyreply]

I saw you were feeling bored... Soooo... Top five favourite Sandman characters and why? 😁

Ooh ok- I don’t know if I can rank them but I’ll give you 5. (Just kidding it got out of hand there’s more than 5) (oops, sorry not sorry) (Also thank you so much for this ask ilyyy <3)

dream: I mean he’s the protagonist, he’s so depressed, he’s dramatic, he acts like a weird creature half the time, he’s burdened by the weight of responsibilities that he imposed upon himself. and also just look at him for heavens sake! also the show adaptation is like. He is so autism.

Wanda: Wanda is EVERYTHING. Oh my god, I cannot wait to see how her character is adapted but just like. AAAAAAA WHAT A WOMAN WHAT A CHARACTER SHE IS MY FAVORITE <333333

Lucienne: AAAAAAA LUCIENNE!!!!!! I prefer her show adaptation- vivienne acheampong’s performance is just STELLAR. And her character?? The capital L Loyalty, the way she encourages dream to change- anyways I think she should get to do whatever she wants forever and she deserves to rule the dreaming if she wants to. (She also deserves to get her shit slonked silly style by a very adoring dream if she so wishes as well. Like sir u should be on your knees thanking her and offering her the world. I am spritzing u with water like a misbehaving cat. GO SAY THANK YOU)

destruction: HE!! Like he makes bad art and he has a dog companion and he cares so so much and he left!!! He changed!!! And also he’s just hot. Anyways love him. He is the moment.

rose: oh my god rose. Like!!! Oldest sibling!!! Kinda god like! So kind and wonderful and interesting and also sorta all powerful for a while there. She defied the endless to protect her brother and her friends, shes determined as hell and incredibly brave, she’s a descendant of the endless, she’s a writer, she’s everything!!!!

the corinthian: such an interesting character to explore. Like there’s so much there!! His relationship to dream and to his function and to humanity. The pain and conflict that comes with all of that. The exploration of identity and agency. The symbolism. Also he’s a slut (affectionate)

Hob: in the show he’s got a whole nother layer of charisma and personality to him, and also just the concept of his character is really cool. Like look at this medieval peasant who became immortal through sheer force of will! Rad.

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

[bookslutskye]

Wanda deserves the world

[lokitty-supreme]

I just think it’s neat that The Sandman writers said, “You know what would be cool? Putting trans people in major roles in our comic books.”

[dxliriumoftheendless]

biggest fear is barbie not being featured in s2 of the sandman while wanda is, meaning the general fandom wont know about barbiewanda </3