Obligatory Spoiler Plea.

[bagheera_san]

Seeing as I won't buy the HP book until next THURSDAY, (or, if I cave early, Monday), I should be avoiding the internet at all cost. Seeing as I am addicted hopelessly to the internet, I can't. Willpower: - 3. Please, please, please cut-tag *everything*. I'm pretty gullible, so I get a small shock each time someone posts mock-spoilers.

Speaking of spoilers: I'm reading the entire run of Sandman for the first time, and I've reached "The Kindly Ones" and I think I'm spoiled and I hate it.

Otherwise, though, I love Sandman. I like nearly all of Neil Gaiman's works, but this is definitely one of the best. I also love how you can see the "American Gods" 'verse in embryonic form in the series. Also, I think it's fascinating that of all the Endless, I only find Despair frightening. Death, Delirium, Destruction and Dream are by far too charming, (and in the later story arcs, I've had to laugh every time Dream appeared. He's just so ridiculously, self-importantly emo. He's like this silly and weird relative you can't help but like) and Desire and Destiny aren't that impressive, but Despair? Brr.

I should be studying, but it's so hot and humid here that my brain is mush. I'm going to buy an energy drink now. Or ten, for the next couple of days.

Comments

[saturnalia.livejournal.com]

Really? Personally, I've always found Desire rather more creepy than Despair. Despair always seemed like she at least cared about the people she fucked over, whereas Desire will
fuck you up for life, and do it all with a smile on hir face. (Although I will admit that the eye-gouging and so forth on Despair's part is rather freaky.)

More generally- I'm ridiculously attached to Sandman, mainly because the first comic I ever bought (aside from a few UK kids' comics, like The Beano) was an issue from Brief Lives. Much love.

[bagheera-san.livejournal.com]

Desire is a villain, sure. It's creepier than Despair by far, but Despair is *frightening*. It's a personal thing, I guess - I've had far more experience with Despair than with the negative aspects of Desire. The scariest moment with Desire, for me, is when Delirium and Dream have found Destruction and he has left, and Despair says, "I could have gone with them and searched for him, too, and then I could have talked to him one more time. I think I would have done it..." but she hasn't. She doesn't even try. And you get that feeling that she never will try - she'll always just think about it and despair.