We have totally lost the meaning of Lovecraftian. It doesn’t describe The Endless in the least.

@necrogenesis1981

2 жыл бұрын

I know, these days anything remotely gothic is considered Lovecraftian for some reason. It has nothing to do with the Cthulhu mythos.

@arestheatheist6310

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with both of you

@waverlyking6045

2 жыл бұрын

I think Marvelous Videos got The Endless in the Sandman mixed up with the Morehead/Benson film The Endless, which actually had Lovecraftian horror.

@chriscarlisle5676

2 жыл бұрын

yeah they are using lovecraftian to describe nearly every video now, I think it's the new click bait phrase.

@misanthropic_shithead7438

2 жыл бұрын

@@necrogenesis1981 something can be lovecraftian without being directly related to his work, saying that, the endless definitely aren't lovecraftian

How are they lovecraftian? They are cosmic, but not unfathomable or monstrous. They don't exactly exist in the stars either or explicitly emit horror. They are flesh and blood in a sense, they have feelings and emotions, we can understand their motives and relate to them. There is so little lovecraftian here it's an insult.

@chrismedina54

2 жыл бұрын

People are beggining to throw that term around willy nilly.

@mikestanmore2614

2 жыл бұрын

You beat me to it. They've practically nothing in common with the Cthulhu Mythos.

@alexsolomon7991

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikestanmore2614 actually the Dreamlands are part of the Lovecraft Mythos. and it says several times in the series that although they might LOOK human, and to varying degrees relate to human..they AREN"T. not even close. Delerium once goes on a rant about how thier very presence in the material world WARPS it. Something along the lines that if one of them sees a bolt of lightning in the sky and takes notice of it, for CENTURIES afterwards mortals will occasionally see the ghost of that bolt of lightning. Some of them will even be killed by it.

@mikestanmore2614

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexsolomon7991 Lovecraft's dreamland is the same dreamland as Gaiman's? Interesting, but I still don't find them in any way similar to Azathoth or Cthulhu. Their thoughts were unfathomable, and certainly never divulged in a story.

@alexsolomon7991

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikestanmore2614 I didn't say that precicely... in both cases the Dreamlands were....poorly defined. Space and time can be quite subjective in both. I don't recall Gaiman ever mentioning Cthullhu directly. And you are SOMEWHAT wrong about Cthullhu. People forget he was actually quite small in the pecking order compared to Azathoth. Which is a bit like saying a black bear isn't as strong as a Grizzly. it's quite true..but BOTH can kill a human quite handily,. remember that "Great Cthullhu" was defeated by a dude driving a BOAT. Sure, he wasn't killed, but "banished back to Rlyeh until the stars are right again" is a pretty solid defeat in my book. Azathoth is on a whole other level.

Its important to also note that Destiny knows, not just how everything can play out but how it could play out and how things can change, showing how despite nothing being set in stone, it is all still written in his book bound in the skin of a beast that never existed.

Season 2 should explore destiny, destruction and delirium, the other siblings and their realms. Would be interesting to add the others into the show.

@soakedbearrd

6 ай бұрын

It will be too busy “reimagining” and pushing agendas. Sad because it started with such promise

Niel Gaiman is one of the best story tellers of all time and he is walking on this earth right now. I love his books. I love Sandman. If I could get to his lecture it would be one of the best days of my life.

@arnoldduran4953

2 жыл бұрын

He is also married to an awesome woman! She is a muscian and formed a band called Dressden Dolls. what a man. . .

@loslobos786

Жыл бұрын

His books are good but he's kinda a hypocrite and sellout. like Stephen king his movie and TV adaptations are usually disasters and not very good, it's really tragic given how good the material is.

@nektekket852

Жыл бұрын

@Los Lobos absolute nonsense

@beesfunplace

Жыл бұрын

@@loslobos786 have you not seen Coraline

@loslobos786

Жыл бұрын

@@beesfunplace you mean the cult hit? And I said usually! Do you understand what cult and usually mean?

Delirium is my favorite Endless purely for her two page spread in the Sandman Overture comic (forgot the issue). The one where it's two flowers, and each petal is a panel. It looked so amazing

@tnightwolf

Жыл бұрын

Not my favorite, but definitively on top!... Sometimes one just has to love Delirium (among others and into a certain point), in order to appreciate Dream/Death/Destiny and Life itself!

@AscendtionArc

Жыл бұрын

@Fatima Youssouf Across the series, they have probably the most interaction and though Dream was distant to most of his siblings, he probably becomes her closest connection, after the missing Destruction, as they have a whole arc together. She comes to him for help and when he is breaking down, she stand up on his behalf, despite the fact that her lucidity hurt her. "Dream? What did he Tell you?" _"Delirium?"_ "it's still me." _"But..."_ "If _you're_ going to fall apart, then _one_ of us has to keep this thing going." " *Please* get Up. I don't know How much Longer I can _be_ like This." "It _hurts_ very *Muchly* " _"Your eyes are the same colour!"_ "So? I can do _that._ I can Do that iF I *hvaE* to."

@divineabazie8918

Жыл бұрын

@@AscendtionArc which issue was This?

I've been listening to The Sandman act 1&2 audio books. The story's are Soo good. I love the part in hell when the battle wits between Dream and a Demon takes place

@johncopenhaver4311

2 жыл бұрын

That's Neil Gaimen for you.

@MrM0nt3

2 жыл бұрын

Why spoil it for others?

@craigray7519

2 жыл бұрын

The Song of Orpheus...nuff said.

@rickdavis32

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the story where Satan grew tired of hell and left.

@nathanexplosionn

2 жыл бұрын

"stories"

I think Cain and Abel said it best, they're "points of view" living concepts, that will only end when existence itself ends as they ARE the forces they represent, then only when those forces cease to exists will they cease to exists.

Thank you for making this video. TMI story but many years ago when I was in college, I was going through some difficult times. My friends had graduated earlier than me (I was really having a difficult time keeping up even with undergrad classes). I had my heart broken badly and I was extremely depressed (like I wasn’t taking care of myself) which made school that much more difficult. I had years of school ahead of me and I shut down socially. I didn’t go out as my depression was making me unhinged, crazy even. I didn’t date because I had only wanted my ex back and any of the few people I would meet that may of been interested - I just looked at them as a potential source of pain. As time went on I realized as many people in my situation do that you have to change or end your former self in order to live for a better future. I had often (and sometimes still do) think of suicide but an odd coping mechanism for me is that I envision the endless playing a part in my life. The hook of Despair keeping me in a horrible rut, Dreams are a source of hope when I am having an unhinged episode in which I’ve become delirious , Desire is usually what initiates my despair, Destruction is the realization that you need to change yourself in order to rebuild yourself (this would be me exercising to lose weight, bodybuilding, reading a self help book) which ultimately would lead to a better destiny I know that last bit of writing is cringe BUT it worked for me to some degree. As I get older, I forget about my magical thinking and how at one point I lived by the novels. Weird

@nicestmonster8843

2 жыл бұрын

I hope things have gotten better

@Daligo

2 жыл бұрын

Regards my friend, time has strange way of showing things. Hopefully you are feeling better. Farewell, and do be good to yourself.

@BigHenFor

Жыл бұрын

Then the magic has worked.

@Lioness_UTV

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing such a deeply impactful and difficult time for you. NG would be touched I am sure that his creations gave you some solace and that in the years to come helped keep you grounded. We humans are funny, creative, sometimes dark beings and your description was not cringe at all. I hope life is treating you well 🙏

Delight became Delirious as she literally changed when she gained more knowledge. Ignorance is bliss and knowledge is a heavy anchor.

@RStarGaming1LOL

Жыл бұрын

She also found some things in destinys pathways that not even he could see

It is, by far, one of the greatest ever written, realized and produced stories, to have ever graced the Comic-Book/Graphical-Novel medium! A Masterpiece by all rights (including it's own and by any people involved in it)! 2 Words: Master Piece!

Death appeared in a DC comics animated short where she met a man who wanted to be an artist.

@lenoigel2626

2 жыл бұрын

DC Showcase - Death (2019). I liked her portrayal in this and Death is one of my favorite Characters since she told Dream that he fucked up by not asking for her help when he was imprisoned so many years ago. She and DEATH of course.

@kaylaturnis9486

2 жыл бұрын

@@lenoigel2626 I had read some of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series before online so I know who Dream, Death, and the other Endless are. I had seen Death, Dream's sister, in DC's showcase where she meets the man who wanted to be an artist 👨‍🎨, but was struggling so hard to be one! I felt really bad to see all those people put him down like that! Are the demons the people who tried destroy his dream before? If not what does it mean exactly?

@danschumacher5427

Жыл бұрын

Let me guess you just saw it

@kaylaturnis9486

Жыл бұрын

@@danschumacher5427 Yes.

How did Delight become Delirium? Drugs, or rather addiction. What starts off as something pleasant erodes one's sense of reality until you are trapped in insanity. But insanity can have insights denied to the rational. (As seen in Endless Nights - Going Inside.)

I must commend Netflix for doing a fantastic job with the Sandman series, i had high hopes for it and prayed they wouldn't f**k it up but got more than I expected. Solid 9/10 for me.

@loslobos786

Жыл бұрын

Meeeaaahhh I give it a 5 outta 10 I was pleasantly surprised but it was ridiculously predictable.

@pablosebasthian

Жыл бұрын

@@loslobos786 Oh Mr. Destiny here everybody... Good for you Sherlock!

I love how he's just editing despairs physicality out

I remember reading and loving Death: The high cost of living. That was my introduction to all of this.

If a movie was based on this in the early 90’s...I could see Johnny Depp cast as Dream with his Edward Scissorhands look being a basis. Fairuza Balk would be Death. Charles Dance as Destruction. Tim Burton as director.

@jackalope2302

2 жыл бұрын

Tory Amos as Delirium.

@SageofSorrow

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackalope2302 i was thinking Brittany Murphy but you may be right. Also Tilda Swinton as Desire.

@jackalope2302

2 жыл бұрын

@@SageofSorrow Delirium was said to have been based on Tori

@jackalope2302

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what Tilda looked like in the nineties but she'd be perfect. Or Jaye (Crying Game) Davidson. Or both - hear me out. Personally, I'd hire three or four main actors to play aach of the Endless. Like having Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Heath Ledger as early 2000s Dream. Every scene is played by at least two actors. Use CGI to blend their faces and voices uniquely per scene. That way Dream (and his siblings) are slightly amorphous and don't look or sound totally the same from scene to scene. Like in the comic.

@rickdavis32

2 жыл бұрын

No sounds good but Burton would trash it and take the breath out of the topic,while being busy with his own asthetic. I'd much prefer Terry Gilliam though he would also have to his issues. Honestly I would love James Cameron or the guy who directed the Conan movies,though Fincher,Ridley scott wouldn't be horrible either. Honestly now that I think about Jim Henson studios would be a definate go to.

10:10 Even though it is mere speculation, some readers have theorised that Destruction's Domain is Fenrir, the wolf at Ragnarok, in Lucifer's own series - specifically Lucifer : The Wolf Beneath The Tree.

@joeclarke7982

2 жыл бұрын

Oooh I like that. I may need to reread Lucifer

@Mjester12

Жыл бұрын

Destruction's realm did appear in the new shitty Sandman series (haven't read). It's named 'the Fulcrum'.

The thing I like about the endless is that we don't know if they exist, it's possible when we die we could see death greet us.

Destiny is the best big brother, he takes care of his family and he is distant because he knows all, he s literally the Big Brother.

'-Neil Gaimen has tried to gatekeep the actual and precise origins-' Maybe it's not meant to be known? Maybe that adds to the elements in the story? Maybe giving them a concrete starting point would take away from them as characters? 'Gatekeep' - just wow XD

Saw Neil here in Seattle on May 1. Managed to get autographed copies of the current paperback collections 1 and 2 and an autographed copy The Ocean at the end of the lane. It was an evening well spent.

Brilliant comes series. Still got most the original . Still learned how they came about. Good show. 👍😊

I doubt Gaiman described his Endless as lovecraftian in any discussion. Gothic-maybe, but never Lovecraftian

"Cosmic Horror" actually predates Lovecraft and goes all the way back to Arthur Machen's stories 'The Great God Pan' and 'The Red Seal' and 'The White People' among his other stories, not to mention R.W. Chambers's story 'The King in Yellow' as well as some of the works of Ambrose Bierce and Lord Dunsany among others, All of whom were an influence on Lovecraft.

@mrnukes797

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Edgar Allen and Mark Twains Lucifer Edit Here's Mark Twain interpretation of lucifer a further edit will post his view on heaven: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gKial8GulZWyqto.html Edit 2 Welcome to Heaven: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o2qZ1pWdp5fSn6Q.html

@draco_1876

Жыл бұрын

“Cosmic horror” has been around for thousands of years

Destiny is the first Endless seen in the DC Universe/Multiverse. He first appeared in one of the horror anthologie books. Death also first appeared in a DC horror anthologie book, but since that Death was a skeleton wearing various clothing of soldiers, it was probably an aspect of Death and not the real thing.

Please do more of this!

I really want to see the series and hope it's eventually released on DVD and Bluray

I friggin LOVED SANDMAN on Netflix. I bawled my eyes out in episode 8 though. Solid season 1, can't wait for more. One of the best DC live action offerings to date.

@WeaponizedStrumpet

Жыл бұрын

SAME! I mean I cried more than a few times through it all but I'm a bit of a hormonal mess right now.

@tiraedo-omozuwa3689

Жыл бұрын

It was a very good series with solid performance

@tiraedo-omozuwa3689

Жыл бұрын

@FactoManiac Neil Gaiman is a producer so hopefully it's mostly going to be source material.

@tiraedo-omozuwa3689

Жыл бұрын

@@Neoprototype is the lead a strong white male character?

@tiraedo-omozuwa3689

Жыл бұрын

@@Neoprototype ok

Amazing

This video has some great explanations about the Endless in a way that you know the Netflix show will never even reach into the Fantasitical ideas that come from the books.

my god! I love those titles

Ready for season 2!!!!!!

Shit Niel is epic!!!!!!!! I fuk with not just all of it and including the visuals from the team work with the artists but also including the fresh take on desire

Anything breakdown 💪🏾

There's a few things about the Endless I'm still quite curious about, and have never been properly explained. For instance: according to Morpheus...Despair actually used to be someone else. then someone killed/tried to kill the FIRST despair, for what even Morpheus admitted were the best of intentions....but he picked a fight with the WRONG family and lost, and the perpetrator's suffering isn't EVER going to end. now THERE"S a story that has never been told in full. Also...the personalitie sof the endless ARE subject to change. Delerium was once delight...what specific catalyst changed her? Death used to actually have quite the stick up her ass..what caused her to remove it and seek to become more empathetic? And let's not forget Destruction.

@joeclarke7982

2 жыл бұрын

Idk if I'd want to know these stories though because sometimes the mystery is better. I will say though that the current Sandman Universe comic about the Corinthian written by James Tynion has been good, it's only been 2 issues but I like it quite alot so far.

@alexsolomon7991

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeclarke7982 Original Corinthian or after Morpheus killed and remade him?

@joeclarke7982

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexsolomon7991 the remade version. They're working his past life into the story and so far I dig it

@rdx-ww2tj

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure deliriums change was something to do with destruction

@GargusSCP

2 жыл бұрын

The story of Death's change is in a short comic from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2.

Sandman was awesome on Netflix I thought it was really well done and I was originally pretty cautious about seeing how it would go

I never read the books but it seems to me that Delirium could be my fav character. The second one could be Death. Can't wait to watch the ecranization 🙏🤭

Delirium was my favorite. I felt she was the most human

actors on point!

Sturridge/Dream and Matthew remind me of Vampire Hunter D and has hand being. Wonder which came first. Loving the show, I am hope.

Earthworm Jim had the best description of them as the Personification of Abstract Concepts Club.

What do these entities have to do with Lovecraft?

Great video but got one thing off. Deaths realm has a name its called "the sunless lands" she says it during the chapter "sound of her wings"

Cool

The Endless are NOT gods. They're something so much more terrifying. Also, they're not "Lovecraftian". I don't think you know what that word means.

@az21bob666

Жыл бұрын

they kind of are, we think there human becouse we see them from human but other life would see them that why.

@numinous123

Жыл бұрын

@@az21bob666 I never said, or even hinted, that they were human. They're not. Different beings see them as different forms. They are the embodiments of concepts. Dream is the one that actually makes most gods.

@Artistjohnlaws4173

Жыл бұрын

lovecraftian might just be click bait I think

Always wondered if Piers Anthony's Incarnations series was an inspiration for them.

Thank you for this info! I just finished Sandman 1 and 2 on Audible! I want to know more and more about the endless.

1:38 Gate keeping is a good thing.

Couple points I'd like to make - the focused on "living," for example - all "being" are "equal" to the Endless, with the life of a planet being of no lesser consequence to Death or Despair than that of a newborn or a mad man, and the Desire of a star standing equal to that of a being that lives in orbit of it. We do know that Death will survive Destiny, and be the last of the Endless - The end of everything is encompassed by Death taking her brother's hand. Whether she can, or will, take her own hand afterword, is a marked question, though it does seem likely, once she's put everything else to its final order - once there are no more ends to encompass, Death itself will become meaningless. I wished you'd focused a little more on what it means to "leave their realm" and the implicit chaos this creates, especially as it applied in the story. Given how ungoverned and literal seeking Destruction was...and also what it cost to imprison Dream, and what it might of cost to imprison Death.

Hell yea sandman was my favorite as a teen.

Thanks for this. Though I'm not certain those rules can actually be called as such, seeing as all are contradicted in the stories. Maybe more the obligations of responsibility.

i dont have time for this i need to go to bed 😢

One of my favorite channels that I feel like literally just popped up Love y'all keep going

Is it me or do a lot of the Mavelous videos hosts sound like they zero idea what they are talking about until the script is thrown at em?

So who's gonna play Destiny, Destruction and Delirium in Netflix's Sandman

@exquisitecorpse__

2 жыл бұрын

I dont think they're in the first season

@milutinstankovic4638

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they will appear in second season if destiny appears in Netflix's Sandman I want him to be played by Lance Henriksen , well

Is there any significance to all of their names starting with D?

@15:52 I dreamed I saw a basilisk That basked upon a rocky shore I looked upon the basilisk… With eyes of stone I looked no more.

The concept that gods need to be believed in to be real is SO absurd. No god would need pathetic mortals to validate their existence, we would need them.

@AVspectre

Жыл бұрын

I like it a lot. It is core in Gaiman’s American Gods. I grew up Catholic and went to bible school. So much of the ‘Old Testament’ concerns the proper rituals for the worship of God and how to make offerings. Even the first two commandments concern how humans should treat/revere God. It creates the strange contradiction that such a supposedly infinite being would care about the minutiae of such matters… The idea that they are somehow reliant on belief gives interesting explanation for instances like this, and why such infinite beings would bother personally acting or interceding in the lives of mortals at all. :)

@adamplentl5588

Жыл бұрын

Okay well you're talking about made up shit so....no? Because it's fucking made up. There aren't real rules to this bud.

@Yehoshua66

Жыл бұрын

@@adamplentl5588 common sense transcends fiction and irrational claims shouldn’t be blindly accepted if no thought went into trying to render at least a little sense out of it. There will always be suspension of belief but you can only expect it to go so far.

@adamplentl5588

Жыл бұрын

@@Yehoshua66 yeah it's just that the dumb thing you said predicated on literally nothing is in no way supportable. The logic of Sandman is perfectly internally consistent.

Wheres episode 11!?

No movie would ever suffice!!!!!

I just read Season of Mist- SandMan--My goodness Lucifer Morningstar is one power entity.

It's desire and fulfilment

I so hope we get Lucifer in the sandman series.

What author did a comprehensive research comparating Lovecraft to religions?

Hah, the video popped up in recommendations after i finished watching the season 1 of the show, albeit i did google a thing or two. The show is quite great, but it does give me a weird mixture of feelings, particularly how everything functions in that universe and the roles of the Endless. Like, Death called death a gift...which doesn't make much sense given that gifts can be refused...death cannot be, its forced and having people die at different ages...leaving others to suffer as a result - let's just say despite Death's ''happy and cheery'' personification, i found her rather disturbing, particularly in relation to the one guy, aka Dream's friend, she allowed to live forever and seeing how people would live forever given the chance....further going against the whole death being a gift concept, when there is so much to live for. It's a very sad reality. They claim to serve humanity yet that feels quite contradicting given their unwanted roles, unwanted by mortals, that is, except for couple, perhaps, like desire. No mortal wants death, despair, destruction...or to be governed by any higher forces. The idea itself has always bothered the hell out of me, in every universe/franchise.

When did Death get so stacked?

Death's realm is the Sunless Lands.

Research fail. Death's realm very much does have a name. She called it "The Sunless Lands" in "the Sound Of Her Wings", the comic version.

they really remind me of the 7 deadly sins. i love them all a lot and it’s awesome to see a non-binary character in dc!

Wait…allan heinberg? The creator of the Young Avengers? I’m watching it YESTERDAY!!

Yeah, you're either misunderstanding The Endless or misunderstanding Lovecraft, maybe both. The Endless are more Pratchett onspired than anything.

Like it

I’m guessing I’m only here because google shares all of my information and I’ve watched The Sandman Season 1 (Netflix might cancel it because they suck) twice. That being said We have the name of Death’s Realm now.

7:40 “digillent”

A squid with fangs and an unknowable dark heart is Lovecraftian- The Endless have a sheen of lovecraft at times. Delirium reminds me of the females in my fam who deal with bipolar disorder or should i rephrase that to bipolar disorder which then everyone near is drawn into dealing with lol love the nuance thats possible when every little thing isnt spelled out for scientists on the short bus every doctor with no degree

Lovecraftian = existential, unexplainable horror. Something so big and intentions so unfathomable, humanity looks like nothing but bugs or simply meat. The endless are literally the embodiments of emotions that plague humanity, that we all know so well. Clearly you need to get your definitions right

@sorjonen8358

Жыл бұрын

More like, clearly you need to check your sources and your definitions. The Endless are meta-conceptual forces that functions as conditions for existence that are as old before time was meassurable and encompass every aspect of reality from every form of beings, other concepts, gods or dimensions. They were around dozens of billions years before humanity was even an idea and your attempt to limit them to human emotions only is quite bizarre, none human can comprehend an Endless, they just experience a side effect of their existence in the way they can. And to the lovecraftian lore, that most lf it's new content is today relased by DC imprunt since years ago, has the lovecraftian outer gods under Dream's domain, which basically he has an aspect that encompass all the dream and wake of Azazoth and all the minds of unconscious horrors. The Endless being objective are more "lovecraftian" that most of actual lovecraftian beings and all their alien misticism, a more accurate term would be call them eldritch beings.

please learn what is lovecraftian, stop using it as a clickbait phrase.

Death's kingdom does have a name. Sorry if I'm mistaken as I'm not an English native but it would be called the kingdom/land of shadows or the sunless lands. Great video otherwise!

Somebody has a word of the day calander.

I want these characters in a DC movie, maybe reboot Constantine at the same time. Those are the kinds of “comic book” movies I really like. Damn all these silly dressed “hero’s” and Nationalistic morality.

@9PUPPE

Жыл бұрын

They better stay in a series where they can be portrayed properly and not made cash cows like the rest of dc's superheroes had been made

@OscillatorCollective

Жыл бұрын

@@9PUPPE yeah, basically VERTIGO, bring in Swamp thing too, not the “mad scientist” version, but the mythical magical version. With Black Adam coming out, it seems to be introducing a magic element to DC, so they could totally launch a Vertigo ish themed movie series.

@OscillatorCollective

Жыл бұрын

@@9PUPPE I did watch that last JOKER movie DC did it was great, I think if they stick to that cinematic style a VERTIGO based movie line would work. Make it more like a psychological type movie, the Endless, Constantine, Swamp, Sandman even Etrigan (that yellow demon). I think it would be awesome. Brink back those CROW and BLADE vibes from the 90s…

Wtf is lovecraftian about these characters?

Well dream does have a form called dream of the eldritch abomination so that could count as lovecraftian

Aug. 5

It's because everyone want to be a fan of the most powerful, if you keep adding a newer more powerful thing it only destroys previous stories. there will be a new one round the bend who is more powerful then the rest. Its getting like you cant throw a stone without hitting an unfeasible powerful creation.

Everynody sould read The Sandman comics. It's epic, and is not like anything in modern literature.

Dream = Robert Smith from the Cure Death = Debbie Harry from Blondie Delirium = Courtney Love Desire = Eddie Izzard Destiny = the hermit on Led Zeppelin’s album cover Despair = ??? Destruction = … Gaston?

The same trope as the Chaos gods from Warhammer.

What I find amusing is that the video begins with Marvel logo and the Sandman is from DC😅😅

"hundreds of thousands of years old." ,🤔? Death is older than the universe and the current DC multiverse. Her age is in the billions or trillions, if not older.

“Has tried to gatekeep” Oh ffs

They are the living embodiments of the human contidion. it's the exact opposite of Lovecraftian.

Gods live and die. The Endless just are.

Sounds an awful lot like some other god that are pretty chaotic in another universe to me.

Destruction did not abandon his duties. Rather he is doing his job by abandoning his position.

11:17 desire?

Informative! I think I'm going to read up on Sandman and the others. Still don't like the choice of actress for Death. If you're gonna pull that PC BS then why not reflect each individuals viewpoint of death!? Multiple actresses for all of her duties. Asians, Europeans, Blacks, etc. I feel that would fit Gaiman work better.

Also they are nowhere near the embodiment of feelings they embody experiences and concepts of existence. Destiny (concept), death (experience), dream (experience), delirium (experience), destruction (concept) i don’t remember them all but u get my point?

Destruction is hawwwt

Think I'd change something tho