Wicked & Divine @damnationisdelightful - Tumblr Blog

the wicked + the divine will always be relevant bc fandom really is religion. like people don’t think of it that way but what else do you call the kind of devotion that make you build digital shrines, evangelize people unfamiliar with your chosen icons, make art in their name, gather close together with each other, your fellow believers. it’s the reverence of it i think. the faith in it. the schisms of it.

#wicdiv

It's been ten years! oh my god, what the fuck?!

"I am not a woman, I'm a God I am not a martyr, I'm a problem I am not a legend, I'm a fraud So keep your heart, 'cause I already got one"

I think Halsey read The Wicked and The Divine

#wicdiv #this one part just reminded me of wicdiv

thoodleoo

feelin kinda cute, might compare myself to the gods in an act of hubris ultimately leading to my downfall

#wicdiv #basically

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not to sound bitter bc a ship I didn’t like became canon but I just did not need that last issue of wicdiv....I do understand how it’s incredibly powerful to see these characters who thought they would die in 2 years actually live long lives but I guess I’m just resistant to Harry potter esque time jumps where we see how all the characters end up. I liked the sense of possibility at the end of 44, that now that laura and eleanor had decided to live, they could create their own futures (although they did end up in jail for a while). and 45 kinda takes that feeling of excitement and freedom away from me I guess. it’s nice to know that they got their happy endings (sort of) but it just wasn’t for me I suppose

damnationisdelightful

I...have to agree. I have enough issues with 45 that I haven’t actually been able to go back to wicdiv since it ended. I just don’t like how the ending too away the possibility of deciding the future myself. It mapped everything out so far into the future that the world is essentially dead to me now.

theoddathenaeum

I can see what your saying. I personally always liked the inclusions if issue 45 in a kind of structuralist way that Kieron is known for. That each major turning point happens every 11 issues and that having the inclusion of 45 is a step away from that.

In terms of the actual issue itself I thought that it was ambiguous enough with some characters that you can fill in the greater details of their life while with others I felt something more of “what how on earth did this happen?”. Honestly the biggest thing for me was that the issue showed just how much they all were friends who liked each other. Through out the series I kept getting the feeling that not one of them really liked anyone else- they were just people who were stuck together in the same sinking boat. But in the end they bonded and grew close and build relationships and friendships between one another that still stands some 40 odd years later.

damnationisdelightful

You are right, the strength of their friendship was definitely a centerpiece to the issue but once again, it was another detail I wasn't a big fan of. I just didn't like how everything was wrapped with a bow and suddenly everyone is friends! I know there is a time skip and it is implied that this happened through the years but as a reader, I read this in sequence and I did not feel the time pass. So it was a jarring ending.

One of the reasons I haven't come back to it is because I prefer not getting deeper into the issue at all , even to explore my opinions about it because it sort of just makes me unhappy. The more I think about it, the more things I find that I didn't like. That said, I know the ending is loved by a lot and I am happy for it. I definitely still love wicdiv but I have decided to pretend the last issue isn't there for me.

#wicdiv

chirpchirpmuahaha

thinking about wicdiv and how i’m still obsessed about how well its in-media-res beginning works for it. like. you could totally have just started the story with each pantheon member appearing one by one, with backstories for each as they ascend. but we start six months in and there’s been a LOT of drama that happened, and that which we do learn more about, we generally learn a lot later. like, i just think it works really well and makes for such a tight story. might be time for a reread tbh

#wicdiv

3840293843293-deactivated202211

not to sound bitter bc a ship I didn’t like became canon but I just did not need that last issue of wicdiv....I do understand how it’s incredibly powerful to see these characters who thought they would die in 2 years actually live long lives but I guess I’m just resistant to Harry potter esque time jumps where we see how all the characters end up. I liked the sense of possibility at the end of 44, that now that laura and eleanor had decided to live, they could create their own futures (although they did end up in jail for a while). and 45 kinda takes that feeling of excitement and freedom away from me I guess. it’s nice to know that they got their happy endings (sort of) but it just wasn’t for me I suppose

damnationisdelightful

I...have to agree. I have enough issues with 45 that I haven’t actually been able to go back to wicdiv since it ended. I just don’t like how the ending took away the possibility of deciding the future myself. It mapped everything out so far into the future that the world is essentially dead to me now.

#wicdiv #sad but true

incorrectwicdivquotes

Cassandra: So, that was plan b?

Persephone: No, no, that’s plan m.

Baphomet: Don’t I die in plan m?

Perseephone: Yeah, usually.

Baphomet: What do you mean, usually? how many plans do i die in?

Persephone: Plans c, f, and m through q.

Baphomet: Hold up, that’s a little close to home. How many plans does Dionysus die in?

Persephone: None.

Persephone, pointing to Cass: None.

Persephone, pointing to Amaterasu: ...nnehh.

Persephone: Now there is a plan where Baal comes out of it with a scar from the temple through the eye all the way down to his mouth -

Inanna, to Baal: You’d look so cool with a scar!

Amaterasu: Wait, wait, wait, go back, hold on, let’s - let’s rewind. You skipped past me! You skipped past me.

Persephone: Well, I have one, there is a plan, but it’s evolving.

Amaterasu: Okay, that’s creepy. Don’t you think that’s creepy? she’s planning my death.

#wicdiv

kevinwada-deactivated20230323

My variant for Getting It Together, a new @ImageComics series by @SinaGrace, @OmarSpahi, @jfineoriginal & @Struble. Can you clock the homage we’re making on this cover?

#getting it together #to check out #kevin wada

xowaltz-deactivated20201230

Hey guys!! I’m currently doing my thesis in Graphic and Media Technology and I need to get some opinions on the advertisements I made for a company!! So if you have a few minutes of spare time I’d really appreciate if you could do this survey! Thank you ✨💚✨

#boost reblog

neil-gaiman

The first three Graphic Novels. In twenty parts. Coming July 15th 2020. Here’s the cast…

The US link is https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Sandman-Audiobook/B086WP794Z and the UK link is https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Sandman-Audiobook/B086WQCVVG

madmaenads-casual

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS! I wonder how much of the anthology story structure will be maintained.

neil-gaiman

Same structure. Each episode is an adaptation of the comic it’s based on.

villainous-queer-deactivated202

A NON-BINARY PERSON IS PLAYING DESIRE

A NON-BINARY PERSON IS PLAYING A NON-BINARY CHARACTER MEANT TO BE THE EPITOME OF SEXY AND ATTRACTIVE

I’M CRYING

I’M CRYING DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME???

neil-gaiman

It’s 2021. I can’t imagine casting a non-binary character any other way.

We auditioned several fabulous non-binary actors, who were good, but not right, and then we thought to reach out to Mx Bond, and immediately knew that we had found our Desire.

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-exchange-justin-vivian-bond

#Sandman

Controversial opinion, but cass was kinda mean

Hey buddy! Not gonna lie, this message scared me!!! It’s been years since I got one of these.

You know, Cass was kinda mean, that is a true statement. but I still like her? I think the beauty of wicdiv is that they are all kind of terrible. They’re not all good or all bad (except for Dio. He is a cinnamon roll, and he has done nothing wrong, ever!), all the characters had faults and Cass was kinda mean. I sometimes understood her anger, sometimes didn’t.

#wicdiv #cassandra igarashi #Anonymous