Delirium and Destruction in Endless Nights is one of my favourite parts. Have you written about that one? I think I like those two both better than Dream, Death or Desire, though that may say more about me than about the comics. (Also I struggled with Barry Sloane as Destruction until I started thinking of him as trans!Destruction, and then he was perfect.)
Do you mean their individual stories in Endless Nights or the fact that Destruction is taking care of Delirium in “On the Peninsula”? Well, I guess that one and “Going Inside” are connected anyway, since one basically latches on where the other left off.
I think I mentioned both stories in passing in other contexts, but I haven’t written separate meta about them (but I will when the reread gets there). It just shows their relationship so beautifully, and no matter what Destruction says: it’s a constant for him as well. I also liked the fact that “On the Peninsula” implies that he might have reconciled with his siblings in some way, even if he didn’t necessarily take up his function again. But “they” asked him to take care of her for a while. I wonder if it was mainly Daniel!Dream, because the door between those two definitely stayed open at the end of the”The Wake”.
I always liked Destruction and Delirium more than the other siblings (bar Dream) on a purely vibes-based level. More than fan-favourite Death—it was always a funny one for me because I think that conceptually, she is important (probably the most important one in the context of Dream, and consistently over all arcs—I guess that’s the main reason why I write about her quite a bit, too). I also got why she did well as a standalone/spinoff character. But I never *loved* her, while I definitely loved Destruction and Delirium (and I always felt pretty alone with saying that Destruction is one of my faves 🤣). But yeah, it’s personal, and I guess it also depends on how we, as individuals, look at stories and what’s important to us. And Destruction, Delirium and Dream all personify change and/or growth to me. And not fitting in (in three different ways), but that’s a different topic altogether…
Barry as Destruction was okay. I neither loved him nor hated him, he was just… there? 🙈🤣 I liked him a lot better than Esme as Delirium though. She really wasn’t for me, and I fear that’s not the most popular opinion. I don’t think it’s her fault though, it was the script and direction. She was just… scatterbrained and depressed in the show, and I feel that’s not really all there is to her. But again, just how I see it, and I don’t expect people to see it the same way.
Anyway: Always nice to read other people who don’t hate Destruction 🤣
Finally read endless nights and GOSH SHE IS SO PRETTY so I decided to redraw this panel as Death from the netflix series (don’t think I got Kirby’s likeness though)
Bill Sienkiewicz “Delirium” The Sandman: Endless Nights (2003)
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Colors pass the border created by inexact pencil lines (lintel is repeated). Brown pillar overhangs, dissolving into a burst of light from a very red head, as she smiles and pets a mellow dog. Good boy.
Timezone by Maneskin is giving Rockstar/Band Morpheus AU like him coming back from a tour and ravishing you once he has you in his arms again (and I physically cannot listen to this without thinking about him now 😩)
Alright, so I finally looked at the lyrics to the song and they fit perfectly with your thoughts! I tried to articulate and analyze some parts but I hope you like it! 🙈
Now I know you're sleeping, Where I'm supposed to be in, Wish I could've stayed.
The regret he feels leaving you while deciding to go on tour with his gang. Perhaps you have other obligations like your university program or a demanding job not to mention it turned into a world tour so you haven't seen him in months and ache for him and yearn.
Only thing that keeps us apart. Is seven thousand miles, running like a mad dog, Only thing that keeps us apart, Is a different timezone, So fuck what I'm dreaming, this fame has no meaning, I'm coming home, Only thing that keeps us apart, Is a different timezone.
This part is giving me the movie frame of the couple lying with their back to the door, but with different backgrounds reaching out behind them to find their missing half. Morpheus hasn't slept in days and the crew is on the last leg of the tour and he's losing his mind, the brief calls between you doing nothing to satiate this need for you, how he craves to hold you close, inhale the scent of your shampoo and litter you with thousands of kisses. You feel the same, void and empty without him next to you, your dreams unbearable the quiet of your room doing little to soothe you on those late nights.
Tomorrow I got another plane, I'm not gonna take it, Instead, I'm gonna fly straight to you, I paid double for the tickets, And I don't give a shit about the contracts that I signed, And they can say whatever, we'll be making love, I'm fucking you tonight
Then like you said, Rogue this definitely has the vibe of him busting through the door practically rabid, his muscles flexing in his back top, ripped black jeans and black converse. You're sure your mouth hangs agape but not for long cause he's grasping you like a lifeline and whispering all the things he wants to do to you.
You groan, gasping for air as you break away, knowing you look a complete mess as you were finishing up dinner or work so you toss that aside and pull him to your room like "better get going, yeah? We've got lots to make up for, Morpheus."
The subtle smirk lights his features and his eyes darken as he takes you in nodding in kind as he kisses your hand, before utterly ravishing your lips and pulling you in his arms, holding you so tight while he lays you down on your back, determined. "For you my love, anything."
