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 🤣
You don't throw your life away
Going inside
You get to know who's watching you
And who besides you resides
In your body
Where you're slow
Where you go doesn't matter
Cuz there will come a time
When time goes out the window
And you'll learn to drive out of focus
I'm you and if anything unfolds
it's supposed to
You don't throw your time away
sitting still
I'm in a chain of memories
It's my will
And I had to consult some figures of my past
And I know someone after me
Will go right back
I'm not telling a view
I've got this night to unglue
I moved this fight away
By doing things there's no reason to do
In your body
Where you’re slow
Where you go doesn’t matter
Cuz there will come a time
When time goes out the window
And you’ll learn to drive out of focus
I’m you and if anything unfolds
it’s supposed to
