#Sandman A Game of you

[incaseof-e-meow-gencies]

Rewrote an entire section of an essay to talk about how important it is that Barbie rewrites Wanda’s headstone

#the sandman #sandman a game of you #neil gaiman

[cornsword]

Happy International Women’s Day

#the sandman #sandman #neil gaiman #shawn mcmanus #a game of you #wanda #international women’s day #comics #vertigo #vertigo comics #karen berger

[three--rings]

You know one thing that occurred to me watching Sandman so far is that someone out there is going to watch this show and be like “ugh why did they have to put so much gay shit in it, this is just typical of 21st century woke politics cluttering up everything” and not realizing this is just how the comic was in the 19fucking80s.

There’s a reason us baby queers attached so hard to it when we were in our teens, okay?

#okay except for Johanna Constantine because it was originally john constantine and therefore a straight relationship #but like they're both bisexual canonically so that's not a win for the straights #the sandman #sandman netflix #wait until a game of you

[stardusted-bookworm]

"Hob?"

Hob Gadling smiles, eyes tired. He loves that voice so much.

"Hullo, Dream." Even to his own ears, his voice sounds slurred, tight with exhaustion.

"It has been many a night since I've seen you in my kingdom last. Are you well?"

Hob chuckles. How far they've come. "Yeah, I'm all right, love. It's just been difficult for me to sleep recently."

Dream hums, seemingly upset on his behalf. "Your new neighbor."

It wasn't a question and yet he answers it like one.

"Yeah." He sighs. He doesn't know if he has the strength to continue.

The bed dips gently as Dream settles beside him. Hob hopes this liberty will go unpunished as his head rests upon his friend's shoulder. Dream briefly stiffens before relaxing, accommodating the new touch with relative ease.

"She's young," Hob continues. "My neighbor, I mean. But these walls are thin, and after a couple nights, it becomes difficult to stay asleep when all you can hear is the clicking of a keyboard and shouting at a video game."

Silence reigns over the apartment for but a moment. Then, the noise Hob had talked about begins to fill the space.

He smiles. So tired, he's so tired.

A hand threads through his hair, gentle, soothing.

"Sleep, my friend. I have you. None will disturb you as long as I am here."

And what could Hob do but listen? Dream guides him down until he was resting on his lap. Lithe fingers continue to brush through Hob's hair, lulling him to sleep.

The best and most continuous night of sleep he's had in such a long time.

#how i imagine it ends: #dream: don't worry. your problem has been taken care of #hob *joking*: you didn't kill her did you? #dream: *suspiciously silent and sipping tea* #hob *concerned*: you didn't kill her did you? #dreamling #hob gadling #dream of the endless #sorry if this is bad #it's mostly a vent bc i am also kept awake by the sounds of loud gaming #first post for this fandom <3 #the sandman #ace writes #my writing

[writing-for-life]

A Game of You—Shawn McManus

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #sandman x art #sandman art #shawn mcmanus #a game of you #sandman march mania #congrats Shawn #and I have to give it to you: #I truly believe you are the sandman artist who most understands how desperately Murphy needs a laugh #because you’re always trying to sneak in a little smile or smirk #or put him in situations that are totally absurd #queue crew

[jazzy-a]

You ever read a fanfic and immediately go:

"F*ck You!" *clicks bookmark* "..I'm keeping this forever."

#the sandman #death note #red vs blue #demon slayer #stranger things #tmnt 2012 #yu-gi-oh #shadow and bone #avatar the last airbender #hazbin hotel #game of thrones #Oh fanfiction...you get me everytime #legend of zelda

[orionsangel86]

SANDMAN SPOILERS

(Im a slut for spoilers)

Soooo we got Tom, Kirby, and Indya Moore filming in a graveyard. There is a mysterious red book. Clearly set in modern times. Indya looks very glamourous and at one point is holding hands with Death.

So my speculation is that this is Wanda's graveyard scene (its not announced but it does look most likely that Indya will be our Wanda? Maybe? Who else could this be?). The presence of Dream and not Barbie however is rather interesting. Then again we know that Wanda is getting some form of expanded/combined role so perhaps this is a deviation from the comics? Who knows!

Still its exciting. Credit to the *gag* Daily Mail *gag* for doing what they do best and spying on film shoots and celebrities.

#the sandman #sandman season 2 #sandman season 2 spoilers #im relieved at least that it looks like Game of You is being adapted in some form #but maybe in a slightly different way? #dream of the endless #death of the endless #wanda sandman

[jack-the-fool]

Dream: "Did I hear you say you have no intention of ever dying?"

Hob: *internally* "Weird pickup line but not the weirdest i've heard"

#you can't tell me that's not what he was thinking #hob was game from the jump #the sandman netflix #the sandman #dream of the endless #hob gadling #dreamling #off topic but apparently we can edit tags now? hallelu #sandman dream #sandman hob #jack.txt

[rosenkranz-does-things]

I know this is not a typical Sandman fanart, but I really want to see Wanda's story adaptation. So I did a lil comic redraw

#the sandman #death of the endless #sandman netflix #a game of you

[two-hands-toward-the-sun]

and to be completely honest i don’t even think the majority of the show!sandman fandom on tumblr would even like a game of you! dream barely shows up. there aren’t really any (human) male characters to ship, only—qué horror—canonically queer women. hell, who’s the white dude people are gonna latch onto? fuckin’ george, the asshole whose face gets sliced from his head, brought back to life, and nailed to a wall while the rest of his corpse hangs out in the bathtub? and aside from the tumblr fandom, imdb ratings went down significantly when season 1 pivoted to focus on rose, and reviewers complained about how there wasn’t enough of dream. multiple factors point to the idea that a game of you would have an extremely disappointing audience response, and unfortunately that might reinforce the idea to executives and such that people don’t want to see wlw stories at front and center. and our girls deserve so much better than all of this potential bullshit. so i would in fact prefer for a game of you not to get adapted in full, because it would break my heart a little to see people hate on it.

#the sandman netflix #the sandman #the sandman comics #a game of you

[thesandwomen]

i love wanda so much. her favorite color is tacky flamingo. she wants to know how you milk a soybean. she Cannot Be Seen with a cute frog mug. her vocabulary and voice are so distinctive on the page. her coffee always tastes like something died in it but she can make a mean chocolate soufflé. when she was little she wanted to be grow up to be a bizarro. she may not always be kind but she is absolutely compassionate. she’s snarky and lovely and vibrant and vulnerable and certain of herself and a wonderful gem in the sandman’s cast of vivid characters

#full of love for her!!! #wanda the sandman #the sandman #the sandman comics #a game of you #the sandwomen sing

[eversreach]

gwendoline christie, the woman that you are <3

#gwendoline christie #larissa weems #brienne of tarth #in fabric #wednesday #game of thrones #the sandman lucifer #i’m obsessed #the chokehold this goddess has on me 😩 #thank you for this new obsession internet #love all you in the gwendoline christie house #this is my petition to join 🫶

[chai-and-cherries]

i’m sure this has been said before and much more concisely but the whole parasocial relationship that audiences have with creators has only perversely grown in the sphere of literature. i see the most examples on places like tiktok and yours truly, tumblr, but it’s cropping up everywhere now. comments like “x author TOTALLY didn’t understand y character—they should have totally did this instead”. there’s a huge difference between an author mixing up/not fully fleshing out plots but to have this strange sort of hubris to suppose you know an author’s character better than said author is just inane interesting. this also extends to the very not new but never endingly exhausting theme of “why would author EVER write this like ugh i almost stopped reading here” okay bethany why didn’t u. it’s not every single authors job to cater to ur interests. not everything u read is supposed to be making a morally sound point, certainly not supposed to meet your personal version of one. literature is art, is subjective, is open and unrestrained. it’s not “oh my god this character is soooo toxic why is the author gaslighting us and omg there isn’t enough sPiCe” like grow up and learn critical thinking god

#can u tell i hate booktok with a burning passion #i will be the first to admit i have contributed to this mindset at one point and i am actively trying to get better and educate myself more #literature is not supposed to uphold arbitrary moral standards!! let creators fucking create!! #we all suffer when we start assigning what’s allowed and what’s not allowed to appear in literature #you don’t have to agree or like something shown but that doesn’t mean it must now be censored because u personally are put off #booktok #writing #aftg #the secret history #red white royal blue #all for the game #the raven cycle #the song of achilles #one last stop #the sandman #good omens #captive prince

[writing-for-life]

Death & Wanda—Caitlin Yarsky

#the sandman #sandman #death of the endless #Wanda Sandman #a game of you #caitlin yarsky #queue crew

[martybaker]

WIP Wednesday

thank you for the tag @zenstrike ❤️

I have no idea what the rules of this tag game are but i’m just gonna post a snippet of another part of my dreamling ice skating au

——

Dream gets up and moves in front of Hob, offering him a hand, just as Hob gets himself up on one knee. It’s the second time today that they find themselves in this position, with Hob kneeling before Dream, looking up at him.

Hob laughs. “Here we are again,” he says. “I mean, in one of our past lives, you were definitely a king, and I was your knight.”

Dream rises his eyebrows. “My knight in shining armor?” He grasps Hob by the elbow and pulls him up, so they’re eye to eye.

Hob shrugs. “Eh, I was envisioning more of a ‘hands covered with the blood of your enemies’ aesthetic.”

——

And i’m gonna tag @windsweptinred @tryan-a-bex @theheadlessphilosopher and @ginjones :)

#tag game #wip wednesday #my writing #knight/king dreamling in a modern au? it’s more likely than you think #dreamling #the sandman #i find myself with many wips atm but nothing is near to finished yet hhh

[jazzy-a]

Job Interviewer: So, do you have any special skills?

Me: Finding a single modicum of what could be considered affection between two people and then turning it into five fanfics, eight drawings, and sixteen posts about how they could get past their differences and care about each other.

Job Interviewer:

Me:

Me: I also know Photoshop.

#Welcome to my life #It's kind of my favorite thing to do #Let me give you some examples #Radiodust #Drarry #Puppyshipping #Violetshipping #Or whatever people started calling Joey and Kaiba from Yu-gi-oh #I cannot stress enough that I don't just mean this in a shipping way #I mean this in terms of family and friendship too #Red vs Blue #Karneval #Inuyasha #Game of the Thrones #Death note #Demon Slayer #The Sandman #Stranger Things #There are so many more #Taking family that HATE each other and finding ways in which they show they care about each other is like my personal specialty #If they ever have a moment of softness or relative love I.WILL.FIND.THAT.SHYT! #I just want people to love each other in any form #I don't care if it's romantic or platonic or familial #Love is my cocaine #Feelings are my drug of choice