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Morpheus—J.H. Williams III

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Top 10 Female Characters

Rules: name your favorite female characters from 10 different fandoms, then tag people.

Thank you, @cicerfics and @dude-watchin-with-the-brontes for the tag!

In no particular order (because I had enough trouble choosing ten women from ten fandoms - I cannot imagine even starting to rank them!!!):

Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre. (Does Jane Eyre have a fandom? Idk but she's one of my all time ride-or-die characters).

Jo March from Little Women.

Elle Woods from Legally Blonde.

Phryne Fisher from Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.

Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager. (Idk if Star Trek is one fandom so I might take the opportunity here to say UHURA MY BELOVED YOU WOULD ALSO BE ON THIS LIST IF NOT FOR THE ONE FANDOM RULE!!! ALSO UNA AND CHAPEL AND BEVERLEY CRUSHER AND JADZIA OMG THERE ARE TOO MANY!!!)

Peggy Olsen from Mad Men (though, fuck, oh my god, Betty Draper and Joan Harris like COME ON).

Death from The Sandman.

Judi Dench's M from James Bond.

Éowyn from LOTR. ("I AM NO MAN!" NO YOU ARE NOT, BABE!!!!! TELL THEM!!!)

Mabel Mora from Only Murders in the Building. Or is it Shiv Roy from Succession? Who knows? Only my mood (constantly changing and wildly unpredictable) will tell.

Hardest list of my life because women are my favourite guy etc etc. Shout out to Vesper Lynd who did not make this list but who I think about too much to be healthy. Also Eve Polastri from Killing Eve, you have no idea how close you were!!! And Dana Scully and Olivia Benson and Donna Noble and Rose Tyler and Martha Jones omg I am about to fall on the floor with indecision. Quick, I'm gonna tag some people before I redo this list again.

Tagging @foxsoulcourt @themerc @@mr-iskender @mobius-m-mobius @aprettyspy @bishybarnaby @samanthahirr and anyone else who wants to play along. I love talking female characters PLEASE talk to me about them.

Apologies for a) my mania and b) any double tags. Okay, love you, byeee 💜

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Spider-Man: No Way Home – Breaking Down The Sinister Six Villains

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In retrospect, it was poetic that the now-arrived Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer preemptively leaked in a dimensionally-layered video of someone watching a video on his phone. After all, the genuine article—highlighted by the confirmed continuity-crossing return of Alfred Molina’s Spider-Man 2 villain, Doctor Octopus—has engulfed the Wall-Crawler’s various cinematic continuities like a set of Russian nesting dolls, the byproduct of which will be Sony Pictures’ spinoff movie for antagonistic tandem the Sinister Six. Now, what has been a decade’s worth of planning from the studio is finally set to pay off in a major way.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is unlikely to take shape as a Sinister-Six-centric movie, but the film will evidently send consequential ripples down the shared timeline of the Marvel movies of Sony’s SPUMC (Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters) and Disney/Marvel Studio’s Avengers-housing MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), as the March-scheduled MCU follow-up film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, now clearly suggests. Indeed, an ill-advised spell by Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to erase the previous film’s post-credits doxing of Peter Parker (Tom Holland) as Spider-Man will tear the fabric of the multiverse (a concept recently introduced on Loki), resulting in a greatest hits rogues gallery being unleashed. Consequently, while Sony’s spinoff route was circuitous, it now has a destination set for its Sinister Six designs.

Marvel debuted the Sinister Six in 1964’s The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, sporting an inaugural lineup of Doctor Octopus, Electro, the Vulture, Mysterio Kraven and Sandman. Interestingly, that alliance was formed by Doc Ock himself, who, frustrated by consistent defeats at the hands of Spider-Man, reached out to fellow villains to form the terrible tandem. However, there have been several lineups of this team over the years with myriad members, leaving nearly unlimited possibilities for its imminent in the SPUMC, especially in light of the No Way Home’s confirmed multiverse implications. However, before we get ahead of ourselves speculating on the full lineup of Sony’s Sinister Six movie, let’s take a quick look at the prospective members revealed in the trailer.

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Doctor Octopus, as played by Alfred Molina, is the obvious pick, and likely the only member whose presence is truly essential. While buttressed by a tremendous performance, the villain’s tragic backstory made him into beloved standout in 2004’s Spider-Man 2, depicted as a good man made into a villain by the (literal) hands of fate. Yet, the elephant in the proverbial room is that the character (17-year-old spoiler ahead!) ended up coming to his senses and died heroically in the film while attempting to undo his own destructive nuclear experiment.

That fact alone likely indicates that the versions of the returning villains we’ll see in No Way Home are variants, ones who avoided their film fates. However, the potent “Hello, Peter” greeting he delivers seems to imply a prior relationship, possibly indicating that he’s actually addressing another Spider-Man, like, say, one played by Tobey Maguire. Yet, with this version of Molina’s Doc Ock presumably being one who didn’t have his climactic face-turn, the tentacled terror seems destined to play out his comic fate of fomenting his Spider-Man hate, forming the Sinister Six and becoming its de facto leader.

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The Green Goblin, as played by Willem DaFoe in 2002’s Spider-Man, is also obvious, albeit to a slightly lesser extent. While not seen in the trailer, a shot of one of his signature pumpkin bombs dropping to the ground against the audio of a familiar sinister screech was all we needed for confirmation of his return.

While, in the comics, the Goblin has been part of past Sinister Six lineups, this version of the character, Norman Osborn, is not known as a team player, and his schizophrenia could create some alpha tensions between him and Doc Ock, which could come to define the film’s dynamic, for better or worse. While Osborn’s fortunes make him a convenient benefactor, it should be noted the first comic lineup to include Green Goblin notably saw him as the leader amid the absence of Doc Ock. Consequently, the arrival of DaFoe’s Green Goblin—which also defies his movie demise—doesn’t necessarily guarantee his presence in the Sinister Six lineup.  

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Electro, as played by Jamie Foxx, was also interpreted as having a presence in the No Way Home trailer, since one quickly-shown scene depicts a lightning bolt—per his signature powers—striking a police car. Seeing as the character’s comic counterpart is an OG member of the Sinister Six, his presence here is a given, and Foxx’s reported return as Electro last year has helped further feed the Sinister Six speculation. Yet, it will be interesting to see if this appearance will further reflect the notion Foxx’s Max Dillon being a downtrodden every-man who was a major fan of Spider-Man until his corruption from his electrical powers put them on opposite sides.

Sandman, presumably by Thomas Hayden Church, who played the character in 2007’s Spider-Man 3, has also been a topic of speculation for this scene, since far behind the presumed-Electro-bolt is what appears a tornado of sand forming in the background. Church, like Dafoe, has long been rumored for a role reprisal as his Raimi-era movie villain. Yet, when it comes to backstories, this version of Sandman stands as the most potentially intriguing. While the film maintained his real name as Flint Marko, his story was combined with that of the burglar who shot and killed Uncle Ben, thereby making the rivalry with Spider-Man more personal.

However, as with Doc Ock, he was assigned a tragic backstory, attributing his criminal motives and subsequent prison escape to his desire to care for his sick daughter. While much of that baggage is unlikely to manifest in No Way Home, it will be hard to overlook the fact that he’s Uncle Ben’s killer, which despite the possibility of multiple Spider-Man, should hit hard for Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. In fact, Sandman’s presence potentially opens the possibility that the whole Uncle Ben situation will finally be addressed for his version, since solo debut Homecoming opted to skip the whole “power and responsibility” prologue story, with it being the third iteration to arrive in a decade.

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Beyond those, the final Sinister Six cinematic lineup is anyone’s guess at this point. The existing array of SPUMC players include Michael Keaton’s Vulture (an front-runner who was not teased in this trailer), Tom Hardy’s Venom, Woody Harrelson’s Carnage, Naomi Harris’s Shriek, Riz Ahmed’s Riot, Bokeem Woodbine’s Shocker all have chances (to varying degrees) of being slotted into the group. Additionally, Sony could pull a swerve and bring back some of the more controversial iterations of Spider-Man villains such as Topher Grace’s version of Venom from Spider-Man 3, or even some of the maligned villains from 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 like Paul Giamatti’s Rhino or—in a scenario in which they want to watch the world burn—Dane DeHaan’s Green Goblin.   

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Regardless, we have a long way to go until the full extent of the multiverse mania set to unravel in Spider-Man: No Way Home can be fully gauged. The film is currently scheduled to hit theaters on Dec. 17. Additionally, the presumed follow-up to said mania, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is scheduled to arrive on Mar. 15. Until then, we’ll all just have to enjoy the speculative ride.

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Dream and Matthew—Shawn McManus

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #sandman x art #sandman art #matthew the raven #shawn mcmanus #congrats Shawn you’re our first finalist #sandman march mania #queue crew

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Covid-Conscious Dream—Marc Hempel

Edit: Here’s the Delirium sister piece:

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #matthew the raven #sandman x art #sandman art #marc hempel #sandman march mania #congrats marc #queue crew

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Daniel—P. Craig Russell

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #daniel!dream #daniel hall #interesting take on Daniel #sandman x art #sandman art #sandman march mania #so sorry Craig #queue crew

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Dream—Colleen Doran

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #sandman x art #colleen doran #sandman art #sandman march mania #sorry Colleen #you draw a really beautiful Morpheus #but we just had one panel to go by in the main run #queue crew

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Dream—Mike Dringenberg

#the sandman #dream of the endless #sandman #morpheus #mike dringenberg #sandman x art #sandman march mania #congrats Mike #he deserves to dance I guess #queue crew

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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

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Death—John Watkiss

#the sandman #sandman #death of the endless #john watkiss #sandman art #sandman x art #sandman march mania #really heartbroken #you deserved more than 20% of the vote #queue crew

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Dream and Death Movie Concept Art—Jill Thompson

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #death of the endless #sandman x art #jill thompson #sandman art #sandman march mania #congrats Jill #queue crew

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Dream—Mike Dringenberg

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #sandman x art #sandman art #mike dringenberg #sandman march mania #congrats Mike #queue crew

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Dream—Jon J Muth

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #sandman x art #jon j muth #sandman art #sandman march mania #congrats Jon #you made it so hard for all of us #well deserved #your art is well and truly something to marvel at #no matter if it’s ink or watercolour #queue crew

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Dream—P. Craig Russell

#the sandman #dream of the endless #sandman #morpheus #p. craig russell #sandman march mania #congrats #sandman x art #queue crew

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Round One/3, Poll

Teddy Kristiansen, artist #64

VS.

Yoshitaka Amano, artist The Dream Hunters (prose version)

Two artists with wildly different styles who have illustrated some of the probably most memorable storylines and created art that most Sandman fans will immediately recognise.

Here are the issues they have illustrated to refresh your memory:

Teddy Kristiansen: The Kindly Ones #64. Also check out Sandman Midnight Theatre (co-written by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner)

Yoshitaka Amano: The Dream Hunters (prose version)

And remember, you are voting for your favourite version of Dream, not the particular storyline.

Who is your favourite and why? Let us know in the comments/reblogs. Share your thoughts about their art, your favourite panels from their issues, or even other art they created and help us turn this into an artist appreciation post.

Here’s the poll to vote for your favourite if you want to see them again (you can find the whole bracket and some additional info here, and feel free to check out previous matches via the tag #sandman march mania):

Event organisers: @writing-for-life and @tickldpnk8 (who also designed the logo)

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Morpheus and Matthew—Marc Hempel

#the sandman #sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #sandman x art #sandman art #marc hempel #matthew the raven #sandman march mania #sorry Marc #you gave us so much amazing art for TKO and I’m a bit gutted we had to choose between Prado and you #queue crew