#wanda mann

[lokitty-supreme]

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️

Shout out to Wanda & Echo of The Sandman Universe for being trans icons

#neil gaiman #caitlin r kiernan #the sandman #the dreaming #echo #wanda mann #trans day of visibility

[dxliriumoftheendless]

sandman fandom how are we feeling about the season two casting call??

#i’m so hyped to see del and destruction on my screen #like omg…. #but also i’m apprehensive if wanda’s new role means we see less of her? #also since she dies in agoy i’m not sure how this works #i mean originally ruby dies in brief lives too #so will we still get the iconic barbie @ her grace scene? #i really hope so #i hope agoy isn’t too rushed too 😭😭 #not to be a classic lesbian but i love that run #the sandman #the sandman comics #dream of the endless #delirium of the endless #destiny of the endless #netflix the sandman #wanda mann #sandman #sandman comics

[do-you-know-this-queer-character]

Do you know this queer character?

Wanda is Transgender and uses She/Her pronouns!

#wanda mann #the sandman #neil gaiman #tumblr polls #fandom polls #poll #transgender #she/her #lgbtqia #books #do you know this queer character #finished

[emptyshellofanillusionwizard]

Wanda was always proud of her hair.

I finished reading A Game of You and just, Wanda's character really struck an emotional chord with me

#the sandman fanart #the sandman #Sandman #sandman comics #The Sandman Wanda #A Game of you #Wanda fanart #transgender artwork #trans artist #transmasc artist #Wanda sandman #Wanda a game of you #my art #wanda mann #wanda mann the sandman

[death-of-the-endless]

“...It’s like uh gender isn’t something you can pick and choose uh far as Gods are concernced.” “Well, that’s something the Gods can take and stuff up their sacred recta. I know what I am.”

Wanda Mann in The Sandman: A Game of You (1993)

#the sandman #wanda mann #dc #the sandman spoilers #dc comics #death of the endless #barbie (the sandman) #opened up tumblr and had the terry pratchett post on my dashboard #(you know the one) #and thought i should do something for one of my absolute favorite minor characters in the sandman #wanda mann has my whole heart #her death truly gives the whole story a sense of tragedy because she's just this brave person trying to do her best and help others #her family thinks she's some kind of demon spawn just because she's trans and she's still so fucking kind to the end #was thinking if i wanted this to be about her death but you know what #i actually love wanda's ending #yes it is tragic and sad af #but the closure of the funeral scene with Barbie and then Death somehow gets more every time #because Wanda looks happy #transgender #queer #mine #terfs do not fucking interact

[milfzatannaz]

Wanda my beloved for @bohemiandaydreams

#wanda mann #a game of you #sandman #sandman comics #my artwork

[zal-cryptid]

DC characters - Wanda Mann

#dc characters #the sandman universe #the sandman #wanda mann #transgender #dc lgbtq #lgbtq characters #trans woman #a game of you #fan art #fanart #tw trans death #tw transfobia #dc #vertigo comics #dc vertigo #dc civilians

[raspberryjellybrains]

I wrote a ficlet for this, but it was kinda bad. so here's barbiewanda for sandman femslash weekend!!!!!! it was for "favorite food" bc wanda was gonna make barbie her favorite kind of cake (strawberry and chocolate with pearls) when her girlfriend oh so evilly ruined the surprise with kisses

(@sandmanfemslashfans !!!)

#and i gave barbie short pink hair bc im god here and anything i say goes #she deserves it #theyre fem4fem <3 #wanda mann #barbie (the sandman) #sandmanfemslashweekend #the sandman

[quasi-normalcy]

You can talk about how problematic "A Game of You" is, but like...I read it in 2011, some twenty years after it came out; and honestly it was *still* the only sympathetic treatment of a transgender woman character that I'd ever seen in mass media. And it remained so for several years afterwards, too.

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

[comparativetarot]

The Moon. Art by Shannon Hochman, from the Sandman Tarot Deck.

Something that always stuck with me is the part of Wanda’s story where Thessaly doesn’t include her in the moon ritual. On a recent reread of it, I felt that it was a part of the story that could get some interesting updates when it is put on the Netflix show. Anyway, this card is kind of my play on that, specifically that both these women are of the moon.

#Shannon Hochman #Sandman Tarot Deck #The Moon #Major Arcana #Tarot #The Sandman #A Game of You #Thessaly #Wanda Mann #LGBT Representation

[iconsumethesoulsofthedamned]

Saw the season two Wanda leaks and had to draw a thing

#the sandman #the sandman fanart #wanda the sandman #Wanda mann #the sandman season 2

[dxliriumoftheendless]

biggest fear is barbie not being featured in s2 of the sandman while wanda is, meaning the general fandom wont know about barbiewanda </3

#the sandman #barbie the sandman #wanda mann #barbiewanda

[smol-nemesis]

Dream should've fell in love with Wanda instead of that TERF thessaly

#Like they would have been the ultimate power couple #dream of the endless #wanda mann #the sandman a game of you #the sandman

[athymelyreply]

I saw you were feeling bored... Soooo... Top five favourite Sandman characters and why? 😁

Ooh ok- I don’t know if I can rank them but I’ll give you 5. (Just kidding it got out of hand there’s more than 5) (oops, sorry not sorry) (Also thank you so much for this ask ilyyy <3)

dream: I mean he’s the protagonist, he’s so depressed, he’s dramatic, he acts like a weird creature half the time, he’s burdened by the weight of responsibilities that he imposed upon himself. and also just look at him for heavens sake! also the show adaptation is like. He is so autism.

Wanda: Wanda is EVERYTHING. Oh my god, I cannot wait to see how her character is adapted but just like. AAAAAAA WHAT A WOMAN WHAT A CHARACTER SHE IS MY FAVORITE <333333

Lucienne: AAAAAAA LUCIENNE!!!!!! I prefer her show adaptation- vivienne acheampong’s performance is just STELLAR. And her character?? The capital L Loyalty, the way she encourages dream to change- anyways I think she should get to do whatever she wants forever and she deserves to rule the dreaming if she wants to. (She also deserves to get her shit slonked silly style by a very adoring dream if she so wishes as well. Like sir u should be on your knees thanking her and offering her the world. I am spritzing u with water like a misbehaving cat. GO SAY THANK YOU)

destruction: HE!! Like he makes bad art and he has a dog companion and he cares so so much and he left!!! He changed!!! And also he’s just hot. Anyways love him. He is the moment.

rose: oh my god rose. Like!!! Oldest sibling!!! Kinda god like! So kind and wonderful and interesting and also sorta all powerful for a while there. She defied the endless to protect her brother and her friends, shes determined as hell and incredibly brave, she’s a descendant of the endless, she’s a writer, she’s everything!!!!

the corinthian: such an interesting character to explore. Like there’s so much there!! His relationship to dream and to his function and to humanity. The pain and conflict that comes with all of that. The exploration of identity and agency. The symbolism. Also he’s a slut (affectionate)

Hob: in the show he’s got a whole nother layer of charisma and personality to him, and also just the concept of his character is really cool. Like look at this medieval peasant who became immortal through sheer force of will! Rad.

#the sandman #You’ve got mail! #dream of the endless #rose walker #wanda mann #lucienne the librarian #destruction of the endless #Hob gadling #the corinthian

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

#kirby howell baptiste #Death #The Endless #The Sandman #Wanda Mann #Indya Moore #LGBTQIA

[lovely-v]

[SANDMAN SPOILERS - Comics and therefore probably future seasons of the show]

*tw for mentioned transphobia (though this whole post is about how I think the comics did trans representation well)

I just finished reading A Game of You (the fifth Sandman comic- the first season of the Netflix show covers almost the first three, for perspective) and WOW did it handle trans issues well. For 1993 especially, but also just in general.

 So there’s a trans character (not the first queer character in the comics by a long shot, Sandman’s always been a queer series despite what transphobes reviewing the Netflix show might tell you). But this character is an actively transitioning trans woman and she struggles with this A LOT. She’s even told at one point (by the reanimated face of a dead man, though we don’t need to get into that) that the gods don’t care about how she feels, gender isn’t something you can change. according to the laws of the universe, she will always be a man. She fights back and insists that she knows who she is, and she never wavers on this fact.

A lot happens in between, but basically, at the end of A Game of You [SPOILER WARNING AGAIN] she dies. Her funeral is horrible. Her entire family insists on calling her by her dead name, though the friend she died in order to save never appeases them by being “respectful” and referring to her as a man. She crosses out the dead name on the grave and writes “Wanda” (the woman’s chosen name). It’s an all right ending, but it still leaves you sad that she died and horrified at how her body was treated after death (her hair was cut, she was dressed in a suit for her funeral)

BUT THEN she’s seen with Death of the Endless, the character who is notoriously kind and loving despite being feared by everyone. Wanda appears beside Death as a woman, beautiful, with long hair and a lovely dress. Showing that, of course, the universe DOES care who you are. It DOES let you decide who to be. She was a woman, and though her body was changed against her wishes after her death, she remains a woman when seen with the personification of Death. Because that’s who she always truly was.

(And yes, you could argue it’s cruel that she dies at all, but the Sandman series is FULL of fates worse than this. Comparatively speaking, it’s a really heartwarming ending)

#sorry sorry rly long rant but i'm loving the comics so far #veesaysthings #the sandman #sandman spoilers #sandman comics #Wanda Mann #(yes unfortunately her last name was Mann) #A Game of You #Neil Gaiman #long post