I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


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§ ita § - Dec 10, 2004 6:38:09 am PST #7002 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hey -- do Daniel and Morpheus look alike, just coloured differently?


Jessica - Dec 10, 2004 6:40:47 am PST #7003 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I think so, ita. (But I've never done a side by side comparison, so there may be subtle differences.)


Kate P. - Dec 10, 2004 6:42:23 am PST #7004 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Huh. Now I can't remember where I got the idea that Death was based on Tori Amos. Okay, never mind. Thanks for the link, LJ--at some point I really need to track down the rest of the series and finish them...


Sean K - Dec 10, 2004 6:43:33 am PST #7005 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

which you (or at least I) can see really well in some panels of "Brief Lives." Though even that isn't really true.

Though who drew Brief Lives? I knew one of the artists who worked on Sandman at one point (I forget exactly where), and he was a HUGE Tori fan.


Lyra Jane - Dec 10, 2004 6:50:44 am PST #7006 of 10001
Up with the sun

But I've never done a side by side comparison, so there may be subtle differences

What Jesse said. In one of the comics, both appear to a traveler in one of the soft places, (not at the same time) and they look quite alike to me, to the point where I didn't understand that element of the story until I reread it.


Sean K - Dec 10, 2004 6:57:18 am PST #7007 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Though who drew Brief Lives?

I just looked it up on Amazon, and sure enough, Vince Locke (my friend back in Michigan) was one of the artists for Brief Lives.

Those panels you speak of very probably are modelled on Tori Amos, Lyra. Regardless of what that FAQ says.


P.M. Marc - Dec 10, 2004 7:07:32 am PST #7008 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Those panels you speak of very probably are modelled on Tori Amos, Lyra. Regardless of what that FAQ says.

Yeah, the character's not, but some of the panels and some of the later text is, though my recollection at this point about this point is over a decade old. Gaiman and Amos didn't meet and become friends until after she recorded Tear in Your Hand, which was what, 1991?

What was the general impression of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in the house? (We watched, thought it was okay, and that Kate Winslet was very pretty in a Jessica like way, but failed to connect to the characters enough to care about them.)


Hayden - Dec 10, 2004 7:16:25 am PST #7009 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I really liked Eternal Sunshine. Even though the main characters weren't people I'd particularly like to know, I sympathized with the arc of their connection and the movie's message about way that your memories shape your relationships.


Sean K - Dec 10, 2004 7:18:00 am PST #7010 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Kate Winslet was very pretty in a Jessica like way

LOVE THIS!

(Still haven't seen the movie. Must rent it soon.)


Jessica - Dec 10, 2004 7:20:52 am PST #7011 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Hee! (Just last night, I was talking about how much I liked Eternal Sunshine, and the person I was talking to leaned in close and asked, "So...was it a hair thing?")