All Hearts, Which I By Lacking.
Yeah, Hob Gadling. That's the name. Spoilers herein for most of the Sandman series, up through...um...Brief Lives, I think. S.A., I don't know how far along you are, but you should definitely not spoil yourself.
It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
Dana - Jun 17, 2003 9:49:12 am PDT #4317 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
esse - Jun 17, 2003 10:54:18 am PDT #4318 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm up to the third one, in that I've read the first two and not the third. So I won't read it.
Beverly - Jun 17, 2003 11:35:47 am PDT #4319 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
So much good stuff. Dana... never read Sandman, either, and didn't need it. Such good Buffy voice. And what you wrote was so immediate, so real and accessible. And true. It sounded true.
The piece of Mely's is, as we were discussing lately, in second person, which I've never liked.
It's perfect. And yes, teary-making.
Such good stuff.
Elena - Jun 17, 2003 1:45:06 pm PDT #4320 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
Dana, that was fantastic!
I don't know Sandman, but Death made perfect sense to me. And, I guess, the brother who gave Buffy the dreams was the Sandman?
The bit about Joyce? Heartrendering. And all the hints about things (and deaths) to come? Brilliant.
Love it.
Elena - Jun 17, 2003 1:50:12 pm PDT #4321 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
Oh, god. Sleep For Grief. I hurt.
Dana - Jun 17, 2003 2:04:12 pm PDT #4322 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And, I guess, the brother who gave Buffy the dreams was the Sandman?
Yep. Morpheus is my woobie.
Deena - Jun 17, 2003 3:50:18 pm PDT #4323 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Dana, I loved it. I've read a little Sandman, and I could see her.
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2003 3:54:56 pm PDT #4324 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Those of you who haven't read Sandman, you must. Really.
Isn't the Sandman stuff the graphic novels? The illustrated stuff? I find it very hard to read, no matter who's doing it, alas; one of my Buffynite regulars brought me her autographed first edition to read when she got it, and after peering at it for a few minutes, I gave up. Brain. Did. Not Compute. Pictures. With. Novel. Honestly, I can't do the whole comic book thing at all, which sucks, because there appears to be a lot of really good stuff out there, and some of it great stuff.
If that's what it was, I would adore a text-only version. Because American Gods and Neverwhere, oh yes.
Micole - Jun 17, 2003 4:10:21 pm PDT #4325 of 10001
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
A text version of The Sandman would be like a ... novelization of Buffy. You'd lose a lot.
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2003 4:13:38 pm PDT #4326 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
You'd lose a lot.
I wouldn't, because more than nothing is still a gain of sorts. All I got - tiny little print and pictures - was a sort of stylised blur.
It was a very pretty blur, but it was still a blur.
Anyway, I'd be more than willing to give it a shot.