We have totally lost the meaning of Lovecraftian. It doesn’t describe The Endless in the least.

How are they lovecraftian? They are cosmic, but not unfathomable or monstrous. They don't exactly exist in the stars either or explicitly emit horror. They are flesh and blood in a sense, they have feelings and emotions, we can understand their motives and relate to them. There is so little lovecraftian here it's an insult.

Its important to also note that Destiny knows, not just how everything can play out but how it could play out and how things can change, showing how despite nothing being set in stone, it is all still written in his book bound in the skin of a beast that never existed.

Niel Gaiman is one of the best story tellers of all time and he is walking on this earth right now. I love his books. I love Sandman. If I could get to his lecture it would be one of the best days of my life.

Season 2 should explore destiny, destruction and delirium, the other siblings and their realms. Would be interesting to add the others into the show.

Delirium is my favorite Endless purely for her two page spread in the Sandman Overture comic (forgot the issue). The one where it's two flowers, and each petal is a panel. It looked so amazing

I've been listening to The Sandman act 1&2 audio books. The story's are Soo good. I love the part in hell when the battle wits between Dream and a Demon takes place

Delight became Delirious as she literally changed when she gained more knowledge. Ignorance is bliss and knowledge is a heavy anchor.

I think Cain and Abel said it best, they're "points of view" living concepts, that will only end when existence itself ends as they ARE the forces they represent, then only when those forces cease to exists will they cease to exists.

I must commend Netflix for doing a fantastic job with the Sandman series, i had high hopes for it and prayed they wouldn't f**k it up but got more than I expected. Solid 9/10 for me.

How did Delight become Delirium? Drugs, or rather addiction. What starts off as something pleasant erodes one's sense of reality until you are trapped in insanity. But insanity can have insights denied to the rational. (As seen in Endless Nights - Going Inside.)

Thank you for making this video. TMI story but many years ago when I was in college, I was going through some difficult times. My friends had graduated earlier than me (I was really having a difficult time keeping up even with undergrad classes). I had my heart broken badly and I was extremely depressed (like I wasn’t taking care of myself) which made school that much more difficult. I had years of school ahead of me and I shut down socially. I didn’t go out as my depression was making me unhinged, crazy even. I didn’t date because I had only wanted my ex back and any of the few people I would meet that may of been interested - I just looked at them as a potential source of pain. As time went on I realized as many people in my situation do that you have to change or end your former self in order to live for a better future. I had often (and sometimes still do) think of suicide but an odd coping mechanism for me is that I envision the endless playing a part in my life. The hook of Despair keeping me in a horrible rut, Dreams are a source of hope when I am having an unhinged episode in which I’ve become delirious , Desire is usually what initiates my despair, Destruction is the realization that you need to change yourself in order to rebuild yourself (this would be me exercising to lose weight, bodybuilding, reading a self help book) which ultimately would lead to a better destiny I know that last bit of writing is cringe BUT it worked for me to some degree. As I get older, I forget about my magical thinking and how at one point I lived by the novels. Weird

It is, by far, one of the greatest ever written, realized and produced stories, to have ever graced the Comic-Book/Graphical-Novel medium! A Masterpiece by all rights (including it's own and by any people involved in it)! 2 Words: Master Piece!

I remember reading and loving Death: The high cost of living. That was my introduction to all of this.

Death appeared in a DC comics animated short where she met a man who wanted to be an artist.

If a movie was based on this in the early 90’s...I could see Johnny Depp cast as Dream with his Edward Scissorhands look being a basis. Fairuza Balk would be Death. Charles Dance as Destruction. Tim Burton as director.

I love how he's just editing despairs physicality out

10:10 Even though it is mere speculation, some readers have theorised that Destruction's Domain is Fenrir, the wolf at Ragnarok, in Lucifer's own series - specifically Lucifer : The Wolf Beneath The Tree.

The thing I like about the endless is that we don't know if they exist, it's possible when we die we could see death greet us.

Saw Neil here in Seattle on May 1. Managed to get autographed copies of the current paperback collections 1 and 2 and an autographed copy The Ocean at the end of the lane. It was an evening well spent.

Destiny is the best big brother, he takes care of his family and he is distant because he knows all, he s literally the Big Brother.

Brilliant comes series. Still got most the original . Still learned how they came about. Good show. 👍😊

"Cosmic Horror" actually predates Lovecraft and goes all the way back to Arthur Machen's stories 'The Great God Pan' and 'The Red Seal' and 'The White People' among his other stories, not to mention R.W. Chambers's story 'The King in Yellow' as well as some of the works of Ambrose Bierce and Lord Dunsany among others, All of whom were an influence on Lovecraft.

I really want to see the series and hope it's eventually released on DVD and Bluray

'-Neil Gaimen has tried to gatekeep the actual and precise origins-' Maybe it's not meant to be known? Maybe that adds to the elements in the story? Maybe giving them a concrete starting point would take away from them as characters? 'Gatekeep' - just wow XD

There's a few things about the Endless I'm still quite curious about, and have never been properly explained. For instance: according to Morpheus...Despair actually used to be someone else. then someone killed/tried to kill the FIRST despair, for what even Morpheus admitted were the best of intentions....but he picked a fight with the WRONG family and lost, and the perpetrator's suffering isn't EVER going to end. now THERE"S a story that has never been told in full. Also...the personalitie sof the endless ARE subject to change. Delerium was once delight...what specific catalyst changed her? Death used to actually have quite the stick up her ass..what caused her to remove it and seek to become more empathetic? And let's not forget Destruction.

I doubt Gaiman described his Endless as lovecraftian in any discussion. Gothic-maybe, but never Lovecraftian

I friggin LOVED SANDMAN on Netflix. I bawled my eyes out in episode 8 though. Solid season 1, can't wait for more. One of the best DC live action offerings to date.

Destiny is the first Endless seen in the DC Universe/Multiverse. He first appeared in one of the horror anthologie books. Death also first appeared in a DC horror anthologie book, but since that Death was a skeleton wearing various clothing of soldiers, it was probably an aspect of Death and not the real thing.

The Endless are NOT gods. They're something so much more terrifying. Also, they're not "Lovecraftian". I don't think you know what that word means.

1:38 Gate keeping is a good thing.

Please do more of this!

This video has some great explanations about the Endless in a way that you know the Netflix show will never even reach into the Fantasitical ideas that come from the books.

Sandman was awesome on Netflix I thought it was really well done and I was originally pretty cautious about seeing how it would go

Great video but got one thing off. Deaths realm has a name its called "the sunless lands" she says it during the chapter "sound of her wings"

Earthworm Jim had the best description of them as the Personification of Abstract Concepts Club.

Thank you for this info! I just finished Sandman 1 and 2 on Audible! I want to know more and more about the endless.

Delirium was my favorite. I felt she was the most human

I never read the books but it seems to me that Delirium could be my fav character. The second one could be Death. Can't wait to watch the ecranization 🙏🤭

Shit Niel is epic!!!!!!!! I fuk with not just all of it and including the visuals from the team work with the artists but also including the fresh take on desire

What do these entities have to do with Lovecraft?

Sturridge/Dream and Matthew remind me of Vampire Hunter D and has hand being. Wonder which came first. Loving the show, I am hope.

Ready for season 2!!!!!!

Thanks for this. Though I'm not certain those rules can actually be called as such, seeing as all are contradicted in the stories. Maybe more the obligations of responsibility.

Anything breakdown 💪🏾

Always wondered if Piers Anthony's Incarnations series was an inspiration for them.

Amazing

Couple points I'd like to make - the focused on "living," for example - all "being" are "equal" to the Endless, with the life of a planet being of no lesser consequence to Death or Despair than that of a newborn or a mad man, and the Desire of a star standing equal to that of a being that lives in orbit of it. We do know that Death will survive Destiny, and be the last of the Endless - The end of everything is encompassed by Death taking her brother's hand. Whether she can, or will, take her own hand afterword, is a marked question, though it does seem likely, once she's put everything else to its final order - once there are no more ends to encompass, Death itself will become meaningless. I wished you'd focused a little more on what it means to "leave their realm" and the implicit chaos this creates, especially as it applied in the story. Given how ungoverned and literal seeking Destruction was...and also what it cost to imprison Dream, and what it might of cost to imprison Death.

actors on point!

@15:52 I dreamed I saw a basilisk That basked upon a rocky shore I looked upon the basilisk… With eyes of stone I looked no more.

my god! I love those titles

Hell yea sandman was my favorite as a teen.

The concept that gods need to be believed in to be real is SO absurd. No god would need pathetic mortals to validate their existence, we would need them.

Is it me or do a lot of the Mavelous videos hosts sound like they zero idea what they are talking about until the script is thrown at em?

So who's gonna play Destiny, Destruction and Delirium in Netflix's Sandman

Is there any significance to all of their names starting with D?

Cool

i dont have time for this i need to go to bed 😢

I just read Season of Mist- SandMan--My goodness Lucifer Morningstar is one power entity.

Wheres episode 11!?

It's desire and fulfilment

Research fail. Death's realm very much does have a name. She called it "The Sunless Lands" in "the Sound Of Her Wings", the comic version.

Yeah, you're either misunderstanding The Endless or misunderstanding Lovecraft, maybe both. The Endless are more Pratchett onspired than anything.

What author did a comprehensive research comparating Lovecraft to religions?

When did Death get so stacked?

Hah, the video popped up in recommendations after i finished watching the season 1 of the show, albeit i did google a thing or two. The show is quite great, but it does give me a weird mixture of feelings, particularly how everything functions in that universe and the roles of the Endless. Like, Death called death a gift...which doesn't make much sense given that gifts can be refused...death cannot be, its forced and having people die at different ages...leaving others to suffer as a result - let's just say despite Death's ''happy and cheery'' personification, i found her rather disturbing, particularly in relation to the one guy, aka Dream's friend, she allowed to live forever and seeing how people would live forever given the chance....further going against the whole death being a gift concept, when there is so much to live for. It's a very sad reality. They claim to serve humanity yet that feels quite contradicting given their unwanted roles, unwanted by mortals, that is, except for couple, perhaps, like desire. No mortal wants death, despair, destruction...or to be governed by any higher forces. The idea itself has always bothered the hell out of me, in every universe/franchise.

No movie would ever suffice!!!!!

I so hope we get Lucifer in the sandman series.

A squid with fangs and an unknowable dark heart is Lovecraftian- The Endless have a sheen of lovecraft at times. Delirium reminds me of the females in my fam who deal with bipolar disorder or should i rephrase that to bipolar disorder which then everyone near is drawn into dealing with lol love the nuance thats possible when every little thing isnt spelled out for scientists on the short bus every doctor with no degree

they really remind me of the 7 deadly sins. i love them all a lot and it’s awesome to see a non-binary character in dc!

Also they are nowhere near the embodiment of feelings they embody experiences and concepts of existence. Destiny (concept), death (experience), dream (experience), delirium (experience), destruction (concept) i don’t remember them all but u get my point?

It's because everyone want to be a fan of the most powerful, if you keep adding a newer more powerful thing it only destroys previous stories. there will be a new one round the bend who is more powerful then the rest. Its getting like you cant throw a stone without hitting an unfeasible powerful creation.

Death's realm is the Sunless Lands.

I’m guessing I’m only here because google shares all of my information and I’ve watched The Sandman Season 1 (Netflix might cancel it because they suck) twice. That being said We have the name of Death’s Realm now.

7:40 “digillent”

Death's kingdom does have a name. Sorry if I'm mistaken as I'm not an English native but it would be called the kingdom/land of shadows or the sunless lands. Great video otherwise!

Wait…allan heinberg? The creator of the Young Avengers? I’m watching it YESTERDAY!!

Well dream does have a form called dream of the eldritch abomination so that could count as lovecraftian

The same trope as the Chaos gods from Warhammer.

Destruction did not abandon his duties. Rather he is doing his job by abandoning his position.

11:17 desire?

"hundreds of thousands of years old." ,🤔? Death is older than the universe and the current DC multiverse. Her age is in the billions or trillions, if not older.

Lovecraftian = existential, unexplainable horror. Something so big and intentions so unfathomable, humanity looks like nothing but bugs or simply meat. The endless are literally the embodiments of emotions that plague humanity, that we all know so well. Clearly you need to get your definitions right

What I find amusing is that the video begins with Marvel logo and the Sandman is from DC😅😅

So endless is seven deadly sins? It’s like the same story but I just heard about endless and read up on them and it’s technically the same people just different names

I want these characters in a DC movie, maybe reboot Constantine at the same time. Those are the kinds of “comic book” movies I really like. Damn all these silly dressed “hero’s” and Nationalistic morality.

“Has tried to gatekeep” Oh ffs

Dream = Robert Smith from the Cure Death = Debbie Harry from Blondie Delirium = Courtney Love Desire = Eddie Izzard Destiny = the hermit on Led Zeppelin’s album cover Despair = ??? Destruction = … Gaston?

Everynody sould read The Sandman comics. It's epic, and is not like anything in modern literature.

Informative! I think I'm going to read up on Sandman and the others. Still don't like the choice of actress for Death. If you're gonna pull that PC BS then why not reflect each individuals viewpoint of death!? Multiple actresses for all of her duties. Asians, Europeans, Blacks, etc. I feel that would fit Gaiman work better.

Somebody has a word of the day calander.

Gods live and die. The Endless just are.

They are the living embodiments of the human contidion. it's the exact opposite of Lovecraftian.

please learn what is lovecraftian, stop using it as a clickbait phrase.

Like it

Think I'd change something tho

Aug. 5

One of my favorite channels that I feel like literally just popped up Love y'all keep going

01:53 Destiny is THE INTRUDER

Do these have roots in Christianity like the 7 deadly sins?