I can't help but find it ironic when the video itself is about how humans shunt blame onto others to not have to face the responsibility their actions carry, and yet it also contains support for a farce that's all about shunting blame of the state of the world to the common folk rather than having those actually responsible own up to their actions.

I love the video, love the topic, love you! Keep making videos and i will keep coming back :)

I found your perspective worth looking at, it feels like a small candle in the darkness of spirituality. It always good to see another remind me that ignorance is an eternal theme of life and could always learn another aspect of life.

my thought towards wren is that my guilt towards the climate comes not from my own carbon emission amount. but instead from the guilt of not having started or taken part as of yet in a revolution motivated to dissolving and destroying the corporations that account for 90+ % of the world pollutant emissions, and taking the power from the governing bodies that allowed such misdeeds

Man I really missed the days of paying off my sins to the church! Glad there's a new modern equivalent

The Imaginary Axis episode goes deeper than that. Destructions statement "The endless are wave functions" has such weight to it, once you learn what a "wave function" is. It is some crazy quantum mechanical stuff.

THISSSSS. It took me months to realize that.

@@marksalmoneussorcerersupreme A wave function is just a mathematical description of the state the quantum particle/wave is in... Im guessing/remembering its more like they're fundamental parts of the "code" of reality, like laws of physics, will have to watch again its been a long time

nvm I actually wanna watch the show, its been 4 years since I saw the vid so I forgot most and am ready to be surprised, yet I urge to know more thru UKposts, a curse

​@@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 a mathematical description of a state is just what dream in the end is shown to be - a point of view Perhaps

Hence why I hope Hazbin Hotel will be a success.

@@jacqueshardin4601 Same, but the studio will need to clear it's issues first.

Yes

Calling back to the duel, of course ;)

@@rezafebriansyah8620 Which issues are they facing?

Uh, I think Delirium being deeply traumatized sounds, *REALLY* wrong? I mean, I get her reaction, tantrum and hysteria. But to say traumatized, I believe it's more "lost" in her thoughts. Delirium rarely able to be in control of herself, to be stable and that. And whenever she do, it hurts.

@@rezafebriansyah8620 there was this crossover fanfic with TV Lucifer calling Dream over the phone because Delirium was causing drama in the pub. Luxifer: She's making a bloody mess over here!!! Can't you do something about this!!!??? Dream: I recall of a time she wanted to climb over me and ride piggyback. Luxifer: Yeah....... So? Dream: I let her. Luxifer: Oh (◎_◎;).

@@corryjamieson3909 Title and site to find it?

@@TheSchultinator If memory serves correctly, Ao3?

​@Reza Febriansyah Delirium being traumatised is actually canon though. She used to be Delight, but then something horrible happened.

Is that true though? I thought they were also created by humans... And doesn't Death come for everyone and everything? She even said that she will be the last thing in the universe and "pack it up" so to speak.

@@Pheonix1328 in a sense the Endless is not endless at all. like humans they have their begin and end. until ofcourse the cycle begins again.

@@Pheonix1328 the thing is the endless are always gonna be there where mortals are not just humans. The mortals dont have to know of the endless's existence for them to be able to exist like what Gods do.

⁠@@NeilsonBuntowa The Endless are endless..even without humans they would still exist, they are a concept, concepts cannot die, Even when Death claims every soul in the universe even her siblings, they would still exist just not in that universe, as long as anything exist they will also

Agree, I love her even more after Sound of Wings. And "Faces" when she came to Urania, the woman who became Ra's Polymorphs and offer an advice and help to die. She's such a beautifully written character that I just... well, ironically fell in love with her.

Yeah there was even a comic where they (Death) teach to viewer on how to use a condom so that they do not get a disease that will kill em if they do not know how to do it which is really beautiful to me. the creators did not have to do that but they did, it would not have been seen in the main stream media but they were able to do that. just for a moment.

@@owlcyclops7163 That was Death trying to give warning about AIDS and other sex related disease if not drugs.

@@rezafebriansyah8620 Oh yeah It was a while since I read it so thank you for the reminder. it just makes me so happy that more people are finding out about this comic and how wonderful it is despite the time that has passed since then.

In my dnd home brew, death is a character I worked on for a while. He is, essentially a depressed teenager. He’s just really really tired and hates his job more than anything. He used to travel the world trying to warn people of incoming death, but everywhere he goes things keel over and die. He’s now a recluse, who plays too many video games, gets far too little sleep and is just… a guy. He talks like a Twitter sh!tposter and he’s just… done. He’s done with everything, done with the world, done with divinity. He’s called the SelfTombed, and those who are touched by intense melancholy become his clerics and paladins. He has a partner who tries to get him to see the good in the world, but rarely succeeds. He doesn’t actually decide if anyone dies or when, but he feels like it’s his fault every time. He’s starving himself since he can only eat souls but doesn’t want to. He doesn’t even hate himself or the world anymore. Actually my prior statement of him hating his job is wrong. He doesn’t hate anything anymore. He just cries himself to sleep every night and he thinks everything is just not fair. He doesn’t want to try because he doesn’t want to fail, because he thinks he can only hurt people.

While she can't choose her job, she refused to be defined by it. Change the things you can, accept the things you can't. I was miserable for a long time because I couldn't do that. Once you do, peace is yours.

@@bignasty4874 well said

​@@bignasty4874that's honestly beautiful

Yeah, look into Death's "backstory", as it were. She wasn't always this way: she *chose* to become this way. Same with her thing for becoming mortal and dying one day every century. She specifically and deliberately does that so that she gets to see the mortal perspective, so that she's reminded of what it's like and understands what they'd want. Death is someone who strives to be good at their job.

@@Duiker36 damm

i thought the chapter with the idea of evil was not canon 😩

@@chukwumaanthony324 Yes, but the concept still weaves perfectly into the theme of this video.

Why would that be interesting? Melodic in it'd alliteration sure but hardly interesting to me.

@@bleachedout805 I find alliteration interesting

IIRC most translations of Sandman into different languages try to keep the alliteration in the names of the Endless.

Yep, I noticed too. His is the only name that begins ‘dr’ rather than ‘de’. Definitely the odd one out.

​@@ericstahmer720 Yup. In portuguese death is sometimes called Desincarnation just to keep the initial D in all their names. I find it really intriguing

@@akale2620 Considering she's a DC property, no. We don't get to see it in much detail, I believe the context is that it's a story she's telling to Dream but I do think it's a true story

You're referring to Winter's Tale. Death merely doing her job, but she was loathed and asked to leave. She abide and life suffers, till someone came beg for her return and she did. However, still she was hurt because they remain to hold contempt, thus she became cold and brittle. Until she reaps a child who asked her "How would you like it?" And thus, she began to ponder for answer until she decide to look for it by becoming alive for a day. Her cold-brittle demeanor, earned herself a spite. Thus, forever changing her perspective. There she learns what mortals needs the most, when they're at their ends. A warm hug, a kind hearted smile and gentle words of appreciation for living through. A friend and companion to make you feel welcomed and not alone...

@@akale2620 The Sandman has been a figure in folklore for years, he sprinkles sand in your eyes to make you sleep and have pleasant dreams. And the concepts of a physical avatar of death has been around for aeons, the earliest one I could name is Thanatos, the Greek deity, but I'm certain there were more before him. Neither Marvel nor DC comics created the concepts of 'Death' or 'The Sandman' but they both created their own versions of the characters. As for the Gaiman story, that is the DC comics story, Gaiman wrote those comics

I would assume that Death did not "walk away" the way Destruction did, but instead deliberately chose to withhold her concept from the world. It was an act of spite more than an act of freedom, if that makes sense.

It is from the Sandman, it was on the earlier issues where Dream searching for one of his 3 precious items, the Ruby necklace. The necklace was in the possession of Dr. Destiny which was defeated by the JLA, Dream with Constantine came to JLA HQ to ask around about it

I don’t think it’s all the endless, I think it was only dream, dream is the one that appears most to humans, he has many names and many forms to different cultures or species.

Dream specifically appeared to him as the Martian God of dreams. Like Morpheus to the Greeks. What made it so interesting is from Man hunters perspective Dream was a terrifying Martian God which means it is because of our species and culture as to why you and I (the readers) perceive him as a pale white goth boy. They explore it further later with the African Empress. Dream appears as an ebony god to her, a gorgeous statuesque black man because in her culture the ideal mate and God of Dreams is a strong male capable of protecting others.

Maaaaan now thats something an AI shoud do... Someday

@@ivanlugo8474 It would be from Makima's POV right after she was reincarnated back in Hell, where she was immediately under siege of Doubt Devil who proceeded to "torture" her with questions.

Best idea I've ever ever heard!!!!

If you liked those, you should try Record of Ragnarok, it is an interesting take on gods and mankind, and you will be surprised by the appereance of some characters

@@GD-qj2cc I'm sad they have made another season for it yet

@@caseyp3447 True, but at least it's not as bad as the first season , and manga is still great

May I recommend Princess Mononoke if you haven't watch it already

@@MmMm-yd4rn Already seen it, but I appreciate the thought.

That's because Delight was pure joy, but as time goes by, that very joy seemed like either madness or delusions, a fantasy we made in reality of our own perspective. Most of this are very self-destructive, but in certain case, like Norton, the guy whom dream inspire to become Emperor of America(?) Delirium said that his delusion of self-believe fantasy does not made him belongs to her. All because his self-believe made him sane despite being seen as lunatic or fool by others.

@@rezafebriansyah8620 'His madness keeps him sane'

I know that dream stated that all gods are born from the dreaming and when they die they will return to the dreaming

Obviously she's insane. Inside her mind is a constant loop of "EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!" From the Lego movie would drive anyone sane mad and any madman into the throws of ecstacy.

Discworld Death My Beloved ❤

You know, the game of opposites and contrasts goes even deeper than that. People sometimes ask why the Endeless are those concepts and not others... and, let's face it, some of them can be seen as "negative" at first glance (like Destruction and Despair). The twist is in that each of them, each of those concepts, exists incarnated because they define their opposite and "creative" concept. Each one of the Endless is there to push a question uppon us, to provide the backdrop to our scene. -The existence of destruction allows for creation. Jus as an example: most of the elements in the universe are created in supernovas... the mothers of all destruction. -The existence of death defines life. Something that's immortal is not realy alive. -The idea of delirium, of chaos and the lack of logic, allows us to understand order, logic, patterns, etc. To "make sense". -The idea of desire moves us forward, but is also fuled by the sense of feeling "incomplete", of wanting; so knowing desire and contrasting it allows us to understand the "self". -The very concept of destiny has us looking for freedom and free will. It's the prisson that makes us want to search for an exit (of it the prisson is real in the first place). -Despair makes us undestand happiness; to give it sense. And just like Despair and Desire are twins, the two concepts can form a self-sustaining spiral to trap you if you aren't carefull. -And Dream... If we go a little bit further and don't just read "Dream" as what we see when asleep, but (as he himself would claim) the embodiment of what is not, of immagination, of what can't be or won't be (as is pointed out so beautifully by the library of never written books), Dream is actually the polar opposite of reality. Through the contrast with dream is it that what's real is defined. That's why he is so important, but also why he is so uptight with his duties. Gaiman trully did a work of beautiful poetry with the Sandman.

@@KaosNoKamisama There's one other thing you forgot that was in one of the supplementary stories: Despair (or more specifically, Despair's previous incarnation), is the one who gave humanity hope in the form of Superman by suggesting to Rao, the sun that Krypton orbits, to give life to a planet that has an unstable core and leaving one survivor who will mourn for the planet's destruction.

-One’s Destiny is not set in stone, and the struggle to change it is what helps create destinies in the first place. -Destruction allows for creation, only with the death of the old can the new be made from its ashes. -Death defines life, gives us drive and purpose. All things born will one day die. But Death doesn’t have to be something scary, it is simply just something that will happen, it is a cold embrace that allows one to finally feel at peace. -For every Dream, there are nightmares. For every wish for peace on earth, there are selfish, self centered dreams of avarice and debauchery. -Desires can do easily be twisted, becoming dark and immoral obsessions, and horrible addictions for pain and inflicting pain, for pleasure and forcing pleasure. -Only in the deepest depths of Despair can hope and miracles be achieved. For the only way forward when you’re at the bottom, is up. -Joys and Delights can so easily spiral out of control, soon delusions of grandeur and illusions of safety can cloud one’s view of the repercussions of rampant consumerism and greed, until it becomes nothing but pure Delirium.

I always thought of Dream’s opposite being reality. Seeing as he has rewritten the entirety of all creation at least twice, something which only the Presence (I assume) and Delirium (implied) is even aware of.

@@Miners666 Yeah Dream defines and forces one to face one's reality. All dreams are based on some kind of reality and something you don't want to face. Whether you are forced to face it, with a nightmare, or can just take a break from it like a dream... Both are important.

As someone who never read the comics I just hope they don't turn it into some kind of spin-off riddled fuckfest. Already the Constantine girl was one of the worst parts of the show. The fewer connection to random shitty other dc properties the better

Sidenote: I've seen some parts of The Sandman comics and all I have to say is: Hooooo boy, Destruction as Olethros (Destruction in his prime) definitely does look like a space marine in his armor.

Yeah, I liked the show too. The comics are still good, however there are certain depictions and aspects that did not age very well. Besides, I have heard people say that if the show was an exact retelling, they would have been bored. The changes made some people go ooh, that is interesting, I wonder what is next? I guess it is like a comparing apples to oranges kind of situation.

@@jacqueshardin4601 as far as I know they only changed a few characters and Neil said the fact they gave Lucifer a gender at all was a "gender swap." 😂

Yeah. Dream will stop existing when every sentient being dies. Same thing for the other Endless.

What's your favorite? Mine's the ones that involves Death into it, like "Sounds of her Wing" and "Dream Country: Façade (Urania Blackwell, Elemental Girl, suicide thing)"

The others couldn’t intervene with Destiny’s plan. They couldn’t save Dream even if they wanted

Gaiman has a quote somewhere explaining that as they're immortal and not a superhero team rushing to save each other they could just wait. Beyond that though, thing about Dream is he's exceptionally proud, if they don't come help he might be mad at them for a while. But if any came and helped (interfered) without him asking them too, he would NEVER forgive them and they all know that.

@@Lutherstrode17492 There is no Destiny's plan and Destiny doesn't intervene in anything.

Hot take: gaiman is a human and this entire universe didn't poof fully formed into his mind that early on. Instead he did some research on the sleeping disease. Knew death would be a character and formulated a cool story. It was a success so he was able to properly flesh out his universe and this was a bit of a plothole he painted over with "Dream was too prideful" even though many times he's not too prideful to mope like a child or seek assistance. Death could have wiped them out but dream was also so arrogant he never in his wildest "dreams" conceived a human could capture him? What if he summoned death and the captured her? Desire? Delirium? Despair? Destiny himself? What ever would happen to such a universe would be his fault.

Another great question is, these guys dreamed of immortality and collected bizarre magicks and artifacts and nearly captured death. Dream knows all dreams, plans are dreams. How was he caught unaware in the first place?

"infinitely powerful" is relatable? Huh lol. I think the TV show is amazing. They did a great job transferring such a strange, disjointed and ethereal work to a new medium and the actors killed it. Obviously I've read the books a million times. Might be my favorite creative work I've ever read, (maybe douglas Adams, Alan moore or Kurt Vonnegut depending on my mood when you ask I guess.) Expecting any work to achieve such lofty expectations is just completely unfair especially such a weird work in its first season. Judge it on its own merit and it's a very solid work with a ton of potential. Obviously the books are "better" but they were always going to be especially first season. Though I found myself pleasantly surprised how the TV was able to expand on and explore ideas Neil could only flirt with in so few pages. Great stuff.

The Endless are more than gods. They’re the full embodiment of their namesakes. Whereas most deities exist because they are invented by the collective consciousness of people, the Endless’ existence is simply a reflection of consciousness existing.