Icon from a picrew by grgikau. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. The X-Files. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
(I was hoping to see the iconic tshirt&jeans look in season 1 but I guess since he was nude for an entire episode they decided not to show any more of his skin..)
That brings up some interesting thought lines. Death and her siblings have presumably existed since there has been… existence. So, their “birthdays” could be the date of the Big Bang. We have a vague idea of when that was, but it has no date to speak of. And why would immortal beings that represent core concepts for all of existence be subject to the temporal reckonings of a single planet’s dominant life form?
Death is the oldest. She has existed as long as life has existed. Destiny is the keeper of the story of all of existence. His sister will take him last, at the end of his book. Destruction is the next. He has been around since the formation of the planets. The rest of the endless deal with consciousness and emotional states. Complex thoughts, emotional well being. Hopes, dreams, desires, deliriums, and despairs.
Or, I’m dumb, and you can just figure out the date that the Sandman, Vol. 2 # 01 was published. It was a Wednesday. That’s not Dream’s birthday, but it would work as a day of celebration if that’s what you’re after.
Sandman, Vol. 2 # 01 had a cover date of January 1989, but it was actually published on December 1, 1988. Which was a Thursday, interestingly enough. Perhaps new comic book day used to be on Thursdays, or perhaps it was not shipped by Diamond until the following week. Either way, Morpheus first saw print on December 1, 1988. So, since today is November 6, 2022, in a little less than a month, Morpheus will turn 34 years old by the reckoning of our calendars. That seems like a good enough birthday for a being that was not born, but was rather dreamt into existence.
