#dream of a thousand cats

[writing-for-life]

We are reading “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” in the community this week, and this is such a central issue in terms of the workings of the universe the Sandman is set in, but also in terms of foreshadowing and interconnection with literally everything. And since “Dream Hunters” is so massively underrated, I had to tie it in as well, because if you let it speak to you, I honestly think it’s one of the most important stories of them all; in its own way, it has equally strong connection points to “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” (and consequently the whole main run) as “Overture”.

I wish I had more time because some of this could do with deeper exploration/explanation (e.g. you can’t really compare the motivations of Lyta and Nuala to the Onmyōji or the Kitsune on surface level, but they tie into the deeper connection to the Three, and there’s also something to be said for the role of fear), but panel comparisons need to make do this week. And one leaves me more unwell than the next 😩

They Changed the Universe from the Beginning of All Things…

About the Burden One Must Bear…

Dreams Have Their Price…

What Is the Province of Dream?

Justice?

The Only Wisdom That Matters?

Revelation…

He Was to Die…

She Tried to Help…

They Lost Everything…

Events Occurred as It Was Proper for Them to Do

Lessons Were Learned…

[mari0n-art-demon]

Dream of a thousand cats [today's art] .... I hope you like it ^^

[ogamipukobye]

[field-cryptobotanist]

I thought because of a dream of a thousand cats that cats were more dream based but the Cat king looks and acts like he vacations in the desire domain.

I know the prophet cat is dream but are there more different domain cats because I would like to explore that a bit more.

Are orange cats delirium domain cats?

[pattonvirglsanders]

This came to me in a vision-

[mayapapaya33]

I admire the way Neil Gaiman managed to subtly circumnavigate and subvert the preexisting structure he was operating in when writing Sandman. Many people (including myself occasionally) always say, ugh it's so Judeo-Christian heavy, why are they so important and powerful and correct compared to the other Gods? (other than Sandman being a part of a preexisting DC universe and therefore being stuck with it). Well, They are and they aren't, not totally anyway. At least according to Sandman 40. It is HEAVILY implied and outright stated that all the biblical figures we come across aren't what we think they are on the face of it. And actual religious people would, I think, not find any of this very Judeo-Christian at all.

Cain and Abel aren't just the first "human" Victim and Murderer. They're literally just the first Victim and the first Murderer period. Who knows what species they were, what culture on what planet they came from, what they actually sacrificed, what they actually fought over? What their real names are? It's a translation of a translation of a translation of a basic primal story. Whoever or Whatever the All Highest Creator is, they have reinvented themselves time and time again, these are just the faces and names they're wearing right now, the ones that fit. It was different before and it'll be different in the future.

And it's like a fun, weird, confusing Chicken and the Egg situation, since according to the DC database that I just checked for The Presence:

The Presence said it was shaped by external forces which author Mike Carey clarified as the collective dreams, stories, and beliefs of humanity that change reality backward and forward and create the gods they worship.[45] This concept was first introduced in The Sandman: A Dream of a Thousand Cats, where it is said that cats were originally the dominant species on Earth, giant beasts that hunted humans. However, mankind's collective dream of a world where humans ruled over cats altered reality from its very beginning, making it so that humans were always larger than cats.

So Humanity dreamed up an omnipotent being (or influenced a preexisting omnipotent being that was previously Dreamed up by others?) And it wibbly wobbly timeily wimeily has always been so solely because of the power of belief and Dreams. (There's an interesting story right there, what was the DC universe like BEFORE that collective Dream?!) We've done it before and We can do it again. There are other versions of the Universe where other Gods reign supreme but they've been "Dream of a Thousand Cat'sd" This is just the one we have access to a glimpse of.

Does this make sense or do I need to go Visit Dream's realm in order to escape Delirium's?

[heydrangeas]

me watching episode 11 of the sandman while sitting next to my cat

[reyl0ct]

So I just finished the last episode from season 1 of The Sandman, and oh my gods... That may be my favorite episode from literally anything ever.. I can't even explain why, just wow.

[divinecompass]

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[bantambookeater]

...do you ever think of the stupidest of ideas but it just won't leave your mind so you have to excise it by doing it? Well. Behold my masterpeice, Dreamies of a Thousand Cats!

[id: a packet of Dreamies cat food with the cat edited to be a black cat with yellow glowing eyes]

Also a version with a small human being batted:

[id: id: a packet of Dreamies cat food with the cat edited to be a black cat with yellow glowing eyes, batting at a small pink stick-figure. It also reads "Dreamies of a Thousand Cats" instead of just Dreamies]

[malicemizerfan666]

cant believe neil gaiman made a warrior cats au canon

[writing-for-life]

The Cat Prophet—J Paul Schiek

[thefoxintheclover]

Again, I cannot draw to save my life, but since I am learning how to draw cats, I thought I would doodle another Dream Kitty. 

[enbymurderhusbands]

me watching sandman episode 11 of the sandman: Neil Gaiman? is that you in my falafel?

i was really sittin there for a moment like man why’s this skull crow thing sound so familiar

also michael sheen just killed a bunch of kittens and im so mad wtf man

[briarruler]

The Sandman x The Borrowers where Borrowers are a side effect resulting from the events of Dream of a Thousand Cats.

[clairedelune-13]

I did NOT realize that Georgia was also in Dream of a Thousand Cats. 🤣