#please. a little kiss for me Morpheus?? I love u

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Came across an edit of Morpheus and choked. I’m so ill with love for him.

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Fic Rec II: Today I Bury You in Me, ch. 4

fic by: @the-darklings

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Thoughts on Chapter 4 (Spoiler Warning): Year 304-521

This chapter starts with—wait, pause, is the reason why Wanderer used to be close to Desire was because she used to desire a lot of things?? But ended up being close to Dream because she began to actually dream of things? Like, you can desire something for shallow reasons, but when you dream of things, you understand its true value. Is this a nod to Wanderer’s fantastic character development—???

*clears throat* Anyway. 

What I like about this chapter is that we get to see a little bit about Wanderer’s history, even though she doesn’t even know herself. You can also see that Wanderer does actually age, but not like humans. Her experiences, her curse—it wears her out, and you can see it. So you’re able to empathize with the character more, and her character, once again, gets deeper and more complex.

I have nothing to say about that line. It’s just good *chef’s kiss*

Ohhhh and! Now we get to the part where Dream talks about Hob Gadling. 

And I love how Wanderer reacts to it. It hurts her, and I actually felt so freaking sad about this scene because imagine being in her position, knowing that someone else was granted immortality, but is not cursed. 

Hob Gadling loves life, and his immortality provides him more time to keep loving it. As for Wanderer, her immortality takes life away from her. She’s alive, but she’s not really allowed to live. 

Then there’s that line. Wanderer has lived for so long, has been scarred many times, that she instinctively forgets that’s she’s human, too. 

AND THEN THIS:

OH MY GOD HE REMEMBERED—

Oop— that kinda hurt. Because it’s just one line, but you can really see one of Morpheus’ biggest flaws. He separates himself from humanity bc he's a being of great power, and so he can’t understand what Wanderer’s life is like. 

So he presumes that becoming “like him” is good, but to Wanderer, the fact that she’s lived so long, “becoming like him” means she lives more and more with her curse. Morpheus lives with no curse, Wanderer lives because of the curse. 

So the more she lives long enough to become sort of like him means more pain on her part. 

AHHH DREAMFALL— I’ll let y’all read that part if you haven’t. It’s too goo to spoil, so I won’t react to how special that line feels to me. 

The next scene, though, isn’t so happy. But what I like about it is that it kind of drags you back down from the moment earlier. It reminds you what life is like for Wanderer, and that the Dreaming isn’t a place she can be in all the time. 

It reminds you that this story isn’t just about Wanderer/Dream. It’s also about Wanderer’s story as a whole and what it symbolizes in regard to the humans, the Endless, and entities like Corinthian. 

There’s a depth to her character that is just SO GOOD AKDALDHAAKJD

I love how after all she’s suffered, she appears in the Dreaming, giving her the rest she deserves.  And it’s nice to see that the Dreaming’s inhabitant really care for her.

O U C H. 

I’ll say, though, that her saying that isn’t coming from how selfish Morpheus can be and has been. I don’t think it’s about Morpheus, I think it’s about Wanderer not being able to accept that she’s worthy of being accepted. 

All she remembers is being treated like a threat by humans, and because of her curse, she sees herself as someone who isn’t deserving of care, especially by someone like Morpheus. So I think that line is more of a result of her curse than something that was Morpheus’ doing. 

In a future chapter, it gets explained why that word is so important, and why the Morpheus telling her to call for him is important and so meaningful.

I won’t say any more, but please do read this series if you haven’t already. The author can make just one word mean so much. 

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Posted on October 1, 2022

Posted by Sophia