THE FANDOM ZONE 324: "Brief Lives" Is Up!

 
"I would remind you both...Those that seek Destruction usually find it."
-- Destiny to Dream and Delirium, The Sandman -- "The Song of Orpheus"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "Brief Lives", "The Song of Orpheus" and "Family Blood", the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of The Sandman Season 2, featuring Tom Sturridge as Dream/Morpheus, Esme Creed-Miles as Delirium, and introducing Ruairi O'Connor as Orpheus and Barry Sloane as Destruction!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like stepping on the gas this week, the introduction of Destruction, some differences from the original comics, Wanda from the storyline "A Game of You" that wasn't adapted by the TV series, Dream being very emo and making it rain throughout the Dreaming because he was dumped by Nada, Lucienne being the Alfred to Dream's Batman, Delirium asking for Dream's help in finding their missing brother, Wanda giving Dream and Delirium her backstory about being trans, Ishtar blaming Dream for breaking up her and Destruction, Desire calling out Dream for his hypocrisy, Delirium realizing the Dream was lying to her, how you can see what Delirium looked like when she was Delight, the reason why Destruction walked away from the his responsibilities, getting to see Delirium's realm, Dream's social awkwardness with his own siblings, getting to see Destiny's realm, the flashback to 1700 BC Greece when the Endless attended Orpheus' wedding to Eurydice, that awkward moment when Orpheus becomes immortal but then is forced to live on as a severed head, my cats Delirium and Desire embodying their namesakes from The Sandman, the flashback to 1794 France when Lady Johanna Constantine retrieved Orpheus' living head, Destruction bidding Dream and Delirium farewell, the important scene of Dream granting his son's boon to kill him, the Kindly Ones swearing vengeance, our favorite quotes of the episodes, my joining Nik on Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast to discuss David Fincher's Seven, next week's discussion of "The Kindly Ones" storyline, and more! 

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Be sure to come back in one week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Time and Night", "Fuel for the Fire" and "The Kindly Ones", the seventh, eighth and ninth episodes of The Sandman Season 2, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!