Question about "The Sandman"

For the past few weeks, I’ve been rereading the Sandman graphic novels. Reading the comic books again made me recall a lingering question that I had about the Sandman mythos.

Before my actual question, I have to bring up the topic of gods in the Sandman universe. In it, the gods exist and draw their power from the people or things that believe and worship them (they come from the dreams of these people), so when the eventuality comes that they are forgotten, they lose their power and eventually die (actually they go back to dreams and die). This description is true for the various gods of the various religions and mythologies; the aesir, the norse gods, the Egyptian deities etc… Poor almighty guys...

My question then has to do with the “Creator” introduced in the Season of Mists story arc. Obviously, this “Creator” (who lives in the Silver City or aka heaven duh!!!) is supposed to be THE God, the Christian and Moslem God, the mighty smiter of sinners, Yaweh, the Alpha and the Omega. In one of the issues (when Cain just came back from hell and was making his report to Dream), Dream said that “save for his Creator, Lucifer is probably the most powerful being in the universe…” So, Lucifer and the Creator guy are stronger even than the Endless themselves right? Here’s my question at last: Is the Creator like the rest of the gods in the Sandman mythos? Is he the most powerful being in the universe because at present he has the most number of believers (catholics, protestants, born again, muslims, ang dating daan, iglesia ni kristo, el shaddai etc...)? Or is he the most powerful being because he’s above these gods, above the Endless and above the Universe itself?

I can’t decide which is true. It is possible that he is like other gods, because in one of the issues of the sandman (kalimutan ko which one) Death says that at the end of the universe, she will take her last brother (Destiny) and “close shop”, which implies that the creator will eventually be forgotten ‘cause in the end, there is only Death . But I think the other argument also has a point. In the comics, the Creator doesn’t act like the other gods or even the Endless who have “human traits” (they are sometimes selfish, more often than not horny bastards and they often make mistakes, probably except Destiny). The Creator is depicted as the God they teach us about in elementary school; all powerful, all knowing, perfect. Finally, unlike the other gods and the Endless, the Creator does not change (change is one of the things that even the Endless undergo according to Destruction. Dream didn’t believe that the Endless change. That is ‘til the “point of view” Morpheus kicked the bucket and Daniel became Dream… then he believed).

Bottom line is I’m stumped… Lam ko na marami ako kilala na nakabasa ng Sandman… what do you guys think?

Undas-ween

This year’s undas-ween (combi ng undas and holloween… cool ryt?) was not like last year, or the year before. During this time of the year, I am usually in the province with family until the 31st, and then I make it home to spend November 1 or 2 in the cemetery with my mom’s side of the family. This year, I wasn’t in the province. Everybody else went but I stayed home kc wala mag tataong bahay…So, I spent the 31st alone at home. Sad…

So what did I do the whole day? Luckily I bought a new PIRATED PS2 game; Resident Evil 4.



I played the game for the better part of the day. When my eyes started to hurt and I started feeling dizzy, I decided to give the game a rest and watch a DVD (since nothing was worth watching on the tube). I decided to watch Dark Water (the American version starring super hot momma Jeniffer Connely). The movie was okay. I wasn’t THAT scared. Yet…



Before I knew it, it was 2:30 am. I decided to get some shut eye. That’s when it all started. I was lying on my bed thinking about how I spent the day; Playing Resident Evil and watching Dark Water. It occurred to me how fitting it was that I did those things… bagay na bagay sa holloween!!! At first it was amusing then suddenly, it became down right scary. It was All Soul’s day, it was the dead of night, I was all alone and I did nothing but immerse myself in horror media the whole day. When I realized this it got bad REALLY quick. To make matters worse, it started raining really hard. Dark Water seemed a hell of a lot more scary all of a sudden. Shit.

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I kept mumbling to myself as I hid under my blanket scared shitless. Every creak, every strike of lightning and every howl of a stupid mongrel jostled me. Suffice to say I didn’t sleep very well that night.

Note to self: next undas-ween, if I am ever alone again, lay off the scary stuff!!!