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Neil Gaiman has revealed the very first look at Good Omens, unveiling three new scenes from the upcoming fantasy series at Prime Video Presents, Amazon’s European showcase in London.

The videos featured stars Michael Sheen as Aziraphale and David Tennant as Crowley, along with fellow cast members including Jon Hamm and Miranda Richardson.

While the footage has not yet been released online, it did offer a tantalising glimpse at the adaptation of Gaiman and co-author Terry Pratchett’s novel – without, of course, giving away any spoilers.

Hopefully the clips will be made available soon, but in the meantime, check out the breakdown of the new footage here

O guess who’s doing an art giveaway?? THIS BICH.

K so. This is also in combination with my 100 follower giveaway bc hey :)) I have 100 followers. I love u guys thx.

The Contest:

I will be drawing the winners’ characters in any costume/Halloween setting of their choosing! There will be THREE winners!

1st place: A half body shot. (A single character)

2nd place: A bust shot. (A single character)

3rd place: A head shot. (A single character)

The Rules:

1. You MUST be following me. 2. You MUST like this post. 3. You MUST reblog this post. (Multiple reblogs DO count)

Winners will be randomly chosen on October 10th, 2018 (Two weeks from now).

Good luck frens!

Welcome Home Pineapple Basket by Krissys Over The Mountain Crochet

I only got into Sandman last June.  I wish I had read it sooner but no one really described it well to me so I went in almost completely unawares.

The main character in Sandman is Morpheus AKA Dream of The Endless.   He is the living embodiment of dreams.  His usual appearance (as his form changes depending on who is looking upon him) has peculiar, bone-white, skin and completely-black eyes with tiny star-like pupils that flare when he’s using his powers.  He has wild black hair and is extremely thin.   

 His minion are entities of Dreams and Nightmares.  He seems to have a fondness for Halloween aesthetics from Jack-o-lanterns and Gothic castles to spooky old houses (like The House of Secrets and The House of Mystery), and ravens.   

Morpheus AKA Dream of The Endless is of a family of beings known as… well… The Endless.

The Endless are a family of anthropomorphic personifications.  That means they are living embodiments of certain concepts.  For example Morpheus / Dream’s older sister is Death.  She’s essentially the Grim Reaper.  

The family consists of Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and little Delirium (She used to be Delight but she went mad).  

Most of Sandman is the story of Morpheus and what happens to him.   The place to begin is Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes.  

  In this story Morpheus gets summoned and captured by early twentieth century occultists who had been trying to capture Death but got him by mistake.  He is kept locked in a windowless cellar in a glass cage for nearly a century. 

 When he finally escapes he gets his revenge on the son of his original captor and then seeks out his tools that were taken from him when he was captured.  These tools include his pouch of dream sand (he is the Sandman after all), his helm (a battle helmet, though he rarely if ever goes into battle, made from a skull and spine of Old Gods and resembles a gas mask), and his rubly dreamstone amulet, a conduit for his power (like a wizard’s wand).  

The first storyline is Morpheus reclaiming these lost artifacts.   At one point this leads him to Hell where he faces a demon who has gotten a hold of his helm.  The demon challenges him to a game of wits, creativity, and imagination as opposed to physical combat. 

Morpheus used to be something of an asshole but he undergoes considerable character growth through the course of the series and becomes more and more compassionate.

Often he finds himself simply trying to set right the wrongs of his own past.  For example Sandman: Season of Mists starts with Morpheus reluctantly (he’s very afraid) going back to Hell to rescue a soul he wrongfully left there centuries before only to find that Lucifer is quitting (basis for the plot of the Fox / Netflix TV series). 

 Lucifer leaves Morpheus the key to Hell and and now Morpheus must figure out what to do with it while The Dreaming (his realm) is bombarded with deities and beings of folklore who all want the key to Hell for themselves since it’s “Prime psychic real estate.”

The Sandman is strange.  It’s surreal and it’s beautiful.  Each volume of Sandman is drawn in a different art style.  There’s very little combat-style action or explosions though there is occasional horror and gore.  It’s more like a work of pure literature than any traditional idea of a comic book.     

The order Sandman should be read in is as follows:

1. The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes 2. The Sandman: The Doll’s House 3. The Sandman: Dream Country  4. The Sandman: Season of Mists 5. The Sandman: A Game of You 6. The Sandman: Fables and Reflections 7. The Sandman: Brief Lives 8. The Sandman: The Worlds’ End 9. The Sandman: The Kindly Ones 10. The Sandman: The Wake The Sandman: Dream Hunters The Sandman Endless Nights The Sandman Overture (a very beautiful prequel)

The Sandman can also be read in the Omnibus form (three volumes) or in the “Absolute editions” (There are six in all).  The Absolute editions are better than the omnibuses and physically easier to read (larger print) but they are more expensive.    

The Perfect Day Market Tote was inspired by the perfect summer day browsing the farmer’s market - and it’s a free crochet pattern here on Moogly! Make it with Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie!

Today’s crocheted Instragram Inspo was made by Laura Planagumà  at Luapatch. 

Update:  thanks to @kapercrochet for messaging me and sharing the pattern: https://www.etsy.com/shop/kapercrochet  <3

Yup, here’s the excerpt from WoWhead explaining her thoughts and reasonings for the war in the first place in a conversation with Saurfang:

“You are not Garrosh Hellscream, why do you want to throw the Horde into the meat grinder again? Sylvanas’s eyes did not waver, even in the face of his rage. “If I dedicated myself to peace with the Alliance, would it last a year?”“Yes,” Saurfang said curtly. “How about two years? Five? Ten? Fifty?”Saurfang felt the trap closing in on him, and he did not like it. “We fought side-by-side against the Burning Legion. That creates bonds that are not easily broken. “Time breaks every bond.” Sylvanas leaned across the table. Her words flew like arrows. “What do you believe? Will peace last five years or fifty?”He leaned forward, too, his face inches away from hers. Neither blinked. “What I believe doesn’t matter, Warchief. What do you believe?” “I believe the exiles of Gilneas will never forgive the Horde for driving them away. I believe the living humans of Lordaeron think it is blasphemy that my people still hold their city. I believe the ancient divide between our allies in Silvermoon and their kin in Darnassus is not easily mended.” There was a smile on Sylvanas’ face. It was not a pleasant one.“I believe the Darkspear tribe hasn’t forgotten who drove them from their islands,” she continued. “I believe every orc your age remembers being imprisoned for years in filthy camps, wallowing in despair and surviving on human scraps. I believe every human remembers the tales of the terrible Horde that caused so much destruction in its first invasion, and I believe they blame every orc for that, no matter what you people have done to redeem yourselves. And I remember very well that my first Forsaken were once loyal Alliance citizens. We died for that banner, and our reward was to be hunted as vermin. I believe that there will be no permanent peace with the Alliance – not unless we win it on the battlefield on our terms. And believing that, answer this, Saurfang: what use is delaying the inevitable? ”“The boy in Stormwind will not start a war tomorrow,” Saurfang said. Her eyebrows lowered. “With Genn Greymane in his ear? We will see. ”That was a concern, Saurfang had to concede. In the thick of fighting against the Burning Legion, Greymane had launched a mission to kill Sylvanas. It had gotten some of Stormwind’s few remaining airships destroyed. There were whispers that Greymane had ordered the attack without Anduin’s permission, but as far as Saurfang knew, Greymane had not been punished. The implications of that were troubling, and every possible explanation led to the same conclusion: the old Worgen would always drive the Alliance toward war against the Horde. Sylvanas’ eyes glittered. “And the boy is becoming a man. What if that man decides that he has no choice but to launch war on us?”

So this actually shows that Sylvanas actually has reasons and a plan - none of which was shown to us in-game.

Her conclusion is questionable, but the logic she has is something you can make sense of. She doesn’t believe peace matters if it’s just going to war with the Alliance anyway. What is the purpose of, say, 5 years of peace? To her, that’s 5 years of the Alliance able to gather Azerite. To her, that’s 5 years of Genn whispering into Anduin’s ears constantly, “The Horde must be destroyed.” It makes sense to me. It feels like an honest argument. It’s certainly not the first time someone’s brought up the idea of being able to overwhelm your enemy with a powerful first strike. Her argument about Genn and Stormheim feels especially on point - he’s shown he will strike at the Forsaken and Horde if given the chance and without orders even if the end of the world is at their doorstep.

Nobbel also makes this remark, though it’s not text lifted directly from the novellas:

But since Saurfang refused to kill him, she had to do something else and at that moment decided to give the other. Saurfang screams for them to stop firing, this is not their way, this is not what he signed up for, but it was already too late.

So basically since Saurfang didn’t kill Malfurion, Sylvanas makes a change of plans on the spot. She still believes she must crush Teldrassil and destroy the Alliance’s hope and create infighting within them. Burning Teldrassil is the result. It’s even noted: Saurfang attempts to stop them but cannot.

She even makes sure to rub it into Saurfang’s face:

“This was your victory. None of this–not this battle, not Malfurion’s defeat–would have happened without you. You have earned this honor. Take a moment, if you’d like, and then take his head. I will meet you in Darkshore.”And with that, she disappeared over a rise to the north.Saurfang felt numb. You have earned this honor.

This is interesting to me because she’s basically laying the “victory” at Saurfang’s feet. Basically gaslighting the guy and throwing his saving of Malfurion in his face. ‘Congrats Saurfang, you saved one night elf and killed thousands more in the process.’

To which Saurfang has this moment (not sure if before or after the last bit):

The screams continued. They reminded him of Shattrath. He had loved the sound, then. Smoke filled the air, reminding him of Stormwind, of racing through the streets as buildings burned all around him, finding cowering humans and butchering them as they begged for their lives. He had loved the slaughter, then.And he had loved this war too, hadn’t he? Saurfang did not move for hours, not until the screams faded and the flames had burned themselves down to embers. Before him, stood a smoking husk that had once been a great civilization. Inside him was a feeling of despair, a feeling of shame. There was no haze of corruption now to soften the horror.Saurfang would remember this moment in his dreams forever. He would relive his shame, and all the new ones to come, over and over again. You have led your Horde in the service of death, Malfurion had said. How could Saurfang face the soldiers he had led into this war? How could he explain what they had done? He couldn’t. He would never know how. But the burden would be his, always, until his dying day. As Saurfang turned away, he hoped that day would come soon… 

So now we know why he’s so readily suicidal at the Siege of Lordaeron and why he starts to defy Sylvanas, as well. The guy carries the weight of Teldrassil’s dead on his shoulders while Sylvanas casually shrugs it off as the price of war.

Tensions are finally starting to cool, but Teovanth and Varath are still having difficulty dealing with old skeletons in their closet.

2. Normal mirror.

3. Shadowy mirror.

4. Reflections out of frame.

5. MAGNIFYING MIRROR.