Desire is thin and pretty and Despair is fat. Oh.https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1397568341120733188 …
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[cn fatphobia, misogyny, self-harm] yeah, in yet another voice in the vast chorus of "Gaiman is overrated", in the comic Despair is fat, "ugly", always naked (to emphasize how gross fat women's bodies are, of course!) and frequently tears at her own flesh with a sharp hook.
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(like Dream, Desire, Destiny, Death, Delirium (formerly Delight) and Destruction (retired), she's a manifestation of a fundamental spiritual force of the universe, so the injuries are in some sense not "real" or permanent, but.)
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the hook is actually her sigil—each of the Endless has one, they're both emblems and conduits of their power, and they can communicate with each other through them—so it's not just an accessory, but an essential part of her character.
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Another one for the list of "just because it's canon doesn't make it okay" things.
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Oh geez. I always wanted to read Sandman, but as a fat woman with depression I *really* don’t need that kind of presentation in my life. So thanks for the heads up.
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