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*** A big part of most Vertigo comics, ''especially'' Sandman, is Perception Is Everything. Everyone perceives the gods and spirits and what-have-yous in a way consistent with their culture and world view. God isn't anthropomorphic in the regular DC comics (and most of the Vertigo ones, I might point out) for the simple reason that God doesn't show himself to just anybody. Wonder Woman interacts with Ares in a Superhero context, so he takes the form of a comic book villain in those stories, while the Sandman interacts with the Greek gods on a more-or-less equal level, so they appear in their classical forms in those stories. This doesn't solve all the niggling little problems, but it goes a long way toward being able to see Vertigo and DC proper as one shared universe. |
*** A big part of most Vertigo comics, ''especially'' Sandman, is Perception Is Everything. Everyone perceives the gods and spirits and what-have-yous in a way consistent with their culture and world view. God isn't anthropomorphic in the regular DC comics (and most of the Vertigo ones, I might point out) for the simple reason that God doesn't show himself to just anybody. Wonder Woman interacts with Ares in a Superhero context, so he takes the form of a comic book villain in those stories, while the Sandman interacts with the Greek gods on a more-or-less equal level, so they appear in their classical forms in those stories. This doesn't solve all the niggling little problems, but it goes a long way toward being able to see Vertigo and DC proper as one shared universe. |
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*** The perception explanation doesn't work: many of the relevant scenes in ''Lucifer'' are shot from the POV of Lucifer, Michael, or God, who would most definitely not be subject to this problem. Also, as of the end of the ''Lucifer'' run God was not only replaced by his teenage grandkid, '''but the fact of this replacement was publicly announced to every inhabitant of Heaven, Hell and the various mythological dimensions'''. So "perception" doesn't apply here either, and neither does divine obscurity: it is a widely known fact among all angels and demons that Yahweh has passed on the torch, and yet this has ''not'' happened in the DCU (or Hellblazer). |
*** The perception explanation doesn't work: many of the relevant scenes in ''Lucifer'' are shot from the POV of Lucifer, Michael, or God, who would most definitely not be subject to this problem. Also, as of the end of the ''Lucifer'' run God was not only replaced by his teenage grandkid, '''but the fact of this replacement was publicly announced to every inhabitant of Heaven, Hell and the various mythological dimensions'''. So "perception" doesn't apply here either, and neither does divine obscurity: it is a widely known fact among all angels and demons that Yahweh has passed on the torch, and yet this has ''not'' happened in the DCU (or Hellblazer). |
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*** ... and adding a further layer of complexity to this continuity snarl is the 2016 ''Lucifer'' reboot, which had Yahweh apparently return to the Throne after Elaine apparently (its not quite been clarified yet) quit the job for some reason -- and then get ''murdered''. |
*** ... and adding a further layer of complexity to this continuity snarl is the 2016 ''Lucifer'' reboot, which had Yahweh apparently return to the Throne after Elaine apparently (its not quite been clarified yet) quit the job for some reason -- and then get ''murdered''. But He might possibly be still alive! Or have killed Himself! Or... forget 'God only know what's going on here', apparently even He's not sure what the state of affairs is now. |
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* How does comicbook Two-Face get the straight line of scar down his face when it's acid that did it? My -theory- is that he tried to use a file folder to save himself but it didn't work. Just wish they'd explain. |
* How does comicbook Two-Face get the straight line of scar down his face when it's acid that did it? My -theory- is that he tried to use a file folder to save himself but it didn't work. Just wish they'd explain. |
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** I'm reasonably certain that the current scarring is self-inflicted (he got it cured, went through counseling, the whole nine yards, then he went crazy again and scarred up his face). Before that, it could just be coincidence. Although more than likely, if ''most'' of one side of his face was scarred, he just picked at the rest of it so that it was a perfect line. |
** I'm reasonably certain that the current scarring is self-inflicted (he got it cured, went through counseling, the whole nine yards, then he went crazy again and scarred up his face). Before that, it could just be coincidence. Although more than likely, if ''most'' of one side of his face was scarred, he just picked at the rest of it so that it was a perfect line. |
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