The Sandman/Characters: Difference between revisions

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=== Lucifer ===

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* [[Breakout Character]]: Got his own comic book series, [[Lucifer (comics)|Lucifer]].

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=== Azazel ===

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* [[Living Shadow]]: Perhaps. The art is a little unclear.

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=== Choronzon ===

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=== Remiel and Duma ===

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* [[Break the Haughty]]: Remiel is not altogether happy about being ordered to maintain Hell.

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=== Calliope ===

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* [[Ancient Greece]]

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=== Loki ===

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* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: With a shout-out to [[The Farmer and the Viper]] from Odin; it's in Loki's nature to lash out at those who help him, as much as it's in Cain's to attack his brother.

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=== The Presence ===

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* [[The Ghost]]: Never manifests in person (uh, sort of, we're talking an omnipotent omnipresent omniscient deity here, just roll with it), but is obviously spoken of and performs offscreen actions that shake the foundations of the universe.

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=== Puck ===

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* [[The Fair Folk]]: A ''very'' traditional example. He is not a pleasant creature.

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=== The Three ===

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* [[The Hecate Sisters]]

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=== Titania ===

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* [[The Fair Folk]]

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=== Barbie ===

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* [[Creepy Child]]: The Cuckoo, {{spoiler|the child version of Barbie who has become the evil ruler of her dream land and suffers severely from [[Not Growing Up Sucks]].}}

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=== Foxglove and Hazel McNamara ===

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* [[Babies Ever After]]

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=== Jed Walker ===

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* [[Children Are Innocent]]

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=== John Dee/Doctor Destiny ===

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* [[A God Am I]]: When he attempts to take over the dream-world.

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=== Lyta Hall/The Fury ===

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* [[Action Girl]]

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=== Maisie Hill ===

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* [[Crazy Homeless Person]]: A subversion. Whatever craziness she's shown was a result of her phobia of dogs.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Barbie only survived the destruction of the apartment building because Maisie shielded her body.}}

* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: Had a grandson who was a pre-op ~~transsexual~~ (she refers to him as male, but mentions he loved dresses) and, somewhat unexpectedly, explains to Wanda that both his mom and herself adored him and encouraged him to express himself. Unfortunately, when he reached adulthood he ran away and was found beaten to death, his killer never identified. [[Word of God]] is that he may well have been one of [[Serial Killer|the Connoisseur's]] eight victims.

* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: Had a grandson who was pre-op transgender (she refers to him as male, but mentions he loved dresses) and, somewhat unexpectedly, explains to Wanda that both his mom and herself adored him and encouraged him to express himself. Unfortunately, when he reached adulthood he ran away and was found beaten to death, his killer never identified. [[Word of God]] is that he may well have been one of [[Serial Killer|the Connoisseur's]] eight victims.

* [[Sassy Black Woman]]

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: She doesn't like dogs. When pressed into why, she replies "...I just don't."

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=== Norton I, Emperor of the United States ===

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* [[Historical Domain Character]]/[[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: Yes, boys and girls, the United States [[wikipedia:Joshua A. Norton|did have an emperor]]... and he was [[Crazy Awesome]].

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=== Orpheus ===

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* [[Ancient Greece]]

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=== Rose Walker ===

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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

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=== Prez Rickard ===

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* [[Canon Immigrant]]: From a short-lived DC title that supposed an 18-year-old would get elected President. Prez cameoed in an issue of Supergirl, which established him as a character proper in the DCU.

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=== Roderick Burgess ===

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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Or rather, did you just imprison the ''Dream King'' in your basement? (He did, and it was a terrible, ''terrible'' idea.)

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=== Thessaly ===

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* [[Ancient Greece]]

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=== Wanda ===

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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|After Wanda's death, her parents have her buried under her original name, Alvin. But, Barbie sees Wanda one last time in a dream, with the most gorgeous and anatomically correct female body, with Death. Death and Wanda wave goodbye to Barbie before she wakes up.}}

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* [[Fiery Redhead]]

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: Wanda dies along with Maisie Hill when Hurricane Lisa destroys the apartment building.}}

* [[~~Transsexualism~~]]: Pre-op, because she's deathly afraid of surgery, but she's taking hormones and has had electrolysis.

* [[Transgender]]: Pre-op, because she's deathly afraid of surgery, but she's taking hormones and has had electrolysis.

* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]: Needless to say, Wanda's parents are quite ashamed of her for her "sinful ways".

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=== [[William Shakespeare]] ===

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