Sandman bits and pieces

All the casting news about a Netflix version of The Sandman sound promising so far. Incidentally, I liked last year's audio version of the first four collections a lot, though they reminded me again that the series starts with far more overt horror than it would have later on, and that "Passengers" and "24 Hours" in particular are among the most disturbing, vicious stories I know. I had never reread them after the initial reading and listening to the audio in 2020 reminded me why. Now, the audio version kept the time frame from the comics - i.e. Morpheus gets out of Wych Cross in the 1980s - whereas I've heard the tv version will move the "present day" time frame to the actual present. This immediately made me wonder about two characters and their storylines in particular, because of the normal human life span, to wit: Unity Kinkaid and Alexander Burgess. The annoucement I linked above does include Unity, and okay, seems she gets even older than in the comics. But there's no Alex Burgess yet, and I was afraid of that.

( Spoilery musings why I'm sorry about this )

On the other hand, the news that a) Johanna Constantine will be played by Jenna Coleman, and b) ( something slightly spoilery from the casting announcement )

. And I'm very intrigued by the slight change revealed by how the casting of Lyta Hall is described. (BTW, Lyta also hardly shows up in what fanfic is at the AO3, and the story written by yours truly over a decade ago still seems to be the only longer one where she plays a prominent role - here, too, I hope for new stories caused by tv.) ( Spoilery casting description cut. )

Going through old and more recent Sandman fanfiction and dipping in and out of canon also reminded me of what a marvellous example of one of my favourite tropes (if done well) the Endless are - to wit, dysfunctional siblings. Can't wait to see the bickering played out on screen!