Timeline for What are the powers and purpose of Morpheus’ tools, and why did he create them?
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| Sep 14, 2022 at 22:55 | vote | accept | Guybrush McKenzie | ||
| Aug 16, 2022 at 0:49 | comment | added | Guybrush McKenzie | @Valorum that’s a good citation, though I’m aware of some of the references to previous work that Gaiman made. I’m after an in-fiction answer, if there is one! | |
| Aug 15, 2022 at 22:09 | answer | added | Yasskier | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 15, 2022 at 19:38 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Aug 15, 2022 at 18:08 | comment | added | Valorum | "The first DC comics character to bear the name The Sandman wore a gas mask. I wanted a visual tribute to that gas mask, and I thought: let’s make it the kind of thing HR Giger would have created. The idea was a metal, leather and bone gas mask, essentially made out of a spine" - theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/30/… | |
| Aug 15, 2022 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/1559238507964628993 | ||
| Aug 15, 2022 at 17:54 | answer | added | Valorum | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 15, 2022 at 13:08 | history | edited | Guybrush McKenzie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarified question and that I am happy with an answer that confirms we don’t know
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| Aug 15, 2022 at 13:04 | comment | added | Guybrush McKenzie | @jo1storm I’d be very happy with an answer that confirms it is never explained, with any relevant information about what little we do know. But to use your analogy, a screwdriver has a definite purpose - it’s intended to drive screws. You can use it for other things but there’s a reason it was made. If there is even a vague hint of what those are for Dream’s tools, I’d love to know what it is. | |
| Aug 15, 2022 at 13:01 | comment | added | Guybrush McKenzie | @ToddWilcox oh yes, I don’t expect anything like a laundry list of superpowers. But he must have had some reason to put his power into his tools, and since there are three different ones, each presumably serves a distinct purpose. But I’ll also not be surprised if the answer is “we don’t know”, because it’s not actually important to the main story being told, so Gaiman may have never decided. | |
| Aug 15, 2022 at 12:59 | comment | added | jo1storm | They help him do his duties, the same way a screwdriver helps you screw one thing to another. You could use a knife or fingers, but screwdriver is much more efficient. The helmet is literally his symbol and is a skull of a dead god. It is used as a protection. The sand mostly puts people to sleep. The ruby helps shape dreams. Which doesn't mean you can't use a wrench as a hammer (which is what usually happens when humans come to own Dream's tools). It is not really specified in the comics what each tool does. Or what is the difference between Dream's ruby and sapphire and opal... | |
| Aug 15, 2022 at 12:56 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | I interpreted it as he had transferred some of his power but not any specific powers. I’m not sure if he has powers that can be listed off like a superhero. More like he has all the power(s) that dreams have and is essentially omnipotent inside the dreaming and probably inside anyone’s dreams as well. He seems to have some power(s) in the waking world, but far less and very limited. All endless have sigils, including Dream - which aren’t tools or imbued with power, the are sort of media for communication | |
| Aug 15, 2022 at 11:37 | history | asked | Guybrush McKenzie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |