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When [[Jenny Everywhere#Second date|one Jenny Everywhere]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere's boyfriend (Second Date)|new boyfriend]] first visited [[the Restaurant]], one of the only patrons who did not appear to be incarnations of Jenny's was a [[Morpheus|deathly pale man]] morosely considering “'''a ruby the size of a baseball'''”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Second Date (short story)|Second Date]]'') | When [[Jenny Everywhere#Second date|one Jenny Everywhere]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere's boyfriend (Second Date)|new boyfriend]] first visited [[the Restaurant]], one of the only patrons who did not appear to be incarnations of Jenny's was a [[Morpheus|deathly pale man]] morosely considering “'''a ruby the size of a baseball'''”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Second Date (short story)|Second Date]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
[[File:Dreamstone.png|thumb|A helmeted Morpheus creating the Dreamstone, as seen in ''The Sandman''.]]The “pale-faced man”'s description matches [[wikipedia:Dream (character)|Morpheus]], the sentient, godlike embodiment of the concept of Dreams, as depicted in Neil Gaiman's highly influential ''The Sandman'' comic series. Thus, the large ruby he is holding is presumably the [[Dreamstone]], a magical gem in which Morpheus had transferred a large fraction of his powers, which is central to the first story arc of Gaiman's ''Sandman'' comics. | [[File:Dreamstone.png|thumb|right|250px|A helmeted Morpheus creating the Dreamstone, as seen in ''The Sandman''.]]The “pale-faced man”'s description matches [[wikipedia:Dream (character)|Morpheus]], the sentient, godlike embodiment of the concept of Dreams, as depicted in Neil Gaiman's highly influential ''The Sandman'' comic series. Thus, the large ruby he is holding is presumably the [[Dreamstone]], a magical gem in which Morpheus had transferred a large fraction of his powers, which is central to the first story arc of Gaiman's ''Sandman'' comics. | ||
As said arc featured him trying to regain the stone and ended with its destruction, Morpheus's cameo in ''[[Second Date (short story)|Second Date]]'', if it slides into continuity with the actual ''Sandman'' comics (as opposed to featuring some parallel-universe Morpheus), must take place at some point prior to the actual beginning of ''The Sandman'' from Morpheus's perspective, prior to his capture by the magician Roderick Burgess. | As said arc featured him trying to regain the stone and ended with its destruction, Morpheus's cameo in ''[[Second Date (short story)|Second Date]]'', if it slides into continuity with the actual ''Sandman'' comics (as opposed to featuring some parallel-universe Morpheus), must take place at some point prior to the actual beginning of ''The Sandman'' from Morpheus's perspective, prior to his capture by the magician Roderick Burgess. | ||