Destiny: Difference between revisions

=== Destiny of the Endless ===

In [[Universe (Psychopomp)|one universe]], Destiny was one of [[the Endless]] — in fact, he was the oldest of the seven Endless, predating even [[Death#Death of the Endless|Death]]. He held a Book which was in fact a part of his own being, and recorded every event that would ever take place in the Endless's dominion (which was suggested to include not a single universe but an entire [[multiversal cluster]] branching out of it, including all extant alternate histories of this universe). After the passage of time led to all sentient beings slowly dying out, and with them, the other Endless, Destiny became the second-to-last Endless and was finally taken by his sister Death, who was left as the last sentient being in the dead universe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Psychopomp (short story)|Psychopomp]]'')

== Behind the scenes ==

[[File:Destiny of the Endless.png|thumb|right|DC's Destiny of the Endless, as depicted in his first-ever appearance in the 1971 comic story ''[https://www.comics.org/issue/25252/#toc_172012 Horoscope Phenomenon]''.]]As ''[[Psychopomp (short story)|Psychopomp]]'' is a fanfiction crossing over [[Jenny Everywhere]] with the characters and world of ''[[The Sandman (series)|The Sandman]]'', the version of Destiny it heavily mentions is that featured in ''The Sandman'', originally created in 1971 by {{w|Jack Kirby|Jack Kirby}} as the central figure and narrator of DC Comics' horror anthology comic series, ''{{w|Weird Mystery Tales|Weird Mystery Tales}}'', and retconned by {{w|Neil Gaiman|Neil Gaiman}} as one of his creations [[the Endless]].  

Although this particular depiction of Destiny is copyrighted, the notion of an embodiment of destiny, often depicted as a prophet-like robed figure holding a book, is a public domain artistic motif. Indeed, two decades before Kirby's Destiny first appeared, a [https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Fate similar figure] called “Fate” was used for the same purpose of “horror host” in an anthology title, by Ace Comics' ''The Hand of Fate''; this character, unlike DC's later “Destiny”, is in the public domain.

* '''[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Destiny_(New_Earth) ''Destiny (New Earth)'' on the ''DC Database'' Wiki]'''

* '''[https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Fate ''Fate'' on the Public Domain Super-Heroes Wiki]'''

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