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|portrayed_by = [[Daniel Lynn]] | |portrayed_by = [[Daniel Lynn]] | ||
|voiced_by = [[Thomas Felder]] | |voiced_by = [[Thomas Felder]] | ||
|copyright= Open Source | |copyright= Open Source<br><small>(general; individual versions may belong to specific creators)</small> | ||
}}In some universes, there existed an intelligent embodiment of '''Death''', also sometimes referred to as '''the Grim Reaper'''. Some incarnations of [[Jenny Everywhere]] occasionally ran into incarnations of Death. | }}In some universes, there existed an intelligent embodiment of '''Death''', also sometimes referred to as '''the Grim Reaper'''. Some incarnations of [[Jenny Everywhere]] occasionally ran into incarnations of Death. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
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At [[the Redoubt]] in the [[Collapsed Cosmos]], the [[#In the Collapsed Cosmos|version of Death]] who dated [[Julie Jacobs|Julie]] was “a gloomy-looking individual dressed in a black suit, with black lipstick and nail polish”; they had a “deep, sepulchral voice”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | At [[the Redoubt]] in the [[Collapsed Cosmos]], the [[#In the Collapsed Cosmos|version of Death]] who dated [[Julie Jacobs|Julie]] was “a gloomy-looking individual dressed in a black suit, with black lipstick and nail polish”; they had a “deep, sepulchral voice”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | ||
In [[Universe (Psychopomp)|one universe]], [[#Death of the Endless|Death of the Endless]] manifested as a goth girl in a sleeveless T-shirt with elaborate make-up; her black hair and marble-white skin led Jenny to momentarily mistake her for [[Jenny Nowhere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Psychopomp (short story)|Psychopomp]]'') | |||
===Personality === | ===Personality === | ||
Although antagonistic to most people it encountered, by virtue of its nature, Death was generally tractable or even affable, having no further agenda than to fulfill its grisly purpose. Death lightly mocked mortals who hoped to cheat their fate, but was actually not infallible; if challenged, made to accept a wager for the life of a mortal, and beaten in accordance with the terms to which it had agreed, Death would indeed let them go. ([[VIDEO]]: ''[[Mitigating Circumstances (video story)|Mitigating Circumstances]]'') It was known for Death to attempt to form romantic relationships with mortals; this rarely went well. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | Although antagonistic to most people it encountered, by virtue of its nature, Death was generally tractable or even affable, having no further agenda than to fulfill its grisly purpose. Death lightly mocked mortals who hoped to cheat their fate, but was actually not infallible; if challenged, made to accept a wager for the life of a mortal, and beaten in accordance with the terms to which it had agreed, Death would indeed let them go. ([[VIDEO]]: ''[[Mitigating Circumstances (video story)|Mitigating Circumstances]]'') It was known for Death to attempt to form romantic relationships with mortals; this rarely went well. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | ||
Jenny thought that most embodiments of Death tended to be “cold, imperious and inhuman”, but recognised that there were exceptions, such as [[#Death of the Endless|one Death]] who, because she defined Life as well as Death, “liked watching people being, things happening”, and was generally personable. This Death also harboured clear familiar love for her siblings, and mourned them after their passing. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Psychopomp (short story)|Psychopomp]]'') | |||
===Powers & abilities=== | ===Powers & abilities=== | ||
Death had the ability to walk unseen, the better to shadow those whom it would soon reap. This suggested Death could also be in several places at once. | Death had the ability to walk unseen, the better to shadow those whom it would soon reap. This suggested Death could also be in several places at once. ([[VIDEO]]: ''[[Mitigating Circumstances (video story)|Mitigating Circumstances]]'') [[#Death of the Endless|One Death]] displayed the ability to simply appear to mortals in the blink of an eye, without sound or prior warning. This Death noted that, so long as she was fulfilling her function, the recently dead tended to know who she was on instinct upon seeing her, sparing her the need to introduce herself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Psychopomp (short story)|Psychopomp]]'') | ||
The Death beaten by [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventurous art student|one incarnation]] of Jenny at [[chess]] in [[Universe (Mitigating Circumstances)|one universe]] spoke Swedish. He claimed to be a chess player “of some skill”, although Jenny managed to beat him | The Death beaten by [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventurous art student|one incarnation]] of Jenny at [[chess]] in [[Universe (Mitigating Circumstances)|one universe]] spoke Swedish. He claimed to be a chess player “of some skill”, although Jenny managed to beat him; ([[VIDEO]]: ''[[Mitigating Circumstances (video story)|Mitigating Circumstances]]'') a [[Jenny Everywhere#Helping Death of the Endless|different version]] of Jenny suggested that she had, over the years, beaten various versions of Death at chess on many occasions. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Psychopomp (short story)|Psychopomp]]'') | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Chess game with Jenny=== | ===Chess game with Jenny=== | ||
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===Death of the Endless=== | ===Death of the Endless=== | ||
[[Universe (Psychopomp)|One version]] of Death, Death of [[the Endless]], was deemed a more pleasant person by [[Jenny Everywhere#Helping Death of the Endless|Jenny Everywhere]] than other incarnations of Death she'd previously run into. Embodying Life as well as Death, much as her fellow Endless also defined their opposites, she actually liked people and life in general. Every native of her universe who died would meet her, which included, at some point, [[Jenny Everywhere#Native to the Endless's cosmos|the local Jenny]]. | |||
After untold aeons, as the universe began to die, she reaped the last stars and her six siblings, ending with [[Destiny#Destiny of the Endless|Destiny]]. Although she had previously thought that she might cease to exist alongside Destiny, she instead found that she remained as the last “living” thing in the now completely empty cosmos. She existed in this silent darkness for a literal eternity (as linear time had died with Destiny) until [[Jenny Everywhere#Helping Death of the Endless|Jenny Everywhere]] shifted into this world by chance. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Psychopomp (short story)|Psychopomp]]'') | |||
==Behind the scenes == | ==Behind the scenes == | ||
The personification of Death as a Grim Reaper figure is a standard mythological and folkloric image, by which token the character can be considered public domain, although the details of specific versions may be copyrighted by specific creators. | The personification of Death as a Grim Reaper figure is a standard mythological and folkloric image, by which token the character can be considered public domain, although the details of specific versions may be copyrighted by specific creators. | ||
The version of [[wikipedia:Death|Death]] seen in [[VIDEO]]: ''[[Mitigating Circumstances (video story)|Mitigating Circumstances]]'' was inspired by the version in the notorious 1957 film ''[[wikipedia:The Seventh Seal|The Seventh Seal]]'', portrayed by Swedish actor [[wikipedia:Bengt Ekerot|Bengt Ekerot]] (hence [[Daniel Lynn]]'s Death speaking Swedish). | The version of [[wikipedia:Death|Death]] seen in [[VIDEO]]: ''[[Mitigating Circumstances (video story)|Mitigating Circumstances]]'' was inspired by the version in the notorious 1957 film ''[[wikipedia:The Seventh Seal|The Seventh Seal]]'', portrayed by Swedish actor [[wikipedia:Bengt Ekerot|Bengt Ekerot]] (hence [[Daniel Lynn]]'s Death speaking Swedish). | ||
{{w|Death (DC Comics)|Death of the Endless}}, as she appears in the fanfiction ''[[Psychopomp (short story)|Psychopomp]]'', is the (copyrighted) version of Death created by Neil Gaiman in the late 1980s for ''[[The Sandman (series)|The Sandman]]'', a DC comic series. | |||
[[Category:Individuals]] | [[Category:Individuals]] | ||
[[Category:Antagonists]] | [[Category:Antagonists]] | ||
