We'll most likely look at the shorts if there's sufficient reader response for it, but I don't know if we can make any guarantees. As for splitting up Kindly Ones, I don't think that's gonna happen, but you're welcome to solicit @TashaRobinson:disqus about it.

We'll most likely look at the shorts if there's sufficient reader response for it, but I don't know if we can make any guarantees. As for splitting up Kindly Ones, I don't think that's gonna happen, but you're welcome to solicit @TashaRobinson:disqus about it.

@avclub-4d3bac64f0fbcc90a6b5c82f09ea4418:disqus I think it's pretty rational. She's doomed to live with a fluid body that will never be set, or be able to remain like the flesh she once had. It's a terrifying prospect, and I'd probably try to kill myself too.

@avclub-4d3bac64f0fbcc90a6b5c82f09ea4418:disqus I think it's pretty rational. She's doomed to live with a fluid body that will never be set, or be able to remain like the flesh she once had. It's a terrifying prospect, and I'd probably try to kill myself too.

@avclub-9d67b0284c2caf6ad412db085a4838b5:disqus that post-dates this by over a decade, right? I'm not surprised they'd go there. I'd guess X-Men is probably the first comic to really start tackling these issues, but I do think Gaiman's treading pretty fertile ground here. And the people who we've been mentioning as…

@avclub-9d67b0284c2caf6ad412db085a4838b5:disqus that post-dates this by over a decade, right? I'm not surprised they'd go there. I'd guess X-Men is probably the first comic to really start tackling these issues, but I do think Gaiman's treading pretty fertile ground here. And the people who we've been mentioning as…

I'm not super familiar with Daredevil, but in all the issues I've read he never seems particularly bothered that he's blind. The Hulk doesn't really have much of a self-image, either. The Thing seems to be a great example, though.

I'm not super familiar with Daredevil, but in all the issues I've read he never seems particularly bothered that he's blind. The Hulk doesn't really have much of a self-image, either. The Thing seems to be a great example, though.

Great point. Again, what I love about this series is how well it seems to fit into multiple readings.

Great point. Again, what I love about this series is how well it seems to fit into multiple readings.

In our defense, I don't think we do - though we probably don't give it the kind of treatment it deserves (time and all). That was my point when I said, "there’s so much going on in both the foreground and the periphery." I think you're dead on here.

In our defense, I don't think we do - though we probably don't give it the kind of treatment it deserves (time and all). That was my point when I said, "there’s so much going on in both the foreground and the periphery." I think you're dead on here.

There's something we didn't get to above that I wanted everyone's opinion on from Fascade. Gaiman's portrayal of superpowers here suggest they are akin to disfigurement. We're well aware of superheroes who are psychologically disfigured (Batman, anyone?), but the idea of the powers themselves being the deformity is…

There's something we didn't get to above that I wanted everyone's opinion on from Fascade. Gaiman's portrayal of superpowers here suggest they are akin to disfigurement. We're well aware of superheroes who are psychologically disfigured (Batman, anyone?), but the idea of the powers themselves being the deformity is…

Oh definitely. I was just noting how there's a mythic quality to Madoc's misuse of the divine. I wasn't trying to totally equate the stories.

Oh definitely. I was just noting how there's a mythic quality to Madoc's misuse of the divine. I wasn't trying to totally equate the stories.

Yup. We'll be talking about this as the series goes on, but it's interesting to think of Morpheus' fatal flaw being empathy, instead of hubris.

Yup. We'll be talking about this as the series goes on, but it's interesting to think of Morpheus' fatal flaw being empathy, instead of hubris.

I'm totally with you, and I think his reaction to Unity is a great example of how he's changed as a character. He's not particularly empathetic to Nada when she says she must sacrifice herself, whereas he's much more willing to let Unity do her thing - he's still confused, but he doesn't try to stop her. In a sense…

I'm totally with you, and I think his reaction to Unity is a great example of how he's changed as a character. He's not particularly empathetic to Nada when she says she must sacrifice herself, whereas he's much more willing to let Unity do her thing - he's still confused, but he doesn't try to stop her. In a sense…