And when humanity shows up, Destruction keeps right on changing things. In fact, he’s the one who sends Orpheus to see Death, which starts an extremely large chain of events that leads to the Kindly Ones. His name may be Destruction, but he’s more of an agent of change. Old ideas need to be destroyed for the new ones to be created. Nobody ever said change had to be nice. But things change, all the same, as he spends time on Earth. He thinks about who he is. He thinks about what he does.
The Age of Reason changes everything. Not only for the people, but for Destruction. It is hypothesized that light can transform into matter, and vice versa. Destruction seemed to know where this hypothesis would eventually lead. He called it “The Age of fire and flame”. It’s heavily implied to be the atomic bomb. Destruction refused to be responsible for it, or to direct the flow of humanity anymore.
So rebuked his duties, told his family not to follow him, and left the Endless behind, claiming that there’s no such thing as a one sided coin. Where he went after that, only he knew. He spent a lot of time thinking. He always did. He spent a lot of time with humanity. He always did. He tried his hands at creation, at every kind of art he could think of, to very mixed success. He stuck to anonymity, digging out canals and painting chalk on sidewalks in London. Along the way, he found a talking dog named Barnabas, and tried to ignore his new art critic ever after.
300 years later, Delirium and Dream find him. Mostly Delirium. And there were traps set in place, because no one can look for destruction and come out unscathed. It’s because of these traps that Dream had to talk to Orpheus again. It’s because of this meeting that Delirium received Barnabas to look over her. It’s because of this meeting that Destruction explained why he left, and why he wasn’t coming back. It’s because of that meeting with Orpheus that Dream finally mercy kills him, and thus enables the Kindly Ones to take revenge. It’s because of this meeting that everything changes.
Destruction did not attend Dream’s funeral. He gave advice to the new Dream and took his leave. He said he might come around again. Things change, after all.
Destruction 2/???
The Age of Reason changes everything. Not only for the people, but for Destruction. It is hypothesized that light can transform into matter, and vice versa. Destruction seemed to know where this hypothesis would eventually lead. He called it “The Age of fire and flame”. It’s heavily implied to be the atomic bomb. Destruction refused to be responsible for it, or to direct the flow of humanity anymore.
So rebuked his duties, told his family not to follow him, and left the Endless behind, claiming that there’s no such thing as a one sided coin. Where he went after that, only he knew. He spent a lot of time thinking. He always did. He spent a lot of time with humanity. He always did. He tried his hands at creation, at every kind of art he could think of, to very mixed success. He stuck to anonymity, digging out canals and painting chalk on sidewalks in London. Along the way, he found a talking dog named Barnabas, and tried to ignore his new art critic ever after.
300 years later, Delirium and Dream find him. Mostly Delirium. And there were traps set in place, because no one can look for destruction and come out unscathed. It’s because of these traps that Dream had to talk to Orpheus again. It’s because of this meeting that Delirium received Barnabas to look over her. It’s because of this meeting that Destruction explained why he left, and why he wasn’t coming back. It’s because of that meeting with Orpheus that Dream finally mercy kills him, and thus enables the Kindly Ones to take revenge. It’s because of this meeting that everything changes.
Destruction did not attend Dream’s funeral. He gave advice to the new Dream and took his leave. He said he might come around again. Things change, after all.