History YMMV / TheSandman1989

* FanficFuel: Many supernatural associates of the Endless (such as the Fae from "A Midsummer Night's Dream") only appear briefly but have rich backstories and relationships with the Endless teased. In "Brief Lives", Etain, the Alder Man, and Bernie Capax never have either the sources of their immortality or the nature of their past with Destruction revealed despite being three of his four oldest living acquaintances outside his family.

** Barbie and Ken, who are clearly modelled on [[Franchise/{{Barbie}} the dolls from the famous toy line,]] have a less than satisfactory marriage and end up divorcing. Over thirty years later, in ''Film/Barbie2023'' Barbie and Ken have a less than fulfilling relationship [[spoiler:where he is clearly far more into her than she is into him, and they eventually realise that they're far happier apart pursuing their own lives and interests]].

*** Also of particular note is the moment when Wanda is denied passage on the Moon's road because she is not ''biologically'' female. The fact that it's not a human making this call but rather a larger, more ineffable cosmic entity can [[UnfortunateImplications come across as a little harsh]]. On the other hand, this series states time and again that the gods (and indeed the Endless) are ''not'' necessarily right or infallible, and humans can influence, shape or reject them as they see fit. Plus it's not actually the Moon stating that Wanda can't make the journey but Thessaly, who, as previously mentioned, is an asshole.

*** It doesn't help that "Ramadan" [[https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2003/05/do-you-have-to-yes-i-have-to-oh-dont.asp seems to take inspiration from the Mardrus version of]] ''Literature/ArabianNights'', which is a full-on Orientalist "translation" that doesn't reflect the original text.

*** It doesn't help that "Ramadan" [[https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2003/05/do-you-have-to-yes-i-have-to-oh-dont.asp seems to take inspiration from the Mardrus version of ''Literature/ArabianNights'']], which is a full-on Orientalist "translation" that doesn't reflect the original text.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Okay, so Volumes 1-10 can be pretty surreal, but the Delirium and Despair chapters of ''Endless Nights'' are barely comprehensible.
** In the case of the Delirium chapter, [[WordOfGod what happened was]] that Gaiman sent the script to Bill Sienkewicz, the artist... who apparently painted whatever it inspired him to paint. When he got the art back, Gaiman had to cut up his script and shuffle both script and art around to come with something that worked. (Creator/FrankMiller later confirmed to Gaiman that the same thing happened when he wrote ''Elektra: Assassin''.)

* The ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' story "Abandoned Houses" featured what could be called a proto version of The Dreaming, complete with the houses of Mystery and Secrets. This is also the first DC story in which Cain murders Abel, a detail that Gaiman would later adapt for ''The Sandman.''

* CommonKnowledge: It's thought by many people, including [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Zero_Hour the DC Wiki]] and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Lewis Lovhaug]], that the "World's End" arc in was a tie-in into ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' -- expect, as [[https://heykidscomics.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sandman:_Worlds%27_End as pointed out]] by the "Hey, Kids, Comics" wiki, "World's End" was published in 1993 -- a full year before ''Zero Hour'' (1994). It's more likely that the reality storm that caused the events of "World's End" was solely [[spoiler:caused by the attacks on the Dreaming and the death of Morpheus by the titular villains of "The Kindly Ones", especially given Destiny outright said the actions would cause a reality storm and what'd be Morpheus's wake being first seen in "World's End".]]