Javier Bardem And Josh Brolin On The Set Of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007).

Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin on the set of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007).

The Thing About Daniel…

The whole point of Daniel is that he’s kinder and softer. He forgives where Morpheus wasn’t able to. It’s essentially on the page—he even forgives Alex Burgess and Richard Madoc: The very people Morpheus let hang in limbo, caught in their own worst nightmares. I’m not saying it isn’t deserved, or the reasons aren’t at least understandable, but choosing vengeance is still a choice. And Daniel chooses forgiveness and kindness, even for these people. It’s so explicit, even in the words he says to Lyta above:

“Vengeance is a road that has no ending.”

That’s why I personally dislike what some of the newer comics did to Daniel, because in my view, it goes against what is essentially the whole point:

If you turn Daniel into someone who chooses vengeance over forgiveness, hard feelings over kindness, you’re back to this:

And that would render both Morpheus’ and Daniel’s arcs pointless. It would do both of them a disservice. To one because he did learn and understood enough about himself to come to a conclusion. To the other because he is both said conclusion and the solution.

The whole, deeply metaphorical point is that it’s about change, because Dream is still Dream, but with a new point of view while still remembering the old…

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