Now that I am over my initial flailing (which might come back at any time) I'm sort of worried that the writers are going to use the "our love can never be because of my father" roadblock to circumvent any actual development of the relationship. I am not sure how much sense that made!
Also, Luuuuucifer. When I first read Sandman, I felt like Neil Gaiman got so caught up in worldbuilding (which was awesome, I cannot deny) that he forgot to make sense sometimes, even wrt characters; with Mike Carey I feel like it is the exact opposite: he's more interested in character motivation than like, plots that are in an way coherent. So yes, the worship thing is addressed, but not the faith v. worship thing as much, and sometimes it is pretty silly. But I cannot even care because Lass! He writes women who are imperfect but fully realized, and pretty transcendent and who advance the plot through their own actions and not just because they exist and who even (gasp!) have relationships with each other. How rare is this in comic books, man. I strongly suspect that the reason that most of the central characters are women is some sort of literary subversion, which is irritating, but it is so masterfully done that I am mostly cool with it. I love them alllllll. I never really liked the Lys/Rudd storyline either, but I love her. And Lucifer/Mazikeen is pretty much my OTP of OTPS I cannot even. I have tunnel vision, I admit.
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Also, Luuuuucifer. When I first read Sandman, I felt like Neil Gaiman got so caught up in worldbuilding (which was awesome, I cannot deny) that he forgot to make sense sometimes, even wrt characters; with Mike Carey I feel like it is the exact opposite: he's more interested in character motivation than like, plots that are in an way coherent. So yes, the worship thing is addressed, but not the faith v. worship thing as much, and sometimes it is pretty silly. But I cannot even care because Lass! He writes women who are imperfect but fully realized, and pretty transcendent and who advance the plot through their own actions and not just because they exist and who even (gasp!) have relationships with each other. How rare is this in comic books, man. I strongly suspect that the reason that most of the central characters are women is some sort of literary subversion, which is irritating, but it is so masterfully done that I am mostly cool with it. I love them alllllll. I never really liked the Lys/Rudd storyline either, but I love her. And Lucifer/Mazikeen is pretty much my OTP of OTPS I cannot even. I have tunnel vision, I admit.