Subject: Re: Delirium's almost-marriage (was The Blair Witch Project)
From: Sorcha <sorcha_obrien@esatclear.ie>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.neil-gaiman
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:08:06 +0100

Luna Vudu wrote:

> Maure wrote:
> >Doesn't Delirium say something like "I almost got married once"? I seem to
> >remember that panel...

> Yes, in "Song of Orpheus," when she's introduced to Eurydice. "I almost got
> married once, but it didn't happen. Maybe that was my fault." Or words to
> that effect - I'm paraphrasing.
>
> I always wondered about that....
>
> curiously, luna

According to the Oxford Sandman pubcrawl (which is definitely *not* canon, but bloody good nonetheless) it was Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I presume this came from the fact that he is referred to in the description of Del in SoM as having known her intimately.

On a related note, a recent trip to Oxford showed that the pubs in which that pubcrawl was played out are generally rather small, cosy, very old, have very mellow patrons and serve very good beer.

Sorcha

Subject: Re: Delirium's almost-marriage (was The Blair Witch Project)
From: Lady Miss Tree <lady_miss_tree@my-deja.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.neil-gaiman
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:04:31 GMT

In article <37B9B316.7718AFD9@esatclear.ie>,
Sorcha <sorcha_obrien@esatclear.ie> wrote:

> According to the Oxford Sandman pubcrawl (which is definitely *not*
> canon, but bloody good nonetheless) it was Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I
> presume this came from the fact that he is referred to in the
> description of Del in SoM as having known her intimately.

But doesn't it also say (says she not able to refer to her books and speaking off the top of her head) that he is also a liar?

Lady Miss Tree

Subject: Re: Delirium's almost-marriage (was The Blair Witch Project)
From: Morgan Thomas <Morgan_Thomas@bc.sympatico.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.neil-gaiman
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:38:24 -0700

Lady Miss Tree wrote:

> In article <37B9B316.7718AFD9@esatclear.ie>,
> Sorcha <sorcha_obrien@esatclear.ie> wrote:
> >
> > According to the Oxford Sandman pubcrawl (which is definitely *not*
> > canon, but bloody good nonetheless) it was Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I
> > presume this came from the fact that he is referred to in the
> > description of Del in SoM as having known her intimately.

> But doesn't it also say (says she not able to refer to her books and
> speaking off the top of her head) that he is also a liar?

Yes it does (a fact confurmed by my oh-so-literate parents). The line goes like this: "The poet Coleridge claimed to have known her intimatly, but the man was an inveterate liar, and in this, as in so much, we must doubt his word." (SOM tpb p.20)

Subject: Re: Delirium's almost-marriage (was The Blair Witch Project)
From: lunavudu@aol.com (Luna Vudu)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.neil-gaiman
Date: 18 Aug 1999 01:37:24 GMT

Sorcha wrote:
>According to the Oxford Sandman pubcrawl (which is definitely *not*
>canon, but bloody good nonetheless) it was Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I
>presume this came from the fact that he is referred to in the
>description of Del in SoM as having known her intimately.

Well, that's almost certainly wrong, since Del's reference to having almost gotten married once occurs in "Song of Orpheus" and so was at least a good amount of time before those events in ancient Greece. Coleridge being a 19th century poet, this seems pretty definitely a no.

inequally, luna

Subject: Re: Delirium's almost-marriage (was The Blair Witch Project)
From: Morgan Thomas <Morgan_Thomas@bc.sympatico.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.neil-gaiman
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 19:21:16 -0700

Luna Vudu wrote:

> Sorcha wrote:
> >According to the Oxford Sandman pubcrawl (which is definitely *not*
> >canon, but bloody good nonetheless) it was Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I
> >presume this came from the fact that he is referred to in the
> >description of Del in SoM as having known her intimately.

> Well, that's almost certainly wrong, since Del's reference to having almost
> gotten married once occurs in "Song of Orpheus" and so was at least a good
> amount of time before those events in ancient Greece. Coleridge being a 19th
> century poet, this seems pretty definitely a no.

Perhaps Delirium's perception of time is all wonky, so what she at that time percieved as the past, was in fact the future. Just a thought.