Alright, so this arc is interesting. The first four issues are short stories, really, and the last two are the start of another story arc. There's a lot of things going on, and as in the previous arcs of the world the details are stunning.
The first tale deals with the youngest of the Greek muses, Calliope, and issues going on with her being trapped in the human realm.
The second is one of my favorites-- A Dream Of A Thousand Cats. It's a tale that revolves around entirely around cats. Cats cats cats and more cats. I shan't spoil the ending-- I'm trying not to do so because wow I want y'all to read this-- but I ask you one question: What do cats dream of when their legs twitch in their sleep? Is is mice, or something else...?
The third short is also good. It's the first performance of A Midsummer's Night Dream, by Shakespear's troupe of actors themselves. Dream holds the performance on Midsummer's night, in a field, and the fey themselves join them. Oberon, here called Auberon is there, along with Titania and all sorts of other characters. Puck is there, even Titania's attendants Peaseblossom, Moss, and Cobweb are there. It's really fun.
The fourth short is already faded in my mind, but I do remember that it is a good tale.
And then the fifth and sixth issue roll around and whoa. Damn. I was not expecting this to happen. Alright, for starters, almost all the Eternals are brought together, and wow they're a dysfunctional lot. Dream and Death passively fling shade at one another, Desire is a sass-master, Despair is just. Standing there doing her thing, whatever that may be, Delirium, a new introduction, is scatterbrained and creates things to un-create things. Destiny just stands there, following his set path in his eternal life.
Desire and Death actually manage to talk some sense into Dream via snarky remarks and a heart-to-heart, and Dream desides to fix a wrong he made a long time ago. So, after gathering all his creations, saying farewell to a friend, and saying a few last things to his closest companions, he heads off to hell. Again. And, from some scenes seen earlier, Lucifer of this Hell's Trimurative is not pleased. Dream humiliated him last time, and he wants revenge.
BUT IT'S A CLIFFHANGER.
AND OH GODS WHYYYYYYYY.
I want to keep reading, but I can't.
This cliffhanger was initially only a month,
I've heard there was one cliffhanger which was a killer that had a gap of about two/three years.
Yeeesh.
I can't wait until I get to the next arc.
