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void-tiger · 2 years

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Hot take:

Hob calling Dream his friend isn’t what set Dream off. It’s that Hob called Dream lonely.

Y’know when you read something or have something said to your face that’s OUCH! TRUE. BUT SHADDUP!!

Yeah. THAT feeling.

(And felt by a guy who 1) feels too much of His&Others emotions and histories and would desperately like to not be affected by either so he just. Tries to avoid doing just that. (No one buys it. Ever. Ouch.) and 2) a total wanker. Because he’s in a perpetual funk bUT Also uses said funk as a defense mechanism.)

Dream actually has been called “my friend” before by Hob, and called such VERY early on—same meeting as when Dream ditched Hob for Shakespeare. Granted, Dream is an arts guy, wanted to commission a goodbye gift for the fay, and sometimes hearing how WONDERFUL someone’s life is when you’re in a foul mood (and still grieving your own son and failed marriage) can just feel like dirt rubbed in your fucking face—not that Hob knew that. Because Dream refuses to fucking communicate.

But. Point is, being called “friend” wasn’t what got Dream throwing a tantrum either time. It’s the reminder of Dream’s own crippling loneliness.

#hob gadling #dream of the endless #morpheus sandman #sandman meta #…granted Dream creates many of his own interpersonal conflicts #even when Desire (and sometimes Despair) don’t intentionally fuck with him #and Dream only HAS Hob At All because Death arranged that to get him out of the house #(particularly because the fay were leaving buuuuut she didn’t have to cut him off. kinda reads like disregard #(which. she does again when chucking bread at him and cutting him off #(look I adore her and you’d need to be a saint to have patience for this guy as his sister but. she’s not perfect.#(and accidentally a bit of a jerk to him Despite clearly adoring her baby brother)#…and have I mentioned he has EVERYONE’S emotions in his head in addition to he CAN’T process his own or get a splinter #without it affecting or even harming everything capable of dreaming?!#…the guy needs to learn to COMMUNICATE.#accept having multiple types of relationships vs being so terrified of being hurt (again) he avoids or actively runs from/chaseseveryoneoff #buuuuuut I think he’s allowed to have gloomy days. as a treat.

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