#i love dreamling as much as the next guy but Dream had to have a reality check which came from spending a day with his sister and relearnin

[evanthefunky]

Im certain Dream wouldn't have gone to see Hob in 1989 if he hadn't been in the cage. Had to develop and all that. Sure, maybe something else would have happened and he would have gone, but like. I dont feel like Dream would have gone.

[bazzybelle]

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Current time: 11:17 AM

Current mood: Honestly, emotionally drained. It's been a week.

Current activity: Answering this questionnaire, listening to Speak Now (Taylor's Version), procrastinating cleaning my house.

Currently thinking about: That's a loaded question my friend...Let's see: My rabbit's food intake (he's had a VERY rough week), cleaning the house, my WIPs...

Current Obsession: In general, definitely Sandman. I had wanted to read this comic series for years (since meeting my husband in 2012), but it's a very heavy series. Essentially, I wasn't in the right headspace to dive into Sandman's many existential themes, until 2020. So I listened to the Audiobooks and feel deeply into the lore and the characters and the amazing world building. Then the Netflix show came out last year and Dreamling became a Thing.... Yeah sorry, I'm stuck here.

On a smaller note... I'm way too currently obsessed with how much Hades is eating and pooping. He was in GI Stasis on Tuesday and we almost lost him. It's been... it's been rough over here. He's ok. Death is a mug's game for him apparently. But now husband and I are just obsessively checking his food intake and how much he's pooping while he recovers.

Current favourite song: The same one it's been for like the last decade. Dreams by Fleetwood Mac.

Currently reading: Dreamling fics (specifically You create me against your lips by @delta-pavonis) (GUYS... THIS FIC!) (no but seriously... it's SO GOOD, and the art by @teejaystumbles makes me feral).

I also bought this beautiful Jane Austen anthology, so I'm making my way through it (currently reading the intro/biography).

Currently watching: I got Disney+ recently and it's got BOTH Boy Meets World and Criminal Minds so... randomly watching eps from both shows.

The next shows I'm planning on watching are Silo and I wanna watch Nimona.

Current favorite character: Hob Gadling from Sandman. He's just SUCH a guy. I already liked him a whole lot from the comics, before Ferdinand Kingsley rocked on up all "yes, but what if you loved him MORE?"

Not only do I love Hob's zest for life and hunger for everything, I love what he represents. He's the Human Everyman in a story about eldritch beings and supernatural magical beings. Hob's just there loving life. On the other hand, he is also the representation on what it means to be human. He is NOT a good man, but he keeps trying to be. Like humanity, he keeps trying to be better and to learn. Like humanity, he strives to grow and experience. He serves as a grounding presence for the otherwordly beings we meet in The Sandman series.

I dunno... I just think he's pretty neat.

Current WIPs: Oh God... Ok... so... I've got two in my Carry On list (Youth Without Youth and No One To Save) and three in my Sandman list (Hob Hanahaki, Reincarnation AU, and Grey's Anatomy AU). I also have a Renaissance/Queer coming out novel that I've been plotting out.

Tagging (no pressure): @carryonsimoncarryonbaz, @amywaterwings, @ninemagicks, @namistrella, @aroace-genderfluid-sheep, @wellbelesbian, @yellobb, @tryan-a-bex, @artsyunderstudy, @facewithoutheart, @stardustasincocaine, @blackberrysummerblog, @ivelovedhimthroughworse and @forabeatofadrum

[thewalkingmew5]

Okay I love Dreamling or Drob or whatever it’s called as much as the next guy. It’s a great ship, has a lot of potential and I can see why people like it (So does Dream and Johanna actually I’m surprised there is almost nothing there they had really good chemistry but I guess people like their gays.)

But one thing I don’t understand is how people can see the fact that Dream and Hob have been pining for 600 years. This might be my Aromantic ass talking but I physically can’t see it. Hob, maybe. Hob really had no power over how often they got to see each other but DREAM ON THE OTHER HAND??? Your telling me that the man who refused to tell someone their name and blew up on him for just calling him his FRIEND was secretly in love with that person??? That someone who was supposedly pining for 6 centuries just DIDNT SEE THEM MORE THAN ONCE EVERY HUNDRED YEARS?!?

Look, guys. I love Dream x Hob but y’all their relationship isn’t 2 pining idiots that were in love with each other and just didn’t realize it. At least for Dream. It’s a mother fucking slow burn where they only realize there’s feelings after they become friends. And probably far in the future, for that matter. Dream has had so many bad relationships and especially with mortals, so he has a lot of baggage there. He wouldn’t let himself easily get attached to mortals.

Dream has JUST gotten comfortable with the idea of liking Hob. Of accepting they’re friends. The feelings come after that, this is a acquaintances to friends to lovers not ‘long lost pining lovers realize they’re in love.’ I know it’s a loved trope but guys it just doesn’t work with the source material, it just makes Dream come off as an asshole who doesn’t care instead.

In fact, if Dream never got captured there’s a fair chance he never would’ve see Hob in 1989 anyway. We know that man can hold a fucking grudge and the most petty mf there is. If it weren’t for his character development he might’ve never seen Hob again, and your telling me he LOVED him?? Dream was in denial about his feelings to caring for another mortal, all signs of attraction can be read as platonic or just general interest. His arc was realizing he is allowed to care for Hob, not realizing he was in love with him. THAT comes after people.

That’s just been bothering me for awhile. If anyone wants to explain why people think that in the comments feel free.