#robin gadling

[euzede]

(part 1)

"HeLLo HoBsIE."

"... Robin?"

"YeAh, y0U'vE bEeN CalLing mE tHaT... bUt tHaT's NoT mY NAmE. IF YoU wAnt, i CaN sHoW H1m to ¥oU..."

"N-no. Please, Del."

"SorRy."

"Is Dream here? Can I see him?"

"i SuPpOsE yOU c0uLd. YoU WOuLd. buT DReAm iS. aNGrY. fURIoUs. SaD. WoRr13D. sC4rEd."

[windsweptinred]

@mxcat777 holy wow! 😱 This is amazing!

What if AU... What if the Corinthian was Robin Gadling?

Dream, inspired and empathetic of Hob Gadlings plight following 1689, desires to watch over the young soul of Robin Gadling. Thus he seeks out his Sister, to request he be given into Dream's care as a raven. But Robin never took his sisters hand. He lingers on in the Waking world, an angry spectre. Vengeful, blind from where Thomas Shelply slashed his eyes. Desperately calling for his Father's aid and comfort.

So Dream salvages what he can. Uses that dark energy to fashion a nightmare. A dark mirror of the human that once was. Full of the Gadling lust for life, but violent, hedonistic... Constantly wanting.

The Corinthian serves Dream faithfully beacuse it is what his father would wish. Becomes the pinnacle of Dream's Nightmares because it is the Dream Lord and his Sister who prolong his father's life. Existing on the promise that one day he will be allowed to reunite with his father in the Waking. Until 1889.... When Dream cruelly severs himself from the one thing that keeps the Corinthian truly loyal to him...Hob Gadling.

From that moment on, his thoughts turn to vengeance for his father's heartbreak. Insuring his freedom to return to permanently to the Waking world, to watch over his Father

[cccloudsss]

i do not believe in a joy as real as it being a horrible hour to still be awake, getting into a new fresh fandom (as in you've just gotten into fandoms in general, i've known these books and shows for years) and mentally thrashing against the bars of your cage looking at the posts for it.

i feel like a school girl kicking her feet over some new person she's obsessed with. who needs love when u have snowbaz, or firstprince, or aziracrow, or the unofficial fandom ships for the last binding series, or dreamling??????

(and also grell) (currently watching book of circus and i'm gnawing on the bars of my enclosure)

(oh god there's so many tags)

remember guys... you are cringe and free. the cage is a figment of your imagination!!

[quecksilvereyes]

songbird.

Sir Robert Gadlen is a brute and a cheat, and you have, in common tongue and common mouth, always been too beautiful by half to be his son. His hands are calloused where they hold you, and his hair is ever coarse. There is laughter in his throat most days, too loud and too sharp to be anything but a dog's bark, and his table is never clean.

Fine damask, finer silk, golden thread and silvered claws, a dog is still a dog no matter how you dress it. The teeth will not be filed, not by sugar nor decadene or courtly love. The muscle will not melt, not in heat nor years or little boys with scraped knees and hands made of cashmere. The claws do not dull, and the fur, groomed on iron-soaked fields and steel shavings, does not change its colour.

It is still brown, shorter by the throat than is fashionable, longer by the hind limbs than is decent, a coat made for scrapping. A dog, says the girl with the dark eyes and the pearl-stitched cap who once made of her palms an offering for your mouth to drink from. A mutt, says the steward, when your mother has retired and your father has taken the bow from the wall, hands twitching.

Mouth laughing.

Too much money, says one of the kitchen girls, red-aproned; red-mouthed, not enough sense. Her eyes are bright things, and her freckles stretch from the bloom of her forehead to the spread of her shoulders. Red-dotted, red-chested.

Your teeth are dull. Your hair is fine and soft with oils, the roof of your mouth is glutted on sugar. In the turning of your hands lies a childhood cushioned with care, and in the curling of your mouth lies a bird's song. In the flush of your skin lies your mother's legacy - a splotched blush, a spread of moles.

Little bird, says your father, his mouth pressed to the crown of your head. Little bird, flap your wings. His beard is wiry - sharp - and his voice is rough. His hands, callouses and all, are soft, soft things. Close your eyes. Laugh with him.

-

Lady Eleanor Gadlen is a marvel and a beauty, and you have, in truth and sleepless nights, always been too hot-headed to be her son. The parlour is never locked, no guest is turned away. There is ever ale in the pantry and soup on the stoves, and when asked for hospitality, the lady laughs and offers. She is, by grace of her husband, gold-capped and finely embroidered, cherished and warmed by the hearth lit in the dog's maw. She is, in spite of her husband, a noble thing, swan-delicate and fair as the first spring day of a cold year.

In the evenings, she curls into the roughness of Sir Gadlen like a homecoming, and drinks from his mouth his ever-present laughter. Hob, she says. Dearling. Into the undoing of her cap and the spill of the fine hair you both share, she does not flinch from claws or rough palms.

When she has warmed herself by the fire until the heat drips from her fingertips, she runs them through your curls. You rest your head against her chest, the beat of her steadfast heart. One-and-two.

Too good for him, says the girl, and the pearls drop from her cap into your parched mouth. When she smiles, they dissolve on your lips. A shame, says the steward into the frantic rush of the working kitchen, when your mother has donned her good riding boots in pursuit of your restless, chainless father.

She could have had her pick, says the courtier whose name is the same as the five men who have come to lament before him. Well-bred, and comely as she is, she might have had something pedigreed, instead. Your knuckles are wet and swollen by morning, and the courtier's throat is thick with bites only dull teeth can press into pompous skin.

The Lady Eleanor's smile is dimpled at the edges, and her hands are fine-boned and soft in the way of a woman who has never known labour. When she takes her dog to church, she talks with the parish after the service has ended, swaying skirts and sunlit eyes. Gifts smiles as easy as bread. Sir Gadlen lets her.

Lets her write and hunt and pick. Lets her collar and leash him. Laughing mouth, crow's feet around his eyes.

Your chest is bruised. Your lip is split. Your dull teeth have long since learned how to mine for copper in the depths of gossipping mouths. Your nails are short and bend where they grow, but your fingers are strong and your tongue is vicious.

Little songbird, says your mother, red-chested and crowing, will you sing a song of loving?

-

Come on. Open your beak and sweetly sing. With your ribs in bloom and your mother's soft hands wrapped around a dagger's end, with your father's brutishness in a sick boy's throat:

The wooden planks underneath you have had their fill of your blood. Soon, they will swell beyond a nail's grasp and leave stumbling blocks in their wake. The boy between your teeth makes a sound as a wounded, rabid thing does when it is trapped - thin wire and white-foamed mouth.

Let me go, he says. Let me up.

His hands are soft where they touch yours, trembling knuckles and sharp, sick steel. Your palms are all torn by now and every breath is a rattle. Drag him down, little songbird, and drink the foam from his lips. His mouth is a flood of ale and bile. His skin is cracked with salt.

Is this not a homecoming?

[iamtheansweringmachine]

hob: *appears for half an episode*

robin: *appears for one scene and a half*

me: yes, these are the characters i'll obsess over for the next decade

[fandom]

Ships

Unexpected connections happen in two places: the Ships list and Feeld—a dating app for the curious. On Feeld, finding like-minded people is as fulfilling as finding yourself. In celebration of ships, here are this year’s iconic connections.

Ineffable Husbands +17 Aziraphale & Crowley, Good Omens

Steddie Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson, Stranger Things

Destiel Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural

Byler -3 Will Byers & Mike Wheeler, Stranger Things

Wenclair Wednesday Addams & Enid Sinclair, Wednesday

Bowuigi Bowser & Luigi, the Super Mario Bros. franchise

Huntlow +7 Hunter & Willow Park, The Owl House

Avatrice Ava Silva & Beatrice, Warrior Nun

Hannigram +2 Hannibal Lecter & Will Graham, Hannibal

Buddie -4 Evan Buckley & Edmundo Diaz, 9-1-1

Vashwood Vash the Stampede & Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Trigun Stampede

Zelink +80 Zelda & Link, The Legend of Zelda

Lumity -6 Luz Noceda & Amity Blight, The Owl House

Ghostsoap Simon “Ghost” Riley & John “Soap” MacTavish, the Call of Duty franchise

Blackbonnet -11 Edward Teach/Blackbeard & Stede Bonnet, Our Flag Means Death

Wolfstar +8 Remus Lupin & Sirius Black, the Harry Potter universe

Merthur +12 Merlin & Arthur Pendragon, Merlin

Jegulus +25 James Potter & Regulus Black, the Harry Potter universe

Bumbleby +48 Yang Xiao Long & Blake Belladonna, RWBY

Bakudeku -4 Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Boku no Hero Academia

Dreamling -1 Dream of the Endless & Hob Gadling, The Sandman

Soukoku +60 Nakahara Chuuya & Dazai Osamu, Bungou Stray Dogs

Firstprince Alex Claremont-Diaz & Prince Henry of Wales, Red, White & Royal Blue

Wesper Wylan Van Eck & Jesper Fahey, the Grishaverse

Wangxian -8 Lan Wangji & Wei Wuxian, Mo Dao Zu Shi

Satosugu +23 Gojo Satoru & Geto Suguru, Jujutsu Kaisen

Imodna +8 Imogen Temult & Laudna, Critical Role

Kanej +44 Kaz Brekker & Inej Ghafa, the Grishaverse

Bubbline Princess Bubblegum & Marceline, Adventure Time

Ladynoir -17 Ladybug & Chat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Twiyor +6 Loid Forger & Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY

Loustat +43 Louis de Pointe du Lac & Lestat de Lioncourt, Interview with the Vampire

Zosan Roronoa Zoro & Vinsmoke Sanji, One Piece

Marichat -12 Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Chat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Serirei +65 Serizawa Katsuya & Reigen Arataka, Mob Psycho 100

Adrienette -21 Adrien Agreste & Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Chenford +24 Lucy Chen & Tim Bradford, The Rookie

Petrigrof Simon Petrikov & Betty Grof, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

Kavetham Kaveh & Alhaitham, Genshin Impact

Griddlehark +54 Gideon Nav & Harrowhark Nonagesimus, The Locked Tomb series

Raeda -13 Raine Whispers & Eda Clawthorne, The Owl House

Tomgreg -19 Tom Wambsgans & Greg Hirsch, Succession

Hanamusa Jessie & Delia Ketchum, the Pokémon franchise

Zolu Roronoa Zoro & Monkey D. Luffy, One Piece

Narumitsu -12 Phoenix Wright & Miles Edgeworth, Ace Attorney

Sonadow +23 Sonic & Shadow, Sonic the Hedgehog

Ineffable Bureaucracy Archangel Gabriel & Beelzebub, Good Omens

Spirk +9 Spock & James Kirk, Star Trek

Ballister x Ambrosius Ballister Boldheart & Ambrosius Goldenloin, Nimona

Nandermo -42 Nandor the Relentless & Guillermo de la Cruz, What We Do in the Shadows

Jonmartin -15 Jonathan Sims & Martin Blackwood, The Magnus Archives

Punkflower Hobie Brown & Miles Morales, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

AkiAngel Aki Hayakawa & the Angel Devil, Chainsaw Man

Ronance -49 Robin Buckley & Nancy Wheeler, Stranger Things

Superbat -11 Superman & Batman, the DC universe

Shuake Ren Amamiya/Joker & Goro Akechi, Persona 5

Geraskier -48 Geralt of Rivia & Jaskier, The Witcher

Hualian -18 Hua Cheng & Xie Lian, Tian Guan Ci Fu

Sulemio Suletta Mercury & Miorine Rembran, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Sterek -5 Stiles Stilinski & Derek Hale, Teen Wolf

Gumlee Prince Gumball & Marshall Lee, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

Shadowpeach Sun Wukong & the Six-Eared Macaque, Lego Monkie Kid

Drarry -29 Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter, the Harry Potter universe

Wilmon Prince Wilhelm & Simon Eriksson, Young Royals

Harringrove -34 Steve Harrington & Billy Hargrove, Stranger Things

Kazurei Suwa Rei & Kurusu Kazuki, Buddy Daddies

Lestappen Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen, Formula 1 drivers

Zukka -5 Zuko & Sokka, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Codywan +8 Commander Cody & Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Solangelo -23 Will Solace & Nico di Angelo, the Percy Jackson universe

Catradora Catra & Adora, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Shadowgast -4 Caleb Widogast & Essek Thelyss, Critical Role

Stucky -43 Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes, the Marvel universe

Tarlos -18 TK Strand & Carlos Reyes, 9-1-1: Lone Star

Johnlock +21 John Watson & Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock

Sasunaru -24 Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto, Naruto

Locklyle Anthony Lockwood & Lucy Carlyle, Lockwood & Co.

Lokius Loki Laufeyson & Mobius M. Mobius, the Marvel universe

Supercorp -67 Kara Danvers & Lena Luthor, Supergirl

Piltover's Finest Caitlyn Kiramman & Vi, Arcane

Helnik Matthias Helvar & Nina Zenik, the Grishaverse

Prohibitedwish Scarab & Prismo, Adventure Time

Klance -12 Keith & Lance, Voltron: Legendary Defender

Reylo Rey & Kylo Ren, the Star Wars universe

Hanazawa Teruki & Kageyama Shigeo, Mob Psycho 100

Cockles -44 Misha Collins & Jensen Ackles, Actors

Percabeth -46 Percy Jackson & Annabeth Chase, the Percy Jackson universe

Astarion x Tav Astarion & Tav, Baldur's Gate 3

Timkon Tim Drake & Conner Kent, Young Justice

Davekat Dave Strider & Karkat Vantas, Homestuck

Cynonari Cyno & Tighnari, Genshin Impact

Creek Craig Tucker & Tweek Tweak, South Park

Klapollo Apollo Justice & Klavier Gavin, Ace Attorney

Style Stan Marsh & Kyle Brovlofski, South Park

Korrasami -11 Korra & Asami Sato, The Legend of Korra

Bill x Frank Bill & Frank, The Last of Us

Nick x Charlie -51 Nick Nelson & Charlie Spring, Heartstopper

Dreamnotfound -50 Dreamwastaken & GeorgeNotFound, Streamers

Dinluke -33 Din Djarin & Luke Skywalker, the Star Wars universe

Rhaenicent Rhaenyra Targaryen & Alicent Hightower, House of the Dragon

The number in italics indicates how many spots a ship moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded ships weren’t on the list last year. Explore your desires on Feeld. Within a safer, inclusive space, you can feel free to connect more intimately to yourself and others. Choose from over 20 gender and sexuality options and explore solo, or with a partner. Curious? Download the app today.

[gabessquishytum]

Dream has been hearing rumors (those biddies love to gossip about Dream's family) that Orpheus has gotten into an inappropriate relationship. Something, something "sugar baby", something, something f*cking an older man.

Dream doesn't want to interfere in Orpheus's life, but the Endless family, and Dream himself, have money, not as much as in their storied past, but enough that Orpheus doesn't have to whore out his young ass for money.

Dream isn't even judging, he just want his son not to make mistakes similar to the ones that Dream made in his youth. Dream knows how seductive those older men can be....hell Dream is still young himself (not a twink anymore certainly, but Dream had Orpheus young, so he doesn't look like the father of a college student.).

Suffice to say, Dream learns the name of the man supposedly paying for Orpheus's ass and goes to see him, maybe he can warn him off Orpheus. R. Gadling has something like 10 or 15 years on Dream, hopefully Dream can get him to see reason.

💶 💶 💶 💶 💶

Hob would have liked it to be known, if he was interested in talking to those judgmental society b*tches, that he does not need to pay a young man for sex. Thank you very much. He might like to take care of his lovers, but so far he draws the line at 30-year age differences. He is not that much of a creeper.

Orpheus is a fantastic young man, a musical prodigy, and Hob knows some people in the industry. All he did was offer introductions, that Orpheus, with his gift, would have most likely developed on his own, in time. He is not sleeping with a boy young enough to be his son,,,his son Robin introduced them for goodness sake!

When Orpheus's father comes to Hob is high dungeon, judgingly talking about inappropriate relationships and all but screaming at Hob, in his beautiful deep voice, for Hob to stop sleeping with his son -- Hob might have fallen in love on the spot. Blush high on his cheeks, hair a mess, looking like he just woke up from a good f*ck, Hob wanted to bite.

And mess with him a little,,,,,Hob offered (jokingly he thought) to stop sleeping with Orpheus if his father took his place in Hob's bed. He was expecting more yelling, not Morpheus Endless to say yes on the spot.

Oh Dream...... you poor little horny idiot. Trying so hard to be the best dad, but Orpheus is cringing SO hard.

Hob really was joking about exchanging Orpheus for Morpheus, and then Dream goes ahead and looks so sincere and so sexy... but Hob isn't a bad person (not anymore) so he sighs and explains that it was a joke. He's not fucking anyone right now, especially not Dream’s kid. He is in fact in the middle of a very long dry spell, and yes he might be going into too much detail now but at least Morpheus looks like he believes him. He sighs and smoothes down his hair and Hob is almost disappointed to see that anger fade away. Morpheus does at least blush prettily and say "call me Dream", so that's. A nice development.

And then Dream asks if Hob was joking about wanting to sleep with him, and if he thinks that Dream is too old to be a sugarbaby? Because he'd actually be willing to give it a try... And he says it in this teasing, flirty way that goes right to Hob’s dick. He's desperately hoping that his dryspell might finally be over. But he's going to have to pull out all the stops and really woo this delicious man.

Before Dream knows it, he's being whisked off to Hob’s box at the opera for a night of champagne and beautiful music. Hob explains that he doesn't take just anyone up to his box - only pretty boys that he really wants to spoil. Dream nearly melts into a puddle over being called a "boy". And yes, he's still relieved when Hob confirms that he never took Orpheus for a night at the opera.

Apparently Dream’s penchant for older guys really hasn't faded away, because he's getting butterflies whenever Hob puts a hand on his back to guide him, or orders their drinks with polite authority. If Orpheus was fucking Hob, then Dream would absolutely be fighting his own son tooth and nail over this man. Dream is embarrassed by his own horniness but not enough to stop - maybe he's doesn't actually need a sugar daddy, but he sure as hell WANTS this one <3

[aralezinspace]

~~Read It Here~~

Rated T || word counts at the beginning of each chapter

In merry England in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood. Or: Adaptations of various ballads and tales where Hob Gadling is the outlaw known as Robin Hood.

Oo-de-lally! Behold my submission for the @endlesshistoriesfest I really enjoyed writing this; a Hob Robin Hood AU has been on my mind for a while. It’s technically complete since each ballad/tale can stand on its own, but I may add more adapted tales in the future. Enjoy!

[adventures-in-mangaland]

Halloween Fic Recs

This is last minute, so have a very quick multifandom fic rec list. Not all of them are necessarily scary, some are more vibes.

Stranger Things

In a Mirrored Room, Talking to Myself by entanglednow | Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Eddie and the Corroded Coffin crew (plus Chrissy) are ghost hunters Steve hires to investigate his extremely cursed house. Genuinely scary.

Heal Your Shrinking Soul by help_me_no | Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Steve signs up to nanny a pack of children for a mysterious guy in his remote haunted mansion. Interesting mix of wholesome and creepy details with The Haunting of Bly Manor vibes.

Curse of Strahd by infrared phaeton | Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson

Steve and Robin are kidnapped by the kids for their demonic cult leader, Eddie Munson. Unsettling.

Dead Boy Detectives

Came up from that lake of fire by ghostinthelibrary | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

The boys bargain their way out of Hell by promising to capture a ghost-eating entity called the Deathless. Exciting case and some choice horror moments.

Lemonade and Sunrises by paraph | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

A Quiet Place AU. Not sure if this has the right Halloween vibe, but it deserves more love so I included it for the monsters.

Dance the Night by Gruoch | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland

The agency are on the trail of some kind of vampire... The later chapters really bring the horror tropes (undead, slasher, haunted house). Very effective.

Captain America

Unquiet by Dira Sudis (dsudis) | Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes

Recovering post-Winter Soldier Bucky is being haunted. Or is he? Menacing.

If the Apocalpyse comes, text me by Relenafanel | Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes

Bucky the Vampire Slayer AU. Fun, funny fandom classic.

Sherlock

They Mostly Come Out At Night by Tawabids | Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Alien AU! Sherlock was abandoned on a space station as a baby and John is reluctantly roped in to retrieving him. Space AU with xenomorphs bringing the horror.

You and Me and the Moon by trickybonmot | Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Werewolf!Sherlock AU. After being bitten on a case, Sherlock must adapt to his new condition. Not really scary, but the lycanthropy has kind of old-school Hollywood vibes.

Return to Dunwich by entanglednow | Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Sherlock and John investigate the town where Sherlock mutated. Sherlock got tentacles in the previous fic, but I loved the extremely creepy town and its inhabitants in this one. Body horror and Lovecraftian monsters in both.

The Sandman

Radio Silence by Moorishflower | Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling

Human/The Last of Us AU! Dream is an apocalpyse survivor tracking a distress signal to a besieged library. He also might be insane/in love. Intense.

Teen Wolf

A Wildness Warily Awakened by Etharei | Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski

Derek and his team of space marines are on a mission on a zombie infested planet. Exciting.

9/10ths of the Law by tsukinofaerii | Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski

Always-A-Demon Stiles AU! Surprisingly emotional and crosses over with Supernatural.

[roguelov]

Dearest Depraved and Wicked Ones,

Come, please, gather around my fire and allow me such the honor to take you on a journey full of your finest and most lewd fantasies. Unfortunately to start, I need a hand. Please tell me your most sinful desires so I can fulfill them. Now, do we have a deal? Take my hand, there is no catch I promise. No? Still weary, I understand. Perhaps, we shall discuss some rules and boundaries so to speak:

My stories are wicked and vile, true, but they will be short. I have many customers to attend to

I have a list tacked on the wall in the back telling all the juicy kinks and tropes I allow in my home, do pick one or a few from the list. If you do not see a kink or trope you may ask about it but do know I have the right to refuse

I have curated a taste for certain characters which are also listed. Do pick one of them, however, if one character is not on the list you may suggest someone I may be persuaded

And finally I urge patience. I have a full schedule, but do enjoy your stay while I’m temporarily away

If you follow these rules and provide some context, I will be happy to provide. So? Do we have a deal?

I see you agreed to our terms, excellent. Now, take your time perusing my list, I do hope you find one to spark your wildest imaginations

Kinks and Tropes:

My current fandoms and fixations:

The Sandman

Morpheus

Hob Gadling

Calliope

Corinthian

Death

Desire

Lucifer

Lucienne

Johanna Constantine

One piece (both live action and anime)

Trafalgar Law

Donxiquote Rosinante/ Corazon

Roronoa Zoro

Vinsmoke Sanji

Portgas D Ace

Sabo

Red Haired Shanks

Nico Robin

Dracule Mihawk

Silvers Rayleigh

Smoker

Rob Lucci

Crocodile

[theshipwars]

[Image Descripition: A competition banner showing Dream of the Endless and Hob Gadling, from the Netflix original series The Sandman , versus Robin Buckley and Nancy Wheeler, from the Netflix original series Stranger Things. End ID.]

[mid0khan]

Last Line Tag Game

I've been tagged by @samsalami66 and I'll take advantage of it to post a snippet of the Dream/Denial fic I have been working on for half a year now (already !). Thanks for the tag btw ^^

I hesitated to post a piece of the ninth chapter, because I'm really proud of it, but the game say last line, and I have started writing chapter 10, so have what I've done for it so far !

Hob looked up from the printing press, offering an apologetic smile to the nun who had interrupted his work. “I am sory, Suster, we ne sellen the Twilight bokes her, oonly the Bible!” He wiped his ink-stained hands on his richly embroidered coat as the nun berated him for the unfaithful books he was making when a familiar presence made him shiver. “Morpheus?” he called, looking around for his friend. But the lordly being was nowhere to be found. Hob shrugged, apologising to the irate Sister who was now sermonising at him about respecting his elders. He would have been really surprised if Morpheus had visited him here. … But where was here, exactly? The weirdness of the situation suddenly dawned on him. He looked around, noting all the incoherences of the place. He was working on one of Billy Caxton first printing presses, dressed in a mockery of the coat he had worn to Robin’s christening. The shop was a mix of his room when he had lived in Paris in the 1920s and his current office at the university he was teaching at, with the unfinished paintings on the walls and a bi flag in his “best teacher” mug on a desk. The place was filled to the brim with shelves sagging under the weight of thousands of copies of the Bible with a wonky Jesus drawn on the cover. “I’m dreaming, aren’t I?” he asked the nun, who stopped moving like an automaton running out of battery. The whole scenery started dissolving as Hob ran around the shop, desperately calling for Morpheus even though he knew the Endless was already gone. He couldn’t feel the tell-tale buzz of his presence anymore. The dream disappeared, revealing the closed doors of the Dreaming’s castle. Hob groaned in frustration and disappointment. He looked up to greet the griffin and startled when three pair of eyes met his. “Welcome back, Dreamer!” the griffin saluted him enthusiastically. “As you can see, my companions in duty came back since we last met.” “Hi guys,” Hob waved awkwardly. The hippogriff and the wyvern resting next to the griffin nodded in acknowledgement. “Am I still banned from the castle or can I go in this time?” “I am afraid you are still banned from entering, Robert Gadling,” the hippogriff neighed. “But the Royal Librarian expressed the desire to be informed of your next visit.” With its long, whip-like tail, the wyvern gave a heavy crystal ball to Hob, who looked at it quizzically. "To talk with someone, call their name,” the reptile explained. “The crystal will do the rest.” Hob stared into the iridescent reflections of the sphere with a newfound interest. If he called for Morpheus, could he talk to him? Could he really reach him so easily? His tongue itched with his friend’s name, but Hob forced himself to swallow it back. It would only scare Morpheus further, and rightfully so. It would be intrusive and a terrible breach of trust. No. No matter how much Hob craved to talk to his friend and make things right, he couldn’t force it. He had to let Morpheus come to him when he was ready. He could wait. Hob was good at waiting. He cleared his throat. “Loosh, are you there?” he asked the crystal ball.

Tagging @the-apocrypha , @embroiderling and @avelera , no pressure to participate of course !

[ravennightbirt]

I was thinking about what @qqueenofhades said about the Secret Marriage au.

And now all I can think about is this:

They get married in 1489. Because Hob is a persistent mother fucker and Dream needs that. Their courtship is mostly through the Dreaming, because none of Dreams siblings can intervene.

And then around 1584/85 Hob gets tight lipped and nervous. Dream is concerned so he investigates. It is Lucienne who figures it out. Hob is currently courting a noble Lady called Elenore. Dream blows a fuse until Lucienne gets a word in. Turns out the only reason they are courting is because Elenore was pressured to marry some asshole BY. That asshole and Hob intervened.

Dream is still slightly pissed of by does have a conversation about it with Hob. They both get snappy, but in the end Dream agrees to meet Elenore.

When he does meet her Dream kinda hates to admit that he likes her. She is charming, just as quick witted as Hob and she is not impressed with Dream at all. She also tells him that she is very much in love with one of her maids, although she doesn’t mind Hobs attention.

Dream personally makes sure that she only has sweet dreams after that.

The wedding comes and Dream doesn’t attend although he shows up in private to congratulate and bless their marriage, because Hob is his husband and Hob is very happy with Elenore. Even though he won’t admit it.

Their house after that is very much full. Elenore and her love. Dream and Hob. Dream and Elenore. Jessamy and even Lucienne.

And then Hob calls Dream, he and Elenore are crying and so is Elenores wife.

Elenore is pregnant.

Dream doesn’t talk to any of them until Elenore is seven months along. And that only because she strides into the library and sits herself onto his lap, graps his ruby, telling him her opinion on his behaviour.

He tells her about his own son, kind of. Elenore Slaps him over the head (gently) and calls him an idiot. They talk some more and when she wakes up Dream is in the kitchen with her wife making food. Hob is nearly in tears and they all just stay in the kitchen all day.

When Robin is born Dream is there at night. Making sure Hob and Elenore can sleep. Only waking Elenore when Robin needs feeding.

Making sure they have the loveliest dreams. When 1589 rolls around Dream knows his siblings will watch him more closely. So they male up some big plan, and then Shakespeare enters the stage, and somehow it ends up even better.

Elenore is howling on the floor in fiddlers green that night when they tell her.

The second baby is a result of a long talk. A proper one. Elenore wants another child. Hob enjoys being a father, but they both want Dream to be in the loop this time. Robin was born from their wedding night, and very much not optional, but this one is. So they ask Dream. Elenore even offers him to father the child. Dream declines that and wishes them good luck.

He still watches over Robin. Hob and Elenore decide they will call their child Isleen if it’s a girls name and Reve if it’s a boy. Both names meaning Dream.

And then things go wrong. Elenore gives birth to early. Dream isn’t there in time to help, even though Hob is praying to his husband to please! PLEASE be there. But Elenore is still hanging onto life.

So that is how Death finds out her brother is married to Hob Gadling. When she comes to pick up Elenore Gadling soul, only to find her little brother put the woman to sleep. While looking at her challengingly. Daring her to stop him. Elenore takes her last breath while weeping in the Dreaming. Where Lucienne holds her.

Death let’s Dream hold little Isleen for a second, before guiding her away. She returns and hugs both her brother and her brother in law.

That night Elenore is given a chance, stay in the Dreaming forever or move one. One guess what she chooses.

I honestly think I would keep Robins death the same. Just a bitt different. Hob is still heart broken about the loss, but Elenore is still there, at least for him and he knows she will kick his head in if he neglects their son. So he keeps it together, helped by Dream.

There is no tavern fight. Robin still doesn’t grow older than 21. He is in love and accompanies his chosen partner and her parents to his father’s house when bandits attack. Robin who learned from his fathers doesn’t plays the hero. He just protects the girl he’s in love with. Refuses to let her get hurt. That is what kills him. It’s clean and fast and so far away nobody notices until they do not arrive and Hob sends people out.

After that Hob spends most of his time in the Dreaming holding Elenore and Dream. taking care of the Dreams. He only truly wakes when he’s ripped from his dreams. Elenores wife in shackles before him. People call him a witch. Devils priest. Hob pulls all the stops and makes sure that Elenores wife is safe and the people think he has been keeping her prisoner.

He gets drowned. He escapes. He spends the next 50 years in the Dreaming.

I don’t know how I started with secret marriage between the idiots and ended with kind of polyamory but I’m not mad. Elenore/Hob/Dream in a queer platonic way sounds amazing!

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Nuit de l'Écriture - 27/07/2024

by UldAses 1 heure, 1 thème. De 20h jusqu'à 8h du matin (si Morphée nous laisse tranquille) Words: 1514, Chapters: 6/?, Language: Français Fandoms: Batman (Movies 1989-1997), Batman & Robin (1997), Batman - All Media Types, The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman | All Media Types, Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Dead Boy Detectives | All Media Types, Good Omens (TV), Good Omens | All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen, M/M Characters: Dick Grayson, Barbara Wilson, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Daniel Hall, Jed Walker, OMC, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU), Night Nurse (DCU), Crystal Palace (DCU), Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Hob Gadling, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, OFC Relationships: Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Barbara Wilson, Dick Grayson & Alfred Pennyworth, Daniel Hall & Jed Walker, Jed Walker/OC, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland, Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling Additional Tags: Family, Awkward Flirting, Power Swap, Angel Wings, Conspiracy, Smell Loss via https://ift.tt/PIfhdDM

[ladykailitha]

AO3 First Lines Tag Game

I was tagged by @strangersteddierthings appreciate the tag!! :D I never get tag in these things. I’m so excited!!!

Rules: post the first lines of your 10 most recently published ao3 stories (if you have less than 10 fics posted, post the first lines of all your fics)

I’ll Be Your Knight - [Ao3] -Steddie

Eddie always had trouble sleeping even before the whole shit with the evil wizard and almost getting eaten alive. But it was worse now. Now that he had nightmares to go with the anxiety and insomnia. Which was why he was awake at three fucking o'clock in the morning. He stared up at the ceiling wishing for sleep or oblivion... when he heard it.

The Promise - [Ao3] - Steddie

Eddie wandered around Steve's bedroom as Steve went to answer the phone. He wasn't surprised to see that the room held little personality. Not because Steve was a blank slate by any means. No, it was more that judging from what Eddie knew about Steve's parents and the way they forced conformity on him.

Thirteen - [Ao3] - Steddie

Steve looked up at the three of them from his couch. Nancy to the right, Robin to the left and Eddie standing in front of him, all looking worried.

Love’s Labor - [Ao3] - Dreamling

Hob tried to live as though he was going about his life as normal. Tried to act as he had for hundreds of years. Tried to pretend his best friend wasn't in actual Hell.

Target - [Ao3] - Steddie

"Have you ever loved someone so much that they light up the room?" Steve asked. "That when they aren't there it's like a hole in your chest? That your place in their lives is the most important thing in the world?"

Fractionalization - [Ao3] -Johnlock

Sherlock awoke first, not really needing the same amount of sleep that John seemed to require to stay upright. He rolled over and looked at John. It was such a strange thing. Of all the outcomes of watching the man he loved be flirted with so aggressively, the last thing he would have expected is waking up next to him the following morning. But here he was.

And Gives You Endless Support - [Ao3] - Sebastian/Rory

Sebastian twittered nervously at the door to the theater. He couldn't believe this was happening. He was going to star in his first production where he wasn't the understudy. The role of Jules was all his. Now if he only had courage to walk through that door and actually take it.

Green-Eye Monster [AO3]- Pre-Dreamling

Hob waved goodbye to his friends. They waved back, drunkenly cheering as the staggered down the street.

Friends in Low Places [AO3] - Pre-Dreamling

Johanna looked around the pub. It was certainly not as upscale as she thought Morpheus would want to frequent, but it had its charm, she had to admit. She really needed Morpheus's help and this was her last ditch effort to find him.

These Hallowed Halls [AO3]- Dreamling

The auditorium was packed as always. Professor Robert Gadling stood behind a wooden podium with a large white screen behind him.

Plus one! Because I thought this one was ten but it turned out to be eleven. Oops!

Beauty and the Beast [AO3]- Ineffable Husbands

Crowley stood on the balcony of the stately house. It must have been beautiful in its prime, but had long since fallen into disrepair. The only thing that was kept in peak condition was the greenhouse that held the most beautiful white roses. 

So...yeah, can you tell I have ADHD? Hopping from fandom to fandom like a rabbit on crack. I do have like ten other Stranger Things fics that I need to get to my beta so I can put them up on AO3. But at least this gives you a good smattering of my work.

I tag... @oldpinghai This aught to be fun. ;)

[polvillodecanela]

HEY

Please imagine this:

Robert (hob) Gadling, 12 century peasant, maybe was the real robin hood, Shakespeare hater, actual inmortal.

Merlin (emrys) Hunithson, actual mythological figure, friend of King Arthur. Ancient power and inmortal as well.

They are both faking their deaths so they can go to this in-the-middle-of-nowhere town and start with their bussiness when they met. They bond over things like "yeah, aristocracy is bollocks" and "I'm in love with this prick and he deserted me and idk if I'll ever see him again". They became friends.

Dream also monitors Arthur's sleep. Just saying.