#the sandman dream was…weird

[fantasiavii]

In a bizarre instance of dreamception, I dreamt about Sandman and that I was dreaming about Sandman

[evenmyhivemindisempty]

My controversial opinion about Hob Gadling is that I believe he’s absolutely the sort of guy that “puts things behind him”, and tries to wash his hands clean of the things he feels icky about. This is implied pretty well in the show, with him blithely moving from soldiering and robbery to printing, from slaving to… whatever it was he was doing in the 19th century instead. That being said, this is not at all the same as actively trying to atone, or even making a concerted effort to be a better person, and I really wish fandom could tell the difference!

[webonchin]

"A dream date"

Happy Dreamling Day!!!!! Wanted to make something cute because I love them sm!!!

[avelera]

Calliope in Sandman is the Muse of Epic Poetry, right? Not the Muse of Haikus. We mostly see her in captivity but the few times we don't even in the comic I think we've got some evidence that this goddess likes to talk.

So now I'm imagining that Dream of the Endless has an even more specific type than we realized: not just gorgeous brunets with dark eyes (Nada, TV version Calliope & Hob, and Comic Alianora)

No, Dream's type is in fact gorgeous brunets with dark eyes who will also talk at him for hours about their special interest so he doesn't have to. All Dream has to do is sit back, relax, and listen to his love tell him stories all day.

[the-apocrypha]

It Started With a Whisper Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling || 6k || T || 1/6

Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy, Getting Together, Mother Night's A+ Parenting, Father Time's A+ Parenting, Entirely Too Much Chemistry, Both of the Interpersonal and Scientific Sort

Hob, a werewolf from a grotty little estate on the wrong side of London, still can't quite believe he's starting his first term at St. Ignatius University. His goals don't extend very far beyond playing some quality football on the scrim league, and becoming the world's first (and best) lycan astrophycisist. Then... he meets Dream.

Hob is lamenting his life choice of science as he stumbles into the lecture hall at eight in the morning, shoving the last of his toast into his mouth in an attempt to mitigate the damage to his stomach lining from his nuclear waste espresso. He can’t believe he’s going to have to do this five days a week for an entire term. It’s unjust. It’s sadistic. How is anyone’s brain functioning at this hour. Charmed coffee should be subsidized.

The Hall of Sciences permeates an unholy combination of ammonia, sulfur, formaldehyde and Zoflora Linen Fresh, which Hob knows he will eventually adjust to, but right now it’s putting his teeth on edge. This is not helped by the crush of noise around him as students file into the lecture theater, all of them too loud and too close and if one more person steps on the back of his shoe Hob is going to actually snarl. 

But then—

It all stops. 

Everything goes quiet. 

Because the most gorgeous boy to ever exist is sitting at the very top of the lecture theater. 

He’s a fey, gothic creature—and Hob grew up with a few goth kids on the estate, okay, he’s used to smudgy eyeliner and artistically placed safety pins—but if those muppets had been dressed for school picture day, then this boy has been professionally styled for the runway. A high-collared black jumper, a subtle rim of eyeliner, an artfully styled mess of black hair, and just a hint of impassive disdain on his delicate features. 

He’s got an older-looking guy to his right, and an empty seat on the left. 

An empty seat with Hob’s name on it. 

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[beamiesbuddies]

Part 1: A Dream of the Trees

He is known by many names- Prince of Stories, Shaper, Lord Morpheus, Dream of the Endless - but many a child 'round the world hearing stories at bedtime know him simply as The Sandman.

It's my pleasure to share this project with you after sitting on it for so long! The Sandman (Neil Gaiman) is a profoundly important & personal piece of literature to me, & Mr. Dream such an important figure, I absolutely needed to bring him into the waking world. I worked, reworked & re-reworked on my interpretation of him until finally saying "done!" in December of 2022.

I learned so much about what I could accomplish sculpting with fabric, I'm very proud of him & love him terribly. I really hope you will enjoy him too!

(more photos to come!)

[sweetoneiros]

i don’t know if my beloved @theoryofwhatnow ever posted this on here so i’m gonna share it.

pardon the quality - i did try to enhance it, but it made the audio go janky so just left as is.

LIKE MINDS DELETED SCENE:

[teejaystumbles]

Beauty and the Beast - One of several fairytales and stories Hob has to traverse to bring Dream back from the depth of the Dreaming where he has sequestered himself away

(For this story idea I wanted to stay closer to original fairytales but I think the Disney version is so widely known that even in the Dreaming the effect would be profound, shaping the story the way most current dreamers know it - and the added symbolism of the rose as just a marker of time which becomes more important to the Beast as a symbol of his only hope for love than the actual quest for love is something I always liked)

[cuubism]

I got this vintage(??) Sandman tshirt on depop, and first of all, obsessed, but second of all, this thing is such an enigma, there's no tags or labeling on the whole thing, where did this come from? Was it merch? From when? Anyway the lack of context is fitting of Sandman, I think.

[spaceslayer]

Do that, and he will be begging for death within a century, I assure you.

[writing-for-life]

Morpheus—Comfort Love

[five-and-dimes]

Dream and Hob start Getting It On but Dream still struggles with verbalizing his wants and needs, meaning that even if they establish a safeword there's a very real risk of Dream not being able to actually SAY it when he needs it. However, his body is weird and made of dreamstuff and unconscious feelings, so Hob suggests they come up with a physical signal that Dream can use if he wants Hob to stop but can't bring himself to use his words.

Dream: Alright, normal tears are fine but if I start crying blood that means I need to stop.

Hob: ...that is HORRIFYING which I guess would certainly motivate me to stop so you know what yeah this works.

[avelera]

I feel like Sandman Dream’s spooky gimp helmet (which he needs for… personal reasons) would be less of a weird note in the story if other Endless or even other eldritch creatures in Sandman also had spooky headgear?

Like I can so easily picture a super cool sequence where all the Endless have crazy spooky helmets so when they appear for the family dinner they’re like Egyptian gods with their animal heads before they return to their more human form.

But they don’t.

No one else has a spooky mask they wear in Sandman. No one else is like, “Oh wait, I need to be at full power for this, let me get my spooky mask, trust me, it’s actually a tool for me and totally not a sex thing/security blanket.”

It’s just Dream with his little helmet, acting as if it’s a totally normal thing to have. Y’know. Like a total weirdo.

[zarnzarn]

untapped comedy potential truly is hob gadlings siblings. he was born in Plagues England there's no way he didn't have em in the double digits. someone asks if he's intimidated by the number of in-laws and he cheerfully says that no these ones don't even bite. there's no way this guy wasn't annoyed into immortalality with righteous older siblings and annoying younger ones w the crazy look in his eyes.

[lizstiel]

endless

[the-apocrypha]

(prompt) Hob teaching retired Dream how to cook something?

Well it's probably not the comedic fluff you were expecting with this prompt, but, it was at least inspired by it?

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