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cuubism · 1 year

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for @magnusbae

“Hob Gadling,” Dream says, and there’s a laugh deep in it, hidden in his eyes. “Am I to understand you’ve been engaging in petty theft?”

“I used to rob people on the road, and this surprises you?” says Hob, leaning against his kitchen counter. Then holds up a hand before Dream can respond. “Now, to be clear, my highwayman days are behind me. I’ve evolved. I’ve no interest in hurting people over riches. Also, would be bloody difficult to commit highway robbery nowadays.”

“I see you’ve thought it through,” says Dream from where he’s still lingering in the kitchen doorway. He clearly finds all of this highly amusing.

“I have, and rest assured, this theft was by no means petty. I’m pretty sure this is considered grand larceny.”

“Ah. I see it is no fun for you if decades of prison time are not on the line,” says Dream.

Hob winks at him. “Would you really let me go to prison for decades?”

Dream raises a haughty eyebrow. “I am your get-out-of-jail-free card?”

“Not getting caught is my get-out-of-jail-free card. You think I don’t know what I’m doing? You think I would do this for a lark without a plan?”

“Speaking frankly?” says Dream. “Yes.”

Hob laughs. “Alright, caught. But in my defense! It was for an important reason.”

Dream finally steps properly into the kitchen. “And what reason is that? I know you have no need for riches.”

“Wasn’t about need. Was only about charm. And getting in your good graces. And being the most irresistible and rakish boyfriend I can. Don’t think I didn’t see the way you looked at me at that first, portentous meeting.”

He lets Dream step in, closer and closer, like a predator with its prey. Doesn’t move. “You wish to give me the scrappy bandit I apparently so desired back then?”

“No apparently about it,” says Hob, and oh, it’s fun to be bold with Dream, now that he feels reasonably sure of not scaring him off. “But it’s okay, because I was even more weak for the prissy lord that you were. You know how much you could have gotten me to do if only you’d asked?”

Dream is standing right before him now, crowding him against the counter. His eyes gleam in the dark. “Does that include grand larceny?”

Hob laughs and lays his hands on his sides, feeling the taught realness of him, so much more dangerous than he’d thought of the lord he’d met in that tavern, and so much more glorious for it. “And more.”

He fishes the ruby from his pocket, letting it dangle on its long chain and catch the kitchen lights. He dips his head low as he holds it out to Dream. “A token of my affection. For my lord.”

Dream lets the gem fall into his palm, examining the fine cut of it. It doesn’t have the darkness, the strange angles of his now-broken dreamstone, but it’s still a gorgeous gem. Deep wine red, bottomless depths within the facets. Like Dream himself.

“A token?” He echoes, lips tugging up in a smile. “A courtly gift for one you have no need to court?”

“A small gift for one I am endlessly devoted to,” Hob says, and Dream’s eyes meet his again. There’s a smile in them, now, a real one. The gem is worth a bloody fortune, but Dream cares not for the monetary value of things. This is about the symbol, the game, the effort of it, and it seems it’s landed.

He does like pretty things, too. Hob knows it well.

“Put it on me, then,” Dream says.

He ducks his head for Hob to clasp the chain around the back of his neck. Hob kisses his forehead when he’s done.

The ruby sits against his breastbone, shining against the bare skin at the center of the deep vee in his shirt.

Hob squints. He could have sworn Dream was wearing something with more coverage when he arrived. “Did you… change your shirt?”

Dream smirks. “Perhaps. Such art requires its proper canvas.”

“Cheeky. You’re right, though.” Hob admires it on him, and sighs. So worth it.

Dream kisses his cheek, like they really are courting and he’s shyly accepting the gift. Hob takes hold of his face and pulls him into a proper one, one that’ll leave his lips as red as the gem. God, he better be able to convince Dream into wearing that and nothing else in bed. That sounds like a good way to die, if he ever were to choose one.

“How’d you find out about this, anyway?” he asks, letting his hands wander to Dream’s hair to keep him close.

“Matthew. He admitted that he helped you.” He doesn’t sound too upset about it, fortunately, for Matthew’s sake.

Hob sighs. “I tried to keep his involvement quiet. Blabbermouth.”

“He had fun, apparently,” says Dream wryly.

“Hope you won’t punish him too much.”

Dream smirks. “Just a little.”

“Going to punish me, then?” Hob says. It's meant to be challenging but he can’t keep the grin off his face.

Dream pushes him against the counter, hands pressed tight to his hips. “Hmm.” His voice rumbles through Hob’s body. His eyes are alight with fondness and danger both, and a shiver runs up Hob’s spine. “Just a little.”

#magnusbae #dreamling #dreamling fic #dream of the endless #hob gadling #my writing #1389 dreamling my beloved #thief hob my beloved

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symphony-calamity · 1 year

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Feeding my Sandman brainrot by writing an Art Thief!Hob Dreamling rescue AU.

(This is my first real fanfic, so uh, wish me luck I guess?)

#fanfic #fan fiction #dreamling #sandman #the sandman #the sandman netflix #dream of the endless #morpheus #hob gadling #dream x hob #dreamling rescue au #art thief!hob my beloved #am writing #writer #writeblr

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darthstitch · 1 year

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There Can Be Only One

It was an accident, as these things went.

Like he wandered into the wrong story. A last minute substitute on the stage, because the actor had gone and pissed himself with ale or was busy dodging some cuckolded husband, pulling up his britches over his pasty white arse as he went. Something that prat Shaxbert could've cooked up at the last minute to keep the creditors at bay.

Well, Shaxbert was still about a couple or so hundred years into his future. Hob Gadling was still the half-feral, green-hooded thief of Sherwood and this... pissant with his heavy purse and his nice, shiny sword - Damascus steel - as Hob would later find out - was ranting and raving about "being the only one."

Whatever. Hob had been minding his own business, to be perfectly honest, enjoying a pint and this idiot was spoiling for a fight, following him all the way out here to this lonely glade in his forest.

Hob was a quick learner, as Idiot had sat up after that gut wound, looking as if he'd too had been spurned by Death Herself.

Hob had questions. A lot of questions, which would have been nice to get answers to, if Idiot had been inclined to do the sensible thing and just talk things out over a pint or two. Except that Idiot was, apparently, very interested in taking off Hob's head, if that second time that pretty sword had nearly kissed his neck was any indication.

Well, fine, his Mam hadn't raised any fools after all and Hob was rather attached to his head. War had also taught him that pretty notions as "honor and fair play" went right out the window in the name of survival.

Hob wasn't carrying a Damascus steel sword but it did its job in taking Idiot's head clean off.

He wasn't expecting the lightning that came afterwards.

The Scotsman shook his head. "How the hell did ye survive this long, not knowing about the Quickening?"

Look, Hob did not go out of his way seeking out these weird, head-hunting, lunatic immortals, all right? Nor did he expect to later wake up knowing some bits and pieces of things that he would swear up and down that he hadn't known before. Like that song that was, maybe, kind of, possibly Greek? Or that neat trick with the daggers? Or being able to fight barehanded with fists and feet in this odd, almost dance-like style?

He certainly had a few odd tales to regale his Stranger with during their centennial meetings. But the Stranger had only told him, "You are not the same as they are, as my Sister withheld her gift from you for her own reasons."

Still, Hob had been rather enchanted by the stars that danced in his Stranger's eyes when he sung that maybe-Greek song for him, the way his lips curved in that tiny almost secret smile. He resolved then and there to make sure he'd coax that look out of his Stranger again.

But there Hob was, woolgathering again, when there was this friendly immortal Scotsman who was, for once, actually willing to sit down and just have a nice peaceful friendly talk. No headhunting today, no sir. Just happy to answer a few questions for one confused immortal "Sassenach who wasn't too bad to share a pint with."

The Scotsman's name was Connor Macleod of the Clan Macleod.

Look, Hob got on with Connor a lot better than he did with his cousin Duncan.

At least Connor had the sense to figure out that Hob was not flirting with some other fellow's boyfriend. Hob was quite happy with his darling anthropomorphic personification of the collective unconscious, thanks very much.

There was blood in his mouth and Hob Gadling was hurting and aching right down to his very bones.

A thousand odd souls were lightning and fire in his blood, lending him strength and power to stay on his feet, sword in hand, against the onslaught of the Kindly Ones.

A thousand and odd living souls were dreaming for the Lord of Dreams, Hob's beloved husband, dreaming for him a different end to his tale, rewriting what was meant to be in Destiny's book. The children they had taught together, the little ones who knew Dream by name, the friends that they had made together, every single one dreaming, wishing, hoping.

And Hob was here to help them all see it through.

Step aside, Man. We bring our torment and pain to the Lord of Dreams, not you.

Hob spat out the blood in his mouth and grinned ferally. "Not today, m'ladies. Not today."

Dream of the Endless would not meet his end today.

-end-

*runs*

#dreamling #hob gadling #dream of the endless #connor macleod #highlander au #history class cryptids #i crack what i want #fix-it #i'm going to give dream of the endless a goddamn happy ending even if it kills me #shhh nobody tell neil #bamf hob gadling

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each-uisge-and-glashtyn · 3 months

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you reblogged 2 posts back to back correctly identifying the fandom and tagging appropriately (mdzs, aa). did you follow me into them and if you didnt then what fandom do you recomend? you are clearly a person of excellent taste. i'm looking for something that will leave me completely unhinged please and thank u

I have reblogged much of those fandoms, but i did not follow you into them!

A couple of my friends have loved AA for YEARS, and I've been (excruciatingly slowly) working my way through the first trilogy since like 2020. I just finished the second game. For as much as I adore Edgeworth, AA is.........not my favored game series. I'm debating figuring out how to rom the one with Simon Keyes so I can see my blorbo-in-law, though.

And my roommate got into MXTX right about when everyone else english side got super hyped up for the English release announcements, and ended up taking me down with her. MDZS is good, it's her favorite, but HOB/TGCF has my heart in a chokehold. You just can't beat 800 years of devotion like that!! Also the level of weirdo4weirdo hualian are is just *chef's kiss*. (Yes I've also read, and reblogged, svsss. Shen Yuan is just like me for real for real, and it infuriates me. I'd be more self aware if I transmigrated, and as soon as OOC lock came off? Fucking MY world now.)

Anyway, you're looking for recommendations. Uhhhhh. Truthfully, I'm not sure, since most of my unhinged brain rot series are (relatively) old and terminal at this point, as well as not being able to entirely account for personal taste. You're catching those two cause they're New and Active. And I apologize if i rec something you already are into, i can NOT keep track of all the fandoms I've seen people in over the years. But! Things I have brain rot over, in somewhat decreasing rot:

☆ D. N. Angel (manga by Yukiru Sugisaki) (the OG brainrot)

☆ Kuroshitsuji (manga by Yana Toboso)

☆ Devil Survivor & Devil Survivor 2 (jrpg video games by Atlus)

☆ Persona 4 & Persona 5 (jrpg video games by Atlus)

☆ K (anime by GoHands and GoRA)

☆ Fire Emblem: Three Houses & Fire Emblem: Three Hopes (jrpg video games by Intellegent Systems and Koei Tecmo)

☆ Amnesia series (japanese otome vn by Idea Factory)

☆ The Queen's Thief series (books by Megan Whalen Turner)

☆ The Queen's Blade series (books by TC Southwell)

☆ The Sylph series (books by L. J. McDonald)

☆ Captive Prince trilogy (books by C. S. Pacat)

Please be aware that most of these come with Content Warnings, and please either look them up or ask what they are if you're concerned!

I think most other things have brain rot characters in them, but aren't overall something I'm gone for. But!! I'm probably forgetting things!! Because I have a shit memory even for my beloveds!! If you want to know what gave me brain rot, even if only for a short time, checking out my tags or my AO3 bookmarks is the way to go. If I liked it enough to give it a tag or bookmark it, it's rotted some part of my brain at some point (esp bookmarks). I'd say if i wrote it too, but a couple things I wrote for an exchange despite not being what I'd normally care about. Good luck!!!

#asks and answers #recommendations

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dyns33 · 5 years

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Masterlist

Flufftober 2021 (Michael Langdon, Loki, Geralt, Adam and Eve, Sherlock, Dream)

Flufftober 2022

Most of the stories are about female readers

Michael Langdon and Cody Fern’s character :

Series

Stories with Reader and one of CF’s boys

Stories with Reader and more than one boy (Threesome and more)

Stories without Reader

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Sherlock (Enola Holmes) :

The woman : my first (and only ?) Sherlock (Enola Holmes) x Reader fanfiction. I had no idea where to put it...

Simple thing : second Sherlock story. Like for the Rook, it’s just a phase, don’t mind me

Virtuous : Last (?) Sherlock story

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Tom Hiddleston characters

Loki (Marvel)

My Fair Lady

Truth

The Kid

Double trouble

Nexus

Snake and Lizard (Wizard Y/N x Loki)

Accidents (Wizard Y/N x Loki)

Mister President ?

Grimace

Raining cats and dogs

Dreamcatcher (Wizard Y/N x Loki)

Little Star (Prince Jotun Loki x Y/N)

Little Nightmare (Prince Jotun Loki x Y/N)

The Prince and the servant

Magical science (Wizard Y/N x Loki)

Imagine and quotes :

Dark AU

Jotun Loki

Agent Y/N

Wizard Y/N

All the imagines

Loki x Michael Langdon x Reader

The Arrangement

Eve x Adam x Reader (Only Lovers left alive movie)

Only Lovers Left Alive

Only Lovers Left Alive 2

Adaptation

Venom

Housekeeping

Incorrect quotes

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Tom Sturridge characters

Dream of the Endless x Reader (Sandman DC Comics and Netflix series)

Dream

Young God

Wonders (Dream x OC)

Morpheus x Hob!Reader : Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6

Upon a dream

The Debt

Antichristmas

The basement

The God of nightmares

Ineffable

Good uncles / Prequel / Sequel

The ruby

Sentimental weather

The first (Daniel Hall x reader)

True love kiss

The Temple

Split

Feeling rainy

A Silly Dream

For a smile

A story of witch

Nigel Colbie x Reader (Like Minds - Murderous intent)

My beloved sweet heart : Part 1 Part 2 Bonus

The Surgeon

Young Carl x Reader (The Boat that rocked)

No girl on the boat

Lord Byron x Reader (Mary Shelley)

Hours of Idleness

Unknown love

Hidden in plain sight

Jon Dondon (Velvet Buzzsaw)

Burning love

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The Corinthian (Sandman)

Nightmare

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Tom Hardy’s characters

Venom x Eddie x Reader

The Miracle (and imagines)

The Secret

Bane x reader (The Dark Knight rises)

Down the Pit - Part 2 -

Rafiq alruwh

Alfie Solomons x reader (Peaky Blinders)

Family business / Family honor / Family respect /

Eames x reader (Inception)

Specificity

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Vaas Montenegro (Far cry 3) x Reader

The tiger and the rabbit (and imagines)

Vaas and the little pirate imagines - Chico

Vaas and the nurse imagines

Fucking Fate Part 2 Ending 1 Ending 2

Rook College

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Homelander (The Boys) x Reader

Love

Perfectly happy

Imagines - Catlander

(Team Red / matt x reader x wade / Deadpool )

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Charlie Cox characters

Matt Murdock (Daredevil) x Reader

Moment of doubt

Little Devil

My Fellow Devil

Soulmark

The Big Day

Devil Inside

The Thief

Pretty

Good boy

Slave

The Devils Kiss

Torn

The Test

Grandpa Sidney

First day of April

Dream job

Secrets

The Contract

Hellfire (Dragon Matt)

Truth and Dare(devil)

The Moms / The Moms 2 / The Moms 3 / The Moms 4 (Matt x Frank x Reader)

The Punisher, the Kingpin and the Darling (Murderdock x Frank x Reader)

The Devil and the Angel (College Dark Matt)

The Murdock boy (College Dark Matt)

His (College Dark Matt)

Earth 65 (Dark Matt)

Flower arrangement

Inseparable pair / Inseparable pair 2 (Dark Matt)

Soulmate AU (Dark Matt) - Scared - Enough - Obvious

Murderdock and the Nice Lawyer (Dark Matt)

Promise / Promise 2 (Dark Matt)

Saviours

A chaste meeting

The Roommate (Dark Matt)

His little secret (Dark Matt)

Walkind Dead (Dark Matt)

Unexpected proof (Dark Matt)

Lost (Dark Matt)

The Devil and the Cat (Dark Matt) / The Devil and the Cat 2

- The Devil’s lawyer 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11 - Part 12 - Part 13 - Part 14 - Part 15 - Part 16 - Part 17 - Part 18 - Part 19 (ending)

Bonus part 1 - Bonus part 2 - Bonus part 3 - Bonus part 4 - Bonus part 5 - Bonus part 6 - Bonus Part 7 - Bonus Part 8 - Bonus Part 9 - Bonus Part 10 - Bonus Part 11 - Bonus Part 12 - Bonus Part 13 - Bonus Part 14 - Bonus Part 15 - Bonus Part 16 - Bonus Part 17 - Bonus Part 18 - Last Bonus Part 19

Henry (Eat Locals)

Eat Locals / Eat Locals 2

Old and Stupid

Philip Duke of Crowborough (Downton Abbey)

Two Swallow made a Summer (Philip x Thomas x Reader)

Happiness and responsibilities (Philip x Reader)

Owen Sleater

Intruder

The Office

Littes Vulcan Owen / The Bond

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Jon Bernthal characters

Shane Walsh (The Walking Dead)

Dead man walking

Communication issues - Part 2

Mistake

All fine

Julian Kaye (American Gigolo)

Wanting something / Wanting more

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Pedro Pascal characters

Din Djarin (The Mandalorian)

You

Mando’a

The way to communicate

The Mand’alor (happy Pedro day !)

Jack ‘Whiskey’ Daniels (Kingsmen : Golden Circle)

The Agency

Oberyn Martell (Game of Thrones)

Of Snakes and Kitten (Oberyn x Reader x Ellaria)

Worst in life

The little angel

Maxwell Lord (Wonder Woman 1984)

The Wish

Javi G. (The Unbearable weight of massive talent)

Never meet your idols

Private life

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The Batman 2022 / Bruce Wayne

The transfer

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Deadpool

Obvious

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Oscar Isaac characters

Poe Dameron (Star Wars)

Simple

Miguel O Hara (Spiderverse)

The Big Cat

The Scar

Nathan Bateman (Ex Machina)

Flowers

The Smile

Exodus

The stupid genius

Moon Knight

Shielded by the moon - Part 2

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Brad Pitt’s characters

Bullet Train (Ladybug x reader)

Fight club (Tyler Durden x reader) - Part 2

Snatch (Mickey O Neil x reader)

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Eyeshield 21

Agon (Agon Kongo x reader) - part 2

Spot the difference (Agon x reader)

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The Ghoul / Cooper Howard (Fallout)

Only wastelands (Cooper x reader)

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Feyd Rautha Harkonnen (Dune part 2)

The Fall of House Harkonnen (Feyd and reader, platonic, fraternal love)

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SLASHERS

Halloween (rz version)

Halloween (Michael Myers x reader)

The Collector/The Collection (movies)

Firefly (Asa Emory x reader)

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