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Dawg what I would’ve give to be walking down the street one day and then
Im not gonna be at all normal ab this
Waiting for the inevitable surge of dilf! Morpheus fics
Shout out to Neil Gaiman for the emo bf material, bless 🙏🏼
“You attend the funeral. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live.”
— Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections
dreamwalker
i can see other people's dreams. I don't know what it is, but....when I was young I had a vision of my father. He was the keeper of dreams. He took care of those who needed him, and the fashion of how he controlled how ones dreams would turn out astonished me. My name is Lyric, I'm a 23 year old girl who has the power to visualize ones dreams without them not knowing and not only that but...I'm a dream walker. Don't get me wrong it's amazing knowing what people dream of these days but, it takes a lot out of me knowing that...well knowing that I am the daughter of dream. The sandman was my father.
And I am the keeper of dreams now
Dream Walker
y/n: how did you know I liked you?
Lyric: I can see others dreams
Y/n: ok well then *thinks what color is my underwear*
Lyric: purple
Y/n blushes: p...purple wha-
Lyric: your underwear
Y/n violently flustered:......
Lyric:.....
Y/n: t...that wasn't a dream.
Lyric: I can read minds too *smirks*
Y/n.........
this is such a specific premise that I'm not sure how many people will even vibe with it, but..... The Blue Castle Dreamling AU?
Hob Gadling in the Valancy Stirling role. aging out of his milieu. stifled and stagnating. longing for something beyond the small, limited scope of his restrictive family life. he gets diagnosed with a fatal heart condition and starts thinking about the end of his days.
Dream in the Barney Snaith role. secretive and somewhat suspicious. creative and adventurous and a little bit wild, but adhering to a strict, if obscure, personal code. thinks Hob is a good chum until he reveals the diagnosis and Dream realizes Hob's desperately seeking the kind of joy only Dream could provide under the circumstances.
Hob wants to live forever, but he thinks he's going to die. so he throws caution to the wind and marries Dream, thinking at least he'll taste a bit of real joy before he goes. they live out a magical year, doing everything he ever longed for: dancing, eating good food, reading good books, absolutely reveling in the natural beauty around them, delighting in physical affection for the first time in Hob's life.
and then (spoiler alert) the crisis: Hob should be dead, but he isn't. is Dream stuck with him now? has he saddled this remarkable man with his presence for the rest of his life? he learns more about Dream's family background and grows only more despondent. there's simply no chance such a wealthy, accomplished man would want to stay tied to a drab, poor, uninteresting person such as Hob...
except... he does? Dream follows Hob back to his drab, poor, uninteresting family home and shakes some sense into him. doesn't he realize that over the past year Hob has been the first thing to give Dream's life meaning? doesn't Hob realize that his pure, unaffected love for Dream-as-he's-perceived has changed Dream's conception of his very self and made him believe he could be loved as he is?
and then they live happily ever after...
context: L.M. Montgomery is most famous for the Anne of Green Gables series, but also wrote many other books, of which The Blue Castle is (tragically, imho) not very well known. it's one of her few 'adult' novels, and is available for free on Project Gutenberg. please read it and join me in my madness...
Tumblr Sexyman Day 8! I had no idea what to do for this so I Once-ler'd the Corinthian (the song chorus is shockingly fitting rip)
I'm genuinely going insane over this
Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this fucking cat has a similar "silent-angry-bitch-face" to Dream 😭😭😭
the corinthian skips onboarding.
she's everything, he's just dream
me recommending the sandman show to some of my friends: you’re gonna love it it’s got great queer rep
me at 2:00 in the morning waking up in a cold sweat after remembering the diner episode: OH FUCK WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!!!!!!!
Desire from The Sandman Netflix
Death from The Sandman Netflix
OKAY I GIVE I HAVE DREAMLING BRAINROT HAVE A PIECE OF ART IVE BEEN AGONISING OVER FOR LIKE TWO WEEKS
IM SORRY WHAT THE FCK WHERE DID ALL OF YOU COME FROM SO FAST ???!!!!! THANK YOU HOLY SHIT
OKAY I GIVE I HAVE DREAMLING BRAINROT HAVE A PIECE OF ART IVE BEEN AGONISING OVER FOR LIKE TWO WEEKS
Someone’s definitely done this before