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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/8 Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling, Lucien | Lucienne (The Sandman), Matthew the Raven, Other(s) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Lucid Dreaming, Dreamsharing, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Mystery, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus Needs A Hug Summary:

The man is not approximate as dream figures often are. He stands at the railing where the pink river slides beneath, dressed in black from collar to boot, dark hair mussed by a wind Hob can’t feel, and every detail of him holds. Holds under a second look, and a third, and nothing ever does, and something at the very back of Hob’s mind lights up in recognition.

Hob stops walking.

The man at the railing doesn't move. He is watching the pink water with a frown, as though it personally offends him, and he is detailed. That's the word that arrives first, before any of the others, before pale and dark and sharp. Detailed, and rendered. Familiar.

***

Or, there is a stranger in Hob's dream, and Hob could swear he’s seen him before.

#dreamling #dreamling fanfic #lucid dreaming au #chapter 2 #mari writes #mari rambles

designtheendless

Heatwave 🥵

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/8 Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling, Lucien | Lucienne (The Sandman), Matthew the Raven, Other(s) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Lucid Dreaming, Dreamsharing, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Mystery, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus Needs A Hug Summary:

The man is not approximate as dream figures often are. He stands at the railing where the pink river slides beneath, dressed in black from collar to boot, dark hair mussed by a wind Hob can’t feel, and every detail of him holds. Holds under a second look, and a third, and nothing ever does, and something at the very back of Hob’s mind lights up in recognition.

Hob stops walking.

The man at the railing doesn't move. He is watching the pink water with a frown, as though it personally offends him, and he is detailed. That's the word that arrives first, before any of the others, before pale and dark and sharp. Detailed, and rendered. Familiar.

***

Or, there is a stranger in Hob's dream, and Hob could swear he’s seen him before.

#dreamling #dreamling fic #mari's writing #mari rambles #lucid dreaming

endlesslyover

A collection of my finished and partially finished Sandman fanart for the people

#Sandman #lovely art

emihotaru

I'm one day late for Dreamling Day, but I still wanted to celebrate ❤️

Hob and Dream from @circetovanaen and I dancers AU.

You'll hear about them very soon...

#dreamling #so gorgeous

tj-dragonblade

Dreamling Fic Masterpost (2026 June 7)

Dreamling Day 2026 means it's once again time to update the Masterpost. Links go to Tumblr posts (for when AO3 is down), and each Tumblr fic post has the direct AO3 link as well.

You can also find me HERE on AO3.

(Cut for length so it's not ridiculous when pinned)

#Dreamling #Sandman #fic recs #need to catch up on the fic I've yet to read #10/10 would recommend

Thank you. I hope everybody thinks this

mal-studyblr

hey quick PSA but “reading before bed to wind down” only works if you’re normal about books btw. if you aren’t you are going to end up awake at 2:52am after finishing the whole book just trust me on this one

#oh no it's me #happened more than once #i'm perfectly normal about books

buffycaps

Rest in peace to the incredible Anthony Stewart Head (20th February 1954 - 1st June 2026)

RUPERT GILES in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997-2003)

syn4k

i like the phrases "it's not for me," "it's not my thing," and "i'm not the target audience" because they're the most concise way to express "this thing that you enjoy has merits but idgaf about it" without being aggressive

beaulesbian

So what’s our next move?

sillywillyco

death of the endless

#death of the endless #lovely art #lovely lovely lovely

lovely-v

Being crazy about a piece of media for any amount of time will leave a weird mark on you forever because years later you’ll see someone posting something about it like “can we talk about this frame” and you’ll be like “ah that frame. i know all about that frame. I was once a scholar of that frame.”

asynca

Write that one-shot. Those 3 chapters will be the best 10 chapters you ever wrote

#writing woes #oh no it's me

shadowyartisantragedy

sister's embrace

#dream of the endless #death of the endless #lovely lovely art

secretlywritingstories

I feel like generative AI is much like the mechanical bird in the story The Nightingale by HC Andersen.

I grew up with Andersen's fairytales and many of them has made a permanent home in my heart. The nightingale (or nattergalen, as is the original title) has always been amongst my favourites.

It is the tale of how the emperor of China learns that a great bird exists in his empire and he asks it to come and sing for him. The song deeply touches him and all the people at the palace, and the little bird is celebrated for his voice and song.

One day, a box is sent to the emperor, and within is it a golden mechanical bird, an artificial imitation of the real nightingale. They are asked to sing side by side, but it doesn't work well. The nightingale improvises and goes with his mood, while the mechanical bird can merely repeat how it has been programmed.

Still, hearing the mechanical birds makes the crowd ooh and ahh, and it can sing without mistakes and much more often than a real bird. It is wound up again and again for the amusement of the emperor and the people. The real nightingale leaves discouraged.

But as the time goes on, the mechanical bird starts to break down, and eventually, it doesn't work anymore at all. When the emperor becomes deadly ill, the soft song from a nightingale is all that can save him, but his little wind-up toy cannot help him.

The real nightingale comes back and saves the emperor's life, for it had been so touched when it first sang for the emperor and it made him shed tears. It remembers that first touch of something oh, so special as sharing its voice. The emperor learns the error of his ways.

Gen AI can only ever be an intimidation of the real thing. It is stuck in the same grooves as a mechanical bird. It can do it "perfect" and faster than humanly possible, but it is and always will be an imitation that cannot stand on its own. It might be enough to impress but it is not sustainable.

Only with the real music, art and writing can what is special be perserved. It must be created by living beings. We are able to adapt and change and create stuff outside of set parameters. But it is very understandable that it is highly discouraging to see gen AI spit out music, art or writing that to the untrained, or uncaring, eye is praised.

I reckon that the well will dry up eventually, whether it will be a crash, or behind a high paywall, and everyone who grew accustomed to it will cry out in despair. The mechanical bird is broken. Death will come and sweet song is not there anymore.

The nightingale flew home and continued with his life. He kept singing to the forest, but in another version of the tale, maybe he had stopped singing. It would have been a tragedy for both himself and all the people who eventually realised their folly in depending on a mechanical bird over the real thing.

So keep creating. Keep making music. Keep making art. Keep writing. Gen AI is imitating us, and it is arguably trying to replace our works, but it is not as good as the real thing and it cannot last.

vanillabean-97

Another painting redraw with Dreamling

#dreamling #lovely art #lovely lovely lovely

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