#meowpheus

[designtheendless]

[cloverteaart]

Hob and Meowpheus

[silivren-vera]

Hobs laughter could be heard all around the gallery. Several older ladies standing before a tapestry shot him dirty looks.

"How hard is it for the British Museum to admit they just don't know what something is? Nobody believes them when they write "religious importance" beside something."

"Pride is still a universal sin, Hob," Dream murmured quietly as they walked into an older section. "It pulls the logic from men's minds and sullies reputations with arrogance."

Hob huffed another laugh. "Should write that down, put it on a mug for the Literature department."

Dream smirked and continued walking.

"We save the weirdest stuff. How much of this stuff was just something a kid made while learning his craft, realized he buggered it up, and buried in the forest so his master wouldn't see it."

Hob leaned over a case, smiling. "Or, how much is kept because us humans are just sentimental fools? Like this?"

"We saved something just because a cat stepped on it. Wonderful, isn't it?"

"Hardly," Dream sniffed, lip curled. "He dared to stop his ministrations upon my person before satisfaction."

Hob blinked.

Blinked again.

"He stopped petting you, so you ruined his work."

Dream slow-blinked back at him.

"You are a menace." Hob smiled, pulling one of Dream's hand up to his lips. "Absolute menace."

[thoughtsfromlayla]

Adding this to my “Morpheus is just a cat” collection

[lutheban]

more old art dump cat family! Morpheus Daniel and his grumpy brother Orpheus

These 2 are even older art featuring dog hob

[teejaystumbles]

I was prompted by @pluckyyoungdonna to draw Meowpheus and since I saw a video like this with a giant cat that's where my mind went 😽

[valiantstarlights]

[periwrinkleintimeless]

While I know the popular headcanon is that Hob is a cat person (because Meowpheus), I just think it'd be so much funnier if he just... wasn't.

This man was raised in medieval Europe. They believed cats had some connection to witchcraft and were super superstitious about cats being bad luck. They were thought to be carriers of disease and considering Hob lost his family to the plague I wouldn’t be surprised if he has some unresolved beef with cats. I'm not saying Hob would outright hate cats, especially in the modern day where he should know better, but just slightly... cautious around them? Keeping his distance, flinching every time one comes too close, etc. And when he sees Dream in cat-form for the first time, all types of hilarity ensues.

Dream: Hob Gadling....

Hob: (Holding up a broom to keep the distance): Alright darling, if you could just stay right there—

Dream: This is human foolishness. I will approach you as I see fit!

Hob: Wait! I have a really important lecture tomorrow and I can't let things go wrong—

*Crashing noises*