#hob x dream x calliope

[nynevefromthelake]

The sun☀️ the moon🌙 the star ✨

[levionok]

💘

be adult to proceed

[gabessquishytum]

Have we considered alpha!Dream/alpha!Calliope with omega!Hob as their surrogate? I don't know if we have but I think we should.

Dream and Calliope want a child but it's difficult or impossible (what are rules in the omegaverse anyway if not a giant sandbox for us to play in) for an alpha couple to conceive, so they decide they will seek out an omega to carry their child.

Hob, who really wants to be a dad but whose life does not suit being a single parent, somehow gets in touch with them. They come up with an arrangement: Dream and Calliope will take care of Hob during his next heat (if you know what I mean) and they'll co-parent the child.

They were prepared for it taking a couple heats but Hob's heat is barely over when his scent starts to change. Calliope and Dream are very smug about it.

They are also very overbearing. They tend to Hob's every need and absolutely pamper him. He's growing their baby after all, it's the least they could do as alphas?

Is Desire pointing out that they are acting like Hob's alphas while all three of them are claiming it's not like that? Absolutely. Are they all pining? You bet. They're idiots your honour.

When Hob goes into labour a staff members makes the mistake of asking him if Dream and Calliope should leave. It's not their fault that it is unusual for anyone but the mate(s) to be in attendance for the birth, but that does not save them from Dream and Calliope's threats of decapitation. This is their omega bringing their child into the world and they will be there for him thank you very much.

Maybe they should have had the "wait you see me as your omega?" "you want us to be your alphas?" conversation in a setting that did not include pauses in the conversation wherein Hob is trying to breathe through the contractions, but they are all idiots.

The wait for Hob to be recovered and ready for a proper mating is absolutely agonising but at least they managed to get there.

It does not take long for Hob to move in and become pregnant with their second.

- 🍃

We have talked about this but we're gonna talk about it again because it's one of my favourite things.

Hob has been through various rocky relationships but he's in a place in his life where he really wants a baby, and he isn't getting any younger! At this point it feels like his only option to find an alpha couple who hopefully will treat him right. And he absolutely hits the jackpot with Dream and Calliope. They're perfect together and they also really want a baby, and they seem to be very liberal in their views about omegas, so Hob feels safe. The three of them discuss terms, and then it's time to start trying! No time like the present!

Hob is initially anxious that he won't get pregnant (he has been before but it was a long time ago and things change over time) but it turns out to be absolutely fine! Dream and Calliope give him the best heat experience he's ever had, and he feels so relaxed and safe it's probably no wonder that he's able to become pregnant so quickly. He's never had two alphas fuck him before and he legitimately sees stars when they both knot him.

He tries to stay out of the way once he's safely knocked up - the last thing he wants is to disrupt the alphas' marriage or be accused of homewrecking. But Calliope is so kind and gentle, and Dream is intense but incredibly sweet, and Hob gradually grows incredibly fond of them both.

One of my fave omegaverse tropes is that omegas have to be exposed to alpha pheromones to sustain a healthy pregnancy, so Hob is constantly being cuddled and petted by the two alphas. He tells himself that its all for the sake of the baby, but he can't help loving the attention. He's never felt loved like this before. Even if he only gets to co-parent with them, he's so grateful to have Calliope and Dream in his life. They encourage him, make him feel safe and reignite the best parts of his feisty personality.

The whole pregnancy has Dream and Calliope both dying to put their hands on their omega. Hob is the most beautiful thing in the world with his cute little waddle and his hands constantly holding his belly. Any opportunity for the two alphas to touch him is immediately accepted, and they dote on him by rubbing lotion onto his skin, helping him bathe, and massaging his sore feet. He feels utterly spoiled, but Dream and Calliope are just thrilled to be helping. The only time they argue or fight is when they're fighting over who gets to pamper Hob.

When they finally, finally figure everything out and bring Hob and the baby home from the hospital, there's an emergency cuddle pile for the four of them in the big queen sized bed. Hob immediately falls asleep in Calliope's lap, so tired and so sore but determined to be touched as much as possible. Dream cradles their newborn and Calliope just gazes between Hob and the baby with mega heart eyes. Their omega!! And their baby!!! They feel so incredibly lucky.

Just imagine how much they'll pamper and spoil Hob to make up for lost time. He's finally going to have the safe and happy life he deserves <3

[headcanonthings]

Hob: I need to get something off my chest

Dream: Is it your shirt?

Calliope: Please tell us it's your shirt!

[doitforstamets]

quick beach doodle

[alexxuun]

Endless chemistries…yet…

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: The Sandman (comics vs TV show)

Sample Size: 1,301 (comics); 4,048 (TV show)

Source: AO3

NOTE: Do not compare colors between charts

[mamahanu]

Why is Hob more popular than Calliope?

This is a ship question. I'm genuinely curious. They both have about the same amount of screen time. They're both pretty fantastic characters in different ways. However, there seems to be a lot more love in fandom for Dream/Hob than there is for Dream/Calliope.

I'm a multi shipper and I can see both ships, but I just wonder why there is so much less between Dream and Calliope, considering their history and how much can be played with for their relationship before canon events.

Neither seems more or less attractive than the other. Both have good chemistry with Dream. Both have good personalities that we can see in the amount of time we see them.

So why isn't there more of Calliope out there?

Thoughts?

[hanakisa]

Ok, I know there are fics where Hob rescues Calliope...But I REALLY want to see a fic where, after he rescues her, she offers him some kind of boon. Hob finds out she is a Goddess and his request is to be friends. He explains his own immortality and how he is lonely because the only other immortal he knows (who he is in love with), he only sees every 100 years and didn't show up to their last meeting due to a fight. Her and Hob become friends and commiserate on their love lives (Hob being in love with his Stranger and Calliope still being in love with her Ex) without REALIZING it's the same person. Eventually they fall into their own romance/FWB situation, completely understanding that part of the others heart belongs to that other person. Then, Dream escapes and shows back up. Hob tells him about her without actually saying her name, and Dream in turns ends up telling him about his own Ex. Dream feels jealous (without realizing it maybe?) But the conversation prompts him to visit Calliope to make amends. He finds out she has a lover now, but she never says it's Hob, and resolves to be a good friend to her. Hob and Calliope commiserate about their other person showing up and end up deciding that they are fine simply remaining friends, and make plans to help each other as a wingman/wingwoman. Except when the first plan is put into action, Dream shows up and they both realize it's the SAME PERSON. Hob and Calliope sit there panicking and Dream is confused before realizing they must be the lovers the other was referring to. Dream leaves the meeting feeling conflicted that the 2 people he loves have forsaken him for each other, and happy that 2 of the people he loves most have found happiness in each other. Hob and Calliope proceed to have a freak out together before realizing they don't have to lose each other, they can just BOTH seduce Dream. (I like the idea of their freak out being in public and a bystander just interrupting with "you know...poly relationships are a THING"...and maybe thay bystander is Desire in discuise *evil cackle*) Thus begins their attempt to seduce the IDIOT they are both in love with while Dream tries his best to not let his own feelings break up his friends relationship. Probably takes them practically jumping him at the same time for him to FINALLY UNDERSTAND. And the story ends with Hob/Dream/Calliope all being happy together.

[deilmo]

The Monarch’s good graces. “If you ever find yourself in Morpheus good graces, deem yourself lucky, or doomed. If he is good, he’ll leave you breathless, if wronged he will break hell loose to bury you and himself in its soil.

For of all the seven Endless children, Morpheus is the most inacessible of them all, only rivalled by Destiny whose focus is forever on his book. Morpheus had wronged and been wronged one too many times to bare himself to anyone.

A prideful creature he is, but that you already knew. An injured bird whose wings have been clipped by his own sibling once or twice for Love is Desire’s domain, and they do love to mess with their brother’s paramours.

Tread carefully, Hob Gadling, for for the first time in thousands years the dear Orpheus sang in his father’s name.

Singing  la la la la la la la, La la la la la la la”

-*-

Now that I posted the backlog I have, drawings might come less regurlarly, basically when I have time and want to draw, hope you have a good time still!

[furiosophie]

may i visit you in the dream realm sometime?

one day, perhaps

i just think these three immortal beings who've been through a lot of shit deserve some chill time in the dreaming, as a treat

[morpheusbaby3]

Calliope, Titania, Bast, Nuala, Hob flirting with Morpheus:

Morpheus:

[gabessquishytum]

Dream and calliope are an alien species with biology like plants and hob is their precious pet—and a key part of their breeding process. Sort of like their own little bumblebee.

Dream and calliope look almost human. But they’re both very tall and slender, and their genitals are … botanical in nature. Hob, a human, is both much shorter and much broader, especially because they love spoiling him. He’s plump because he is so well cared for. They both love sneaking him treats.

How it works is this. Dream pollinates hob by fucking him with a thick, long stamen. This takes hours to do properly—over and over again—until hob is squealing and writhing and yet still begging for more. Hob has a cock ring on him of course, but dream fucks him until his belly is so round he looks pregnant and he is flushed and covered in pollen like gold dust.

Hob loves this part. Dream’s cum is more like nectar and as much as he craves getting fucked, he always begs dream to let him suckle on his stamen and swallow mouthfuls of golden, sweet seed. He gets teary if dream doesn’t let him—but most of it needs to go in his cute little arsehole.

Once hob is as full as dream can make him, dream plugs him up. Sweaty, shaking and desperate to come, he stumbles over to calliope, who takes off the cock ring and replaces the plug with her long, perfect fingers. He loves his mistress just as much as he loves his dream. He loves eating her out and begging for the privilege of pollinating her. By the time he has licked his fill from her petals, Dream’s fertility has seeped into hob and he gratefully passes it on to her. She will coo, and milk his prostate to get him to cum in her as many times as possible while dream watches and strokes hob’s hair.

Hob loves his life and loves his master and mistress. He wishes he could spend all day in their bed, covered in their golden pollen.

Wow, anon - I am totally obsessed with this one. The whole idea of Hob being like a pollinator between Dream and Calliope is physically extremely hot, but I also enjoy the metaphorical implication of Hob being the one that allows the relationship to thrive.

Hob is such a good pet, he's the envy of many other beings because he takes such obvious enjoyment from his role. Dream and Calliope absolutely dote on him; he's so spoiled that if he wasn't such a good boy at heart all the attention and lavish treatment would definitely go to his head. The truth is that even if Dream and Calliope couldn't afford to keep up Hob’s pampered lifestyle of treats, exotic trips and luxuriant sleeping quarters, Hob would still be will them. He loves them so so much, and he always will! Being a spoiled, soft brat is just an added bonus. Calliope likes to tease him about it, squeezing his soft thighs and cheeks all while spooning decadent delicacies into his mouth. The humiliation certainly gets him off! And he likes to have something in his mouth at all times, preferably Dream’s stamen..... it's a wonder Dream can ever get anything done with a greedy little pollinator between his legs 24/7!

Calliope and Dream have never had such a perfect period in their relationship. It truly is like Hob was everything they ever needed. And all of the joy is magnified when after lots of hard work, Orpheus is conceived and born. He's belongs to all three of them, and he's absolutely perfect. Hob helps Calliope to recover from her ordeal by spending many hours tending to her petals, all while Dream just as industriously fills Hob's cute hole up with more nectar. By the time he's done he'll make sure that Hob is stuck between Calliope's legs, helpless to do anything but pleasure her, pinned down by the weight of their combined fertility..... a truly perfect family.

[headcanonthings]

Rose: What's this?

Hob: It's my to-do list.

Rose: Oh? That's great. I'm so glad that you're starting to be more organized.

Rose:...This just says Dream and Calliope (preferably at the same time).

[zoeysdamn]

The absolute perk of the Sandman fandom is that we’re 100% fine with any ship that involves Dream. You ship him with Hob? Good taste, they’re cute together. Reader insert? Works too, go cultivate the thirst. Johanna Constantine? All hail the bi icons, I stan. Corinthian? Oh boi here’s the angst, you’re gonna love it. With Calliope? Oh dear, your heart's gonna cry but they’re freaking cute too. Lucifer? Please tell me more. 

Like we collectively looked at Morpheus and said “Oh no, he’s a hoe”

[inastarlesssky]

I don't understand. Please explain this to me, someone. How can you watch six, seven, eleven episodes of a series....read a book or two, watch a movie and then boom, just randomly latch onto a pair of characters and have emotions about them?

I'm someone who has more ships than are healthy, for sure, but who gives a damn...I know what it is to ship, but I guess the question is more rhetorical...as in how does this just happen?

I look at those people and love them because they are my joy. But I literally met THOSE two not two weeks ago.

Ships, the cause of my emotional ruination.