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    Once, Dream shaped the world. Now, the world dreams of shaping him.

    In the Dreaming, Nuala begins to dream of a man in a temple, a voice that speaks of Morpheus as father and fate as a circle unbroken. Her visions awaken something ancient, something that could either unmake or renew the Dreaming itself.

    For even gods must face the Hour of Change. The Kindly Ones were never alone.

    There will be spoilers for season 2's ending and for the comic ending.

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  2. 37

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    He has waited far too long for this day, and yet when it comes, he is not ready at all. Love is a child’s hope — one he finds himself helplessly entangled with. There is truth to the matter of true love, he believes, but there is also danger. Darkness that lurks around every corner, a fate he fears will repeat. And he cannot bear losing you for a second time.

     

    Or, in which, you were once the wife of Dream of the Endless until your sudden and violent death. Eons later, you have reincarnated and he finds you again — with no memory of him or what happened when you were his wife. And he’s terrified that reminding you will be a repeat of fate.

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  3. 59

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    “He’s not really scary.”

    Hob glances at the girl beside him. “Who isn’t?”

    “My brother. He likes people to think he is. It’s… easier, I think.”

    “Easier than what?”

    Her gaze flicks to him, mismatched eyes catching in the moonlight. For a heartbeat, she looks older than the strange, restless girl she appears to be. “Than letting people see the soft parts. The parts that hurt. The vulnerable, gooey ones. If you’re frightening, people don’t touch you. Don’t want to know you. They don’t get close enough to break you.”

     

    AKA: Hob Gadling sees much more than he lets on, befriends a couple of anthropomorphic entities, considers crimes and maybe saves his Stranger along the way.

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    “You cannot help me,” Dream rasps. “Not this time.”

     

    Hob rocks back, furrowing his brow and defies this.

     

    “Begging your pardon, King of Dreams, but I’ll decide what I can or cannot do, thank you,” Hob chides, lifting his brow in soft warning.

     

    Or the one where Hob steals yarn, fights an old (immortal) lady and accidentally messes everything up fantastically. (but in a good way). [And the author's frantic attempt to make better sense of the horrible mess of Season 2 Vol 2]

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    An immortal mortal. The eldritch entity he loves. The eldritch entity's prodigal brother. And a love story on the iconic Route 66.

    (In which Hob Gadling and Destruction of the Endless intervene to stop Dream from meeting the fate he so carefully set up for himself, Dream has to grapple with his many stubborn choices, and an immortal peasant-turned-university professor and eldritch entity of unfathomable power finally realize they're in love.)

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    Based on a comment I saw under a post on TikTok that asked for a fix-it fic, so here it is!
    I have only watched the show and therefore know nothing about the comics. You have been warned.

    "Morpheus stopped himself from taking his sister’s hand at the very last second. It was a sudden and significant shift in his realm that had stopped him. A great foe had been defeated. He immediately assumed that the fate of the mortal woman who had invaded the Dreaming had been sealed, but his mind could not pinpoint who had managed to take her down."

    In which Morpheus is saved by those closest to him moments before he gives up on his existence.

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    After Dream survives the attack on his Realm, Nuala engages in a mission to free him from his fate. When unexpected emotions arise, how will they face the challenges that lie ahead?

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    Hob Glading thought he would not see his Stranger for a very long time (he said so himself after visiting him in a dream) but then the next night Hob gets pulled in another dream, one with old gods and monsters feasting in a great hall with his Stranger as their host.

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  9. 3

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    A self-indulgent two-shot on things that should have been.

    Aka

    Nuala deserves the world, she chases after it--Dream chases after her.

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    "I can't pretend forever to not see you in the shadow. I can't stop following after you in my sleep even. Stolen love is worth half a life."

    The one where Morpheus lived to re-discover meaning.

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  11. 36

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    Belly full of the sweet blood of flowers, Nuala is too drunk to realize it might be inappropriate to crawl towards him on hands and knees.

    (or, a little midnight interlude between Morpheus and Nuala)

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  12. 30

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    Nuala is settling into her life in the Dreaming when Lord Morpheus returns from his trip to the mortal world. Soon, she and the rest of the Dreaming all know the Fates are coming. Nuala wants to help.

    “Can I build you an army?”

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  13. 16

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    He slowly lifts a hand and with his index finger traces the delicate edges of the bundle of blooms in the painting. Nuala watches his moments with quiet interest. As he passed his hand over the blossoms, they seem nearly to come to life, glowing with the soft light she’d always held in her memory.

     

    Or: the one where Nuala remembers and Morpheus is attentive to details.

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  14. 17

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    ‘What do you want from me?’

    she shouted with a look.
    ‘A question that exists to be sure.’ he answered in silence, leaning his cheek on his hand.

    ‘Then let me go.’

    she pulled her arms even closer to her chest.

    ‘I am incapable of that.’

    the hint of a solemn smile did not escape her.
    A raindrop fell on her nose, breaking the intense lock between them long enough for Nuala to decide there was only one thing left to be done…run.

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    Morpheus didn't look too thrilled when his siblings took him out on a New Year's Eve boat ride down the Thames.

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  16. 9

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    Nuala is sacrificed by her people to the monster that lives outside her village. When she meets him, however, she realizes he is not quite so monstrous after all.

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  17. 4

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    At the end, he comes for her.

    (Just as he'd promised)

    Nuala wakes.

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  18. 10

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    Nuala can't sleep. So she wanders around the castle and unexpectedly comes across Dream

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    • 15 Nov 2025

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      //Nuala squeaks when she realizes Dream has lain his head down on her lap.

      “My lord?!” Nuala asks, her whole body feeling as if it were on fire . Could one self-combust in the Dreaming? She certainly felt like she was.

      “Hmm?” Dream hums as if there were absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. As if this was something he did all the time.

      “I—are you comfortable, my lord?” Nuala asks, hoping Dream cannot hear her how fast her pulse is jackrabbiting.

      “I am,” Dream answers. “You may begin.”//

      Jsjsjsjs this was sweet even if Dream was mourning a past relationship.

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  19. 5

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    slight tweaked version of 2x07 scene in the throne room - morpheus is faced with the fate that awaits him and refuses to lay on anyone else's shoulders the burden that is his. not even nuala. nuala, however, sets out to convince him otherwise.

    or: the one where morpheus is not about to let anyone die for him because he thinks 1) he isn't worth it and 2) he isn't capable of love. but nuala has different ideas.

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  20. 5

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    This was her dream, was it not? So she could wish for what her heart desired and enjoy the beauty that surrounded her.

    Nuala's crush on Morpheus reflects in her dream.

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