I tried to preted like I don't know his name and what would I guess and I said Bob...
Headcanon that nobody at Spider Society knows that Hobie's real name is Hobart
And of course he's likes it that way.
Everyone calls him Hobie. Even Miguel does, the only person daring to diverge being Lyla, the little heckler with access to all of his personal data.
People always ask him what 'Hobie' is short for and he either doesn't answer or lies and NO ONE has found out his real name except Gwen and maybe Pavi
Cause BE FR if you didn't know Hobie and you only heard his nickname who the fuck would guess that it's short for
HOBART.
I don't know what else it could be but I would never in a million years say HOBART
Don't nobody look like a 'Hobart'. If you showed me your baby and said their name was Hobart I'm calling child services on you.
You can have the baby back when you learn how to act 😐🤨 I even be side-eying Peter like 'Y'all better not have put MayDay down as her GOVERNMENT name. She's just May right 😭 '
Best guess is they were joking around and Gwen said 'What is it, Hobart or something ridiculous like that?' as a joke cause she was out of ideas and Hobie just turns to her and goes 'Yes.'
And Gwens like 'Wait, are you being serious right now? Hobie, are you being serious? I'm SO sorry. I didn't mean that, its not ridiculous I promise it isn't so sorry my bad😭'
Yet to this day she can't say his name without bursting into giggles.
Hobie outright tells Pavi. Pavi, always curious (read as: nosey) asks him 'Hey, Hobie - Why don't you use your first name?'
'Because it's Hobart.'
'.....I see why you wouldn't want to use that 😊'
because that was surely enough to answer his question 😭
Disco-Spider Diane ain't even know his name was Hobie to begin with. She heard his accent and kept thought he was saying 'O.B'
As in like, [First Name beginning with O] Brown.
She hears his first name is like 'WHAT, HOBART? I thought your name started with an O.'
He's like 'Di, I mean this nicely but where the hell you'd get that idea? 🙃'
'You're O.B tho??! You SAID O.B. I thought your name was something cool and normal like Orlando. 😭😭😭 HOBART?!'
She needs to recover. Hobie just thought she was copying his accent badly.
But Hobie just FITS.
Imagine if he was named something modern. Imagine if his name was Oliver or something. He can only be Hobie.
Biggest nerf in history and he's still baller so it's okay
Oh god... *im crying. sobs wrack my body. my eyes are bloodshot and my nose is running. it's clear I've been crying for numerous hours* ....oh god... H-Hobie.