#like way to take an awesome character then make him 100x more attractive with an actor this charming

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Man, it has been ages since I read this fantasy novel where a male character tugged on his earlobe as an accidental sign that he was attracted to someone (Wheel of Time, for the curious) and it’s not a gesture I think I’ve ever seen in the real world, quite possibly it’s regional, but I was suddenly and violently reminded of that little character detail when THIS MAN:

Hob Gadling in The Sandman started doing it while looking at Dream right after they (sort of) saved each other’s lives from those thugs. And if it IS a regional tell of finding someone attractive, then I’m going to venture to guess this gesture was a deliberate acting choice.

Which is to say I think we can pinpoint the EXACT second that Hob began to consciously or subconsciously have a crush on Dream with that little gesture above and I’m going to say it’s way too deliberate of a gesture to not be intentional.

#the sandman #dreamling #Hob Gadling #dreamgadling #I say bolt upright when he did that on my first view like WAIT IS THAT THE EARLOBE TUG OF OH NO HE’S HOT?? #aside: dear lord Ferdinand Kingsley is hot as Hob #like way to take an awesome character then make him 100x more attractive with an actor this charming #maybe someone out there can tell me if they’ve also heard of or seen the earlobe tug as a attraction gesture idk #sandman meta