#mervyn

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Dream & Mervyn 🧡

THE SANDMAN | 2.01 “Season of Mists”

[thenightling]

A theory about Merv

I have a theory about Mervyn Pumpkinhead.  I’d say it’s a headcanon but it’s more a theory. 

  According to the tale of Stingy Jack (the origin of the jack-o-Lantern) we carve Jack-o-lanterns to drive away old Jack and other wandering ghosts.  The Jack-o-lantern is a protection ward against supernatural threats from entering your home. One superstition has it that if you blow out the Jack-o-lantern before midnight on Halloween you invite evil spirits to enter your home for the entire year.  It’s only safe to blow it out after midnight. Another superstition is if you let the Jack-o-lantern burn out naturally you invite good luck for the entire year and have warded your home against evil for the full year.  It is especially good luck if it manages to burn until after sunrise. In The House with a clock in its walls Pumpkin Jack-o-lanterns are used as protection wards all year long. Jack-o-lanterns, at their heart, are symbols of protection.  Now, because we see Mervyn as a Mervyn Turniphead in The Sandman story The Tempest, it’s very clear that his Jack-o-lantern head isn’t just for the aesthetic. In his Turnip form, that is an old school Irish Jack-o-lantern.  That is a pre-Halloween decoration (use for any time of year) Protection symbol against supernatural threats.

So even in present day when Mervyn has a modern Pumpkin Jack-o-lantern head, Mervyn is a walking, talking, protection ward against supernatural threats.  He’s not just the groundskeeper or janitor.  He’s a line of defense.   This does explain why Mervyn stands up to The Furies (The Kindly Ones) the way he does.

And this is also one of the many reasons I, myself, love Jack-o-lanterns.  They aren’t just symbols of Halloween. They are kind of comforting in their protective light. 

[androgymess]

heres my VERY tall guy!

[martimer-underground]

Mindless Mervyn and pals sketches :D

[okaydrawboy]

more dragon quest vii fanart, this time of Sir Merwyn (Melvin)

[yourgaydads]

two kinda old very random doodles i don't plan on finishing:

daniel will tide-pen that shit for him

infrastructure week in the dreaming

[impishtubist]

Do you think Laurie and Ralph become Accidental Fathers (as in they acquire some sort of hapless child or young adult) or do you think they live in blissful, childless harmony and focus on very old people hobbies?

What an excellent question!

No.

They're probably one of my only ships where I can't see them as parents, I don't want to get either of them knocked up, etc. Laurie does need to get railed into the mattress until he sees God but he does not need to get bred, no sir. I do feel like they live in childfree harmony and focus on their old people hobbies and also have sex a lot.

(Do I love Laurie's interactions with the child in hospital? Yes of course. Do I love that the child meets Ralph one (1) time and immediately becomes infatuated with him? Absolutely. Do I want them to raise said child? Nope!)

I do, however, believe they adopt a dog and spoil the hell out of it. That was actually a common thread in a lot of the Charioteer fics on LiveJournal. Laurie and Ralph adopt a dog that they cherish and he is the bestest boy ever!

[meldritchhorror]

Tangled Up 🌈🐺🐩🦎🦊

A collection of gay animals 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷🩵🤍🩵🩷🤎🖤 From left to right: Tymelous, werewolf: He/Him Treppan, standard poodle: They/Them Azuru, demon kobold: She/Her Mervyn, red fox: They/She Member of the 'cule not pictured: Marie, who isn't a furry: She/Her