#mervyn pumpkinhead

[not-so-goodomens]

Lucienne: I left instructions for everyone while I'm gone. Dream: Mine just says "Dream, no." Lucienne: And I want you to apply it to every possible situation.

[cloverteaart]

The BBEG

...was the friend we made along the way

[densewentz]

and i thought 'Jealousy, but make it stupid'

[writing-for-life]

New stills from S2, Volume 2

Episode 8 (and I know this is out of sequence, but Dream and Despair… ouch 🥺)

Without episode number (the stairs!), but I’m fairly certain this is actually from volume one after a certain confrontation, not volume two. Still a great shot (can’t find the original source)

Also without episode number

Episode 7

Episode 9

Episode 10

[valiantstarlights]

Mervyn watching Dream build a new palace, after spending so much time repairing the old one:

[thoughtsfromlayla]

You're all mentally ill, now on you go with your day

♡ Yours, Layla

[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. 

[joytherabbit]

I finished. weeeeeeee～