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castielsprostate · 1 year

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having talented friends is so wild!!!!!! like. YOU!!!!!!!!!! YOU made THAT. YOU DID THAT?!?!?!?! YOU created!!!! THAT!!!!!!!!!!! WOAH!!!!!! praise!!!!!!!! praise for one thousand years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#sjonnie.text #this is about any skill by the way #writing art music crochet knitting editing #literally so so so so wild #yes this is about isaac and cody and taylor and nick and joey and dean and rain and mer and greg and jo and amanda and pie and zeph and jes #and daphne and jack and merv and angie and #sam and dex and jenna and tj and nahla and jenny and val and em and literally every single other one of my mutuals!!!!!!!! GAH!!!!!#you all are so talented it's SO cool #40k

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thenightling · 1 year

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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.

#Mervyn #Merv #Merv Pumpkinhead #Mervyn Pumpkinhead #The Sandman #Sandman #Neil Gaiman

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laurapetrie · 1 year

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JEAN HARLOW in DINNER AT EIGHT (1933)

#i wonder if mgm saved this set #and if so can i haul it out of the garbage in one piece a la merv griffin?#jean harlow #dinner at eight #the silver screen #boudoir girls #*

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fishfingersandscarves · 1 year

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and then they all had to clean the castle

#my art #fishfingersandscarves #the sandman #the sandman netflix #dream of the endless #dream (the sandman)#mervyn pumpkinhead #merv (the sandman)#lucienne the librarian #lucienne (the sandman)#matthew the raven #matthew (the sandman)#comic #this is my reward for hitting another milestone with work

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eskildit · 1 year

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i love those posts about how harrows body is so taken care of in nona the ninth because while that is very true she did also get shot four times. like yes i agree she is loved and fed and they make her do calisthenics but also there had been four different bullets in that girl by the end of the book. duality.

okay EDIT apparently i vastly underestimated. during her third tantrum: