#skellington tms

[16naturalsatellites]

My sickness possessed me to draw this

Anwyays here's a bunch of doodles I drew in Dirlexo's discord server

[last-flight-of-fancy]

hi hello i hope you don't mind but Special Interest Infodump Mode has been activated please keep hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times-

this explanation comes to us courtesy of Dark Road! You know, that cutesy little mobile game where literally the whole cast except the two protagonists dies. This is on brand bc the explanation has it's own fridge horror levels to it if i think too hard about it tbh.

So, worlds have hearts. We've known this since KH1, seen what happens to a world that loses its heart, and how they can be affected. It's rarely been expounded on beyond that however, aside vague allusions to the titular Kingdom Hearts being/harboring the Heart of All Worlds.

(which has. other implications now that i think about it but that's stepping into theorising territory. im sorry im trying really hard to stay on track honest)

fast forward to Dark Road, where we have a bunch of kids venturing out into the worlds for the first time, and as such have to have things explained to them (and thus the audience). NOW i will note here that KH looooooves unreliable narrators and characters imparting incorrect information without knowing it, so there is always the possibility that this could later turn out to be wrong, but currently I see no reason this would be the case and thus for now i feel safe in taking their words at face value unless otherwise contradicted.

Why are there no people? Because each world is alive, and after the Keyblade War sundering THE World into MANY Worlds, each needed to recover and restore what was lost; life, time, movement.

This bit here is important, bc as a result

All of this is the direct result of the Keyblade War of old. Even after so much time, the bits of worlds are *still* recovering, and I do think there's something to be said about how like... the repition between worlds and their apparent stagnation often *stops* after Sora visits them. I don't think it's because Sora's special(tm), but rather just because of who he is; the Dark Road kids are told never to interfere, and as a result the worlds they visit that Sora also visits later are exactly the same to Sora as they were 80+ years before.

But when Sora visits the same world only a short time after his first visit, things CHANGE. Hercules' story moves forward, Simba is having a crisis about being king, Jack Skellington has learned his lesson about Christmas and is on to new shenanigans. And that's only in kh2! in kh3 we see Twilight Town fill with people, barren Olympus expands into a full town (and there's more there too with BBS and how the Wayfinder Trio may have been Olympus' start towards restoring itself completely, and Sora's later arrival more speeding things along)

my point here is *connections*, which is a consistant and overarching theme of the series. Empty worlds are baby worlds, still healing and restoring from being broken away from the rest, and what helps along that healing? Being connected to others.

Which is to say that the keyblade weilder's doctrine of 'do not interfere' while most certainly well-intentioned (as Dark Road also points out, one persons darkness is anothers light, and morality is not a solid truth across worlds, so interfering is risky at best and dangerous at worst), the flip side to this is that without being connected, without that ''interferance'', the world's restoration stagnates and struggles. It will still get there eventually (the Tangled world seems to be doing alright for example), but chances are it might've been a little easier/faster if someone had done a little interfering.

tldr keyblade war broke the worlds and reset them all to zero. As the worlds heal time stops until it's People finally pop back into existance and their stories can resume. And that's how the invisible crowds in early kh games are canon.

[inexchangeforyoursoul]

Hey hey hey hey @juurensha guess who you got as your @chicken-tendies-and-bacon-bits Secret Skellington this year???

IT WAS ME, DIO

For once it's not DabiHawks, but Compress and Rei 100% need more love anyway. Also at first I had a crisis bc your prompts made me think of a Hades crossover, but then I saw you never ever wrote anything in the games channel, BUT THEN!!! I saw you were into mythology so it was a win-win situation 😂

Happy Halloween!

Now all you have to wait for is the ficlet once it's done... May detective Soy be on the case asap

Also, have the concept art. The old man(tm) can really pull this Greek god thing off can't he lmao?? It's the curls, man. The ✨curls✨

Also gave Rei some freckles, hope you don't mind uwu

[circuslollipop]

renly and loras are both tall imo but while loras stands at like 6'0-6'1, renly has that Baratheon Height thing going, like he's almost as tall as robert. while we're talking about baratheon height i absolutely like to think this includes stannis; he stands tall and spindly like jack skellington (but less exaggerated proportions ofc). shireen's also quite tall for her age

meanwhile i think mace and alerie are like. short stocky man + tall elegant woman tm. most of the tyrell kids are closer to mace in height but even marg is taller than him. loras is the only one who inherited alerie's height, though garlan isn't far behind him. willas imo is a short king and i love him for it

[aceofspades42]

French Jack skellington

@i-just-need-a-book-please @irism00ny @lesbian-disaster-tm @iamintoomanyfandomsistg

New ask game:

Reblog if you want your followers to tell you what your trademark ™️ is. Like, what’s that thing that really identifies you.

[sylphjuice]

my undertale story.

that title sucks so bad lmfao jesus here we go

tw: very, very, very long

tw2: i am about to talk Mega Mean Asshole Shit about the UT community and gen-z for the beginning of this if u do not want to hear that skip down to paragraph 5 💘

so. the year was 2016. i was a humble Tumbler User. i had been here since 2009, but hadnt been super active until 2012ish. for the past two years, i had seen roughly eight million thousand quadrillion fucking memes and pictures of this little skeleton man with one blue eye. i had heard megalovania roughly twenty thousand jimbillion times. 105% of the posts were made by people who seemed so unbelievably insufferable, socially impotent, Annoying As Fuck Dumbos (tm). im one of the younger millenials and lots of gen z meepsters were suddenly coming to teenagehood, flooding social media... and just. none of them took ANYTHING seriously. everything was a joke, back in the day even serious stuff was just. a meme to them. and it really Pissed me off....... that combination of new-to-me, insufferably immature attitude with the little skellington man just. made me slowly hate his ass more. and more. and more. i was so sick of hearing about undertale, it had to be fucking annoying and terrible if these idiots liked it. my internal lava boiled hotter with each post, with each passing year for this surely stupid game. in 2017, i had just gotten out of a long-term relationship and after a few months was dipping my toes into dating again. i was 24, and was starting to talk to this 20 yo guy. he was ok, he could be very funny, he was clearly intelligent, but he was uh also the type to NEVER take anything seriously. in matters of Luv, i am very cringe.. after some funnyman time, in close moments, i WILL wax poetic, very seriously!! and i want a partner who will wax back. i also dont like making fun of each other, the world already does enough of that to me daily. my partner is my refuge where we both be very Sweet and Loving and Supportive to each other, hype each other up, and make mean jokes about OTHER people or mostly things hehe. :0) privately. anyway. this guy........ many gen z are not shy about openly roasting each other, even moreso when in love it seems. and thats cool for them if theyre comfortable with it. i am not. i reaaaally hated him clowning on me tbh. he would NEVER take flirting seriously, he would always clown on me... u can imagine having a serious convo about our strong feelings was hysterically laughable and never going to happen. and like hey if thats ur thing, thats cool, but it is NOT mine and it slowly gave me a very bitter taste in my mouth when i interacted w this guy.

so. he really, really liked undertale. he kept trying to get me to play it, but 1) my first paragraph was still within me, and 2) now this guy who i REALLY am starting to hate - not just him, but getting Pissed Off that the entirety of gen z seeming to be this way, dating in a meaningful loving way was feeling fucking impossible... my rage boiled over. i stopped talking to him, and in my furious darkness, bought and booted up Undertale.

now. i will preface this by saying my outward and mostly inward self, truly, is a Nice Meepster. though i can have very mean opinions about others, they always have a core of 'they can't help it/they were raised this way/mostly: you suck ass too and way worse so check urself...' but i do really labor to be nice to others, to empathize, to be Kind. cringe warning: even to the devil, sadly. no matter what i am thinking internally. i find true joy and power in lifting others up tbh, i just physically cannot say anything that would even be interpretable as mean/rude/critical to someone to their face, for the joke. i am wholly unable, i got both seriously and 'jokingly' bullied way too much growing up and it Just Ended Up This Way

and especially in a game, i will always try my hardest to be The Nice Guy. (yes insanely cringe i know. i know . i am trying to be fully Honest right now despite how embarrassingly Lame it sounds lol but trust me i know) i cannot stress enough how i have never. ever. gone into a game bloodthirsty. ever. not to the NPCs, anyway. not seriously, and definitely not for the Joake. but this...... we may yet live to see it, but just imagine Ralsei's pain and rage boiling over and him transforming into Hyperdeath Asriel, lmfao. can you feel where this is going yet?

i was hellbent. powered by hell itself. to be as mean, destructive, rude, whatever, i could be in this game. i had NO clue what the hell undertale was even about, didn't know if there would even be a way to be mean or destructive, but if there was ANY chance to be a huge piece of shit, i was determined to do it. i wanted to unleash all my rage out on this stupid fucking game everyone i loathed wouldnt shut the hell up about.

the first thing i still remember was the two loverdogs fight (dogamy and dogaressa). i will never, ever forget how i felt when that first dog died. after i killed it. the little heartbreak attack that came up from the surviving dog. i was horrified. my eyes are getting watery just thinking about it.. i cried when that happened. i was not a big crier, and.. i did not get watery. i did not tear up. i cried. i had NEVER seen such a thing in a video game before. .......the first chip in my heart's armor had just been nailed into, quite hard.

but i was still determined. i was crying, but i was still determined to keep on committing evil. i had made a vow, to fuck this game up in my anger, and i was going to fulfill it.

the next thing i remember clearly was undyne's fight.

jesus christ, i cried so hard. i didn't want to do it. this was a nightmare. this was horrifying. there are MANY things i've forgotten over my life, especially in the past 10 years since having health and memory issues, but i will never. ever. forget how that fight made me feel. ...i didn't want to kill her.... i didn't want to think about everyone else i had already killed.... please.. don't... say that... don't....... do it........... but i had made a vow...........

i went the whole game. i killed anyone in my path, the whole game. i cried so many times. it was close to the most disgusted i have ever felt with myself. having to watch all these meepsters die, cold, sad, alone.. beg, or be in pain, or be at the cuff of life's end.. ugh. after undyne, i knew i was intentionally doing it to inflict pain on myself for even having the audacity, the cruelty, to enter a world and make this choice purely out of spite and anger. "look. look at what the choice you made in anger has done. look at what your loathing has brought."

like. i know this sounds insane, definitely sounds cringe, i know this sounds made up, but i swear on my life that is what happened. toby fox made an entire goddamn video game that punished -- at least, taught a lesson or told a story about -- not only wanton violence.. it unintentionally, unexpectedly punished my very specific lashing out in anger, very like. unbelievably. specific to my current scenario at that time. i went in to stab everything in this game as hard as possible, and all i ended up doing was stabbing myself, over and over and over. my own pain and anger were stabbing me to death, wielded by myself. i dont think i will EVER experience anything like it again, it was so fucking insanely prophetic, so self-fulfilling, i never shut the hell up about it lmfao because it was so. just. transcendental. emotionally. and JUST. ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT LITERALLY ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE I WAS ANGRIER THAN IVE ALMOST EVER BEEN. I WAS PERSONALLY IN SO MUCH PAIN OVER THE CHANGING WORLD AND SOCIALIZATION I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO KILL THIS GAME LMFAO......

..................YEAH UM I NEVER DID A VIOLENT PLAYTHROUGH EVER AGAIN. NOT IN UNDERTALE AND NOT IN DELTARUNE. AND I NEVER WILL. EVER. EVER. AGAIN. NOT EVEN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THAT BROKE MY HEART INTO 200000000000000 PIECES AND BURNED THEM AND SMASHED THEM AND SLICED THEM AND CHEWED THEM AND ... and.. the worst part is? it did, but it didn't. *i* did that. i did it to myself. i know i keep saying that but oh my god i just will never get over it holy fucking shit

but the most important part to me, truly, is the amount of creativity, specificity, planning and writing and storytelling power, character design, artistic love, and MUSICAL GENIUS... that Toby Fox and Temmie put into Undertale. obviously like many others, i had played many games with twist deaths, feel bad for killing the villain, heart-wrenching, gut-punching moments, etc... this was horrifying on another level. i just. so, so well done. heartshatteringly made. i am just a simple creature.. i don't. have words in the english language. for it.

hehe going back and doing a pacifist playthrough revived my heart though ;;;; u ;;;; i went around crying irl and internally groveled to every character saying the deepest sorry, and patted them, and promised to make it right ;u; and then got to enjoy the deeply soul-healing experience of getting to know them all fully, defend them, befriend them. i also had a Very Deep Thinking Moment about being gentler on my opinion of gen z and...... unbreakable-shield-jokesters....... entirely. it softened my anger in a major way tbh. i've been in gen z jokester world for so long now im honestly used to it and dont take it as personally anymore. Time is Epic (tm)

i could make another post about my bff mei finally LISTENING to me and Playing (i think he had a distaste for the annoying Sans memes in the 2010s and kinda jokingly hated UTs existence too so it took him a while to come around even with ME begging him lmfao)... i begged him from 2017 until literally this year, 2025, 0 u o... BUT WELL HE CAME AROUND WE DID IT BOY'S AND WE'RE IN DEEP

so now mei and i are Both Also Extremely Annoying Motherfucking UT/DR Fans And I Totally Fucking Get Why Everyone Was So Annoying About It It Is So Fucking Good And Change My Life Thank You Tobey Fox What The Fuck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💗🧡💛💚💙💜

[tricked-out]

(...) smiles over it!! And there will undoubtedly be more!! To be honest, I hadn't watched the movie before I read your story, and when I did, it kinda scared me a little (that's down to Oogie entirely) xD BUT I just saw Ivy in everything that Jack did. The little picture of him as King, for example? Oh, Ivy definitely drew that, which is why he drew a new picture of him wearing the Santa suit instead of drawing over the original. (,: It's just. AH. Unexplainable. Thank you. X10000

Wow the first ask to actually make me cry into my morning waffles! I’m so, so glad you love the dynamic b/w Jack & Ivy- nothing against romantic writers, but I love some old fashioned found family, you know? That somebody loves my story this much is absolutely humbling & I hope to write even better content in the future. Thank you so much for supporting this!!

[heyyoungbleed]

halloween may be over but it’s still nightmare before christmas season💀

[amostdelectablescribbler]

You’re ALL WRONG the objectively Best One*tm is “What’s This?” Performed by Jack Skellington

it's that time of year again

there's no ' none ' option because if you don't like any of these songs this poll isn't for you. sorry

[thetownwecallhome]

TNBC Shower thought #6: Oog-booge revooge

(( OOC:

If you've followed this blog long enough you probably noticed the distinct lack of a certain gambling boogieman on here despite him being a staple of the franchise. The in-canon explanation is scattered throughout the blog as to why Oogie still be very dead, but I just gotta be honest with you all: I don't dig giving Oogie Boogie 'depth'.

I especially don't dig giving him depth by way of him having a connection with any other (canon) characters. Why?

If we're being totally cynical here, Oogie exists in Nightmare souly to make Jack not look as bad because Jack is the real antagonist of the story, not Oogie.

Oogie is the villain, the one who likes enacting harm, Jack is the heroantagonist all in one, he doesn't mean any harm but all of what happens in TNBC is his fault.

Oogie only plays a part in Jack's Xmas specifically cuz of Jack's lack of oversight and carelessness; even without Jack's specific instructions, Santa and Sally being Oogie's victims are his fault, and it's why Jack has to be the one to save them in the end. Whether or not you think Jack learned his lesson or is a bad person and TNBC is 'bad actually'i s it's own deep dive, but personally I really like followup material that show Jack being his best self (Zero's Journey: peppy, monsterboy pumpkin king doing what he can) as opposed to his worst self (Kingdom Hearts/Oogies Revenge Jack: uber selfabsorbed manchild who never cares about others feelings, despite the movie implying he's learned to do better).

All of this is coming up for me because the newest comic book for Nightmare went into the writer's canon backstory and it delved into one the ideas I absolutely hate: Oogie and Jack were once friends.

Making Jack and Oogie friends in the past or even just amicable to each other is a REALLY big misstep on the part writers, because it makes Jack's murdering Oogie in the film so much worse.

Oogie Boogie's death was the one part of Nightmare that truly disturbed me as a child. Having Jack so passively and aggressively skin Oogie alive and do nothing but scowl as his insides fall out in agony already makes Jack look like a Christian Gray level non-comeuppance-sue but ESPECIALLY if you tack on the idea that Oogie and him were friends once!

Jack's not Optimus Prime or Superman who's all about enacting justice and fighting for what's right tm. He's Jack Skellington. He's still a scary monster Halloween king of nightmares you don't want to mess with. In Henry Selick's words on the 2008 commentary track for Nightmare, the citizens of Halloween Town aren't 'monsters' (bad people) and neither is Jack, really. He's scary because that's his job but he and his town never mean actual harm, it's just that what they ENDS UP doing by way of Jack also being a self absorbed manchild which makes him actually dangerous.

Oogie is the exception to that. I always felt even as a kid, that the implication for why he's locked up by the rest of Halloween Town was always pretty clear: Oogie does mean real harm. Oogie wants to hurt people. He has no delusions of grandeur like Jack, yes, but he wants you dead for his own pleasure and that's really not okay and not 'a good scare'.

"It's much more fun I must confess when life is on the line, not mine of course, but yours old boy, now that would be just fine!" - Oogie, kinning the guy who runs McKanney Manor

Even the demo version of the final fight makes clear Oogie's idea of 'fun' is torture:

"No Jack, messing with MY IDEA OF FUN!"

Jack coming to his own and actually doing something about Oogie should be a moment of "Jack really IS back! 8D! And he's actually finally doing something about the incelcryptobro in his basement that he knows everyone dead! Jack's being responsible! 8D 8D!" for the audience, not "wow. Jack is dirtbag who never faces consequences and murders people for problems he caused 8C. And the movie takes his side because Jack's 'cool' and Oogie just so happened to be causing harm. The movie gives Jack an excuse. 8C 8C"

I'm not saying the latter is what you end up taking away as a viewer. I'm saying that's not the vibe you want and it's why for, in Jack's story, which TNBC is, Oogie really should be just a big bully with no nuance of his own. Or at least, no nuance that means anything TO Jack.

Oogie Boogie is kind of basic. I personally love him for that even though I don't know exactly how to write him and I want to make TNBC stuff without him as a villain. But believe me- as a villain lover I totally get the need to try and make more out of our potato-sack daddy.

If you're rightfully mad that the one BIPOC-voiced character in the cast is the bland ebbul dude, that's beyond valid!!! (no- I don't think think the coding or casting was intentional, but the pro-segregation coding in Lion King also wasn't intentional...doesn't mean it isn't problematic).

If you simply want a more interesting villain-big-bad that exists to make the main hero look better, that's all fine and good too.

Me personally, I'm currently stumped on how to flesh out Oogie and not make him a complete, actual monster by Halloween Town's standards. I'm currently trying to think around this...but we'll have to wait and see...

My biggest issue is how, because he's fun while he kills people, some fans go the opposite route Oogie is made into a harmless hammy bafoon stripped of all his teeth and his real personality. I'm sorry to do this but Oogie is NOT in love with Sally. Oogie is not Sally's sassy best friend who's great at calling Jack out on his bad boyfriend-ness.

That's not Oogie Boogie. That's Angel Dust but that's not Oogie Boogie.

I like my Oogie being a bully. Not a puppy dog, not a tragic character, just an actual unbridled monster in the midst of this town of performance scarers.

But...That's just my take, not yours. If you love Oogie being perfect and flawless to counteract Jack's supposed 'perfectflawlessness', if you wanna see him as a real nuanced character because Oogie is definitely a fun one...right on. I'm not your mom.

But yeah, that's why Oogie doesn't appear too much in my comics except for in prequel stuff. Granted, I do want to do more with him but I'm stumped as for now so Oogie stays double dead.

If he does show up and makes friends, expect his friends to not be Jack and Sally because Sally's got better friends and no way would Oogie trust Jack after all Jack's put him through.

In other news, I'm an annoying boomer now about the comics))

[omnybus]

Rating Pumpkinheads

I love the classic "pumpkinhead" character- any kind of humanoid monster that sports a carved gourd for a head. Be it a walking scarecrow or a headless horseman, pumpkinheads are, to me, the unofficial mascot of Halloween itself, akin to Santa or the Easter Bunny. So I decided to round up some pumpkinheads from different media and rate them all for fun.

The Headless Horseman (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)

Might as well start with the OG pumpkinhead, the Headless Horseman! Although the idea of a decapitated equestrian has been around since medieval times, from the ghoulish Dullahan of Scotland to the Green Knight of Arthurian legend, the Jack-o-Lantern-juggling jockey we all know and love comes from Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, published in 1819. A classic gothic horror story wherein the superstitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane has a run-in with the Headless Horseman as he rides through the forest, after which Crane is never seen again, leaving only his hat and a shattered pumpkin behind. It's implied that the Headless Horseman was actually a romantic rival of Crane's in disguise to scare him away so he could get the girl he was dating, but like most gothic horror, what is or isn't supernatural is left up in the air.

So what do I think of the Headless Horseman? Well, it's hard to say- he's pretty much the de facto pumpkinhead, dressed in black Victorian garb and sporting a jack-o-lantern as a false head, often pulling it off and throwing it at his targets, and he's got a sick steed to boot. However, it's hard calling Ol' Double-H a proper pumpkinhead, since in most depictions he's shown without any kind of head, pumpkin or otherwise. Still, I can't completely dismiss him outright; it'd be like saying the Wright Brothers' plane isn't a real plane because it doesn't have windows.

The Original(TM). 8/10.

Jack Pumpkinhead (Return to Oz)

Originally a lifeless scarecrow built by the Queen of Oz to scare the evil witch Mombi (kind of a weak plan for the queen, but I'm here to judge pumpkinheads, not royalty). Mombi was scared at first, but then she got angry, and was going to smash Jack to bits, but instead decided to test her Powder of Life on Jack, bringing him to life. She then left him in pieces in a forgotten storeroom, leaving him to rot until Dorothy rescued him.

Next to Tick-Tock, Jack was probably my favorite character. He's got the classic pumpkin-headed scarecrow look, with a colorful patchwork outfit giving him a friendly, folksy appearance (seriously Queen Ozma, how is Jack supposed to be scary? He looks like a rodeo clown) and his limbs are made from hinged bits of woods held together with ropes. The actual effects to bring Jack to life is a combination of puppetry and costume, which is pretty impressive to watch, especially with how they manage to make him emote despite having an immobile face- when he's surprised or flustered, his head noticeably "stretches" up a bit in lieu of raising eyebrows, like a cartoon character. As for personality, he has a warm, childlike demeanor, easily frightened but eager to help others, and even asking Dorothy permission to refer to her as his "mom", due to missing his own.

Overall, an adorable pumpkin-spice cinnamon roll. 10/10.

Jack Skellington as the Pumpkin King (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Technically this is a costume for Jack, but it's one of the first things we see as we are introduced to Halloween Town, and its reappearance does not fail to impress. Carted into town on a wicker horse as still as it was before, only to spring to life, grab a torch, and light himself aflame before dancing around like a living effigy and diving into a fountain, finally emerging as Jack Skellington proper. A short-lived scene, but definitely unforgettable introduction to Halloweentown and its citizens.

Look-wise, The Pumpkin King is very much like Jack; with a stick-figure physique that has grown to be more popular with modern-day internet monsters like Slender Man, Siren Head, and several SCP Foundation entities. His outfit only consists of a few elements- jack-o-lantern head, ratty maroon shirt, rope belt, straw legs- but the little details, like the overall asymmetry and the way the frayed ends of the shirt whip about like coattails, really adds to the overall feel of the outfit. It's almost like the Halloween Town version of "formal attire".

Good Halloween costume; 9/10

The Jack-O-Lanterns (Goosebumps, Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns)

In the book, a group of kids befriend a pair of strange kids in pumpkin-head outfits, consisting of Jack-o-Lantern heads, dark green robes, and, in the case of the TV show adaptation, large crab claws for some reason. The Jack-O-Lanterns bring them to "a better neighborhood" that seems like Trick-Or-Treat paradise, with loads of houses close together offering oodles of candy. But as time goes on the Jack-O-Lanterns get more hostile, forcing the kids to trick-or-treat forever, and threatening them by floating in the air and breathing flames. One even gets their head pulled off without issue.

As a kid, this was one of my favorite of the Goosebumps series, and the villains of the book are some of the most memorable, even though the twist at the end regarding their true identities is pretty hit-or-miss. Like the other two pumpkinheads, I admire their simple design, with pumpkin heads full of flickering fire, green robes resembling plant vines, and even the odd crab-claw hands from the show are a unique touch that strangely works. Their initial goal to force a group of kids to trick-or-treat forever, while seemingly small-potatoes on the surface, is depicted as pretty harrowing for the kids actually being put through it- at one point they're forced to eat loads of candy to make more room in their bags, which is described in rather gross detail.

Classic Goosebumps charm; 7/10

Pumpkin Rapper (Power Rangers)

The crazy and creative monster designs in the Power Rangers series was always the main draw for me as a kid, and Pumpkin Rapper here is no exception. The bright orange and green contrast well together, especially how his limbs and vines transition smoothly between the two like an actual pumpkin. The zipper-like part of his front is reminiscent of a flytrap, adding to his deadly plant theme, as well as the "ruff" of vines around his neck. But of course his most iconic feature is his head- the face is a pretty standard jack-o-lantern design, and the single Sans Undertale-esqe eyeball peering out is easily missed, but somehow, slapping it all on upside-down was a stroke of creative genius that makes Pumpkin Rapper's design unforgettable.

But of course, what makes him truly unforgettable is the bizarre decision to have him rapping all his lines to a constant "generic kids show hip-hop" beat, with all the delightful lyrical corniness one can expect from the original Power Rangers show.

Pumpkin Rappin' Is About to Happen! 8/10

Mutant Pumpkins (Monsters Vs. Aliens - Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space)

Contrary to the title, the mutant pumpkins featured in this short are not from outer space, rather they get mutated after a passing UFO dumped toxic waste on a pumpkin patch. After they trick the local townsfolk into taking them into their houses and carving faces for them, the mutant pumpkins sprout little viney arms and legs and proceed to run around gobbling all the candy in the neighborhood, speaking in incomprehensible jabbering, and generally causing chaos.

The mutant pumpkins at first aren't what I'd call true "pumpkinheads", since they technically have neither a head nor a body, Mike Wazowski-style, but I appreciate the simplicity of their design. I especially like how the holes that make up their faces look: rather than having a regular carved pumpkin face with sharp edges, they have a more organic, soft and sunken look to their mouths and eye-holes, similar to how a real jack-o-lantern looks after rotting for a while. But once the mutant pumpkins coalesce into a single giant monster, then it truly becomes a proper pumpkinhead. Having a body made of vines and plant matter is the usual go-to design for pumpkin-themed monsters, but this pumpkin-kaiju (Pumpkaiju?) goes the extra mile by being made of more pumpkins, all wound together with vines. The asymmetrical limbs are nicely balanced, and the little pumpkins stuck to its head like warts are a nice touch. A nice design overall- too bad it was stuck in this otherwise mediocre franchise.

A good Halloween-themed giant monster. 6/10

Scarecrow (Pathfinder RPG)

While I'm no stranger to tabletop RPGs, I've never actually played Pathfinder or even Dungeons & Dragons. Even so, I still have the D&D Monster Manual and the Pathfinder Bestiary series, which I enjoy perusing for artistic inspiration and general appreciation for the artwork and lore. Both games feature some kind of animated scarecrow monster, but Pathfinder features the pumpkin-headed variety, thus its inclusion here.

Honesty, the Pathfinder Bestiary books are somewhat of a mixed bag as far as artwork goes. Most of it is impressive, though some are rather generic, and others just feel lacking (pretty much every illustration for the Giants fails to make them look or feel actually huge). The scarecrow in particular is one I'm on the fence about. Generally I like it, with the long tattered rags and the sharp sticks jutting out from it head and shoulders. Their arms appear to be made of bone, which adds a dark touch to its origins, and I like how the legs just terminate into sharp stubs. However, I feel that the inclusion of the snake and the dangling pocket watch are just unnecessary, and the overall look of him is a bit too gangly and fragile, especially with all those loose rags and ropes hanging off its body. Just gonna get caught on something.

Though I will end this on a positive: While the illustration makes it seem like the scarecrow has some kind of fire-breathing ability, what it does is actually cooler: aside from being able to instill instant fear in someone with a touch, it has a "fascinating gaze" power, which makes those who fall under the spell register it as just a harmless scarecrow, regardless of what it's doing... up until it stabs them in the gut of course.

Could use some duct tape. 6/10

"Ghost in the Keys" Dancer (Just Dance 2017)

This one is a bit more obscure then the others on this list, having no official name and only appearing once in the game Just Dance 2017. For those unfamiliar, Just Dance is a series of party-type video games where you and your friends dance in front of the motion sensors of your game console, trying to match the poses of the characters on-screen. There's several licensed songs available: "Rasputin" by Boney M, "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction, etc. But it has some original songs too, such as this one: "Ghost in the Keys", a Halloween-themed rap song that's honestly kind of a banger.

But enough about that- let's talk about the Pumpkinhead in center stage! This is probably one of the more "family-friendly" pumpkinheads on the list, but they're all the more endearing for it, especially the mismatched eyes on its cute little face. Their dapper purple and black suit complete with different-colored gloves contrasts very well against their bright orange head, and adds to the "blacklight funhouse" look of the whole scene. I especially like their striped pants and long, swishy coattails. The other dancers are pretty neat too- a classic bedsheet ghost who apparently died from a botched appendectomy, a lady in bat pajamas, and what appears to be the offspring of Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas and Pinkie Pie- but the dapper pumpkinhead takes center stage. I wanna name them "Gourdon". 9/10.

The Horseless Headless Horseman (Team Fortress 2)

Introduced in 2010 as part of Team Fortress 2's "Scream Fortress" Halloween event, the Horseless Headless Horsemann is TF2's first official "boss" type enemies. Spawning from a contested control point on the map, the HHHMann runs around relentlessly beheading anyone he can reach until he's finally killed- not an easy feat, as his massive health pool increases with each additional player, and is immune to weapon effects that normally slow down or soften up targets. He can also let out a terrifying "BOO!" which stuns nearby players for a few seconds.

I used to play TF2 a lot, and the introduction of the Horsemann was a real game-changing treat. I loved playing on any server that featured him, and even got my own personal copy of his signature weapon, the "Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker". As a pumpkinhead, he's got the classic Headless Horseman look with his own unique flair: skeleton limbs ending in old-fashioned gloves and boots, a ratty black cape, a jack-o-lantern belt buckle, and of course the jack-o-lantern head itself. His head (also available as a hat, of course) also has a few simple but well-crafted details: the teeth are more carved in than most, the candlelight shines out from both the face and the lid on top (a oft-forgotten element in cartoon jack-o-lanterns), and the odd fungus-like growths across its left brow adds a lovely bit of asymmetrical elegance that TF2's aesthetic is famous for. If I had to criticize the look of the Horseless Blah Blah Blahmann, I'd say that his outfit is rather lacking in details, especially the shirt. Sure it has the tattered holes and exposed bones, but otherwise its just a plain black shirt, hardly becoming of the ghost of a vengeful 1800's tycoon. A few buttons or lapels wouldn't be amiss here.

A real spooky game-changer. 8/10

Pumpkinhead (Pumpkinhead film series)

What the fuck is this? This isn't a pumpkinhead at all! Looks more like a Xenomorph that sat in the bath for too long. This ugly-ass thing and its film is unworthy of the title of "Pumpkinhead" and should be ashamed.

False advertising. 0/10.

[16naturalsatellites]

Stupid fucking doodles I made in DirLexo's server AGAIN

Mostly Zombee because I'm highkey obsessed

Stupid idiot I love him somuch

Another one wow

[5t0ryt1m3]

The Halloween Hero Chapter 4 The King & Magic

Skeleton King has big dad energies and the four monsters find out how much of a sun Izuku is. Jack is going to fight anyone who tries to shoot down this boy’s dream.

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Warnings: Izuku having some big worries, Jack being a dad tm

Word Count: 1,035

Once Izuku’s brain restarted, he flung the bed sheets over his head to hide himself from the tall man? Skeleton? Undead monster in the room. He felt like crying, oh wait, he already was. Why was there a skeleton here?

“Oh dear, deary it’s okay.” The elderly female rubbed Izuku’s head. “That’s Jack – the Pumpkin King we were just telling you about.”

The rubs were grounding Izuku from his fear enough to come out from under the covers. The skeleton – Jack – had a kind smile despite having no lips. And while his eye sockets had no – well – eyes, kindness was shining within them in a way that Izuku didn’t know how. Taking another look at Jack made Izuku realize that Jack was kind and trustable.

“Sorry.”

“Don’t worry my boy! It is my specialty to scare. As long as you don’t feel like your life is in danger, there is nothing to be sorry about!” Jack’s smile turned into a grin – not a scary grin like Kacchan’s – but a prideful grin. Jack gave Izuku a rough part bow before introducing himself; “I am Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King.”

“I’m Izuku Midoriya. Nice to meet you Skellington – san.”

“Just Jack, my boy. Only Dr. Finkelstein and his wife here go by their last names.” Jack stated while motioning to Sally’s father and the elderly female. Oh! She must be Sally’s step mother – not her aunt! Izuku nodded with a smile. They were like westerns – makes sense as their holiday was major in the western side of the world!

“Okay. Call me Izuku then!”

“Very well Izuku! Now, how are you feeling?”

“Um … okay? Like I have over slept? My body feels like it is a little stiff.”

“Not surprising! You’ve been asleep for three days!” Dr. Finkelstein stated.

“What! Does my mom know where I am?!”

“Oh yes. We couldn’t give her information but we did send a basic letter telling her that you were safe and recovering.” Sally answered while cradling her head in her really tiny hands. At least they told her something. He wouldn’t want her to worry too much about him.

“Although, there is more to tell you and her. By all accounts, you should be dead.” Dr. Finkelstein stated before being smacked over the head by his wife.

“You don’t just tell him something like that out of nowhere! I am sorry Izuku but if it wasn’t for Halloween Town’s magic and Demon’s own demonic energy, you would be dead.” Mrs. Finkelstein reprimanded her husband and told the five year old.

“Wha – h – how?”

“Best to think of magic as an energy. Some people are born with the ability to use it and sometimes some people are given the ability to use it. You are a rare case of two different energies working together to bring you from the brink of death.” Jack thoughtfully explained as he tapped a bony finger on his chin. Dr. Finkelstein continued from where the Pumpkin King ended,

“Of course, it won’t have worked if you hadn’t been fighting to live yourself. See when Halloween Magic comes in contact with a recently dead body whose soul wishes to live again - it will bring the person back as the most appropriate undead creature.”

“But I’m not dead or undead.”

“Right – if you were, we would be having a very different conversation.” Mrs. Finkelstein commented with a wise nod, her husband continued on.

“The only reason that didn’t happen was because of Demon’s own energies.”

“Poor dear was so saddened when we thought you had died.”

“Wouldn’t leave your side for hours, that girl. Demonic energies have a range of powers so long as the user has control over it. Demon simply didn’t want your life to be ended so soon.”

“Wait does that mean I’m a demon now?!” The adults gave various laughs before Sally sat next to Izuku.

“No, you are still 100 % human. You will have somewhat enhanced senses and healing, but, that shouldn’t be too noticeable.” Izuku relaxed at Sally’s words. Still human, just some slightly inhuman bonuses. Not too bad, right?

“You could pass off your Halloween Magic as a quirk.” Jack stated with a wave of the hand, “It depends on the person but Halloween Magic takes different forms per resident.”

“So I can use the magic. I wonder how and what could the – ” Izuku started his muttering which none of the adults could understand. Mrs. Finkelstein was heavily reminded of her husband’s own incoherent muttering. Sally could only think of Jack when planning for Halloween. Izuku didn’t register the four’s expressions as he looked up every now and then. Slowly, Izuku’s form began to blur and change into a familiar looking creature. Once the blur was gone Izuku looked like a skeleton like Jack (in fact – he looks like a mini Jack).

“I’m a skeleton now!”

“Your Halloween Magic must let you change into whatever creature the residents of Halloween Town!” Dr. Finkelstein exclaimed as Izuku slowly shifted into a ragdoll like Sally. The boy returned back to his human form with a large grin over his face.

“I can become a hero with this!”

The four adults had a collected thought about the literal ray of sunshine sitting in front of them.

“Yes you can my boy! And all of Halloween Town will help you! The first hero of Halloween Town!” Jack picked the boy up and held him up high. Izuku’s eyes widen as tears of happiness started spilling out. Izuku bawled his eyes out with a shinnying smile. It was blinding.

“Before we help Izuku with his dreams, we need to get him home. We don’t want to keep him and his mother from each other.” Sally declared while patting the green haired boy.

“But don’t think you aren’t welcomed here as well. Halloween Town will be a home away from home.” Jack’s grin was infectious as he used a bony finger to boop Izuku’s button nose. Izuku giggle as tears began to dry.

“Little One?” A new female voice spoke as the strangest creature pawed its way in. With one look at Izuku, the creature’s one human eye widen with joy, “Little One!”

[oneprolificqueen]

Jack Skellington and Dad Vibes(tm) are my kink don't @ me

Which Queen gent and outfit do you need to be absolutely ruined by?

Based on the thread of asks I just got…. I’ll start….

I need to lick that chest and feel those fingers and jshgksdfh

[sxlvester]

Rules: Answer 20 questions and tag 20 people!

Tagged by: @chavborn

Name: Iness

Nickname: there’s a lot of them, but here you can address me as Kelly

Zodiac Sign: Ophiuchus

Ethnicity: Ukrainian

Orientation: Demisexual

Favorite Fruit(s): Mandarin, banana, grape, apple

Favorite Season: Autumn/Winter/Spring 

Favourite Book(s): I think most of the stories I’ve read are my favourite??

Favorite Flower(s): I love ALL the flowers, really. Roses, violets, lilies, peonies and ect. They all are stunning. 

Favorite Animal(s): I think I like all animals in a certain way? 

Favorite Beverage(s): Coca-cola, Earl Grey Tea, fruit juices, milkshakes, lemonade

Average hours of sleep: I don’t know I never count, I just sleep as much as I can

Favorite Fictional Characters: I have too many fav characters. Jack Skellington and few other Tm Burton characters, Alice Liddell McGee, I have many favourite characters in Disney fandom, Ciel Phantomhive, Geralt of Rivia, Elizabeth from Bioshock, this list could go on and on and on rly

Dream trip: I want to go as many places as possible, but I don’t want it to be a short trip, ‘cause I just HATE short trips they are the worst

Blog created: November 15, 2015 

Number of followers: 79 adorable flowers ❤️

Tagging: @cloakiism, @sullyxwan, @teniras, @gentlegiantingvar, @siimplewolf, @autemiiisms & everyone who’d like to participate !

[bitegore]

i decided to go ahead and draw Rex and Merox mostly because i thought it would be funny to put the 6'3" noodle skinny skellington stringbean next to the 4'7" Extreme Brick Edition(tm) muscle lady (and it was) but then my brain for whatever reason decided we needed to draw a Rex pinup??? and now i have to draw it properly. please its 9:45 am. please can i just go to sleep please i am begging