Ghost pumpkin or regular pumpkin? (Patreon)

Take a look at the attached render. If you know my art, you can figure out where this is going. Hint: there will be bulging!

So I have 2 options for the pumpkin. Either it's fully physical (like it is now), which would mean some... discomfort will occur during it's travels (it does squish some)

Or it could be a ghost pumpkin (semi transparent), which would convey more of a cartooney/phantasmal journey that doesn't displace so much as distort.

What do you think?