does your fav follow clown code?

Judging if your favorite clowns follow the code of ethics known as Clown Code to be a good hearted clown! my pronouns are he/him

[doesurfavfollowclowncode]

I wish to teach people about the art of clowning, so this is a fun way to do it. The rules each submission will be judged by are:

The Eight Clown Commandments

1. I will keep my acts, performance and behavior in good taste while I am in costume and makeup. I will remember at all times that I have been accepted as a member of the clown club only to provide others, principally children, with clean clown comedy entertainment. I will remember that a good clown entertains others by making fun of himself or herself and not at the expense or embarrassment of others.

2. I will learn to apply my makeup in a professional manner. I will provide my own costume. I will carry out my appearance and assignment for the entertainment of others and not for personal gain or personal publicity when performing for either the International club or alley events. I will always try to remain anonymous while in makeup and costume as a clown, though there may be circumstances when it is not reasonably possible to do so.

3. I will neither drink alcoholic beverages nor smoke while in makeup or clown costume. Also, I will not drink alcoholic beverages prior to any clown appearances. I will conduct myself as a gentleman/lady, never interfering with other acts, events, spectators, or individuals. I will not become involved in or tolerate sexual harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or any protected status.

4. I will remove my makeup and change into my street clothes as soon as possible following my appearance, so that I cannot be associated with any incident that may be detrimental to the good name of clowning. I will conduct myself as a gentleman/lady at all times.

5. While on appearance in makeup and costume, I will carry out the directives of the producer or his designated deputies. I will abide by all performance rules without complaint in public.

6. I will do my very best to maintain the best clown standards of makeup, costuming, properties, and comedy.

7. I will appear in as many clown shows as I possibly can.

8. I will be committed to providing an atmosphere free of discrimination and harassment for clowns of all ages to share ideas and learn about the art of clowning.

This clown code comes from the Clowns of America International website

That said you, Yes

YOU

While making suggestions on this blog I ask that you follow the clown code yourself (as in don't be a dick)

Thank you.

[greededling]

fullmetal alchemist fans will say shit like 'tbh him getting impaled was one of my favorite moments in the story' and they will be talking about their beloved protagonist.

[dylexa]

I literally just rewatched this episode tonight and have feelings about it lmao. I just love this show so much—Ed and Al (and many others) are put through the WRINGER throughout the entire series. As an enjoyer of whump, this satisfies me so much.

Like that episode where Al is kidnapped and Martel is murdered INSIDE OF HIS ARMOR??? WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE HER???? Holy shit. (And then the aftermath—Al wakes up to all that blood coming out of his armor. Good lord.) Plus don’t even get me started on the sheer terror Al must have felt at having her inside him in the first place—imagine someone is just. Inside your body. Controlling you. And you can’t do anything about it. It’s incredibly violating and horrific. (Plus he still tried to save her in the end?? HELLO??)

Or the episode in question, Ed gets impaled by a pole after his fight with Kimblee.

The episode is amazing and incredibly compelling because Ed doesn’t have time to die a romantic, tragic death, he still has people he needs to save. So he allows two strangers who he was just fighting to rip out the pole from his guts, and while they’re pulling the bloody thing out, he’s still able to think about the alchemy he has to perform to save his life. Like if I were in that situation I’d be COOKED even if I were the kind of person who’d be using alchemy in the FMA universe. The amount of pain he has to endure so he doesn’t bleed out and die, because even though things are bleak, he’s trying until the very end.

I was also just thinking about the horror aspects of the scene with Riza Hawkeye and Selim Bradley. Selim being a homunculus was such a plot twist, especially in the way they presented it. Riza, who we initially see as intimidating and stoic, is terrified because she’s already a hostage and this monster presenting as a little boy is threatening to kill her. The way he entraps her with his tendrils, the way he just slightly knicks her face as a warning. And then the way she bravely calls his bluff on killing her because she’s useless to them dead while Mustang is cooperating with the homunculi.

But then the aftermath of it…Riza knows they’re watching her, and she’s terrified. But she still keeps going, in spite of the evil leaders of the military she’s a part of.

I just love this show. I love the corrupt military, I love the characters, I love the horrific situations they’re put in. Because they’re inspiring!!! Their situation seems so hopeless, but they keep persuing their goals despite it all because they can’t live otherwise. They can’t sit back and take the corruption of those who lead them, and they don’t give up even though their circumstances are bleak. Al especially is so interesting, because he’s literally got no body and is a soul in a suit of armor—it’s a terrifying, miserable experience. But he’s the first to say life is worth living. The horror and anger he experiences when Ed just accepts death when he’s about to be killed by Scar—FUCK.

These characters are so well developed and interesting and they make the fucked up scenes so much more interesting.

Anyways thanks for joining my Ted Talk lmao.