#clown rambles

[birthdayclownn]

The gang is almost all here! Just waiting for Sally and Poppy to arrive sometime this month or next month!!!

And as promised..

[notevenawellknownclown]

Astarion and slavery

so i mentioned in a previous post that i might venture to discuss Astarion's lack of care for the deep gnome slaves at grymforge... the time has come.

I wandered over to the myconoid colony after I defeated Nere (who is still a little bitch, by the way) and spoke to the leader of the mushroom people. I turned around and saw one of the formerly enslaved gnomes with spores surrounding her and fungal flakes boring out of her head. the gnomes with her were talking about how they couldn't believe that would be her end, that she would be a shell of who she was. Astarion's line after this made all the slave apathy click. he says:

"They're just husks. I couldn't care less if they're slaves or building material."

this has provided such a revelation to me. so much so that i immediately opened tumblr dot com to discuss this finding.

Astarion sees these gnomes as husks of themselves. it would seem that the implication here is that slavery took their personhood from them.

in my ramblings about Astarion, i regularly emphasize (try to, at least) that he doesn't care about people who are weak. he sees them as worthless, meaningless, empty. this certainly matches the husk comment. Astarion's lack of empathy is because he doesn't see slaves as equals. he's finally free, finally elevated from his former misery, and finally has a position of equality with those around him. he's a person again. and to empathize with a slave would be to deny his rediscovered personhood.

[this doesn't make it right. Astarion is still an asshole. i'm not attempting to excuse his behavior, just to understand where his psyche is at.]

this ideology about freedom and empathy holding hands with weakness makes sense given his appreciation for tav's recognition of his agency, and his line about "i never stopped thinking like a slave." he doesn't want to help those who are weak because to be weak is to be less than a person.

it could be why he's so sensitive about others knowing his weaknesses. if they know he's not powerful, he'll become a slave again: less than them. unequal. undeserving. ignored and abused.

anyway, this specific sequence of thoughts had never occurred to me before and i had to sit down and process them when i heard that line.

[clownnmunistmanifesto]

trying to have sex with a clown and then they take the condom and make a balloon animal out of it instead

[transgwender616]

A zombie clown arises from there grave

And another zombie clown arises from that same grave

and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another.

[clownboi1i1ii]

In the Actor AU, what are the Smiling Critters' actual names if their other names are their characters' names?

Yes and noooooo..? Okay HEAR ME OUT-

Yes, they do and its legit the names they already have. Dogday, Bobby, Bubba, Kickin. 

No because The thing tho is that for example, Catnap and Theodore ARE different people. Theodore was the one who give his voice for Catnap to be created!, just like all other kids who did so at the time and As toons (About to get on worldbuilding cause god Worldbuilding my beloved). All toons have the right and should be able to have contact with their creators or people who participated in its creation. The VAs for the smiling critters in this case being the most in contact with them and animators of the company as well. Of course a lot of them are already really old and do go or get visit from the Critters on special occasions!.

Think of this Au as the universe of Who framed Roger Rabbit, the movie of Rescue Rangers and Looney toons Back in Action!

[clown-cookie]

Young caviar is only cementing my captain caviar trans masc headcannon btw

[clownthejester]

how to explain to my christian parents that yes, i did very much like Conclave and yes, i did buy the book with intent on reading it but my interest is definitely NOT stemming from where they think it is? i am reading Conclave because i want to analyze it from a queer perspective, and simultaneously work through the issues i have with the church through the power of old catholic yaoi. i am NOT reading Conclave because i am suddenly interested in rejoining the church and becoming a man of god or whatever.

[cotton-stuffed-clown]

I think the worst part of having uncommon kin types is just how hard it is to reach out to others. The objectkin community already gets enough hate as it is, and there aren't even that many of us around. I love talking to the other alterhumans, I love hearing about dragon kintypes, and wolves and fairies and merfolk. But, I wish to meet people with similar experiences to me. I wanna be able to have conversations with toykins, I wanna be friends with other objectkin.