canonical clown pony spotted (season 4 episode 13, no name given)
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#I HAVE A HAUNTED CLOWN DOLL NAMED CHARLISLE#AFTER THIS EXACT THING#HE PLAYS A HAUNTING MELODY IN A MINOR KEY AND SWAYS UNSETTLINGLY
I need you to know that you are SUCH an entity in the BEST of ways, this made my day and I will smile every time I think of it going into the future, AMAZING
TY TY TY
and I'm sorry but I am using this as an excuse to talk more about Charlisle because he is the light of my life and no one irl ever wants to hear about haunted clown dolls
my girlfriend's mom used to be a professional clown, so everyone in her life assumed* she liked clowns a lot and gave her clowns and clown themed things as presents for years. As a result, she has a TON of clowns. So many clowns that one year when my gf and her siblings couldn't find the Christmas decorations they decorated the entire house with clowns instead.
(*She liked clowns fine, but finds clown dolls a little creepy, actually)
So in 2021 I was helping my gf's mom move, right? And I unearth the Bad Clown section of the storage closet. For broken clowns, ugly clowns, clowns with missing limbs AND. Clowns She Doesn't Like Looking At. Charlisle was there. and I was enchanted.
gf's mom noticed, and said I could have him. I asked if she was sure. she said "I Don't Like Him. I Don't Want Him."
He stands close to the height of a newborn baby. His color scheme is a Ronald McDonald nightmare, his makeup is garish, his expression is inscrutable. his hands are blindingly white, huge, stiff, & ceramic. they sound like bone when you clack them together.
He can stand on two legs but is most comfortable balanced on one, and has a key installed in the middle of his back that, if you wind it up, makes him dance and play a twinkling little melody.
Now, I have no idea how old Charlisle is, but I assume the song was once whimsical and the dance was once charming.
This is not the case in the present day.
the song has slowed into a haunting minor key, and the dance is now a rigid, jerky bending of the body with limbs frozen unnaturally in place. each performance grinds to a slow, unsettling stop with the last note drawn out unnaturally like a question for which no answer exists.
The best part, however, is how very sensitive the winding mechanism is.
If you turn Charlisle's key and let him perform, for the rest of that day he is now "alive".
This means: if you pick him up, touch him, or even set something on the table next to him, there is a chance his mechanism will trigger just a little.
What this looks like in practice: you visit my home, you set your stuff on the dining room table, and a horrid little clown monster sings a single haunting note and twitches menacingly in your direction. for no reason at all.
I love Charlisle so much. he is like a son to me
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reading more abt circus history and learning that during the golden age of the circus, the circus owners would often put themselves on advertising posters for brand recognition. and apparently the Ringling bros would put all five of themselves on their posters but they all looked so similar that their only real defining features were their slightly different moustaches, and this was such a widely known/recognized thing at the time that people would sometimes straight up refer to their circus as "the five moustaches". and i am dying bc it has me thinking of them like a magical girl anime where the only distinguishing features between the girls are their hairstyles. like look at these motherfuckers:
(do not pay attention to the fact that this is a poster for a ringling bros edition of the crusades that's a post for another day)
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Are there any girl wizards in the vicinity I need a girl wizard to help me. I'm fighting the Sentient Battle Armour Guild and they're all misogynists and wouldn't attack a girl. They're kicking my ass tho. So can any girl wizards help me and I'll conjure you a cool knife in return girls love knives I think.
Girl clowns please don't interact the last one ate my liver.
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Hey guys. I was walking my clown on the sidewalk today, minding my own business, when someone else who was walking their clown brought their clown over to say hello WITHOUT EVEN ASKING ME. Their clown was a much larger breed of clown than my own (some sort of sport/working breed I presume) while my clown is a much smaller "toy" breed. My clown HATES other clowns, as it is of the solitary variety, and began to panic (honking and throwing handkerchiefs out of its many orifices and pockets WILDLY in self defense). It was quite the conundrum and the other owner had the nerve to be annoyed with ME and MY CLOWN for not wanting our clowns to be "friends". Completely irresponsible and UNBELIEVABLE.
It took several hours of playing circus music and specialized Clown Treats (my clown is on a special diet recommended by the clown doctor due to his allergies) to properly calm him down. I'm glad my little guy is okay but the NERVE of some people.
Please do not approach another clown owner on the street with your clown without asking first and checking to make sure it is okay!!! Ugh!!!
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