The Amazing Digital Circus Arlekin - Tumblr Posts
Ever-smiling, devilishly charming prick, Arlekin's been in the circus for a long while. Even crazier, the guy likes it here ! Doesn't wanna get out at all !
✦ Voice Claim | It's Showtime ! ✨
✦ Likes | Desserts and non-candy sweets, Mischief, Theater, Orchestra
✦ Dislikes | Bubbles, Caine's juvenile adventures, Lazy puns, Swearing
✦ Facts |
No bells, yet he inexplicably jingles when he moves.
He chose his own name.
Can float and teleport like Caine ??? Even Jax's keys can't open his door ! What kind of cheating is that ? (That's the extent of it though, he sadly doesn't have any other ability. He wishes he did !)
Height comparison |
And an additional fun little bit,
✦ If there's one thing that can wipe off his smile real quick, it's Bubble...
✦ "This Caine is a smidge different from the one I know... not that much."
I'd post a little more general non-AU stuff before jumping into it, but I saw @endomentendo's digital wonderland collab and couldn't help myself- (background inspired by @starryyskies's version!)
Anyhow, lovely AU and lovely designs ! Love seeing it on my dashboard~
What a funny looking jester you've got there
✦ Only funny-looking ? Why, how dare you !
(never let me cook ever again, this whole thing gave me so much grief- I blame it on Arlekin being dramatic as hell)
is your oc inspired by dimentio? god i love them dearly :3 keep up the good work!
✦ Aaah thank you so much, means a lot !
& I could really just answer in all simplicity, but such is not the Arlekin way. Here's the Arlekin Recipe !
Tldr, yes ! There's some of Dimentio in him, along with other ingredients ! (& always happy to see people who know Super Paper Mario !! Legit my favourite game EVER)
✦ "Such a funny-looking fella you are !" - Probably Caine (Poor Bubble happened to be near)
Posting this one separately from the ask because I really REALLY love it and I want it to show up well on the side with the other pieces ! Sorry for the repost ! 💧
I'm already in love
✦ Don't feed his ego it's already through the roof !
I see he likes Gangle! I see he likes all the girls actually... Is it possible he's a bit of a charmer? A ladies-man? At least is that the image he likes to present?
✦ Crazy you got that just from who he did and didn't like ! But you're right ! He's absolutely the charmer-type and loves presenting himself as a ladies-man who can easily make a "demoiselle" swoon over him. Also works with guys, he just does it less.
It's not written on his description (maybe I should add it) but he's a big tease/flirt. In the main cast, he does that with Ragatha, Gangle and Caine the most, because they're the ones who get veeery easily flustered, so it's the funniest to do !
RARELY if ever does he try with Zooble because they're basically the least receptive and, quite frankly, think it's super weird of him. So now one of his little secret goals is to fluster them specifically.
Pomni's one he often teases as well. But kinda same as with Zooble, she's just really not as receptive as the others and pretty much always clocks it as dishonest, since he often would rather bully her than flirt. She finds it kinda creepy as well.
Kinger is usually not receptive, not because he finds it weird, but because he just- doesn't get it. Which is frustrating really, and Arlekin has already gone through the embarrassing motion of explaining what he meant to him more than once, enough for him to just not risk it again. Except if there's a perfect timing he just couldn't miss.
Jax is also one is teases often, simply because it looks like it disgusts the rabbit every time, so the failure of the flirt circles back to being hilarious, thus flirting has become one of his favourite tactics to use on Jax. (It's also a personal goal to fluster him specifically, like Zooble)
NPCs always get flirted with, that's a given for any adventure, so the newer, smarter NPCs were a joy to deal with for him.
And Bubble... well, Bubble is Bubble and he'd rather not be caught in their general vicinity.
(THAT WAS HELLA LONG, SO SORRY)
So what does Pomni and the rest of the Circus think of Arlekin?
✦ Boy oh boy, here we go !
Pomni | She finds Arlekin kinda creepy and unsettling, tbh. The whole "always smiling" thing is just weird- and it's really not like he's the nicest to her either. When she arrived, he called her his "pathetic, colourful little Pierrot" and has just been bullying her ever since. So, all in all, not a fan. He's not her least favourite, but he's certainly second lowest on the list.
Ragatha | Genuinely likes Arlekin ! (well, not an achievement, she'd rather like everybody... But hey, Jax can't do it , unlike him !) It's all in the fact that he's not as consistently shitty as Jax is. He has his... "nice" moments, where his assholery is on cool down, you could say. And Ragatha really likes him during those, so his other more mischievous moments get... a pass, somewhat. She'll scold him for it still. Plus, during Caine's adventures, he gets actually legitimately involved if he likes it, and if he doesn't, he'll just stand back and watch if anything fun happens, which means that unlike Jax, he won't actively sabotage things and get all murder hobo-ey, and she really REALLY appreciates that.
Caine | How could he not like this positively amusing fella ! Arlekin is almost NEVER mean to Caine, simply because he often tries to influence what the next adventure could be, and being nice to the ringmaster is paramount for good results. Caine also hardly sees any of Arlekin's more jerk-y behaviours as bad, it's the same as parents thinking boys pulling on girls' hair means they like them. "PLUS HE ACTUALLY LIKES THE CIRCUS ! HES HUMAN AND HE LIKES THE CIRCUS, YES !!!! AND HE'S CHOSEN HIS OWN NAME TOO, OH MY GOD !!!" - Caine
Jax | Depends on the day, sometimes you'd think they're best friends or just chill with one another, on other days you'd think they're mortal enemies. Comes down to their behaviour, if they're not bullying someone else, they're bullying each other. Not to mention Arlekin often blames Jax for pranks the former pulled, and it always works. Jax will mostly tell you "Two-face" is an "annoying, primadonna a--hat", but rarely he might say he's funny enough to hang with.
Gangle | Is not always fine with Arlekin. Not exactly when he teases or reads her diary that she tries to hide in a different spot every time (never works), but he's had a few occasions where he sounded genuinely ?? nice to her ??? Like when he saw her art and told her it looked "passable enough that she should continue". She thinks he's just too prideful to give a more genuine compliment on it, but it stuck with her still. She likes to show him what she draws.
Zooble | Not a fan really. Kinda finds Arlekin a bit cringe with his whole shtick. But oh well, he can do what he wants, so long as he's not bothering them, they won't care. Sadly he does bother them a lot, like the others, so they mostly see him in a negative light. Y'know, why would you be annoying in a place like this where life is already miserable ? They can be alright with him SOMETIMES, when the guy decides he's gonna be decent for a change. S'not often but Zooble tends to take what they can get in this hellhole.
Kinger | Used to be very annoyed at Arlekin, would scold him and tell him he should stop bullying others. But then he got a bit cuckoo, and all of this kind of stopped. He still doesn't like it by any means, but often he's just not all there enough to understand what's happening, so sometimes he says Arlekin got better over time, to which the jester simply responds he got worse over time.
Bubble | Jester man. Looks edible. Like half marshmallow and half roasted marshmallow.
(ack, another long one my bad 💀)
May I ask, what does he think of Kaufmo? 👀 (Your answer might or might not completely change the drawing I have of your oc with The Cheshire Clown fufufu! <3)
✦ He liked Kaufmo in all honesty (not his forte) ! But more in the way that you would find a stupid lil' derpy cat cute. "Simple-minded, nice, naive fella."
Wasn't a fan of his jokes, though ! He quite openly considered himself the more entertaining of the two.
(Ooow i'm curious now ! 👀)
✦ A little time of Quiet
Arlekin is a man of many performing talents, and Ragatha has mentioned an interest in ballet, so what kind of gentleman would he be to not offer his guidance ? (+ Ballet practice outfits !! & some bad quality screenshots of each of them)
Was listening to "Le Spectacle Doit Continuer" while doing this, put me in just the right mood !
✦ There's two of them ! And one seems worse off than the other.
"Oh a DTIYS ! I'll do it, plus I got eight days, easy." 🕒🕒🕒🕒"OH GOD I ONLY HAVE 2 DAYS LEFT"
Took a crack at the Catni DTIYS by @the-amazing-animated-circus ! Absolute adore the concept of the AU, so I couldn't pass that up ! And of course, throwing in the literal face of this account, Arlekin, using the opportunity to shade OG Pomni
Loved drawing Toon!Pomni ! she's sooo so cute
+ My own little toon contribution |
(tried replicating the Disney sketch style the way sm-baby did with huh,,, VARYING results 💀)
Toon!Arlekin is definitely a troublemaker who's constantly on nefarious timing, but throw in some Pepé le Pew swag (yknow, that not-even-borderline harassment flirting) in there and BAM, you got the perfect episodic antagonist !
Edit - Horrified to note his toon hat looks like Shadow's quills, but I like him so i'll let it be
I need the jester in ways many religions would frown upon(btw your art is super cool)
✦ (thank you ! 'Appreciate it a lot~)
Can Arlekin dance? Btw, I really like Arlekin really much! His design is nice and yeah! He is also kinda handsome too! XD
✦ Dance, he can ! For sure ! But he'd rather perform styles he considers ✨ classy ✨, so that's excluding things like- idk breakdance (in his books, i personally think i'ts cool.)
(thank you !)
While not as notorious as Jax probably is, why do I see Arklin maybe snatching one of Zooble's limbs from their box. Either out of playful jest, or genuine curiosity about how they're able to move them when detached.
✦ Oh he's done it, probably a few times when he felt like getting a rise out of them LMAO
actually, there's been a few occasions where he and Jax teamed up to take the contents of Zoob's box and just hid them around the circus and grounds (including in the lake and on the rides of the park). Like assholes.
How tall is Arlequin? Like- in numbers?
✦ Damn good question ! I'd tell you that if I knew, but we don't have TADC's cast's canon heights, so I can't work Arlekin's off of that.
Counting the irremovable hat, he's a bit taller than Kinger, but practically the same height if you stop at the mask. That's what I can give you with a 100% certainty !
Is Jax afraid of you?
✦ Jax isn't scared, but Arlekin has some good ways of fixing that.
I don't get it, why does Arlekin hate Bubble?? what happened when arlekin first met him?
✦ Bit his ass to take the jackass jester down a peg (he deserved it)
Arlekin looks like the type who would randomly grab someone and pulls them into a dance.
✦ Oh a 100% he would ! Happened more than once already ! He's also the type of theater kid that would burst into song when the timing is right !
If TADC was a musical, he may not have the most songs to himself, but he'd definitely participate in all/most and downright take over a few because he's unhealthily self-important.
Would 'Le Monde' fit Arlekin?
✦ If you mean the music by Richard Carter, then yes, absolutely ! Not his MAIN vibe, but definitely plays on his more flirtatious charming side !