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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 !

What would an interaction between Arlekin and Pomni be like?

✦ Here's an interaction they had ! Probably happens around a week into Pomni arriving at the circus and still struggling to find her mark (this third person, but mostly pomni's pov/thoughts)

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Pomni sat silently at the border of the digital lake, far away from the tent and dipping her feet or — shapeless whatevers that they were — in the water. She stared idly at her reflexion, absentmindedly inspecting the details of this new face that had replaced her own ; those saturated pinwheel eyes, that clownish white face, those miserable strands of hair… she'd never really been a massive fan of her face before, but it was arguably better than this one.

Lost in her thoughts, she didn't feel the presence floating up to her when gloved hands grabbed her shoulders.

“Ah, there you are !”

“AAAGH—”

Pomni shrieked, taken aback by the sudden pull-back to earth and yanked herself away.

SPLASH

Unfortunately, that way was the lake. Pomni quickly swam to the surface, coughing up some of the digital water she almost choked on, only to hear an obnoxiously pompous laugh. She looked up, all too annoyed at the sight of the circus’ other jester, Arlekin.

“Oh, my dear colourful little Pierrot, you're so silly aren't you ?” He smirked, “Were you dying to go for a swim that much ? You'd no need to wait for me ! Ah ah ah~”

Pomni glared at him, getting herself out of the lake and squeezing the water out of her hat.

“What do you want,” she groaned, not very inclined to have any lasting conversation with him.

“How delightful that you’d ask !” He hummed, clasping his hands together, “See, like I told you before, myself and Kaufmo used to perform together-” 

Before he could even finish, Pomni’s eye twitched as her annoyance bubbled into anger.

“I DON'T want to perform anything with you,” she scowled, “I don't care what you and Kaufmo did, I'm not Kaufmo and I happen to think you're a jack%$!#.” Her words were sharp, but none seemed to wipe off the smirk on his face as he eyed her down. “Like I told you before, I'm not doing any stupid skit with you.”

“Oh, you wound me !” He dramatically bemoaned, feigning offence and pretending to clutch imaginary pearls.

But after squeezing enough water out of her hat, she grabbed her shoes and made a beeline for the tent without sparing him another glance. That didn't mean the mask-faced jerk wasn't following her, though.

“Please.” He scoffed, “Call Jax a ruffian all you want, but me ? I'm just teasing you, Poms, nothing so dreadful as you make it sound like !”

“We don't have the same definition of teasing,” She responded dryly.

Arlekin floated to her side, resting his face on his hands while wearing an amused look. 

“We also have differing definitions of fun, amore, yet I'm at least putting in an effort for us to get along~” He hummed.

Pomni shot him a baffled glare.

“Ugh,” she huffed under her breath, picking up the pace. She wasn't about to play mental gymnastics with him.

Intentionally lagging behind, Arlekin crossed his arms, smirking still.

“I give you a few weeks, tops.” He shot, flatly.

Pomni halted her tracks. For a second, she tried to tell herself he wasn't referring to what she thought he was referring to.

“A few weeks for what ?” She asked with an air of unease, her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she kept her back to him.

“Before you abstract, of course.~”

He said that so matter of factly that when she turned around to face him, he looked almost darkly disturbing to her, just for a moment.

“What are you saying ?” She breathed, clutching her shoes.

“Ah ah ah, oh my dear, don't shoot the messenger.” He waved a hand dismissively, “it's just an observation, a fair warning you could even say.~”

“An observation ?” She frowned, completely appalled, “saying I'm basically gonna die is an observation ?” She took a step forward, never feeling so ready to hit someone square in the jaw as she did in that moment.

Arlekin sighed theatrically, like he was the one dealing with a difficult case.

“You sweet, worryingly dim-witted thing,” he said, “like a dainty doe, immobile as a statue in the face of a speeding car's headlights ✧” He recited, in a light, breathy voice, like he was narrating something.

“What the f—” 

“Don't you see ?” He cut her off, floating right up to her face, “that you're doing everything in your power, intentional or not, to abstract?”

“What ? I—” She stammered, “I haven’t—”

“And don't say you haven't been doing that.” He countered, glaring down at her, “Jax told you Kinger has been here the longest, but you've not been told yet that oldest circus member he may be, I, among this group, am the second oldest resident.”

Pomni frowned. Was he boasting about it ? He continued.

“And unlike Kinger, I am still sane enough to catch the warning signs.” He added, “Isolation, Pomni, is not the solution. Desolation as you mournfully miss your former self isn't either. I suggest, you do not think too much of the past, for your sake and our own.” 

He sounded strangely curt, despite smirking through all this. Almost like he’d told this many times before, enough times to be annoyed to have to repeat himself.

“I—” Pomni struggled finding her words, “Why would you care, anyway?”

“Oh, do you think me so inhumane ?” He scoffed, “Nobody likes a funeral, you see.” The humour had a hint of sourness, “but if you wanna be the next portrait everyone speaks morosely of, be my guest !~”

“Wha, i don't— !”

“You don't? Deepest apologies, I really thought you did, with the way you behaved.” He snarked, “whether you like it or not, this is your new body” He pointed to her, “this is your new home,” he gestured all around them, “and there is no exit.” He spat, his face now scrunched in anger for the first time, “so if you want the slightest. slither. of chance. at staying sound of mind, I suggest you try to be a tad more positive, invested, dare I say. Else, we'll have another sorry crossed-out face among bedroom doors.”

Pomni’s face was a mix of confusion and agitation. She didn't like how genuine he sounded. No matter how honest he looked, she couldn't help but feel this didn't come from a place of worry for her. Yet, he did look very mad, why ? 

She breathed in and out sharply to collect her thoughts.

“I'm still not doing any — skit or performance thing with you,” she maintained as sternly as she could, “but— fine. I'll start being more— ... involved,” she conceded.

Immediately, Arlekin's smile returned.

“Baby steps, tesoro,” he cooed, “Even I know to praise efforts being made.”

Pomni watched him waltz away to the tent, humming a little melody to himself. This whole thing left her feeling slightly more uncomfortable than before.

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You guys interpret all that however you want 👀

Ive been wondering for a while, and im not sure if someone already asked this, but...

How old is Arlekin?

✦ Actually, I'm curious, how old do YOU guys think he is ? Just based on vibes alone 👀

So what was Arlekin up to during the events of Episodes 1 and 2?

✦ I want to draw a few things about that ! I'd love to do it for every episode that comes out, eventually. But until I get to it, let me tell you this :

In episode 1, he's severely uninterested by the "Gloinks" game Caine proposes. Then, Jax originally sets Arlekin with Kinger and Gangle to go help Zooble, but he simply refuses and says he'll come with him, Ragatha and Pomni to see what's the hold up with Kaufmo instead. Spoiler alert, he dips hella fast when they see Kaufmo abstracted LMAO

In episode 2, he's way more into the Candy kingdom and seems to flirty with the princess. When the double bus bug happens, he gets sent down the ravine with everyone else (except Pomni and Gumigoo), but since he floats, he does not fall into the chocolate. Cue joke where he asks "Is everyone okay ?" and Jax responds first, prompting Arlekin to add "Is everyone that matters okay ?." When they all get back to the kingdom, Arlekin smirks in obvious approval at Jax's straight up manslaughter. He also attends Kaufmo's funeral.

That's about it !

Weeeeh I miss tadc arlekin. I had so many questions for him.

✦ Don't worry, he's not going anywhere, I love him to much too scrap him <//3 My brainrot for TADC is just very cyclic !

But I still have asks in my inbox that I want to answer, so you can send your questions, I'll get to them at some point !!

What's Arlekin's sexuality?

Does Arlekin's "mouth" (referring to his mask) move when he speaks, or does it just... smile?

✦ It does move ! It's very expressive actually, for a half-mouth. He just tends to smile a lot by default !

How would Arlekin look like in human form? I can imagine him having long black hair.

✦ I can't really answer that for now ! Arlekin's adamant on not telling anything of his life before the circus for many reasons.

While I won't show you for now, I can confirm he had black hair. Also lots of white hair that wasn't always there.

is it ok if you can teach us how to draw arlekin plz 🙏

✦ Here you go ! How to draw this jerkass, explained to the best of my abilities <3

What does Arklin's bullying usually consist of?

✦ That's actually a tough question ?? But I think that's because of how I've developped Arlekin over these last few months ! I never really liked that he seemed to be just.... a different flavor of Jax. So I slowly started instinctively shifting away from the unsubtle evilness that he was supposed to have.

He stays sassy ! He stays a little jerkass diva. But it's all much less mean spirited than outright bullying. He may skim through Gangle's diary for his own amusement and read it aloud, but he knows aside from Jax, no one in the circus will make fun of her for it so it's fine. He might push the others into a more dangerous part of an adventure, not out of malice, moreso playful mischieviousness AND also just to have more fun with them !

He's less in the back and closed off from the others like some sort of emo lonewolf, and actually an active participant in anything, be it just trivial conversation.

He became much more like that one Mean Girl Energy Sassy guy of the bunch, that act snooty and better-than-thou, but still does like the people that surround him and would actually help them out in a true time of need. Albeit he'd make it seem like it's a favour he's doing them ! You know, can't look too benevolent either !

In the end, he kind of morphed into what fandom wants Jax to be because I can never commit to truly evil, mean characters, LMAO