#I know it's stupid and mostly driven by jealousy and stinky mental health

[corbival]

fun facts about the ringmaster: His original concept is so rediculously similar to Lucifer (hazbin hotel) and elements of Alastor that it makes me want to yell about it into the void. I actually drew him with Alastor a few times, one doodle of him being reblogged by vivz in which he's having an aggressive smile-off with alastor. (if you fused lucifer and alastor you would literally have my mans) So I'm going to break down some similarities for myself!

The Circus was originally (secretly) supposed to be Hell. People trapped in The Circus lived out their lives in a chaotically happy, extravegant, never-ending themepark dimension that was very fun on the surface but incredibly deadly and hellish beneath the surface.

The Circus oriignally had nine rings (literal big tops), one for each circle of hell, each represented by a different character (greed, wrath, gluttony, etc)

Being the creator of his dimension (in this case hell) he can make anything and everything appear, move and change at his whim! This includes making helter skelters and rides spawn from nowhere, expanding and changing his empire!

He can change his form into basically whatever he wants, provided it stays within a certain consistency (size, colour scheme, accessories, etc)

He has a bit pointy, redder demonic form.

Has a long-lasting feud with angels (and one particular angel, mine of which is actually called Alistair

He has hundreds of kids he's never really interacted with (incubus, innit), but I write him as having 'pathetic love-me' dad energy.

Full white outfit with occasional red and black trims to represent 'purity' sort of like an angel (heavy hints that he was supposed to be a play on lucifer from the bible), and to make him stand out from the mostly red, gold and pink backdrop. Also makes him stand out in comparison to other ringleader character designs.

Surprisingly down to earth when talking about serious topics, but mostly exuding natural charisma, showmanship, and a constant need to impress and one-up other people.

Big sharp pointy teeth go omnomnom

If we want to go to the alastor stuff; cannibal, always has a shit-eating grin because his whole schtick was supposed to be 'look happy, be happy, be better than everyone with your happiness, they can't know they're in hell or it ruins the fun'

( I understand that this can all be put down to 'vivziepop and I both made our characters when we were seventeen and when you're seventeen you're obsessed with tumblr sexymen, edgy humour, the most basic representations of hell, and mediocre worldbuilding for your future one-day cartoon tv show', and edgy teenagers online in the same spaces tend to like the same tropes and are influenced by the same things, but I THINK IT'S FUNNY )