I’m always clowning around. LOVE clowning. I didn’t think i liked clowning this much, but i mean what’s not to like? you got costume design that can be as abstract and architectural as you want. Could go craaazy with makeup and hair too. And then there’s always like a little narrative element to the costuming as well. Pierrot? Comedy clown? Auguste Clown? Tramps? (There are so many sub genres as well but these are the ones i’m choosing to list. i’ve not fully mapped the all out) Take your pick they all present different perspectives. Or mash em together and make something a lil more custom i guess. I like Tramp with Pierrot bc both can be sad so ✔️ and then the melancholic/genderless undertones mixed with a lil class consciousness feels juuust right. I too am a sad, poor queer who pines.
I know tramps started out as like caricatures of the homeless in like late 19th century. as well, i feel like you could count the minstrel shows adjacent to that category (yikes i know but stay with me here). I’ve always felt like i’ve had to present a bit neater and more polished bc of my class and race so i want to reclaim a little bit of that in my designs and what not

I could put jaheira in a clown suit though if you were aiming more towards that and not a lil special interest dump