Ticket Taker feels resistance towards Harlequin; on the surface, he blames him, but he could never blame Quin as much as himself, so he plays into Harlequin's villainous act so he can't face those feelings and focus on running the Circus.
When I see a critique of The Freak Circus and hear something about the character designs, I automatically turn that shit off—just repeating the same 2 points over and over.
@hexserath I've a feeling that TT would torture him psychologically and truly break him down until Harle's a mess and then TT would discipline him bc he's such a mess. Only way for Harle to ground himself in the present would be grasping something physical like TT's actual clothes/body 🥰
@hexserath People are forgetting he's not that scary COMPARED TO OTHERS, so there's a pretty high chance you would shit yourself if you saw him on his own. They hear the smallest, shortest, and least scary and refuse to see anything past that.
Since Ticket Taker loves setting traps I feel as though he'd purposefully make you mess up his commands just so he can punish you.
Even better if you don't even realise it at first that he's the one making you mess up and you're not just being too dumb to understand.
I love Harlequin, but I also hate him because he reminds me too much of my younger self. The "I will sabotage myself so nobody else can hurt me, and technically be in control" is making my eyes roll. I can see the thought processes, and it's pissing me off.
@hexserath I need more of this ship, Bill holding the grunge against Harlequin, finally having his way of letting it out, and Harlequin desperately needing someone to punish him to wash off the guilt he feels.