LISTEN in my heart it's clowndoons everytime Clown being a soldier is mentioned because he was there with him during that time, so technically I got my crumbs

BUT OMG that's an entire swagpierce loaf, they are so cute, I don't site them as one of my favourite ships often because they're more a favourite duo, I like their dynamic platonic and romantic, I just love the way their characters interact in almost every piece of media.

And like, we already knew they were really close, because it was like implied. We just didn't see it directly in action because they stayed profesional. So finally being able to see them be able to act as friends and not just coworkers, is really nice, they're so cute.

That scene could be just that, just cutesy, but there is DEFINITELY someone in the house. And that's so bad, because Ash did the right thing, he convinced Clown he was safe to calm him down, and assured him there was no one in the house. But there is, and if Clown figures that out, it's only going to encourage his paranoid thoughts, it's soooo baddddd!

okay first off. why are you, as a man, waiting for some guy in your study so you can monologue about your shared history, all while actively insulting him where you know it hurts and talking in a semi-cryptic way so he can piece together your history with him. with that out of the way there are so many specific things about their relationship that i think about A Lot

first off, i'm not sure how obvious this is to anyone who doesn't watch ash's streams, but my man is Constantly breaking the 4th wall and generally not giving a shit about his constant environment. like, my man has killed multiple cats because he asked chat if it would be funny, before scurrying off and causing property damage and or robbing everyone. and also he spends most of the time meta gaming the entire time so.

like i shit you not he still has this attitude with god himself. quite literally makes a deal with god and still is constantly muting to talk to chat and meta gaming the entire time

going on from that, because of the tone of his character, k!ash never exactly takes anything seriously and (generally) doesn't really care about any consciences or threats around him. he usually brushes through them and doesn't actually feel threatened about anything ever

except when clown confronts him in his study. like very noticeably, ash's demeanor changes when clown starts throwing (metaphorical) punches where it hurts. ash is instantly defensive about all of this, but clown's words Get to him. to the point where when clown calls him a lab rat, he panic teleports into the shadow realm to get tnt. and he does straight up attack clown for all of this.

and just. the entire confrontation in general. i'm gonna assume that k!clown is telling the truth because of k!branzy saying that ash went missing and was also in the lab, and also ash's limited memories about clown pushing him in. which if you're running with this interpretation, ash was literally warned by ivory that clown lies a lot, and clown straight up confirms that branzy wasn't in on the "keeping ash around to use as a lab rat" thing because branzy was really fond of ash (which also lines up because during the branzy cameo, branzy does mention that clown wouldn't push ash down the portal because clown loves ash just like how branzy also loves ash so ?!?!?!) and clown's only admiting the truth now because branzy is gone and there isn't any reason to lie anymore. which. okay buddy. confess that you do have history with this man and that your subordinate also really liked him . Okay