Hey all, I had meant to post this since Sunday to go with the whole Mother's Day motif, but I was busy spending time with my own Mom so this had to wait a bit. While Clowning Around will predominantly be about Mason's journey into becoming Junior, that doesn't mean that the other characters don't have their own motivations and histories. Below you can read the backstory of Mamie, Junior's instructor at Clown College who finds herself being a tiny mommy to be a big baby clown❣️
Mamie:
Mamie is one of Junior’s professors during his time at Coastline’s Clown College. Her primary focus is on teaching him performance techniques and the informational side of clowning.
However, upon entering the program she quickly notices his lack of a formal education, due to having been passed throughout his early education without an accurate assessment of his knowledge.
As a result, Mamie takes on the role of a multidisciplinary professor, incorporating reading comprehension, writing composition, and arithmetic. This is much to Junior’s chagrin, as she reduces him from a lauded college athlete to a petulant schoolboy without him being able to offer any form of resistance.
Despite this perhaps Mamie’s most substantial impact on Junior is her motherly treatment of him. Out of the classroom, Mamie absolutely dotes upon Junior as if he were an actual toddler. This includes changing his diapers, feeding him in his high chair, giving him bubble baths, and other motherly acts.
While at first Junior believes that her treatment of him is a warped form of her immersing him into his role of a big baby clown, he later learns from Pop-Pop that due to conditions linked to Mamie’s dwarfism, she is unable to bear children of her own.
This is especially devastating to Mamie, as she had always wanted to provide Pop-Pop with a child after he had helped her to escape from her unhappy childhood home.
Mamie is actually her clown name, for her birth name was actually Marlene. She was born in a Southern home, which held prestige in their community for being old money. She was born a twin, with her sister being almost identical to her except her sister did not suffer from dwarfism.
Marlene’s dwarfism was not immediately apparent upon her birth but as the sisters grew, her condition soon made itself apparent.
Marlene’s sister grew into a charming young woman who was sought after by every eligible boy in the town (as well as a few of their fathers), while Marlene was treated as an embarrassment despite being a perfectly lovely young lady in her own right.
Despite her treatment, Marlene was determined to prove herself every bit as worthy as her sister, and devoted herself to learning every facet of becoming the ideal Southern Belle.
Through diligent study, she became an expert seamstress, capable of making almost any article of clothing within a few hours. She also poured over recipe books and spent days and nights within the kitchen until she became a master chef. She read every finishing school book she could find to hone her talents in décor, hosting, etiquette, and elocution.
Sadly, the one skill she could not master on her own was ballroom dancing, as it takes two to tango, or in this case waltz, and no boy had ever offered to be her dance partner.
While Marlene did her best for the world to see her as a proper lady, her sister was naturally assumed to be one at first glance. While Marlene’s sister had charm in spades, the presence of Marlene in her life weighed deeply on her mind.
She viewed Marlene almost as though she were a living funhouse mirror version of herself, a walking parody that she could have easily been if the stars had aligned slightly differently.
At first Marlene’s sister pretended that Marlene was her younger sister when their differences in height first became apparent. Then she pretended Marlene was a distant cousin. Finally, by the time they were young women, she wouldn’t even acknowledge her in public, pretending as though she were a stranger.
Finally there came a night when Marlene’s sister was going out with her friends to a carnival where a circus would be performing. Marlene begged her sister to allow her to come, and when her sister flat out refused, Marlene threatened to tell their mother that she had been sneaking out her room at night to do hanky-panky with her boyfriend.
Marlene’s sister relented and brought Marlene along with her to the carnival. At first, her sister’s friends were shocked to see the tiny girl with the town beauty, and after a few insensitive comments on their part, Marlene proved to be quite the conversationalist, being able to talk about almost any topic with relative ease.
Marlene’s sister became livid as her friends genuinely seemed to be enjoying Marlene’s wit and humor, and so when they reached the house of mirrors at the carnival, Marlene’s sister deliberately separated her from the rest of the group.
In a surreal moment, when both sisters were each in front of a funhouse mirror, their reflections distorted and they ended up looking like each other, with Marlene’s height and proportions being that of an average girl and her sister’s being that of a little person.
This image seems to manifest Marlene’s sister’s greatest fear, causing her to flee the house of mirrors in a state of existential terror. Marlene could not follow her sister’s path, and wandered aimlessly through the funhouse, becoming despondent about ever finding her way out.
She breaks down and begins to weep bitterly until she heard a voice nearby. She turned and then spotted a clown with a bowler hat. After first he looked to be of average height, but then she realized she is actually staring at his reflection in a funhouse mirror and as he approached her, it was revealed that he too was a little person.
He asked her if she was alright, claiming he heard crying, which was why he came to investigate. At first, Marlene was hesitant to share her troubles with a stranger, but she noticed his kind eyes and decided to share her woeful tale about her sister abandoning her.
The clown listened patiently as they began to walk together, and soon they found themselves out of the funhouse. He then gave her tickets to the main show at the big top, which would be starting in a few minutes. She then asked him his name, to which he replied, “You can call me Pop-Pop.”
She decided to attend the show and was surprised to discover that Pop-Pop the Clown was actually the headlining act. He revealed that he was a more than just a clown but also a surprisingly talented acrobat, being able to do fantastical aerial stunts that made it seem like he was flying.
His final act of the evening involved him taking Marlene by the hand and having them glide over the audience while holding onto an overly large umbrella, which was actually connected to a series of harness wires.
Marlene was enchanted by this, claiming she hadn’t ever quite had an experience like that ever before. After the show, the two spent the rest of the evening talking, and they both become fascinated with each other.
Pop-Pop revealed that he had designed most of the technical effects of the shows, demonstrating his talents in engineering, chemistry, and physics, while Marlene discussed her own studies in her attempt to become the ideal southern belle.
However, after checking her watch, she realized that she needed to return home, as her parents would be holding a debutante ball for her sister and herself the next evening, and she needed to finish prepping her dress.
Before she leaves, she told Pop-Pop that she was glad she met him, as she had always feared that meeting another little person would somehow confirm everything she had feared about herself, but after meeting him, she realized that he was actually the first person who had ever really understood her.
The next evening, the debutante ball took place, and despite the lovely gown Marlene has made, none of the boys present would make eye contact with her, instead choosing to focus upon her sister. Marlene became despondent, realizing that despite her knowledge and talents, people would always judge her based upon her appearance before getting to know her.
Just as she is about to succumb to despair, a hand extended to her, offering a dance. She looked upon the stranger and saw that he was also a little person, with long arms, short legs, and his curly hair tied back into a ponytail.
She accepted his invitation, and they begin to twirl around the dance floor, with all of the guests of the ball stopping to stare at them. At first, everyone was struck by the spectacle of two little people dancing together but eventually, their attention shifted to how beautifully the two were moving together, almost as though they had danced together throughout their whole lives.
During the dance, Marlene and the stranger stared into each other’s eyes and Marlene recognized his as those of the clown she had met the previous night. After the dance, they stepped outside and she asked him why he had come. He revealed that he and his circus were leaving that evening, but he wanted a chance to say goodbye properly before they had left.
Marlene looked crestfallen, asking him if he really needed to go, to which he replied with a solemn nod. He then asked if she would like to come with him. Marlene was shocked by the suggestion, but after thinking about it for a moment, she realized that despite everything she had done, she had never been appreciated by anyone around her, including the local community or even her own family.
She then agreed to go with him, softly saying that there really was nothing left her there. Just as they were about to leave, they turned to see Marlene’s sister standing in the door. She seemed to have heard everything they had just discussed and had a surprised look on her face.
She seemed as though she was about to say something, but after thinking for a moment, remained silent, nodded at her sister, and then headed back inside to rejoin the ball.
Despite the ambiguity of her sister’s actions, Marlene took it as her sister giving her blessing for Marlene to leave in her own strange way, which might have been the only act of love she had ever shown her. The two young lovers then fled her family home and headed back to Pop-Pop’s circus where they soon married and Marlene took on the identity of Mamie the Clown.
Mamie has always viewed her departure from her family home as Pop-Pop saving her from her miserable previous life. They are a loving couple and she has always wanted to provide him with a child so that they could be a ‘proper’ family, but she was devastated to learn her dwarfism had made her unable to bear children.
While Pop-Pop has never made her feel inadequate about this, she still deeply longs to have a baby with him so that they could know the joy of being parents. Some years later, she was quite pleasantly surprised when the opportunity for them to be ‘parents’ arrived in a most unusual way when they became instructors at Coastline College and a certain Big Baby Clown named Junior came into their lives.
While Junior is initially embarrassed by Mamie’s maternal affection and babying of him, once he understands her painful past, he begins to empathize with her, especially since he is dealing with his own abandonment issues.
Eventually, Junior becomes utterly devoted to her, treating her as though she were his own mother.
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Art by thecushytushydeer
Story by SkunkTales1
Mamie:
Mamie is one of Junior’s professors during his time at Coastline’s Clown College. Her primary focus is on teaching him performance techniques and the informational side of clowning.
However, upon entering the program she quickly notices his lack of a formal education, due to having been passed throughout his early education without an accurate assessment of his knowledge.
As a result, Mamie takes on the role of a multidisciplinary professor, incorporating reading comprehension, writing composition, and arithmetic. This is much to Junior’s chagrin, as she reduces him from a lauded college athlete to a petulant schoolboy without him being able to offer any form of resistance.
Despite this perhaps Mamie’s most substantial impact on Junior is her motherly treatment of him. Out of the classroom, Mamie absolutely dotes upon Junior as if he were an actual toddler. This includes changing his diapers, feeding him in his high chair, giving him bubble baths, and other motherly acts.
While at first Junior believes that her treatment of him is a warped form of her immersing him into his role of a big baby clown, he later learns from Pop-Pop that due to conditions linked to Mamie’s dwarfism, she is unable to bear children of her own.
This is especially devastating to Mamie, as she had always wanted to provide Pop-Pop with a child after he had helped her to escape from her unhappy childhood home.
Mamie is actually her clown name, for her birth name was actually Marlene. She was born in a Southern home, which held prestige in their community for being old money. She was born a twin, with her sister being almost identical to her except her sister did not suffer from dwarfism.
Marlene’s dwarfism was not immediately apparent upon her birth but as the sisters grew, her condition soon made itself apparent.
Marlene’s sister grew into a charming young woman who was sought after by every eligible boy in the town (as well as a few of their fathers), while Marlene was treated as an embarrassment despite being a perfectly lovely young lady in her own right.
Despite her treatment, Marlene was determined to prove herself every bit as worthy as her sister, and devoted herself to learning every facet of becoming the ideal Southern Belle.
Through diligent study, she became an expert seamstress, capable of making almost any article of clothing within a few hours. She also poured over recipe books and spent days and nights within the kitchen until she became a master chef. She read every finishing school book she could find to hone her talents in décor, hosting, etiquette, and elocution.
Sadly, the one skill she could not master on her own was ballroom dancing, as it takes two to tango, or in this case waltz, and no boy had ever offered to be her dance partner.
While Marlene did her best for the world to see her as a proper lady, her sister was naturally assumed to be one at first glance. While Marlene’s sister had charm in spades, the presence of Marlene in her life weighed deeply on her mind.
She viewed Marlene almost as though she were a living funhouse mirror version of herself, a walking parody that she could have easily been if the stars had aligned slightly differently.
At first Marlene’s sister pretended that Marlene was her younger sister when their differences in height first became apparent. Then she pretended Marlene was a distant cousin. Finally, by the time they were young women, she wouldn’t even acknowledge her in public, pretending as though she were a stranger.
Finally there came a night when Marlene’s sister was going out with her friends to a carnival where a circus would be performing. Marlene begged her sister to allow her to come, and when her sister flat out refused, Marlene threatened to tell their mother that she had been sneaking out her room at night to do hanky-panky with her boyfriend.
Marlene’s sister relented and brought Marlene along with her to the carnival. At first, her sister’s friends were shocked to see the tiny girl with the town beauty, and after a few insensitive comments on their part, Marlene proved to be quite the conversationalist, being able to talk about almost any topic with relative ease.
Marlene’s sister became livid as her friends genuinely seemed to be enjoying Marlene’s wit and humor, and so when they reached the house of mirrors at the carnival, Marlene’s sister deliberately separated her from the rest of the group.
In a surreal moment, when both sisters were each in front of a funhouse mirror, their reflections distorted and they ended up looking like each other, with Marlene’s height and proportions being that of an average girl and her sister’s being that of a little person.
This image seems to manifest Marlene’s sister’s greatest fear, causing her to flee the house of mirrors in a state of existential terror. Marlene could not follow her sister’s path, and wandered aimlessly through the funhouse, becoming despondent about ever finding her way out.
She breaks down and begins to weep bitterly until she heard a voice nearby. She turned and then spotted a clown with a bowler hat. After first he looked to be of average height, but then she realized she is actually staring at his reflection in a funhouse mirror and as he approached her, it was revealed that he too was a little person.
He asked her if she was alright, claiming he heard crying, which was why he came to investigate. At first, Marlene was hesitant to share her troubles with a stranger, but she noticed his kind eyes and decided to share her woeful tale about her sister abandoning her.
The clown listened patiently as they began to walk together, and soon they found themselves out of the funhouse. He then gave her tickets to the main show at the big top, which would be starting in a few minutes. She then asked him his name, to which he replied, “You can call me Pop-Pop.”
She decided to attend the show and was surprised to discover that Pop-Pop the Clown was actually the headlining act. He revealed that he was a more than just a clown but also a surprisingly talented acrobat, being able to do fantastical aerial stunts that made it seem like he was flying.
His final act of the evening involved him taking Marlene by the hand and having them glide over the audience while holding onto an overly large umbrella, which was actually connected to a series of harness wires.
Marlene was enchanted by this, claiming she hadn’t ever quite had an experience like that ever before. After the show, the two spent the rest of the evening talking, and they both become fascinated with each other.
Pop-Pop revealed that he had designed most of the technical effects of the shows, demonstrating his talents in engineering, chemistry, and physics, while Marlene discussed her own studies in her attempt to become the ideal southern belle.
However, after checking her watch, she realized that she needed to return home, as her parents would be holding a debutante ball for her sister and herself the next evening, and she needed to finish prepping her dress.
Before she leaves, she told Pop-Pop that she was glad she met him, as she had always feared that meeting another little person would somehow confirm everything she had feared about herself, but after meeting him, she realized that he was actually the first person who had ever really understood her.
The next evening, the debutante ball took place, and despite the lovely gown Marlene has made, none of the boys present would make eye contact with her, instead choosing to focus upon her sister. Marlene became despondent, realizing that despite her knowledge and talents, people would always judge her based upon her appearance before getting to know her.
Just as she is about to succumb to despair, a hand extended to her, offering a dance. She looked upon the stranger and saw that he was also a little person, with long arms, short legs, and his curly hair tied back into a ponytail.
She accepted his invitation, and they begin to twirl around the dance floor, with all of the guests of the ball stopping to stare at them. At first, everyone was struck by the spectacle of two little people dancing together but eventually, their attention shifted to how beautifully the two were moving together, almost as though they had danced together throughout their whole lives.
During the dance, Marlene and the stranger stared into each other’s eyes and Marlene recognized his as those of the clown she had met the previous night. After the dance, they stepped outside and she asked him why he had come. He revealed that he and his circus were leaving that evening, but he wanted a chance to say goodbye properly before they had left.
Marlene looked crestfallen, asking him if he really needed to go, to which he replied with a solemn nod. He then asked if she would like to come with him. Marlene was shocked by the suggestion, but after thinking about it for a moment, she realized that despite everything she had done, she had never been appreciated by anyone around her, including the local community or even her own family.
She then agreed to go with him, softly saying that there really was nothing left her there. Just as they were about to leave, they turned to see Marlene’s sister standing in the door. She seemed to have heard everything they had just discussed and had a surprised look on her face.
She seemed as though she was about to say something, but after thinking for a moment, remained silent, nodded at her sister, and then headed back inside to rejoin the ball.
Despite the ambiguity of her sister’s actions, Marlene took it as her sister giving her blessing for Marlene to leave in her own strange way, which might have been the only act of love she had ever shown her. The two young lovers then fled her family home and headed back to Pop-Pop’s circus where they soon married and Marlene took on the identity of Mamie the Clown.
Mamie has always viewed her departure from her family home as Pop-Pop saving her from her miserable previous life. They are a loving couple and she has always wanted to provide him with a child so that they could be a ‘proper’ family, but she was devastated to learn her dwarfism had made her unable to bear children.
While Pop-Pop has never made her feel inadequate about this, she still deeply longs to have a baby with him so that they could know the joy of being parents. Some years later, she was quite pleasantly surprised when the opportunity for them to be ‘parents’ arrived in a most unusual way when they became instructors at Coastline College and a certain Big Baby Clown named Junior came into their lives.
While Junior is initially embarrassed by Mamie’s maternal affection and babying of him, once he understands her painful past, he begins to empathize with her, especially since he is dealing with his own abandonment issues.
Eventually, Junior becomes utterly devoted to her, treating her as though she were his own mother.
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Art by thecushytushydeer
Story by SkunkTales1
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Baby fur
Species Human
Gender Female
Size 774 x 1033px
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