Identity V | Weeping Clown Background Story

Dear Detectives, the fame, lights and glory was more than he could take on the stage. Jealousy destroyed the lives of two men that night, face the music tonight!

[raisaki]

Other female dancers: let's have blonde hair, don't tell margs

[erieth]

For those who want to know the whole story:
> Weeping clown had a crush on margaretha, but she was married to Sergi, the smiling, popular clown.
> Sergi abused Margie, Weeping clown saw her scars and got very angry at Sergi
> Sergi got jealous of Weeping for having a crush on Marg, so he stole Mike's (acrobat) explosive bombs and put acid in Weepy's clown makeup, destroying his face.
> Mike went to the town to buy more ingredients to make more bombs
> While Mike was away, Weeping grabbed a saw and set the circus on fire in an attempt to kill Sergi
> Margaretha escaped, but Sergi died. As a revenge for what he did to his face, Weeping cut Sergi's face and put it over his. He literally stole his face. Now he isn't the weeping clown anymore, he is Smiley face.
> Authorities found a corpse without face. They thought it was Weeping, but then realized his built wasn't lanky, but quite strong, so they realized it was Sergi's body. Weeping was nowhere to be found.
> Mike loved the circus, so when he came back and found it destroyed, he decided he would seek revenge. He thinks Margaretha is the one who set it on fire.

[ordinarytorchic]

Identity v really got me invested in these background stories-🙃

[nevnev]

if dancer doesn’t get her first essence a tier in the weeping clown essence, I can’t even anymore

[venttsur]

Damn, so the ACID is WITHIN the *face paint bottles* that Joker use before the show

[decorachan]

FINALLY! I'VE BEEN DYING TO SEE HULLABALOO BACKSTORY!

[nothankyoudontwantalastnam]

A little detail I like about Marg becoming more interested in Joker is at 0:25 where she looks the other way when its said she falls for someone more considerate. I feel like that implies her shifting her interest from Sergi to Joker.


or I could just be reading into it too hard

[SikeyYT]

This is absolutely amazing, and by far my favorite backstory as of yet. In story telling situations the music is extremely important, and the writers really hit the tone this time with the piano.

[PumPumW]

As i remember correctly, sergi is the happy clown, while joker is the sad clown, sergi and Margaretha was in toxic relationship, sergi abused her offstage, joker have a feeling towards marg, he brought her(Margaretha) to his tent to protect her from sergi

Sergi found out and mixed joker's makeup with acid, then i don't remember what happened after that, i think what Joker means by "Sergi face" is his smiling face sine he is supposed to be the sad clown

And also, Margaretha broke up with Sergi(i think)
Margaretha entered the manor to get some protection from the ripper(because he was hunting her), unfortunately, she doesn't know that ripper is also inside the manor


Correct me if I'm wrong—

[residentreptile]

AYO JOKER VOICE REVEAL HELL FUCKING YEEEEAAAH

[choking]

Yk I find it quite interesting how when Weeping becomes Smiley…he takes the physical appearance of Sergi. A very strong body, very loud and funny, and a huge smile on his face… To be quite honest I have a feeling they had some drama before Natalie showed up, or he took Sergi’s appearance in a little wacky way of trying to impress her.

[morienbellamy]

Dang.. OK.... So Sergei stole acid from Mike and mixed it into the Weeping Clown's makeup. That's a bit less graphic than throwing the bottle at him but still cruel as heck. So stealing Sergei's face is pretty much Weeping Clown's way of 'an eye for an eye'. And as for the circus fire, was Sergei going to get caught for the crime and, while drunk, decided to start the fire to cover up ('The truth was spilled in a fit of drunkenness...')? Or did the Weeping Clown set the fire solely to trap Sergei and cut his face off?

[red_dulge]

Joker's voice got me down on my knees 😩

[kantar]

Thought this new survivor was stupid, but now you’ve got me interested.

[hollyieaf]

Weeping Clown x Female Dancer is new otp

[IWontFindU]

After this, Joker is officially my new favorite character after Xie Bi'an.

[verabma]

I've never felt so bad for a hunter before

[starnightme]

Yay a new survivor is coming to the manor!!!!

[pog]

I’m in love!! The art is so beautiful. The music, too! And Joker’s VA sends chills. I absolutely can’t wait for Joker to come! (And hopefully even more interaction between Joker/Smiley and Marge!)

[winters_angel]

1:04 looks like Orpheus and thief near the middle and Joker on the other side. And someone else all the way over to the left peeking out of the tent