#freakshows

[broareweabouttoviberightnow]

shiv and Tom and roman and gerri tuning in to watch kendall's speech s2e1 just to shit talk his ass can be something so personal to a man

[octisticsopinions]

The greatest showman and the erasure of disabled history (cw: historical ableism and racism)

I haven't watched the greatest showman. It watched a review of it. I won't watch it, I won't even pirate it, because watching a movie like that would be deeply upsetting to me.

This movie is about P.T Barnum, a real person, a horrible, ableist, racist, disgusting person, who should not be celebrated.

In this movie, he's a saviour for disabled "freaks", a word that this movie believes he has the right to reclaim for disabled people.

In reality, he exhibited disabled people and people of colour as "freaks" to be ogled and jeered at, to be abused and discarded when the novelty wore off, to exist for the entertainment of non-disabled whites.

This movie is not about the disabled "freaks". It could never be, because that would require showing the truth about freakshows, and it would give the disabled characters too much agency. This is a tragedy in my eyes, that we never see the stories of the actual disabled people of colour.

It's not about the disabled person who joined the freakshow to provide for their family.

It's not about the disabled black person who was lied to and deceived into joining.

It's not about the disabled slave who was sold into the freakshow.

It's always the non-disabled person who profiting off of the humiliation and abuse they subject their disabled workers and slaves to. And this is portrayed as something inspiring, and something the "freaks" should've been grateful for.

It's never about Joice Heth, or Saartjie Baartman, or Charles Sherwood Stratton, or the indigenous people who were tricked kidnapped or enslaved, or the disabled people who never saw their family again, it's about PT fucking Barnum.

I've seen disabled people find empowerment in this movie, and i'm happy for them. But the greatest showman was not made for disabled people to feel empowered by "embracing their differences". It was made for non disabled people who want to be a saviour to disabled people. It's for non-disabled people who feel guilty about objectifying disabled people, to reassure them that disabled people are actually grateful. It shows disabled people succeeding, but only because they cater to non-disabled people. It's made to justify ableism to non disabled audiences.

This movie is disgustingly disrespectful, to the victims of P.T Barnum. Many of the "freaks" where based on real people. Real people who were often sold into slavery, abused, tortured. Real people who this movie turns into puppets who only exist to make P.T Barnum look like a saint, to fufill non-disabled fantasies of being mother teresa to a disabled kid.

This movie will go down as a disgusting, shameful movie, and I hope the true stories of the ableism and racism in freakshows become widely known, until freakshows and their members are given the respectful and solemn recounting they deserve.

[sm-baby]

Freakshow au by @hootbon

Ko-fi🧸

Sometimes I think about the fact that you can reach into Pomni's back and make her talk

[ketshyp24]

I had fun

Freakshow au by @hootbon

[hootbon]

Since pomni looks normal, what would she look like in full freakshow effect ?(like the virus finally getting to her)

Always remember, you guys asked for this

[etanow]

Her design is so prettyyy

Freakshow AU @hootbon

[cobbiecrow]

< It's Time To Place Your Bets @sm-baby @hootbon

[kookydoodleky]

The girlfriends taking a little nap

Ragatha loves to cuddle with her girlfriend.

She could spend all the eternity like this without getting tired.

Unfortunately, they still have work to do

Inspired a bit by this idea from @moonie-cake

[0104-vikita]

Would this count as Freaks Show Fanart? I think so

Ever since I discovered @hootbon TADC Au "Freaks Show" I couldn't get out of my head how nightmare fuel and horrid Gangle's situation is in there (in my opinion) so I thought it would be cool to show that through this little comic.

Freakshow version of Gangle belongs to @hootbon

Original character belongs to @gooseworx

[lueduar01]

THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - OVA TV SPECIAL: THE POMNI-VERSE!

so many pomnis but from different AUs

@hootbon @sm-baby and @burrotello

[bunnyjesters]

FREAKSHOW - page 2

forgot to upload friday, sorry! we literally have ~20 pages boarded for this so buckle up dawgs. considering bi weekly updates of 1 page or weekly updates of 2-3 pages

enjoy! -⭐️

PREV - NEXT

[leafyeyes417]

So Danny had tried, he really had. He had moved to Gotham because he knew his parents wouldn’t look for him there. They had never found out he was Phantom but things had reached the point where both he and Jazz decided to go no contact.

But back to his problem. He had worked out with Frostbite that he actually only had one obsession, Space. He had been happy to know that, he had been getting tired of the constant struggle to keep both ghosts and humans safe while also dealing with ghost hunters.

So his move to Gotham was both to avoid his parents but also the reassurance that there were multiple heroes taking care of things. He had enjoyed the peace for the first three months but then he had started to get twitchy. He had tried getting some hobbies but by month six he knew he was out of options. He had especially clued in when he noticed a few classmates avoiding him thinking he was about to snap. Jazz had been resigned when he let her know the news.

So that’s why he was now sitting on a conspicuous roof, wearing a mask made in the Infinite Realms, waiting for a Bat or Bird to show up. He was coming out of retirement after all. Hopefully he would be able to work with the Bats instead of working around them. He really didn’t want to end up on the Rogue list.

[rabid-mercenary16]

They have rotted my brain

[sm-baby]

I FOUND THIS ON MY COMPUTER?!!!?!?!!

Caine: QUICK POMNI!!!! YOU MUST RETURN THE POMNIS TO THEIR ORIGINAL UNIVERSES OR THE ENTIRE MULTIVERSE WILL EXPLODE!!!!! QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pomni: BUT-

Caine: *shoves them all in clown car*

[ark-fork]

Your Lovely Mad Doll

Freakshow Pomni belongs to @hootbon

[hootbon]

Have some candy lady