#sideshow aesthetic

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Photos with Living Dead Dolls' twins Hazel and Hattie, conjoined at the shoulder. I simply had to get these dolls to find out how they were built and dressed this way, and I got my answers! Read this post to find out!

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FakeCrew Aesthetics: Sideshow

Mercenaries, freelancers, assassins. Sideshow was formed before they were given a name, a force to be reckoned with before people even knew they existed, and Sideshow was involved in almost everything that the Roosters did before they even took an interest in them. Annonymous, efficient, and most likely certifiable, they had caused enough trouble on their own that the Fakes had no choice but to bring them in. 

It started as a joke. Most of the things that Criken does start as jokes, but when him and a couple friends wanted to see how easy it would be to rob a bank, they didn’t think it would go this far. They kept pushing the envelope, convincing police officers that they were the bank, convincing the bank they were the money carriers, talking their way into the vault itself. By the time, the bank realized they had been robbed, it had been three weeks and they had already wiped the records and the cameras. 

The police were convinced that it had been one of the bigger crews, it must have been a group of 10, no 20 professionals. They had all laughed at that. And they wanted more. They started to imitate other crews, making up their own crews, making up their own stories. People started getting scared. They heard the police over the radio complaining about all the new gang activity. Then they actually got involved. Criken had them all wear masks; different ones each time. They would go to meets, pretending to be other people. Copying voices, making up their own. Making a name in the city that has ten thousand. 

By the time Gunshow attracts the attention of the rest of the crews, it’s already too late. They have connections to everyone, Gunshow’s dug in to deep to root out without exposing their own. So begins an uneasy alliance, built on the whispers of promises, on meaningless threats. The crews are scared of things that are hard to pin down, hard to see, difficult to define. And Gunshow is that, times one hundred. They’re everything that people say that are, and nothing that they would ever believe. They’re four of them, ten of them, fifty of them. They don’t exist at all. They are everywhere and nowhere.

 It’s all an act, a performance. But what else can a performance do, but put on a good show? 

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Criken; The Ringleader: / /silver tongue and a flashy smile/ /

With one face and seemingly hundreds of voices, Criken can talk his way in or out of any situation that he gets himself into. Though he started out behind a computer screen, business these days is beginning to get more and more personal, requiring that his presence be known in the circles of Fakes. They distrust him at for his cordial nature, his calmness making others uneasy. But he’s the face of their group, and he knows how to put on a good show. [1/?]

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Bucklington; The Noise: / /golden heart and an effervescent spirit/ /

He was never supposed to be where he is, but Buck has a way of getting under people’s skin and sticking there like a parasite. Sideshow adores him, despite their constant teasings, and would take a bullet (or 10) to make sure that he’s kept safe. And for good reason. Bucklington is one of the best undercover agents that the city has ever seen, and he can only go up from here. [4/?]

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Tomato; The Distraction: / /mechanical thoughts and fiery eyes/ / 

Seen as loud, violent and unpredictable, Tomato is the brute force of the group, back-talking and bar-fighting when the going gets tough. But he’s more comfortable behind the scenes - breaking into expensive security systems and hard-wiring his own army of electronics. Tamto is fiercely loyal to the group as a whole, despite what he wants the other to believe. [3/?]

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Shayne Hawke; The Creator: // invisible architect and humble presence //

Shayne is not only the glue of Sideshow, he’s the hammer, nails and the hands that built it. Content with living in the shadows, he is the one they call when things start to go south, as he always has a plan b-z. Shayne has shaped the personas that Sideshow presents, and he makes sure that anything that people see will make an impression. [5/?] 

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BedBananas; The Chaos: / /quick fingers and a clever mind/ / 

An enigma to all but those closest to him, most of the other crews don’t even believe he exist. Those that  have met him know to keep their distance. Bed started as a petty criminal, but he had ideas bigger than him. He’s cold and calculating, and his expertise is in the details; nothing escapes his cinematic plans. [2/?]