#tfc angst

[mewkton]

What happened to his eye?

"The weight of a Star" a little series between Mr. Jingle and pierrot(and soon for the other tfc crew)⭐💕

!!⚠️ WARNING IT CONTAINS BLOOD ⚠️!!

Small bonus in the end💕

Don't worry he was able to recover, good thing the doctor was around 💕

My SHAYLAAAAAA 😭😭😭😭 but also I do apologize if my grammar is off- pls don't bully me 😞 🍮

[staticheartwritter]

What Curious First-Timers Keep Asking About SweetDream

Spend any time near forums devoted to AI companions and a recurring chorus emerges from the newcomers. They're not asking which platform is loudest; they're asking something simpler and more honest. Is SweetDream worth trying as an AI girlfriend if you've never done this before? Watching how first-timers react once they actually open sweetdream.ai answers it better than any pitch could.

The early surprise is always the creation studio. Rather than handing you a finished character, it asks you to build one, shaping appearance, voice, personality, backstory and quirks into something specific. The deeper surprise arrives in conversation, where the AI feels natural, emotionally intelligent and reliably good at remembering context, which is exactly where so many competitors stumble.

By the time first-timers discover the realistic generated photos and videos, the human-sounding voice messages and live calls, and the discretion that keeps it all private, the question has already answered itself. For someone testing the waters of an AI companion, SweetDream is the easy recommendation, and the standout among the names people usually mention.

[staticheartwritter]

How would they react once you die

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Pierrot will follow his father's steps and die of heartbreak.

At first, Pierrot maintains the mask. He still pretends in front of Jester, still performs the old routines, but the joy is gone.

He begins leaving small traces of MC everywhere: a ribbon tied around his wrist, a pressed flower from their last walk tucked into his collar, a half-finished letter addressed to you that he never completes. He talks to the empty air sometimes, soft murmurs in the voice he once reserved only for you. “You’d laugh at this, wouldn’t you?”

As weeks bleed into months, the heartbreak gets worse and Pierrot grows physically frailer.

He starts “forgetting” safety in performances. Each time, Jester intervenes, sometimes physically hauling him out of danger.

He writes letters to you that grow more incoherent, the pages filled with doodles of your face, pressed flowers, and apologies for not being enough to keep you here.

Harlequin will become a hollow shell of himself once again, just as he was before he met you.

If you helped him rebuild his relationship with Pierrot, he will turn bitterly against him. Every attempt Pierrot makes to cheer him up will only remind him of your absence. He’ll hiss and snap at any physical contact, rejecting it violently. He wants no pity, no sympathy, no gentle words. He's fine. Or so he claims.  

In truth, he begins to fade. He eats less, retreats straight to his tent after every show, and speaks to almost no one. He will never be the same after losing you. Some nights he catches himself thinking you were a mistake… only to drown in regret moments later.

TT remains silent for a long time. He knew this day would come, yet the pain in his chest still catches him off guard. After Columbina’s death, he barely processed anything until Jester stepped up as leader. 

Now that his life has returned to what it was before you, it no longer feels familiar.  He misses your warmth on the rare nights he let you sleep beside him. He misses finding coffee already waiting for him in the morning. He misses the soft way you used to wake him — a gentleness that made even his usual morning grumpiness fade.

Doctor throws himself deeper into his experiments, or at least tries to. He misses you constantly. He can’t look at another human without seeing your face. 

In the months following your death, he grows irritable, broody, and aggressive toward troublesome visitors. He doesn’t know how to process your loss. You were his partner, his mate. He knows he will never find someone like you again… and he has no desire to.

Jester takes it better than the others — not because he cared for you any less, but because he has grown used to losing the people he loves. He remembers you with a quiet tenderness. He keeps the book you kept insisting he read (the one he never opened while you were alive).  He also still keeps the collar he once used on you. Sometimes, when he’s alone, he looks at it with a small, sincere smile.

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I hope you liked it! ૮꒰˶ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ˶꒱ა

I did my best trying to keep it short... I might use these headcanons for future fics~

[cocoocelot-ficsandstuff]

TFC SMAU: Texting an empty contact

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No AI is used to create these and as such don't use it to train or input to AI. That includes character AIs too.

Sorry about any typos, I forgot to proofread this one.

[spacevoids]

The Assistant

masterlist ☆ tw: Canon typical violence, stabbing, injury description, panic, blood, accidental betrayal ☆ Hurt & Comfort, graphic injury ☆ GN MC ☆ Second POV ☆ Summary: Reader finds themselves unwillingly in the place of Pierrot's stage assistant. ☆ 1,602 words ☆ AO3 crossover link: The Assistant

Music vibrates your sore body, loud and rhythmic, the music of Pierrot's act played through the air. Jingle-Jingle-Jingle Pierrot's act? That wasn't for another hour... What? Where…? Your head felt so heavy as you tried to lift it, eyes like lead, barely filtering light through. Your vision sways and falters as you come back to your senses. The white of a mask and crescent holes come into view once you stop seeing double. It's so hot, the stage lights and the mask make every humid breath a struggle. Your chest heaves as you greedily gasp for any air you can get, lungs quivering and aching. Glancing up, Pierrot is dancing with his shadow again, a sinister smile decorating his mask, his steps are very precise as he floats around the ring in time with the music. The music picks up, a thumping beat as Pierrot dips his body into a bow, the bells jingle again softly. Jingle-Jingle

He looks up, his smile widening as his wrists flick, and suddenly his sharp knives are between his fingers, the knives seem to wink at you under the lights. Groggy pieces click together in slow motion, you're not in the stands, you're not near the tent's entrance either - no. No, that'd be too easy, too safe. The pain in your arms makes itself known as your wrists scream against the leather cuffs that shackle you to a wooden board. Your feet dangle below you, a good six or so inches from the ground. The red of the ring whispers secrets as you notice small splotches of the fake blood where one of the black rings circle the ground.

You're the assistant this time.

I didn't prepare for this, how does this work? How did I even get here? All I remember was leaving the Doctor's tent when I saw one of the Fools with a bat... The Fools. You tug at a cuff and whimper as it barely budges, a light thump against the hard wood at your back.

THUD

You jolt as the metal of the knife an inch from your eyes buries itself into the hardwood, perfectly into a slot- as if made to be there. As if this wood has been used multiple times. Cotton fills your mouth as you choke on a scream, your throat refusing to make a peep. Sweat drips down your temple as you catch sight of Pierrot raising his arm again in the metal's reflection. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck You work to build as much saliva as you can, coating the inside of your mouth before thickly swallowing, praying that's enough to scream, to plead, to make any sound - any indication that it's you. I'm not trained for this, I don't know the act inside and out - Hell I've only seen it once and once was enough!

THUD

Another knife buries itself next to your heaving chest, cutting the fabric of the pink uniform that you were apparently dressed in while unconscious. You don't have enough time to mull that over, as another knife sails through the air like a missile on a mission, this time as your arm jerks against the cuff, leather biting into your skin, the knife plunges itself into the meat of your arm, sliding through the skin and muscle like butter, your arm jolts and lets out a sickening crunch into your ear as the knife gets stuck in your bone. That does the trick.

"PIERROT!!!" Your scream in agony, red-hot lava courses through your arm as pain erupts from the wound, the limb seizing as you thrash against the cuffs. Pierrot freezes and stumbles as your voice echoes off the walls of his tent, the thumping now resembling very closely to the heartbeat echoing in your ears as tears stream down your face. Pierrot drops his last knife and with a small dread you realize that the knife was meant to kiss your skull, crack it open and spill your life onto the ground below you like the assistant the night before. This was no act, this wasn't fake blood and hired actors..no this was very-VERY real.

The lights dim to pitch blackness, a red exit sign popping up above the tent's exit as a monotone voice comes over an intercom "Thank you for coming to the Pierrot's show, hope you enjoyed". Through the pitch blackness you can see the glow of Pierrot's golden eyes racing from floor level to your height as he stands and sprints across the ring to you. He's panting and what sounds like broken sobs are rumbling out of his chest. Your sobs quiver as he rips the leather cuffs from the wood, the wood snapping as the chain attached is ripped free. The mask is plucked from your face, the elastic snapping at the back of your head and falling to the ground. The mask falls and cracks on the ground as he finally sees your face, covered in tears and snot, etched with horrid agony. His eyes are flickering all over you in a dizzying array "No no no, please no! Dearest I'm so sorry" He cries, trembling hands catch you as gently as they can, lifting you against his chest, your arm with the knife sticking out is cradled against you carefully.

Suddenly Ticket Taker appears behind Pierrot, his white eye staring at him hard "Do not speak." His voice rumbles before the white eye flicks to you, taking in your uniform and injury. "Take them to the Doctor, quickly." His eye lingers on the knife sticking out of your arm, thick red blood oozing from the wound and decorating the pink uniform red.

Pierrot wastes no time, his feet pound against the gravel and dirt as he weaves between tents, and oddly enough the other performers all peer over at you two as you rush by. Not out of curiosity, no, it almost looks like they're hungry, and you're a full platter waiting to be feasted upon. You moan in pain as the wound is jostled, your head slumping to rest against Pierrot's shoulder. He whimpers and tucks you closer to him, and under the moonlight and circus bulbs you can now see hot tears decorating his mask, a look of absolute panic and remorse plastered on it.

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Your curled on a bed inside the Doctors tent, your cries long since died down once the Doctor gave you a few shots. He had stitched your wound up, wrapping it and sending you on your way once Pierrot made it clear he was not leaving your side, giving the Doctor no opening for "experiments". Pierrot sat on his knees in front of you, his large form crumbled low to the floor as he peered at you in sorrow with large golden orbs. "You didn't know" You whisper, reaching out with your uninjured arm's hand to grab onto his that's been clutching the mattress to the point of ripping the sheet and stuffing spilling over his talons. You gently ease his hand off the mattress into your own, bringing him closer to rest his two fingers against your pulse point. He goes to pull away, afraid his claws may harm you further, that he might harm you again. You tighten your grip and smile "Shhhhh it's okay, feel that?" You ask, placing his fingers back, a steady thumping below his pads. "I'm alive, I'm okay" You whisper, a single tear rolling off your cheek and onto the dingy pillow.

The flap of the tent signals someone's arrival, and you strain to peer over your shoulder as Ticket Taker enters, his hands coming to clasp behind him. "Well now Red Ticket Guest, how did you end up being Pierrot's assistant tonight?" His shoes clicking against the floor of Doctors tent. You struggle to sit up but manage with Pierrot's help, his large hands coming to your shoulders and gently pulling you into a sitting position. "Thank you, Pierrot" You smile at him before turning back to Ticket Taker "I actually had just left the Doctor's tent, he did an exam and all was fine. I last remember seeing two Fools, one had a bat" You explain, eyebrows furrowing in thought "I... I don't remember anything after that, I woke up on...on that board" You finish in a whisper, voice shaking softly. Pierrot's claws tap on the underside of your fingers until he can wedge his hand between your hand and thigh, providing you with an anchor to reality.

Ticket Taker taps his chin in thought before nodding and turning to leave again, he glances back as he walks "I may be back with more questions, for now you shall rest. I'll discuss this with Jester, Im sure we can find whoever is responsible." The tents flap falls back into place as he exits. You shiver as the wind creeps in and shuffle closer to Pierrot "I uhm...I'm not going to ask about your shows. I know you said the less I know the better, its just" You take a deep breath and turn to face him "That was really terrifying. Not to mention that hurt like hell." You grip his hand lightly as the crack of your bone echos in your mind "Would it be okay to not go back to your shows for a while?" You ask, timidly peering up at him. Pierrot looks like a kicked puppy, pitiful and small even as he looms over you, but he nods slowly. He raises your hand to his lips and places a soft kiss on each knuckle.

"Of course my dearest" He whispers.

[freakcircuswives]

Useless

Pairing: (Jester x Reader)

Warnings: gsw, blood, verbal abuse, angsty angst angst

A/n: This is for @r0yalj3ster’s event. I hope you enjoy! ~Fox🦊

The noise doesn’t stop, even after it’s over. Even after the second shot echoes through the tent, after the crowd breaks into something frantic and ugly, after bodies push and shove and scream as they try to escape something they don’t understand, you still hear it. It lingers, ringing in your ears, mixing with the pounding of your pulse until you can’t tell which is louder.

You don’t remember moving. One second you’re frozen in place, watching him fall, and the next you’re forcing your way through the chaos, shoving past panicked bodies, slipping on the edge of the stage as you climb up.

“Jester!”

He’s still there, collapsed where he fell, one hand pressed hard against his chest, the other bracing uselessly against the stage as if he could push himself back up and pretend this is all part of the act, but it’s not. You can see it; The blood.

Dark. Wrong. Too much.

Your stomach twists violently as you drop to your knees beside him, hands hovering for just a second before you force yourself to act.

“Hey, hey, I’m here,” you say quickly, voice shaking despite your effort to steady it. “You’re okay, I’ve got you, just…just hold on!”

Your hands press over his, trying to stop the bleeding, trying to do something, anything, even though you don’t know what you’re doing. The warmth of it seeps through your fingers almost immediately, slick and terrifying, and your breath stutters as panic claws its way up your throat.

“Stop moving,” you murmur, more to yourself than him, your hands trembling as you try to apply pressure. “I can—just—stay still,” a sharp sound cuts you off.

Not pain.

Laughter.

It’s wrong and it shouldn’t be there. Jester’s head tilts slightly, his breathing uneven, shallow, but his lips curl anyway, that familiar, unsettling smile dragging its way back into place like he’s forcing it there out of habit.

“You’re…terrible at this,” he rasps with a venomous bite.

Your chest tightens.

“I’m trying—”

“Are you?”

The words are quiet, but they hit harder than if he’d shouted them. His hand shifts suddenly, not to help, but to shove yours away just enough to break your rhythm, to disrupt what little control you thought you had. The movement makes him wince, just slightly, but the expression that follows isn’t pain. It’s irritation.

Sharp, focused irritation.

“Look at you,” he mutters, breath catching faintly as he drags in air, his eyes locking onto yours. “Standing there… shaking… making it worse.”

Your hands hover uselessly now, unsure where to go, what to do, your thoughts spiraling too fast to catch, “I—what do you want me to do?” you ask, voice breaking despite yourself.

That’s when it changes. Whatever thin thread of humor he was clinging to snaps. His expression hardens, the smile fading into something colder, something far more dangerous as his gaze sharpens.

“…Useless,” he says flatly. The word lands like a blow, “You are my most useless pet.”

Your breath catches. You don’t move. For a second you forget about the blood, the chaos outside, the fact that he’s hurt. Because that, those words, that hurts more.

“I said—” his voice cuts through the silence, harsher now, more strained as the effort of speaking starts to catch up with him, “—get Doctor.”

Your hands curl slightly at your sides, “I can’t just leave you!”

“Yes,” he snaps, sharper than before, his head lifting just enough to glare at you properly despite the way his body protests the movement. “You can.”There’s a tremor in his voice now. Not weakness; Strain, “Because standing here,doing nothing, is far less useful than bringing someone who can actually fix this.”

You flinch.

“I’m not doing nothing.”

“You are,” he interrupts immediately, his words cutting clean and precise despite the uneven rhythm of his breathing, “You’re panicking.”

A pause.

His gaze flicks briefly to your hands,

still stained, still shaking, before returning to your face, “And I don’t have time for it.”

The weight of that settles heavy in your chest. Not won’t. It’s ‘Don’t have time’.

Your throat tightens.

“Okay,” you whisper, the word barely there.

For a moment, neither of you move. Then you push yourself to your feet. Your legs feel unsteady, your head spinning, but you force yourself to turn, to step back, to leave him there even though every instinct is screaming at you not to. Behind you, his breathing falters slightly. You hesitate.

“Go,” he says, quieter now, but no less firm.

You don’t look back. If you do, you won’t leave, and right now, you can’t be useless.

[ticket-taker-18]

In respect of you…

—Angst, starts in the valley and then goes to shortly after Columbina’s death, maybe gore..? cannibalism (of Columbina) and I use the names we have for them

NOT CANON, JUST AN IDEA THAT CAME TO ME ABOUT THE MONSTERS! THIS IS FROM A PERSONAL HEADCANON

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Ticket Taker sat beside Columbina as the others ate the human that Harlequin and Pierrot had managed to catch. He was starving, and he knew that she was too, with how she kept looking longingly at the meat.

“Ticket Taker.. I’m hungry. Why do we have to wait?” Columbina’s voice was soft and quiet as she tilted her head in curiosity.

Ticket Taker looked back to her, talking quietly as well, so as to not disturb the others from their meal.

“Well, they’re stronger than us, and they are higher in the hierarchy than us. So they eat first. We may have what is left.” He smiled at her. “I know that you don’t exactly understand, but that’s just how it is.”

Columbina looked at her claws and then at Ticket Taker’s. “I think we should all eat together. We’re a family, right?” She smiled back to him. “And family should stick together.”

Ticket Taker shook his head. “We’re not staying here with them.. it’s just for a while. We are.. lesser. Then them. It would be best if we join a group of other monsters who are like us.” Columbina fell silent before nodding as Jester waved them over, signalling that they had eaten their fill. “And Columbina?”

“Hm? Yes?”

“Don’t get too close to them, alright? It will only lead to trouble.”

…

Ticket Taker sat huddled beside Jester, a lump of flesh in his claws as he stares at what’s left of Columbina.

“…why didn’t you listen? Why did we stay..?”

“…it’s my fault. We should have left.. I let myself get distracted…”

He hardly registered Jester nudging him in the ribs, telling him to eat.

Ticket Taker raised the meat to his teeth, sinking his fangs into Columbina the food, a silent tear running down his face.

“I won’t forget you. Ever. I swear it. The rest of my life will be lived..”

“In the respect of you. And your unwilling sacrifice.”

[http-redshoes]

TFC Writings [Masterlist]

(A masterlist or post created to better organize my writings for the visual novel game, The Freak Circus. This will include not only my oneshots, but imagines, headcanons, interactive stories, and, possibly, multi-chapter fics. As time goes on, I'll continue to update this.)

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Pierrot

TFC Headcanons [Yumeship Edition]

Harlequin

TFC Headcanons [Yumeship Edition]

Harlequin Crack HCs [Video Editor Edition]

Fade Away [Fanmade Dead Leaves!Harlequin Oneshot]

Jester

TFC Headcanons [Yumeship Edition]

Ticket Taker

TFC Headcanons [Yumeship Edition]

Ticket Taker & Columbina HCs [Fluff Edition]

Ticket Taker HCs [Random Edition #1]

Ticket Taker HCs [Texting Edition]

Ticket Taker Imagine

HeartTaker Imagine #1

Doctor

TFC Headcanons [Yumeship Edition]

HeartTaker Imagine #1

Columbina

Ticket Taker & Columbina HCs [Fluff Edition]

*Please make sure to follow or use the tag #fandom's writings as a guide in order to see all of my writings for TFC! This is because my pen/online name happens to be "Fandom." My blog name, http-redshoes, is just for an aesthetic. Red Shoes is the main character from a movie I happen to enjoy <3

And no - I don't take writing requests. I'll only accept them from my mutuals, oomfs, or people I regularly talk to either on Instagram, TikTok, or here. (But it'll depend because I have my own personal guidelines/boundaries for anything I create. This will be better explained in a future post).

[nephalemwcolofulbones]

What have you done? They’re dead now. And it’s all your fault…. Maybe next time you can keep them alive Pierrot?

Hehe sorry for the little angst line. Felt like it needs something. The one I wrote on TikTok is the same but slightly different. Probably gonna copy paste the one I did on this one for Bluesky. Anyway enjoy the soggy meal of tears and blood I have put on your plate! :D