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01 September 2007 @ 07:25 pm
I has a plot bunny  
A big vicious one, with evil nasty teeth.
It's a dark carnival sort of bunny. But all I know comes from State Fairs and Freaks and Blind Voices and Geek Love.

So, I toss it out to you, constant reader, to give me a hand on my first horror novel. This is not intended to be erotica, although there will be sex.



Poll #1048763 Dark carnival Stuff
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

So, which is the creepiest part of the carvinal?

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The games
1 (5.6%)

the rides
1 (5.6%)

the side shows
8 (44.4%)

the food
1 (5.6%)

the performers
3 (16.7%)

the roustabouts
4 (22.2%)

other, I'll tell you in the comments
0 (0.0%)

What is the ride a midway absolutely has to have? (you can answer more than one)

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Ferris wheel
15 (83.3%)

Carousel
12 (66.7%)

Tilt-a-whirl
6 (33.3%)

scrambler
2 (11.1%)

a dark ride (haunted house)
8 (44.4%)

A fun house, with mirror maze
12 (66.7%)

spinning tubs
1 (5.6%)

dutch shoes
0 (0.0%)

Giant swing
7 (38.9%)

octopus
5 (27.8%)

something you've forgotten (comment please)
2 (11.1%)

Sideshows, Working Acts

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Magician
8 (44.4%)

Fortune teller
15 (83.3%)

geek (bites the heads off chickens)
4 (22.2%)

pin-kid/torture king (needles nails, eats razorblades etc)
4 (22.2%)

Block-head (stuffs objects up his nose)
4 (22.2%)

clown
10 (55.6%)

Swallowers/fire eaters
11 (61.1%)

hootchie-cootchy girls
8 (44.4%)

snake charmers
7 (38.9%)

Contortionists
8 (44.4%)

you forgot...
1 (5.6%)

Sideshows: made freaks

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Tattooed people
9 (50.0%)

the half-man/half woman
8 (44.4%)

Wild Man of Borneo
10 (55.6%)

the fat lady/man
8 (44.4%)

the human skeleton
8 (44.4%)

you're forgetting...
0 (0.0%)

Sideshow: born freaks

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Little People
9 (50.0%)

Giants
8 (44.4%)

Wolf-man (hyperactive hair growth)
10 (55.6%)

Bearded ladies
11 (61.1%)

Conjoined twins
8 (44.4%)

Microcephalics (pinheads)
3 (16.7%)

extra limbs (Three legged man)
8 (44.4%)

stunted limbs (lobster boy)
7 (38.9%)

missing limbs (armless wonder)
2 (11.1%)

half-man or half-woman
8 (44.4%)

skin condition (alligator/lizard man)
10 (55.6%)

you've left out...
0 (0.0%)

What else would you see? (feel free to leave a comment)

Other Attractions:

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Pickled Punks (preserved deformed fetuses, human and animal)
9 (56.2%)

Animal exhibits
11 (68.8%)

Clowns
7 (43.8%)

Games (tell me the type in comments)
4 (25.0%)

 
 
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Bounce![info]partly_bouncy on September 2nd, 2007 01:47 am (UTC)
For games, there is the toss the baseball at the milk bottles type deal, and the shoot something type deal.
morgan_lowri[info]morgan_lowri on September 2nd, 2007 02:54 am (UTC)
You forgot the giant slide and the skeevy snakeoil salesman, and the guy covered in snakes and/or spiders. ^_^

Games would be like ringtoss, beanbags and/or waterballoons, strength test ala wack the base with a mallet to make the bell at the top ring, arm-wrestling, darts. I'm sure there's more.
[info]creatorschilde on September 2nd, 2007 12:29 pm (UTC)
I always like the guys who try to guess your weight or age... they get it wrong within a certain degree and you get a prize.
Lee Benoit[info]leebenoit on September 2nd, 2007 01:23 pm (UTC)
Hey there,
You poll brought a gruesome childhood memory bak in living color (thanks a lot!) :)
I saw a cow at an ag show once that had been fitten with a round window in its flank so you could watch the digestion process. Come to think of it, the window wasn't covered with glass, just was a round casement sort of thingy. You could have put your hand right inside!
Cheers,
Lee
Briony[info]hippediva on September 2nd, 2007 05:57 pm (UTC)
*giggle* You just made me think of Carnivale and of a computer game I designed and created fake tattoos for about 12 years ago. LOL!