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2	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3808639 Circus of Dead Boys and Girls]]'' is the Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn adaptation of the {{Website/Tumblr}} askblog [[http://fandosmtuckhivefled.tumblr.com Fandomstuck Hivefled]], a RecursiveFanfiction for the ''{{Fanfic/Hivefled}}'' universe, but focused on different characters, as written by Sanamun.
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5	!!Tropes:
6	%%* ActionGirl: Sian, Kannah and ex-ChildSoldier Tsukey. Sofya shows signs of it, but its mostly theoretical since she has no real world combat experience.
7	* AlienBlood:The trolls have varying shades of maroon (Mialik and Nahoko), orange (Tsukey and Kannah), gold (Marien), green (Crioph), blue (Alessa) and purple (Loreza and Senant).
8	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Casca falls for her '[[FriendsWithBenefits fuck buddy]]' Eli, who ends up ending their relationship due to the realization that they view Cas as more of an older sister than anything else.
9	%%* AloofAlly: Tsukey
10	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Sofya is (jokingly) described as such, and Casca's response to being asked her ethnicity is "Honestly? Who even knows anymore." Though WordOfGod is that Sofya is Indian and Casca is mixed race.
11	* AmbiguousGender: Eli is referred to with 'they' pronouns.
12	%%* AmbiguouslyHuman: They were definitely human ''once''. Whether they still qualify, ymmv.
13	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Originally, due to being a spinoff of {{WebOriginal/Fandomstuck}} though the main cast are simply normal (somewhat) humans.
14	* AnimalEaredHeadband: Variant with Kayden's 'horns'.
15	* ArtifactTitle: The "Fandomstuck" part of ''Fandomstuck Hivefled''; the series grew out of a Fandomstuck-style AnthropomorphicPersonification of Hivefled, but the main plot and characters have nothing to do with said personification anymore, being more a spin-off of the original fic.
16	%%* BackFromTheDead: Kayden. Played with a little with Tsukey and "should have died long ago, but didn't" Sian.
17	* BerserkButton: Hurting Kayden, for Sian. Hurting Sian, for Sofya.
18	%%* BreakoutCharacter: Tsukeysprite
19	%%* CatGirl: Tsukeysprite
20	%%* CuteMonsterGirl: Tsukeysprite, again.
21	* {{Claustrophobia}}: Kayden has a particularly severe case that apparently gives him panic attacks whenever he's in an enviroment he can't easily escape from.
22	%%* CrypticConversation: Everything Tsukeysprite says.
23	%%* BodyHorror: Kayden and Tsukey before the game; most Kin.
24	%%* BreakTheCutie: Hoo, boy.
25	%%* BrokenBird: Sian and Tsukey
26	* CollectorOfTheStrange: Kayden has plushies of dead people and Tsukey has knives.
27	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Every major character is associated with a specific color:
28	** Kayden: Indigo
29	** Sian: Lavender
30	** Tsukey: Dark Orange
31	** Sofya: Maroon
32	** Eli: Lime Green
33	** Casca: Pink
34	%%* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Poor, ''poor'' Kayden. Tsukey as well; she was choked to death with her own stocking.
35	** Effectively, every member of the Kin; that's how they become such.
36	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: Everyone, to one extent or another.
37	%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to other Fandomstuck stories. However, LighterAndSofter than Hivefled proper.
38	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Sian
39	* DefiantToTheEnd: A couple of the Kin; Kannah casually relates to Kayden that she died trying to fight off her Keeper and he accidentally killed her during the resulting struggle.
40	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Kayden's PrettyBoy looks have gotten him mistaken for a girl a few times.
41	* EthicalSlut: Sian most obviously; she's a deeply moral person with a strong sense of justice, and is also more or less down for sexytimes with any girl who asks.
42	* EvilKnockoff: Played with, a little. Tsukeysprite definitely isn't as purely heroic as original flavour Tsukey, but she's still ultimately well-intentioned, just with a somewhat different goal to the main characters and a habit of withholding important information, all of which is justified by her origin- see FridgeLogic, below.
43	%%* ClonesArePeopleToo: Eventually
44	%%* FogFeet: Tsukeysprite, per sprite rules.
45	%%* FourthWallMailSlot: The askblog.
46	%%* FourthWallObserver: Tsukeysprite
47	* FridgeLogic: The differences in personality between the original Tsukey and her sprite counterpart can be attributed to the fact that Tsukeysprite is more a projection of Kayden's feelings (and misconceptions) about Tsukey than her real self.
48	* GlassEye: Sian has one, sometimes. Though she usually just wears a patch.
49	* GhostMemory: Tsukeysprite seems to have all of Tsukey's memories, plus a few extra from her guide powers/knowledge of the medium.
50	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Kayden and Senant. Eli doesn't consider themselves a 'boy' as such, but has the look.
51	* MysteriousStranger: Tsukey, at least from the perspective of people other than Kayden.
52	%%* HatesBeingTouched: Kayden, for obvious reasons.
53	* HornedHumanoid: The trolls. Kayden tries to be this via headband.
54	* HotBlooded: Sofya is mentioned as having 'anger issues'.
55	* LaResistance: Sian and Tsukey both belonged to these in their backstories. Neither case ended well.
56	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The fourth wall is apparently a literal wall, which Tsukeysprite [[BreakingTheFourthWall broke]]
57	* LipstickLesbian: Sian, literally, given that she has never been seen without her trademark purple lips.
58	%%* {{Metafiction}}
59	%%* MsFanservice: Sian, though she's far from being a 'sexy lamp'.
60	%%* NightmareFetishist: Kayden, and then some.
61	%%* OfficialCouple: Sian and Sofya
62	%%* OurGhostsAreDifferent
63	* PastExperienceNightmare: Kayden tends to have a lot of nightmares; somewhat unsurprisingly, given his past.
64	* PerkyGoth: Sian, also to some extent the aesthetic of the entire thing.
65	* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Sofya can apparently contact the Godhand in dreams, and Kayden and Tsukey have a psychic connection to the other Kin.
66	* RapeAsBackstory: Kayden and Tsukey, explicitly. Slightly implied for Sian. Effectively ''every'' Kin troll, though its not talked about much with them.
67	* ScarsAreForever: Sian, Sofya and Kayden all have a few prominent ones. Tsukey hides hers under a scarf.
68	* ShoutOut:
69	** Tsukey lives somewhere WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall.
70	** Sofya trying to convince Sian to join her for a [[WebVideo/BerserkAbridged homoerotic water fight]].
71	** The title "Circus of dead boys and girls" is a lyric from "Circus Apocalypse" by [=VermillionLies=], as well as a shoutout to Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}.
72	* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: Somewhere in the middle, depending on the context. The author has described it as "a light-hearted SliceOfLife story set in Franchise/SilentHill".
73	%%* ThirdPersonPerson: Tsukey, and by extension Tsukeysprite.
74	%%* TheQuietOne: Sian and Tsukey are both described as such.
75	* VerbalTic: Kayden's, uhh, stutter, and Tsukeyxsprite's cat noises, miou.
76	* TheVoiceless: Sofya is mute, and communicates through writing and ASL.
77	%%* TheWatcher: "Tsukey hides. Tsukey listens."

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