American Horror Story: Freak Show

Name: 
Alia

Age: 
21

Birthday: 
February 5th

Looks:
Imaan Hammam 

Sexuality: 
Straight 

Love Interest:
None

Personality:
she's a kind and caring soul, someone that wouldn't bat an eye at anyone or say foul words to a person. She tends to believe that it's the fact that she's a freak in her own ways. That hardly matters anymore really now. Alia is a voice to people that are considered to be "freaks", refusing to allow anyone to put them down or try to harm them. Alia lives by this code, protect your own. With her own little "talent" with her snakes, Alia can often bring protection to herself and her family. With her way with her own snakes, Alia can often keep unwanted attention from outsiders away from them. 

Likes:

Dancing - Alia was taught by her mother how to dance (her mother was also a circus performer). Alia enjoys moving her body gracefully around, allowing people to watch her move to the beat of the music. When she dances, Alia often feels like she is a free person. Sometimes, if she has her snakes as part of her performance, she enjoys the feeling of them against her skin. Their smooth scales as they slowly roam around her body, as weird as it is, it is something that Alia enjoys and feels comfortable with.

Her pets - Alia's snakes, who are also part of her performances, are her pets. The young woman has many of them and loves each and every one of them with all of her heart. She's thankful for them, having as part of her protection too. Alia has found that men tend to not approach a woman when there is a python wrapped around her, or enter the home of a woman who will let her cobra roam freely around the place.

Ice cream - With a previous circus she was part of, ice cream was something that Alia never got. Part of it could be due to the fact that that ringmaster never saw a reason to reward his performers after shows. To add to it, Alia and her parents hardly made much money from their own performances. The money they were allowed to keep was spent on necessities. When she was sold to another circus, with much kinder people, that's when she was able to try ice cream for the first time. It was something that helped her feel comfortable around these strangers. Alia fell in love with this sweet and cold dessert, and wherever this girl goes, she often hopes she is able to get ice cream along with her trips.

Dislikes: 

Men - Alia hates most of them due to the fact of how they view her. Many view her as some object and will treat her that way as well. She hates the lustful looks she sees on their faces and the way their stares will roam over her body. That is one of the many reasons why Alia is thankful for her snakes being allowed in her performances, protecting her from unwanted actions. Something that might top it all, could be the sudden change in behavior. It scares her how quickly a man can suddenly become aggressive. One moment they can be calm and collective, and the next they're yelling, screaming, and hitting anything they can. It scares Alia to see that side of a man. 

Money - Money is something that all people seem to care about. More money, the happier people are. Alia has seen what money can do to people. It started with her ringmaster, who would take as much money as he wanted from her family's earnings, giving the family little for their own. She slowly saw how it impacted people around her. How money defined the status of people, more money meant that they were more important. How people seemed to only care about the money and marry others that also had money in their name. To say the least, the girl has seen what greed does to people around her. 

Rodents - Alia doesn't like rodents. She is somewhat of a neat freak, so if there is a rodent roaming around her home, that means a mess is somewhere. The woman will often allow her snakes to roam around the home, hunting down the rodent that has infested their home. Alia has found that the only way to get them back into their cages is to play her flute. 

Family: 
Biological parents; unknown

Background: 

Alia was born into the circus life. When she was about eight, her mother began to teach her how to dance. It was on her own when Alia began to play the flute. The self-taught girl would play various songs that would charm the snakes that she lived with. The two talents combined would be her performance, charming snakes, and dancing with them. As a teenager, around seventeen, was when she was sold to a different circus, never to see her mother or father again. But Alia continued with her performance though, being seen as a freak with how calm she was with snakes slithering around her body. Those comments were often ignored, and Alia would listen to those that she called her new family. 

Other:
- Is a snake charmer/dancer
- Will often use only three of her many snakes for performances (King- Egyptian Cobra, Delphi- Carpet Viper, Cloud- Ball Python)
-Has never been bitten by any of her poisonous snakes (trained them to know who are friends)

Note: so I created her when writing something else, and she's basically paired with an OC that I created for her which is part of the reason why she doesn't have a love interest