Freakdom

The attack sequence dissolves to the present, back to the circus sideshow of the first reel and the curious onlookers, awaiting a glimpse of the creature in the pit, the framing device all but forgotten during the past seventy minutes of full immersion in freakdom.

Self-made freaks like excessively tattooed people created and cultivated their freakdom.

[…] Thanks to the fight at the dance and your and Noah's make-out session before first period, some people think you dumped Luke for Noah, officially putting you on the road to freakdom.”