Ian Terrell / Cutter here is one of the shows fighters and generally a very nice guy, just lacking in social skills and determination to interact with people. Basically he's what people would call trailer trash and had a less than stellar childhood, was involved in all kinds of fun criminal activities until he got stabbed during a bar fight. His best friend killed the guy that stabbed him and another guy that happened to be around and Cutter left town with him to avoid the authorities. During that time he met his first and only girlfriend, who was recently killed by witch hunters. Lots of misery here.
Women tend to make him uneasy these days and he definitely stays away from the burlesque show. He wouldn't really have issues with her because she's bitchy because the fact that she is female is way worse. Simon is okay in his books, as long as he, you know, doesn't try anything funny with Cutter. He doesn't like that much.
Then I have Frankie Moodymistermonster. He can communicate with animals, which is a blessing because he's also a sociopath and doesn't get humans. Like, at all. He grew up in a circus, married a girl a few years ago but that didn't work out too well due to his lack of compassion. Then he left "home" because daddy dearest didn't approve of the divorce, joined a freak show and had pretty much every inch of his skin tattooed. His act here is the Snake Charmer and he lives in his trailer with his three snakes, his best budd Jeffrey (a dog with an alcohol problem) and various injured critters he fosters.
I always find it hard to predict how he will react to other people because he doesn't really care for anyone, but he finds humans in general interesting.
Then there's Bernadette Rose Hudson/ Sindarella / Ellafeelgoodtime She is an empath and works at the burlesque show. Ella loves attention and she loves feeling good, parties and stuff that glitters. People with any kinds of strong emotions draw her in and she tends to either take on their mood or rub off on them because she can't fully control her ability - she can to an extent control how she influences people, but she can't just stop.
Vicious temper sounds like something she would like to be around, although she is probably not the best influence when it comes to drugs and all that. And her and Annie could go both ways, really. Ella definitely won't judge her about the prostitution thing. She would do that, too but for her sex has quite embarrassing consequences with her abilities. Let's say half the carnival would enjoy it, too.
Annnnd Esther Prynneinnervision is a young mom that works at the Toy Chest. She grew up on a secluded farm in a very religious family. When she got out at 22 the first thing she did - after learning that special abilities run in her mother's side of the family - was sleeping with a stranger and getting pregnant. Esther isn't as naive as she used to be, she has been on the road ever since and does everything she can for her daughter. She is a telepath and because she tried her best to ignore it for most of her life she is improving. It works best if she touches people, but she can get brief glimpses into people's heads if she really concentrates.
Since she still has that deeply religious girl inside her somewhere she is a little wary of the whole burlesque show thing, but she tries hard to be tolerant. Same applies to Simon, really. She was taught that being gay is a sin, but so is having a child out of wedlock.