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feudalladyshandmaid) wrote2022-06-02 03:31 am
feudalladyshandmaid) wrote2022-06-02 03:31 am
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Invited by: Teef
Other Characters: N/A
Character Name: Cassandra
Canon: Tangled: The Series (OC)
Canon Point: mid-s3e14 "Tale of Two Sisters"; after the minecart crash but before Cassandra finds the broken mirror
History: one wiki page
Personality: On the surface, Cassandra is a bit like a rock; tough and cold. She tends to be blunt and headstrong, butting heads with anyone that gets on her bad side... which can happen easily if you push any number of her buttons. This, coupled with displaying an attitude that ranges from bitingly sarcastic remarks to chilling outbursts of anger can result in people brushing her off as simply a spiteful young woman.
But once you push past the cold demeanor, underneath is a strong, supportive friend who wants the best for those she cares for. She's just planted her feet firmly in the camps of "Not taking people's shit" and "Tact? What tact?" You likely won't get by with just a smile and a nod, Cassandra likes to tell it like it is. Even if you won't want to hear that. And it's usually good advice too, owing to how perceptive Cassandra can be. That perception doubles as a easy way for her to toss in some teasing snark and cynicism when she finds it appropriate.
And pushing past the friendly, caring side of Cassandra, you find... Someone very willing to prove herself. Someone who, from a young age, just wanted to be in the royal guard like her adoptive father, the Captain, to make not just him proud of her but everyone else. Cass devoted herself to hard work - to "earn her keep" - ever since, putting aside the desire for dreams to instead keep a practical outlook on life. Earning respect and a job that didn't leave her stuck as a handmaiden were always on her mind, but she hardly made a move to complain if that complicated things.
This gets into the main issue. Cass is very much like her dad, with her strong sense of justice and bravery, but at the base, there's a traumatized four year old. One that watched her birth mother abandon her for another, more important, child. One that was treated less as a daughter and more like a servant, teaching Cassandra that love came with strings and her worth was measured by those around her. And even though the memories of that time were repressed, the feelings remained, and that mindset stuck with Cass all her life... leading her to no end of frustration when she was stuck waiting on others for the respect she hopes for, but ends up overlooked. She used to repress those feelings, too. Until it became too much.
Full disclosure, Cass is currently going through a months-long downward spiral of rage and resentment. Feeling ignored and always overlooked, she lashed out for the first time in her life in violent ways, planning to drive everyone away and burn the bridges so long as she finally got something out of it for herself. As of late, she's returned home to threaten her friends if they don't give her what she needs to attain power, kidnapped a former friend, and eventually attack her friends in a misguided retaliation. She's also been determined to find proof that her mother really did appreciate her for all her efforts. Even if she understands that Gothel never really loved Rapunzel, she can't accept her own mother having no affection for her, so she searches for proof to that theory.
As of her current canon point, she's agreed to a temporary truce with Rapunzel to escape a poisonous cave system (long story). She's been irritable to the princess, but their natural friendship has started resurfacing, almost to where it was before the betrayal. Still, they're on uneven ground.
Time of Arrival to Kaisou: Immediate.
Items:
- A black cloak
- The mechanism of a music box
- The "Shadowblade". A sword of unbreakable stone.
Retained Ability: Cassandra herself has no particularly special abilities as a normal human. But she has fused with the Moonstone Opal, a small rock of intense magical power that, among other things, reacts to her emotions - protectively or offensively - and is capable of summoning an endless amount of unbreakable black rocks, including molding them to whatever Cassandra deems fit like a suit of armor.
In terms of nerfing these abilities, I'd propose that while Cass can't summon any more rocks, she can manipulate her rock armor, willing it to change or go away when she needs it too.
Contact:
Invited by: Teef
Other Characters: N/A
Character Name: Cassandra
Canon: Tangled: The Series (OC)
Canon Point: mid-s3e14 "Tale of Two Sisters"; after the minecart crash but before Cassandra finds the broken mirror
History: one wiki page
Personality: On the surface, Cassandra is a bit like a rock; tough and cold. She tends to be blunt and headstrong, butting heads with anyone that gets on her bad side... which can happen easily if you push any number of her buttons. This, coupled with displaying an attitude that ranges from bitingly sarcastic remarks to chilling outbursts of anger can result in people brushing her off as simply a spiteful young woman.
But once you push past the cold demeanor, underneath is a strong, supportive friend who wants the best for those she cares for. She's just planted her feet firmly in the camps of "Not taking people's shit" and "Tact? What tact?" You likely won't get by with just a smile and a nod, Cassandra likes to tell it like it is. Even if you won't want to hear that. And it's usually good advice too, owing to how perceptive Cassandra can be. That perception doubles as a easy way for her to toss in some teasing snark and cynicism when she finds it appropriate.
And pushing past the friendly, caring side of Cassandra, you find... Someone very willing to prove herself. Someone who, from a young age, just wanted to be in the royal guard like her adoptive father, the Captain, to make not just him proud of her but everyone else. Cass devoted herself to hard work - to "earn her keep" - ever since, putting aside the desire for dreams to instead keep a practical outlook on life. Earning respect and a job that didn't leave her stuck as a handmaiden were always on her mind, but she hardly made a move to complain if that complicated things.
This gets into the main issue. Cass is very much like her dad, with her strong sense of justice and bravery, but at the base, there's a traumatized four year old. One that watched her birth mother abandon her for another, more important, child. One that was treated less as a daughter and more like a servant, teaching Cassandra that love came with strings and her worth was measured by those around her. And even though the memories of that time were repressed, the feelings remained, and that mindset stuck with Cass all her life... leading her to no end of frustration when she was stuck waiting on others for the respect she hopes for, but ends up overlooked. She used to repress those feelings, too. Until it became too much.
Full disclosure, Cass is currently going through a months-long downward spiral of rage and resentment. Feeling ignored and always overlooked, she lashed out for the first time in her life in violent ways, planning to drive everyone away and burn the bridges so long as she finally got something out of it for herself. As of late, she's returned home to threaten her friends if they don't give her what she needs to attain power, kidnapped a former friend, and eventually attack her friends in a misguided retaliation. She's also been determined to find proof that her mother really did appreciate her for all her efforts. Even if she understands that Gothel never really loved Rapunzel, she can't accept her own mother having no affection for her, so she searches for proof to that theory.
As of her current canon point, she's agreed to a temporary truce with Rapunzel to escape a poisonous cave system (long story). She's been irritable to the princess, but their natural friendship has started resurfacing, almost to where it was before the betrayal. Still, they're on uneven ground.
Time of Arrival to Kaisou: Immediate.
Items:
- A black cloak
- The mechanism of a music box
- The "Shadowblade". A sword of unbreakable stone.
Retained Ability: Cassandra herself has no particularly special abilities as a normal human. But she has fused with the Moonstone Opal, a small rock of intense magical power that, among other things, reacts to her emotions - protectively or offensively - and is capable of summoning an endless amount of unbreakable black rocks, including molding them to whatever Cassandra deems fit like a suit of armor.
In terms of nerfing these abilities, I'd propose that while Cass can't summon any more rocks, she can manipulate her rock armor, willing it to change or go away when she needs it too.