#I don't like cassandra enough to romance her again

[calirph]

𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐘 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒. all these sentences come from a search on goodread's keywords for fantasy romance and romantasy. please change names, locations and pronouns as you see fit. some of these might be suggestive.

“Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.”

“But I will not run. I wouldn't be standing here if I'd quit every time something seemed impossible to overcome. I will not die today.”

“There is no me without you.”

“They say the soul cannot rest until it finds its match. Then it ignites.”

“You don't love someone because they're a dream of perfection. You love them because of the way they meet their challenges, how they struggle to overcome. You love them because together, you bring out the best in each other.”

“Do you make it a habit to compliment everyone who's trying to kill you?"

“Do you really want to put yourself through this? Is loving me really enough to endure everything you have to just to be with me?"

“Make no mistake, little human. You are under my protection now, and I protect what is mine.”

“Love is when you’d rather see someone one last time and die, than never see their face again.”

“You are sweet to be so concerned over my love life, but I’ve decided only to date guys who have bigger swords than me.”

“Laire, get back here! You do not drink before we meet with our mortal enemy.”

“She's magic, Cassandra. A single flower blooming in an endless desert.”

“I bring you the whole of my heart at the rising of the moon and the setting of the stars.”

“You're exquisite. You're transcendent. And you are mine.”

“Fight me, love. You'll need the strength at the pass. Let that power fly."

“Gods, there seemed to be nothing more humiliating than being attracted to someone who didn't feel the same.”

“Call him. Claim him. Speak his Name. Make him thine before all others.”

“They were all short lives. She'd just wanted to spend more of hers with him. She'd just wanted more time.”

“You could never hate me as much as you want me.”

“That’s the thing about life. To know there’s an end, to be unable to run from it, but to live anyway.”

“I would fetch you the moon if only to spare your tears again”

“I am Death. And you are a fool. I hope revenge is worth it.”

“They despise us because we are Immortal, but it is the blood that runs through our veins ...That they fear.”

“The time for hiding is over. The time for fear is over. The time for action is now.”

“You are powerful by birth but have it in you to be good by choice.”

“It's not protection, little dragon. It's a claim. You're mine. No one touches what belongs to me.”

“Maybe you’ve know what it’s like to be at the bottom, but I doubt you’ve known hell.”

“How can I even look at any other guy on campus when you’re always on my mind? Literally.”

“Love is a not a weakness.”

“My future had been set for me before I was old enough to question it.”

“No one doubts your honourable nature, most noble of kings and best of brothers.”

“When you erupt, girl, make sure it is felt across worlds.”

“Be everything you truly are. That’s all I’ll ever ask of you, my silver one.”

“But if we don’t have peace, we shall have you.”

“Oh, Gesela, do not pretend you despise my attention.”

“He was beautiful and cold, like winter…”

“Answer my question. Send to my will. Why have you come, sweet one?”

“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, you find that the darkness begin's to stare back at you.”

“Iron is made stronger in the hottest part of the fire, Seth. You didn't break me, you forged me.”

“The whole damn world could burn, and I would still love you. When everything dissipates, you're the only thing I see. You've always been.”

“I’ll happily play the villain if you’re my reward, Mareina.” 

“This realm’s moon hung on the skies, mine laid beside me, smiling and radiant.”

“If you're going to lie, make it a good one.”

“No one is killing my king tonight.”

“My beautiful Olivia, you are the moon of my night sky, beaming light and beauty into my life.”

“That’s it, my bride. Take your pleasure.”

“Perhaps, but the mind is also a powerful force. What you believe, you often see. And what you hope, often comes to be.”

“Patience is about as foreign to me as mercy."

“Remember that you are a wolf. And you cannot be caged.”

“I would have suffered a thousand more years to be with you.”

“It’s not easy to ignore an unfinished day that has been set on reminding you of its bitterness.”

“We aren't anything like strangers anymore, and certainly nothing like enemies. Compassionate like friends. Tender like lovers.”

“All or nothing. In dreams as in life.”

“You need me because I am the Queen of Ithicana.”

“You are mine, mo krrá. The same way that I am yours. From now until the end of time.”

“She would not be mastered by anything again; she was the master of herself.”

“When will you see I'm not your enemy, but your weapon. Wield me..”

“I may be evil but I do have a heart, Princess. It belongs to you. “

“There's no room for doubt on the wings of birds, let alone on the mane of moon dust.”

“I'll say it again. I don't care what you are. I care about who you are.”

“Your wish is my command, my queen.”

“I thought all you princes wanted was demure virgins you could pluck for the first time."

“Power was poison, one that slipped beneath the skin and which could turn even the purest soul into a wicked monster.”

“Love was a lethal weapon that rivaled the sharpest sword. It cut directly to the heart.”

“Morgan Pendragon is far from insignificant. She's a force of destiny and you would do well not to trifle with her or ever let her name cross your lips again.”

“I don't think I've ever met anyone as vexing as you,"

“That was what it meant to have power, wasn't it? You could simply destroy that which didn't serve you.”

[musicfeedsmysoul12]

Which if your world states is the boring ones?

Good Men Need No Rules: Folcher is boring. I liked the Dwarven Noble origin, but Folcher is... bleh. I spiced him up by thinking of him as that guy who THINKS he's a good person but realizes he isn't. 'Good Men Need No Rules' is really the story of people realizing that they aren't actually good people and accepting that. No Hawke yet or Inquisitor but I'm hoping for a good one. Otherwise... Folcher is kind of plain. Dwarven warrior who romances Morrigan. Actually I changed this several times. He was with Zevran for a while, playing up the idea of him not knowing he was Gay but it never fit. Leliana came next but she just... was to nice for this guy. Folcher is the guy who is convinced he is a good guy again. (He isn't)

The Strength of Love: All of these idiots are boring and I won't say otherwise. I love them, but the only reason I don't dump the playthrough is because Lucas Cadash, my scumbag man who decides to do good to make Cassandra happy, is the only reason I enjoy this worldstate. He made it fun. (I love Caoimhe Tabris and Caitlin Hawke but they're both very average characters in the end)

These two are the boring ones. I think it's because I started playing them in my rut.

The really fun ones are: Uneasy Rests the Laurels, With Bloody Hands and Revolution is not Kind but this is also because for so long I kept to the 'proper' route because I let others convince me that doing otherwise is 'bad'. I'm not an evil route player. I am a 'this character is horrifically selfish/depressed and makes bad choices' player. Or in the case of Revolution: there is times when the person leading the charge makes really fucked up choices out of trauma.

For people who also keep to the same choices: Branch out and have fun. Deciding that Runa Amell in Revolution was that angry enough with the Chantry she poisoned the ashes and KEPT this choice in my canon for her (and that she happily recruited Loghain to piss off Alistair who she hated for his Templar past) made her a LOT of fun.

It's also why Those We Care For, Rosalind Amell, Lilith Hawke and Shok Adaar is going to be my first Dragon Age: The Veilguard playthough- because I did not follow the beaten path and had way to much fun with how I did it.

[imageingrunge]

A needlessly thorough review of DATV so I can move on with my life:

WHAT I LIKED:

The story pacing flows better without all that open world slog from DAI I am not bombarded by 50 side quests that have no baring on anything other than rp flavor

The game is pretty, CC is nice

They gave you far more opportunities to flesh out your Rook's background than in DAI and da2 but it's not as fun has having a mini origin story from DAO

no fall damage and if u run out of a combat zone ur companions follow u too

Hossberg wetlands really remind me of dragon age awakenings and I like the way the blight looks there, it gave me a nice nostalgic feeling for the older games

WHAT I DID NOT LIKE (IN DETAIL)

Voice Acting & Dialogue

It is really hard to be invested in a game that feels the need to recap everything you just experienced from 5 minutes ago, (verging on insulting my intelligence) and the silliest part is while i do hate this I got so checked out after act 2 I needed the recap 

A lot of the dialogue and banter is just empty small talk and meaningless pleasantries that sucked the life out of me, had me longing for the days of hearing Ohgren's beer belches reverberate off the walls in the deep roads:

 Voice acting is really consistent, I hated it when you never knew how your inquisitor would sound in DAI sometimes too serious for a funny comment or like yelling at Cassandra and cullen over nothing - Rook is more consistent but it comes at a loss of personality every line is uttered in the same annoying tone that had me being like damn can he stfu already (da2 was ideal voice acting for me if they cant deliver that again just go back to a voiceless protagonist)

Me whenever my rook opened his mouth: i was getting violent on that skip button

The dialogue between rook and their companions holds it back from being enjoyable at all really- here's some examples:

Emmerich's personal quest in act 2: "I want to do this immortality rite it's a very high honor in my order but rook I might die in the process permanently, I am an orphan and afraid of dying" Rook: "You could die?!?! That's awful". In Origins you can have a conversation with Wynn about her inevitable death and respond in a manner similar to rook and Wynn teases you by saying "well i'm not going to live for ever dear" it made me smile and sad about not being able to really help her. Did not feel that way Emmerich though, Im so uninterested in him as a character my response and feelings are "old people die all the time" and then 'wait why the fuck haven't you done this immortality ritual yet instead dragging me over here to collect some flowers"

Companions & Romance

the flirt options aren't all that flirty, its just rook being nice, all the romance content seems behind a 'romance locked in' moment (that comes in so late in the game u already forgot who u were even flirting with at times) so you can't hop ur way from one bed to another before deciding on 'the forever one' (remember when I could ride the iron bull then break up and be with Cullen- I don't think that’s an option here)

The companions are all pretty forgettable, I did everyone's personal quest (with the exception of Taash tried to kill a dragon for them n failed so bad i just moved on) and forgot there was even an approval system with them or that I was supposed to pick choices for them. It felt like i was on a train going in one direction where it did not matter what I said or did to them they would be fine. It’s like I've lost and gained nothing by doing these quests. The deepest thing I learned about Emmerich is that he is a 50 yr old orphan scared of dying. And it makes me not care all that much about them beyond “I just need you to function enough to get me to the end of the game sure Taash embrace being Rivaini, yes Harding live peacefully w that Titan shit inside you idc… Lucanis..ahh what was ur issue again I forget”

I made Lucanis live peacefully with Spite (stuck as an abomination that's supposed to be as volatile as Anders & Justice) Let Emmerich become a lich and no one batted an eye. Everyone just heehee haw hawing over Emmerich's new skeleton form and I forget about spite a lot unless he comments on something i've killed. Was there supposed to be some moral quandary? to make Emmerich a lich I had to "kill off" Manfred... the walking skeleton who might as well have been a rock with a pair of googly eyes attached to him for all i care

I don’t want to help Bellara light funeral pyres in a puzzle game play style that isnt a deep message about death. I want Aveline's speech about reading her favorite book to her dying father after hawke lost thier mother.

For Neve's romance, it took the whole world falling part and everyone dying for her to kiss me for a 2 time and then pity fuck me and afterword she’s like I’m leaving don’t want to be too distracting. All these lines carry no weight like bad actors w no chemistry

jaw on the floor comparing this (first time I said "i love you" to neve)

to the first time I said it to cullen and how he treats u before the big battle

I get that she isn't lovey dovey but at 70 hrs in and 2 kisses it feels like she just dont love me </3

Combat - as a spellblade mage*

combat was this weird mix of sometimes fun sometimes a new and unique form of human torture (wydm press shift 4 times n hold down e then press V C and 2 IM ON A KEYBOARD!) Once u make it past level 20 u are immortal but ur enemies are sponges I dreaded every single dragon fight despite that being my favorite thing to do in DAI. Don't ever want to see another Ogre in my life they body me into corners that hitting space can't save me from.

At some point u just gotta run around the place a lot hoping ur companions can do the damage for you bc the mobs aren’t interested in them at all. i was spamming 2 n slamming on that E key hopping it would be over n done with already, If i wanted to play a flashy monster hunter game, well then id play tw3 at least that combat is fun.

Lore & Story building

At the end of Trespasser, I was under the impression that the conflict in DATV would revolve around solas amassing an army of elves all over Thedas to rebel against the Evanuris. He had a whole network of Spies working against the Inquisition and the Antaam, and planned to restore the elven people, upend their religious views, and try to tear down the veil as a way of atonement. So I was understanding of there only being 3 import choices ( 1- who you romanced, 2- Save or redeem Solas 3- Disband or Keep inquisition). But that's not the story we get; instead its this??

The veil jumpers are like engineering mages with no ties to Solas beyond being an elves. There is no religious struggle they just seem to accept that these Gods have always been evil and need to be stopped. Solas is just a one man army trapped in the fade off screen for like 70% of the game. Should I have just kept the inquisition around after all? The only mention I got was my disbanded inquisition choice was inky going "my name still carries weight in southern thedas" and it seemed like disbanding or keeping it would have an affect on how easy or hard it would be to stop Solas but no it really doesn't at all

“It doesn’t feel like a Dragon Age game”

A criticism I rarely take seriously because that can mean so many different things? Like what is it the atmosphere? The aesthetics? The “dArK fAnTasy” none of these things have ever stayed consistent in any dragon age game. And I’d say DA franchise lost its teeth/edge when dai rolled around it was pretty light in the world of dark fantasy

However…theyre kinda right this time around....

It doesn’t feel like a dragon age game because they removed a lot of the lore your were exposed to in the previous games to the point where this might as well be another game all together. (i am not even a lore nerd but i do need something there to feel like i am in a dragon age game)

Yes the city is named Minrathos you were are told of its cultural significance and history as the seat of the empire but looks like a shittier version of kirkwall (and I kept getting lost going around the map so I hated it even more for wasting my time) Honestly the city felt super high tech and out of place in a fantasy setting imo, I missed it when everyone lived in a wooden hovel in the middle of the woods.

There is no reason for the venatori to follow Elgarnan and ghilian'nan or for the Qunari either but it all gets hand waved away with "they offered us power"

Reading the Inquisitors letters made me feel like im in a spinoff game and the real story is happening somewhere else. And sad to like baby take me with you!! i want to save u from this nightmare

A lot of the factions are sanitized to the point of being boring Darvin's little 'we're warden we don't do blood magic that's just not right" baby I let the wardens sacrifice elves to Corphyeus 3 weeks ago :/

Qunari Culture

So the whole reason you were fighting the Antaam in DAI was because they believed you were in cahoots with Solas, who's whole plan to them is to sow chaos and disorder- that is a HUGE no no in the Qun so they see it as their sacred duty to stop you. The Qunari we meet in DATV mindless npc mooks who attack you not because your with Solas but because the Evil elven gos promised them uhh power n shit for stopping you. Like I know I did not just waste my time in DAI reading about how egalitarian the Qun is everyone is like a Hive, they depend on each other so selfishness is rooted out so wtf was going on in Treviso with these guys. A whole culture decimated down to being darkspawn mobs part 2

What made me never want to play another DA game ever again:

Everything you ever did in Orlais, Ferelden, Kirkwall is pointless. No matter what the last letter from the Inquistor is "yeah the blight reached the south Denerim is gone, ferelden is blighted beyond repair, we took back Skyhold but barely. The Venatori disposed of whoever you put in charge of Orlais and there's giant leviathans rising out the sea in Ostwick"  There is no conclusion to this it's just the state of the world now

I cant even pretend my non solas romanced Inky is happy and safe after all this? My hof and Alistar might as well be dead for all that it ever mattered. I get that the devs wanted a clean slate but did they have to burn my house down and salt the fields? It feels so spiteful and mean, like they wanted to make a whole separate game and tack on the "dragon age" title to it for money. If they're not interested in the lore or world building why should I? it made me fully checked out of the rest of the story. Like damn idgaf about elgar'nan and the other one give me back Redcliff

TLDR I dont know if i should be sad that I still care about this or glad its over either way im blocking all datv tags n moving on

[bethanydelleman]

So I asked a while ago about which of our main men would change the most/least of their novels if they went back to the start (and I really loved the answers)…

But how do you think it would work vice versa? If our leading ladies went back to the start who do you think would change the most of their respective novels?

I feel like Marianne and Emma would probably change the most… but most of them would change things quite a bit I think.

Except maybe Fanny not out of lack of want to change things but because she has so much difficulty speaking up. I’ve got to admit I’m swaying back and forth on Lady Susan and Anne though. Bc Lady Susan is just arrogant enough to think that if she knows when/how things are going to go wrong then she can prevent them even when it’s something out of her control or that she doesn’t know the actual cause of. And Anne is quite a lot like Fanny in that she has trouble speaking up and also bc up until Lyme Wentworth is still very angry with her and I’m not sure there’s anything that she could do to mitigate that before then…

Thoughts? 💜

This question is in reference to this question.

I think the person who would change the most is Elizabeth Bennet, she's the only one who has someone she absolutely needs to save. (And Jane Bennet if we are counting her as a heroine.) Fortunately, I think rescuing Lydia would be in their power. Elizabeth would actually flirt with Darcy and she could drop hints about Jane loving Bingley. I think they could prevent Bingley from leaving and through that, prevent Lydia's trip to Brighton (ie take her somewhere else exciting with their wealth, as they take over the care of Kitty in canon). Also, knowing his true nature, they'd likely start some sort of whisper campaign against Wickham.

If only Elinor time travels, she would hopefully be able to inform Colonel Brandon about Willoughby earlier and stop W's romance with Marianne, but I don't think she could stop W&M on her own because she doesn't have any evidence of Willoughby's wrongdoing. She'd at least be prepared for the Lucy reveal and she knows it will turn out okay. I think she'd be intelligent enough to just not touch that and let nature take it's course.

Marianne would go for Colonel Brandon and snub Willoughby, it'd be delightful!. Poor Willoughby would have an ego crisis losing to an "old" man.

Anne Elliot doesn't have trouble speaking up, in my opinion, she just knows it's useless. She's been living with her father and Elizabeth for long enough to know that they won't listen to her. However, she would know the future which would be comforting at least and maybe she could prevent the Lyme fall. I think Wentworth would still wake up to his true feelings even without the fall and Anne is selfless enough to risk it.

Catherine Morland would likely avoid Isabella and her best to keep James from entering into his engagement. She would eagerly look forward to each time she knows that Henry Tilney is coming and would not even accuse General Tilney of being a murderer, not even once!

Fanny Price is actually kind of cruel, because the future would horrify her but I don't think she could do anything to prevent it. Edmund is ineffective, Maria wouldn't listen, and I don't think Fanny would dare approach Sir Thomas. So she'd just be EVEN MORE of a Cassandra and in acute pain the whole time. The fact that she ends up with Edmund would only be a minor consolation, given her personality.

Lady Susan would try again with her better knowledge, she might even succeed 😬 the horror!

Lastly, Emma. She's a tricky one because I don't know what she would do. She knows Elton sucks, she knows Jane and Frank are engaged, she's ashamed of her behaviour... Does she encourage Harriet to accept the first proposal or do the same thing as last time so she can enjoy a year with a friend? I think she would refrain from encouraging Harriet about Elton, and therefore avoid that heartbreak. Could she wiggle out of Elton's proposal? I don't know. It's going to happen eventually. She may discover that without her flirting with Frank, Knightley doesn't discover his feelings, so she's got to stick as close as possible to her original actions to prevent disaster! However, she would avoid the Box Hill debacle and refrain from bringing up Mr. Dixon with Frank.

[ohmotherwhereartthou-if]

Sorta bringing this back from the past, but I just saw the MC scandalous painting ask and was laughing for like 20 mins, I really do hope it makes it in to the story😂😂

Buuut, I wanna ask, how would the RO react to their family members looking at the painting after they (accidentally) left it out

(For the ROs who live alone, maybe their and MC kid?)

Haha, I remember that one. Still one of my favorites!

I am also going to write this under the impression it's at the dating stage of the relationship so that it makes more sense.

Cassandra: Does her absolute best to hide the portrait from her dad, only issue is that her dad, being the military man he is, occasionally does routine inspections around the house to make sure everything is in order and nothing needs to be taken care of before it becomes a problem. This has her moving the portrait periodically throughout the house to avoid him coming across it during his inspections. She considered putting it in a lock box but he would probably ask her whats inside and she is a TERRIBLE liar.

So, when the day unfortunately comes and General Guerrero finds a wrapped up portrait of MC's half naked ass in a broom closet; he is so unamused it's not even remotely funny. Well, for Cass at least.

Because while this might come to your surprise Alejandro actually does have a sense of humor. And make no mistake, he finds MC's audacity and utter stupidity of sending this to HIS house, to HIS daughter sort of funny. He comforts Cass by casually asking why does she even find MC attractive when they look so scrawny in the portrait she hid in a closet. Girly is is embarrassed she can't even form a coherent sentence, she just gets super red and covers her face. He can't help but laugh, he finds her embarrassment, punishment enough for her keeping this thing in her house without telling him.

Can't say he or MC will be laughing next time they meet though.

Valeria: Well, we already know Mrs. Torres saw it.

Valeria is so embarrassed, for MC. It's not like she asked you to do something so stupid knowing full well that she is the youngest of 6 with 5 older brothers and that she still lives with them and her parents. Mrs. Torres is just like Valeria in the sense she can't keep shit to herself, although Valeria manages to keep her shut for all of 4 days which is a pretty decent record. Good thing Val already managed to hide it someplace secret only to her by the time her brothers found out about it. They pester her day and night to see it so they can roast MC next time they see them. (as if they weren't already, idk if I said this already but if you romance Val; her big brothers become YOUR big brothers). Her parents don't really care, her dad didn't appreciate it but trusts his sons will harass MC enough about it, just expects MC to not do it again.

Tomás: He legit has nobody that he would really give a fuck about in his family if they saw the portrait. He isn't embarrassed, he's proud. He would be SO happy if his mom saw it, would rub in how scandalous and just how much of a scoundrel he is with MC. Would get a real kick out of how much she would 'clutch her pearls' at him, literally and figuratively. Would get mad if his brothers saw it because he'd get jealous, probably would punch them or something.

Now if you guys had a kid and they saw it in the future, he would get bashful but tell them not to go poking around his things. No, they cannot ask why he had it hidden in a box under his side of the his bed.

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Ludovica: Also has no family or anybody to discover it. In the future if she had kids and they found it, she would be mortified. Begs them to forgive her for not hiding it well enough and to forget they saw it. She is unamused when she overhears her staff gossiping about the portrait and how one maid long ago had mentioned it existing and how literally nobody had believed her. Chokes on her spit when her kids ask MC point blank why they were barely wearing any clothes in the picture and if they were cold.

Aurelio: ALSO has no family to uncover it, (omg look at all of these pathetic little orphans, having parents must be a rarity in this world ig).

So, when his kids one day are being a little too nosy in his private study and see his half naked portrait of a young MC hanging right beside his desk labeled "Motivation - 1890" they obviously do the logical thing of screaming for their dad to come to his study. When he does wondering if they got hurt or something they ask him right away why tf he has such a picture displayed there and why is it labeled.

He had responds with something like, "Well, can you blame me for wanting to be productive? Knowing that is but a humble glimpse at what will be my reward when I finish my work, does wonders for my morale. And be grateful your mom/dad looked so great back then or you might not even be here." (He is saying that to tease them, MC still looks great in their older age and he would love them even if they weren't attractive.)

Also adds, "Oh, and it's labeled because that's that years edition of 'motivation'. I made sure I got one every start of the year to keep me honest. New year, new happy little wine drinker me! What? Did you want to see the rest? Or maybe the ones I gave mom/dad? Fair warning, I was wearing even LESS than they are in this picture."

His children then proceed to run out of his study screaming and gagging, he laughs knowing that this will keep them out of his study from now on.

Elio: Okay sort of funny because I actually said in one specific post somewhere Elio actually personally knows Aurelio and I actually think the only person close enough to discover it would be Aurelio. Elio would surprising be shocked if Aurelio found it because he made sure it was well hidden in the attic to avoid MC ever finding out he did actually have it.

He drinks tea and admires it from time to time when MC is away for too long. If Aurelio ever found it Elio would actually be frantic shooing him out of the house and swearing that he will never let him anywhere near MC ever again. Because he knows Aurelio is a charmer and he deep down would feel a little insecure if after he has fallen in love, MC got close to Aurelio and fears he would take them away from him. Even though Aurelio would never do that to him, he can't shake the insecurity and does everything he can to hide it.

Aurelio would want to tease Elio about it but knows it would be a very touchy subject so he shuts up, instead he tease MC next time they have a moment without Elio there. Which might be in a few months when Elio calms a bit and lets his guard down thinking Aurelio might have forgotten or dropped it completely.

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Thanks for letting me revisit and continue this funny scenario! 💙

[thegamingcatmom]

Hi! >:3 This one is for the Dimi sisters, for each of them what do you think they enjoy doing around the castle? Like I imagine they are pretty bored esp in Winter where they can't go outside due to the cold, I imagine Dani and Bela could enjoy reading by the fireplace but there has to be something else to do, right? I don't think Cassandra is a bookworm like her sisters, in fact I doubt that one can be STILL for more than 5 seconds XD I have a few HC of my own like I think Bela likes to read but not romantic stuff like Dani I think she'd be mroe into learning new stuff constantly from the books she reads and I think she is into art so she likes painting in the atelier, or just sketching in a notebook while sitting by the window (I once read a fanfic where Bela learned to cook? And I found it so cute and stuff that she cooked for tehf amily etc that i accepted that HC too). Cassandra would be in the armory sharpening her weapons bc theya re never sharp enough or practicing ehr moves against a dummy, perhaps even getting Dani to play some pranks on the staff (who no one finds funny except for the both of them and getting on Bela's nerves which is a plus I guess :p) Dani... Aside from reading her romantic novels and pranking the staff with Cass I thin she'd be into poetry... she'd try her best ok? (I'm kinda lost with Dani's hobbies tbh XD) What are your own HC for their hobbies? :p Have a good day <3

HI HELLO 🫶

I love your thoughts and I absolutely agree that Cassandra is incapable of focusing on anything for too long. Her record is approx. 10 secs, which is exactly how long it takes her to string someone up, slice their jugular and watch them bleed, lmao.

However, I´d like to think that Momma Alci makes sure to keep her unruly offspring entertained, mainly because it keeps them from bugging her. Momma values her me time. 🛁😌

Besides, there´s always the maids to terrorize. That never gets old. 🤭

Reading

Mostly books that expand her knowledge, like you said. She takes after Momma in that respect. 🤭

Another thing she really likes are mystery thrillers. They have her on the edge of her seat in a way no hunt has managed yet.

She´s not that big into horror though, believe it or not. Probably because she more than gets her fill of that on a daily basis in that castle, lol.

Romance? Please. She has neither the time, nor the patience for such mundane things.

Painting, drawing

She enjoys the calm that comes with it (which is rare in that castle), but she also does it to impress Momma. 🤭

Her favorite things to paint are still lifes. Especially fruit. Especially when it´s rotten. She finds that there´s a certain beauty in the grotesque.

Her favorite things to draw are humans. Or, more specifically, their insides. Organs and bones. Or just certain body parts with the muscles exposed.

Being down in the cellar almost every day truly brought out her artistic side. It´s very...inspiring.

Playing the piano

Again, she does it mostly to impress Momma, seeing how the Lady is quite the talented pianist herself.

Her favorite things to play are dark, tragic pieces that capture the haunting spirit of her existence. Such as Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement.

Music holds immense significance in House Dimitrescu, so it was only natural for Bela to prioritize mastering it as soon as she was capable of forming coherent thoughts.

Stringing them up

Slicing their jugulars

Watching them bleed

...I don´t know what else to tell you, lol.

The middle daughter isn´t particularly picky about how she spends her evenings. She simply does what she does best and, more importantly, what she loves doing. That´s all the fulfillment she needs.

It´s as simple as that with her. I aspire to be like that.

HOWEVER-

I do like the idea of her sharpening and taking care of her weapons because she certainly holds them dear to her dead heart. They´re her babies. :3

HOWEVER-

I don´t really see it as a hobby because it still means "work" for her. She doesn´t cope well with that sort of thing, lol. She´d much prefer spending her precious time on actually using her sickle rather than maintaining it.

HOWEVER-

...She might just let a maid do the work for her. While she watches, ofc. Taunting her. Mocking her. Whispering sweet promises of gruesome death into her ear.

"You missed a spot...right here."

*slices that jugular with her newly sharpened sickle*

🤷🏻‍♀️

Reading

I think that one is pretty obvious. Anything romance is her jam. ;3

More Reading

Because why read your favorite book just once (multiplied by 1354641486418431) when you can dive into the manic endless realms of your own imagination OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND-

-UNTIL THE END OF TIME!!

Flirting/Roleplaying with the maids

The kitchen, the looming corridors, the cellars, the bedchambers - name any place within the castle, and it can almost always be guaranteed that Dani has left her mark - evidenced by blushing and stuttering maids.

Why hot when evil though?? 😭

Furthermore, as a direct result of her extensive reading, many maids have had the one-time opportunity to participate in one of her famously infamous plays, which focus on recreating her favorite scenes from her beloved books.

...Needless to say, that opportunity truly was a one-time affair.

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.

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Thanks a lot for your ask! 💋

[muffinsin]

A minor interruption

Brat/Sub. Cassandra x Top/Mommy fem. reader

Prompt: Cassandra annoys and teases you while you work one time too often

Masterlists

“I’m working, Cassandra.”, You complain half heartedly, but your girlfriend’s hands on your waist don’t move away and instead just pull you back against her front.

“Why do that if you could play with me?”, Cassandra asks irritated. She understands that you are a maid at the Castle and therefore have certain chores to do, she just doesn’t grasp why you can’t dismiss them for a while- Cassandra is one of your superiors after all!

“You’ve been very good lately, so here’s this:”, you turn around and wipe the blood from around Cassandra’s lips with your sleeve, tsk’ing lightly. She’s always so messy...

“I try to finish as quick as possible and then you’ll have me all to yourself, Sugar.”, you offer instead.

Cassandra eyes you, as if considering this.

”That will take hours! Can’t you just have someone else do it!?”, She complains loudly. “You do realize that doing things for others is my job? Tidying the castle rooms, preparing food, cleaning, we can’t just have someone else do that, Sugar, but as I said, I’ll be as quick as I can be. You could spend some time with your sisters or in the cellar in the meantime.”, You hum and turn back to dusting off the shelf.

“Bela is out.”, Cassandra grumbles in response and trails her hands back over your backside.

”Go play with Daniela then, pretty girl.”, you answer distractedly. The word ‘play’ is enough to have the brunette swarm off angrily.

”You done?”

You shriek in surprise and nearly fall off the ladder, had Cassandra not caught and steadied you.

”Don't… scare me…like that! We talked about the whole sneaking up thing!”, you pant, a hand raising to your chest as you attempt to catch your breath again.

“And no, I’m not, how was it with Daniela though?”, You add and remove Cassandra’s hands from around you so you can continue wiping the bookshelves.

”Ugh! Daniela’s acting like her life is so hard! Mother caught her breaking a vase and now she isn’t allowed in the cellar for a week- I wasn’t allowed down there for two months once!”, Cassandra complains.

”And don’t get me started on her stupid romance books! I had to sit and listen to her complain about a useless love story for hours!”, She huffs.

When you don’t answer immediately, the bold brunette smirks and gropes your ass. The gasp that follows is enough to lift her mood for the time being. “Not now.”, you reply sternly and push those greedy hands away again.

“There’s no one here.”, Cassandra hums as she swarms halfway to lift herself to your height on the ladder. “We could just take a break.”, She whispers in your ear, her warm breath tickling your skin.

”Your mother will be most displeased if I dismiss my chores again. You’ve forced me to do that too often already, sugar, not today. But go to the cellar, you always mention how quickly time passes when you’re down there. I’ll get you when i’m done.”, You offer and peck Cassandra’s nose quickly.

The action, as expected, drives the other woman off, for she hasn’t been in the cellar at all that day and doesn’t necessarily want you to notice the blush on her cheeks and neck.

You gasp when you feel two hands grab you from behind, before you are pulled into a nearby room and dropped onto the bed.

Cassandra stands in front of you, the lower part of her face and her clothes covered in blood and with her sickle dripping blood onto the floor.

”I’ll have to clean that!”, you shriek, more than just a little frustrated at your girlfriend. While you’re thankful that the blood drips onto the floor and not a carpet, you still aren’t at all happy with her. Your arms already ache slightly from all the dusting and cleaning that you are not looking forward to also cleaning the mess produced by your girlfriend.

”You said you’d be finished soon!”, Cassandra whines and lets the sickle drop to the floor.

“I promised I would hurry.”, you correct.

”I want to play now.”, Cassandra declares and swarms onto your lap. The blood from her dress dirties the red satin sheets below you. Great, another thing to clean.

You pull the black fabric up until you have access to Cassandra’s black panties. You hum- of course, wet. With swift movements you pull them down, only to reveal even more wetness.

The brunette moans when two fingers are pushed into her, her thighs spreading a little wilder for you. “Faster.”, She groans and smirks when you do exactly that.

She groans again when you easily find her favorite spot inside of her and gasps when the fingers are removed just as quick as they had entered her. Instead a hard smack is delivered to her cunt that has her swarm off your lap in surprise.

”On the floor.”, you command strictly.

”Clean that.”, you add when the brunette woman lowers herself to her knees angrily. You point towards the blood caused by her sickle and when Cassandra doesn’t move, you grip her tightly by her hair and push her face down against the floor. The middle daughter of Alcina Dimitrescu would never admit how loud she moaned at the action.

”Lick that off, Cassie.”, you coo, and with another deliciously painful tug on her hair, Cassandra complies at last and lickes the blood off of the otherwise clean floor. She moans at the taste and pushes her ass back in hopes of meeting your fingers again.

”You’re not getting off now. We’re playing when I’m finished working.”, you clarify once the floor is as clean as it has been before. “Open up.”, You add and Cassandra, admittedly annoyed and less than happy to be the one on her knees, complies again and opens her mouth. She grumbles and growls angrily when neither her your front is brought against her lips, nor your fingers are pushed into her mouth, but her own, wet panties fill her mouth instead.

”Behave now, or we won’t play at all today.”, you scold, collecting the blood stained sheets from the bed before walking out of the room.

One room. Only one more room and you’d been finished with your work, had Cassandra not interrupted you again.

You yelp in surprise when you feel yourself being lifted and surrounded by a swarm of bugs, before you’re set back on the floor a few moments later, in Cassandra’s room. She stares angrily at you, though doesn’t miss the way your eyes scan her hungrily.

The room you find yourself in is unique and definitely screams Cassandra Dimitrescu- it never fails to surprise you, no matter how often you’ve been in here. Nearly every time you enter the bedroom there is a new weapon hanging on the wall or a new, bigger, more impressive trophy mounted on Cassandra’s red painted wall. Her bed is big, fitting for a regal woman such as her, and has equally red satin sheets as most rooms in the castle have. There are several red and black pillows on it and a small nightstand stands next to the bed that holds, as you have come to know, a black dagger in one of its drawers.

You find yourself pressed against the shut door and moan when you feel Cassandra’s tongue and the edge of her teeth drag alongside your neck. Ignoring your own needs for a few minutes long, you push forwards and grasp her brunette hair in a tight grip again. All it takes it a sharp tug for Cassandra to gasp and lower her face a little to look you in the eyes.

”You couldn’t wait, could you?!”, you hiss and tug on Cassandra’s hair aggressively when the woman doesn’t seem to feel like replying. You chuckle when she moans and presses her thighs together instead. “Such a dirty girl, mean, little Cassandra can’t wait for her girlfriend to finish her work?”, you mock and tug on the brunette hair some more until Cassandra nods wordlessly, yet quickly.

“Words, pretty girl”, you remind her easily.

“You took too long.”, is her only reply.

You sigh, your teeth slightly gritted.

“Undress and bend over, I want to see you grip your ankles.”, you instruct and watch as she quickly swarms out of her dress and- for once, seemingly- does as she is told.

When a hard smack is delivered to the relatively cold skin of her bottom, Cassandra squeals and swarms away. You can’t help but laugh at her. When she resurfaces, she eyes you somewhat angrily.

The expression only makes you laugh again.

”What? Thought I’d fill your little cunt now, you dirty girl? You need punishment and then maybe, I’ll have my fun with you.”, you clarify harshly and step closer to the brunette who can only watch with wide, golden eyes.

“Bend over there.”, you hum, pointing to a desk that stands against the wall of her room. “I won’t let you spank me like a child! You took too long! Why can’t you-“, Cassandra’s angry ramble is easily cut off when you bend her over yourself and reposition her until her upper arms and hands lay flush against the wall, her breasts press against the desk and her bare bottom stands out exposed to you.

”You better not swarm”, is all you grit out before your firm hand hits Cassandra’s bottom again. The woman yelps sweetly and curses angrily, but you don’t miss the way her thighs clench together.

”Is this turning you on, my little pet?”, you ask, mirroring what she likes to call her victims, with another spank being delivered to her thick ass. The woman moans and pushes back against your front, not at all oblivious to her juicy cheeks jiggling with each hit.

”Fuck me already!”, She whines and gasps when another, harder smack follows her words.

”Don't make me gag you.”

Smack!

Cassandra whines and hooks her claws into the wall. You don’t care about the marks she will leave.

Smack!

You spread Cassandra’s legs and stroke over her exposed cunt teasingly. Collecting some of the wetness, you grin as you smear it over the brat’s ass cheeks.

“So, so wet. I bet I wouldn’t even have to use lube on you right now. I’d just, slide right into you”, you hum and continue spanking her lover.

A red handprint forms quickly on both of her ass cheeks and tears threaten to run down Cassandra’s cheeks from the stinging pain, but oh dear, she has never been this wet before. Her cunt is utterly soaked and she feels her own, slippery wetness run down her thighs and ass where you’ve smeared it.

She whimpers when you bend forwards to grab one of the whips from the wall and press yourself against Cassandra’s sore bottom.

“You could just get on with it already!”, She complains, but releases a sound of a mix between a scream and a moan when you bring the whip down against her already pink ass.

”I quite like this one.”, you hum as you inspect it, and laugh when you bring it down against Cassandra’s red bottom again and it results in another scream. It seems, this one is enough to make your bratty songbird sing.

”Aww, did I make the mean, sadistic little Dimitrescu daughter cry?”, you coo when you notice the tears running down her flushed cheeks. She’s blushing adorably.

”Fuck you!”, is all the stubborn woman offers for a reply. Her skin is hot for once and the sting of the whip makes her so wet, she feels it on the desk. It’s humiliating and so, so erotic.

When, added to the handprints, you are also able to make out fine lines caused by the whip on Cassandra’s cheeks, you turn the whip around and effortlessly push it into her soaked pussy.

”Fuck, you’re so wet. You know a punishment isn’t supposed to do that, Cassie. Who’d have thought you’re such a little slut for pain?”, you taunt, pushing the handle of the whip in and out of the bent over brunette.

”Yes! More!”, Cassandra moans and drags her sharp, claw-like nails through the wall. The marks will undoubtedly be noticeable afterwards.

”First of all, you will address me correctly when you want something, you needy, perverted slut. Second of all, you will receive only what I want you to receive, when I want it and how much I want it.”, you clarify, but quicken your pace.

You feel your mouth watering at the sight of the whip entering and pushing in and out of your beautiful girlfriend with a wet squelching sound. Each time you pull it out even a little bit, it comes out covered in more of her juices.

You move and turn the whip during the pounds and grip her hair with the other hand. “Look at me when I fuck your tight pussy”, you order and tug on the brunette, messy hair until Cassandra looks over her shoulder and her golden, desperate eyes find yours.

”You want to cum? Beg for it then, slut”, you demand, a self satisfied smirk on your lips. You know, your girlfriend isn’t about to start begging just yet, too stubborn to lower herself to that level of submission. Ironically enough, if you consider her red, marked ass and the whip pounding into her mercilessly.

When Cassandra doesn’t speak up aside from her moans and occasional commands (those fall to deaf ears though), you remove the whip entirely and instead push it into the her open mouth.

”Ah-Ah-Ah!”, you tsk when she tries to protest pathetically. “Work your pretty mouth and clean that for me.”, you command with a slightly painful tug of Cassandra’s clit. The woman moans and sucks the whip clean obediently, occasionally moaning at her own taste on it.

She yelps when she is the one to be lifted and groans when her sore bottom makes contact with your arms.

When she is set down on the bed again, you pull the whip from her mouth and toss it aside. “Spread your legs”, you command and nod approvingly when Cassandra does so quickly, her disobedience roughly spanked, whipped, humiliated and fucked out of her.

You slap her sensitive nipples and nod approvingly when she only moans and arches her back, but doesn’t attempt or try and remove her hands. “Hands above your head”, you hum, but end up grabbing her hands yourself and pushing them above her head.

You grip her face and bite Cassandra’s lip so hard is bleeds, but lick the blood away before your girlfriend can do so. “Look at you, so wet for me. Maybe I should present you to your mother like this, tell her this filthy, wet cunt is the reason I can’t do my job.”, you hum, chuckling as you trap Cassandra’s nipple between your fingers again.

You collect some of her wetness and smear it across Cassandra’s face, so it mixes with the little blood that is still stuck there. “You see this? How messy you are? Now you’re just a messy, little thing, just like your cunt.”, you tease and delivered a small spank to Cassandra’s clit.

”M-More.”, She groans, but keeps quiet after you push your fingers into her mouth. “When you’re not using it for my pleasure, I want that mouth shut.”, you snap as you push your her fingers in far enough for her to gag and cough around them. You repeat the action a couple of times before letting go again when Cassandra stops gagging so beautifully around you, having seemingly adjusted already.

Instead you chuckle when you hear her scream upon entering her with her with four fingers. Your thumb flicks her clit while your fingers, wet from her cunt and her salvia, thrust into her quickly. They aren’t quite as long as the whip, but added up they take more space and rub Cassandra’s walls with every thrust.

When you curl your fingers, Cassandra’s back arches and her hands grip the pillows above her. “Get on my face, slut.”, you command breathlessly, though you don’t stop or ease your thrusts into her.

Cassandra moves shakily, but falls back down when you hit the spot inside of her that makes her see stars.

”Come on, pretty girl, move or I’ll stop and spank you again, maybe this time in front of the other maidens, have them see why I can’t do my job, have them fuck your little holes. Maybe that’ll teach you some manners.”, you hum, and while you both know it’s an empty threat, it makes Cassandra whimper and moan and move until she kneels on the bed, with your hand between her spread thighs.

When you pull out of her, you lifted your hand and clean it by smearing the juices on it against Cassandra’s face.

The sight makes you chuckle again. It’s about time entitled little Cassandra gets what she deserves…

You undo the belt from your uniform and tie Cassandra’s hands together behind her back, your fingertips moving across pale, beautiful skin. “No touching yourself, just because I won’t be able to see it.”, you remind her with a sly smirk, then move to lay down on the bed.

Cassandra quickly moves and slides on top of you, her wet cunt sat upon your stomach and chest.

”Come here”, you coo, gripping Cassandra’s thighs when she moves to sit on your face instead.

Your tongue immediately and hungrily aims for her wet clit and finds it with ease. You chuckle against her skin as you suck it in your mouth and twirl it around your tongue, even allow it to scrape your teeth once or twice, and Cassandra bucks and moans above you.

Her hands, tied securely behind her back, struggle to free themselves, but to no avail. Her breasts remain untouched and your hands on her thighs are the only thing steadying the brunette woman.

She feels your warm and wet tongue enter her criminally slowly and whines helplessly when your nose brushes against her sensitive clit with every thrust inside of her.

When your hands move from her thighs, she nearly falls off her face, but is caught by your hand on her breast.

Your other hand joins your tongue, so that Cassandra cries out when three fingers are pushed into her and two fingers tug, squeeze and flick her overly sensitive clit.

Her thighs begin to cramp and shake and the familiar pressure begins bubbling in her stomach. She cries out with every thrust inside of her and every tug on her clit, for it causes her to grind on your face and her bruised ass to rub against you.

You hum at this. It’s good she has a reminder to teach her to behave, this time.

“I-fuck! I’m gonna cu-ah!-um!”, She moans and bucks her hips helplessly against your face. Her bound hands and the position don’t allow her any control at all, so the poor thing can only watch and shake on top of you when she hits her orgasm.

Cassandra hardly notices when you sit up, if it wasn’t for the fact that she now finds herself in you lap again.

”Look at the mess you made, Cass.”, you tsk again, and chuckle when your hand comes in contact with her clit again. If she wasn’t so exhausted, she would swarm to save her sensitive clit the hard slap.

”Aww, are you sensitive, pretty girl?”, you coo teasingly when you notice Cassandra’s deep breaths and the way her hips try to jerk away after her clit is slapped.

”Is your little clit overstimulated? Is your messy pussy rubbed sore?”, you tease some more, though you already know the answer.

As she tried calling you by your name, a hand is clasped over her mouth. “You will address me properly, you don’t get to use my name now, you horny little slut.”, you whisper. Cassandra’s eyes roll back when you pinch her clit mercilessly.

Cassandra tries to buck her hips, or somehow get off your lap when her clit receives more tugs and flicks, but you hold her waist in a tight grip and her hands are little to no help.

She curses herself quietly when the pain and overstimulation makes her even hornier and wetter, to the point where you could be calling her your cum slut for wetting your lap in her juices and you wouldn’t even be wrong.

”You’re going to clean mommy up, pretty girl.”, you clarify and Cassandra feels her cunt ache at the petnames. You tuck her hair behind her ear so you can see her pretty face and the mark on her forehead clearly. Both her hair, and the mark after it is traced, are now also wet from Cassandra’s own cum.

”You’re going to get a bath after this, don’t worry, sugar, I know how messy you are, after all.”, you promise with a kiss to Cassandra’s nose. When she turns her head to hide her blush, you can’t help but laugh.

Apparently, you can spank her lover, whip her and fuck her sore, but Cassandra gets shy when she blushes after being kissed on the nose.

“Clean my face.”, you command with a smirk and leaned back on your elbows when Cassandra eagerly licks her own cum off your wet cheeks and lips like a starving kitten. Occasionally, you buck her hips up to throw Cassandra off balance, only to mock and tease her about it and set her down on your lap again.

“Another part of me needs cleaning too, sugar.”, you add and chuckle when the needy brunette fidgets to get off of your lap already; she is more than ready to repay you with some teasing and painfully slow licks.

Of course, you know this. “Make me cum. If you tease me..”, you trail off and tug Cassandra’s clit and nipple with each hand, which causes the brunette to jump and curse stubbornly.

”You’re not in charge now, my sweet girl.”, is all you add before too, at last, fully undress.

Cassandra’s hands struggle against the belt and she considers simply swarming out of the restrains, but a stern glance of yours stops her from doing so. Instead she grits her teeth angrily. She knows, you want to get her to the point where she is about to beg to have her hands released, yet both her pride and own stubbornness hold her back from that.

She gasps when you remove your panties, which are even more soaked than hers have been hours before. A line of arousal connects them to her dripping cunt, before it is cut off by you tossing the panties on the bed next to both of you.

”My patience is wearing thin, Cassandra.”, you warn, then gasp when Cassandra bends forwards and immediately thrusts her face between your thighs.

Said face is smeared with her own arousal and some blood already anyways, so Cassandra doesn’t mind messing it further with your arousal.

”Good slut, fuck, use that tongue of yours.”, you groan and grip Cassandra’s hair tightly. You hook your legs around Cassandra’s waist, which makes the woman fall forwards without being able to catch herself properly.

You smack Cassandra’s head lightly when you notice her lick around you, but not enter you. “Don’t be such a damn tease.”, you groan under your breath and push the Dimitrescu daughter deeper between your legs, almost suffocating her.

”F-Fuck, just like that, good girl.”, you praise when Cassandra licks and sucks on your clit obediently.

You groan as you practically fuck Cassandra’s face until you come all over the bed and your girlfriend.

”My good, pretty girl.”, you praise, panting when you unhook your legs and let Cassandra back up for some air.

Her nose and mouth are covered in her cum and her hair is a sticky mess, sticky from sweat and both of their juices.

”You’re so hot.”, you moan as you bring your lips against Cassandra’s. Your mind provides you with the vision of Cassandra’s upper body covered in your cum and her your buck up almost instinctively.

You take notice of Cassandra’s blood red bottom and cunt and let your fingers drag through her folds quickly before retracting again when Cassandra whimpers and moans.

“I should interrupt your work more often.”, Cassandra taunts with a tired chuckle.

”Shut your bratty mouth, sugar.”, is your only reply as you grab and stuff your panties in Cassandra’s mouth. You take a moment to appreciate her surprised face and how submissive she looks for her, with her hands bound behind her back, panties in her mouth, red ass and cunt, makeup running and face smeared with all kinds of juices and blood.

”Let’s get you cleaned up, love.”, you hum and unbind Cassandra’s hands, which hang limp by her side the moment they are released. You notice the red marks from the belt, but don’t comment on them, it was Cassandra’s tugging and struggling that tightened her restrains, so she’d bear the consequences. Still, you make a mental note to apply some cream after.

You rise from the bed and lift the tired brunette into your arms, before moving her to the attached bathroom. When she lifts her heavy arms to remove the gag, you slap the hands away. “I meant it, keep your dirty mouth shut.”, you clarify and set the woman on the toilet seat so you could start the bath.

“Bubbles.”, Cassandra mutters embarrassed, but thankfully, for her, you don’t turn around and instead just add some soap for your blushing girlfriend.

[abbysimsfun]

Sims In Bloom: Generation 2 Pt. 51 (Unflirty Heather Said 'No More Free Love!')

Brindleton Pawspital was always a hotbed for local gossip. More than once, Heather caught her employees and her customers cheating on their spouses in the lobby - sometimes even in the exam rooms!

Heather was so unflirty, the town's hands-off approach to extramarital romance had started to get a little disturbing. And now she had a boyfriend in town, so the last thing she wanted to think about was "free love."

None of it should have been any of her business, but she could get drawn into salacious rumours as much as the next person - especially if they were making out right under her nose!

But she had a hunch one such rumour would interest her mother, and called her one morning to pass on what she'd learned.

"I heard a rumour about the old creature keeper and grocer from Henford. You remember Hayes Harms and Abby Goldbloom, don't you?"

"Of course! They moved to Brindleton Bay and had three children together! It was a lovely happy ending to all those years of pining."

"Apparently it wasn't always happy ever after once they got here. Do you remember that old vet tech who used to work here when I was in high school? Our pets loved her, but then she left town without a trace and no one ever heard from her again."

"Emi Kudo! She was so sweet. I always wondered what happened to her!"

"I overheard someone at the clinic say she left town pregnant with Hayes' baby when he chose his wife over his mistress!"

(She had twins, and she lives in world. I know where she is and she will be back. Less so for her and moreso because one of those twins is evil and I've earmarked them to be hated by all of us for good reason in the future, so that'll be fun!)

Daisy gasped. "You're kidding? He did that to his wife?! He was always so quiet and unassuming."

"It might not be true. I'm not about to talk to the Harms, but if it is true, he might've been influenced by the free love action plan. It makes people flirty with people they barely know, or know are married. They're practically possessed. And all for influence! I can't imagine seeing someone else flirt with Conrad!"

"So maybe you should try to repeal it," suggested her mother. "Your father spearheaded a couple campaigns to get rid of things like public fighting here in Henford, and with how popular you and your clinic are, you should be able to get enough signatures in no time."

Taking her mother's advice, Heather started working to convince the locals to repeal the provision and replace it with something less scandalous, like support for performing arts.

Campaigning was going well, and she was happy to see Cassandra's brother Alexander one morning when he arrived with one of the Goth family cats. "Al, hi! How was the honeymoon in Sulani?"

"It was incredible. Lydia didn't want to leave."

"I hear it's beautiful there. But I expected to see your mother with Frankie today. Is she alright?"

"Oh, she'll be fine. She's just packing up Diego's things and she'll either be throwing them into the bay or taking them over to the Chopra place down the road. I don't think she's decided yet."

"What do you mean? What happened?"

"She found Diego in bed with Rahul Chopra. She broke up with him on the spot and I heard Diego and Rahul ran down to the courthouse to get married the same day."

"I'm stunned," said Heather. "Who gets left by their partner for another man twice but your poor mother? I'm so sorry."

"Don't be. She was fine after my father left and she knows she'll be fine again. She has no intention of being anything less than fabulous this time around, too. She's already talking about taking a trip to Ciudad Enamorada to test out the singles scene."

Heather chuckled. "I believe it." She grabbed the clipboard next to her espresso machine. "I'm not sure if you checked the community board on your way in, but I'm actually sponsoring a repeal of the free love action plan this weekend. It won't stop everyone from unnecessary public displays of affection, but it might be nice if your mother's next partner is a little less focused on scoring romantic influence points around town."

Alexander reached for her pen. "I know my mother can take care of herself, but I'm happy to sign it. Lydia's the only one for me as it is."

Once Alexander signed the petition, she had enough signatures for it to pass. Though a few of the town's randier residents were unhappy, most Brindletonians appreciated that their marriages were now much less under threat.

Heather returned home to find her son and Conrad laughing and playing helicopter upstairs, and she smiled with gratitude. ->

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NOTE: Diego really did this and I was so annoyed. I went out of my way to hook up this randomly generated townie spawn with THE Bella Goth after she thought he was handsome, and spent way too much of my time during Cassandra and River's wedding building up their friendship and flirting. The one thing I didn't do was get them married because it felt way too soon. And he repaid me like this!

One might say it was the final straw in the Watcher's tolerance for the Romantic Aura neighbourhood action plan that had been on by default since Heather moved, and set my unflirty sim in motion. 😂 Although I'm big on control over sims in-world and that's the real reason I don't like this action plan, Heather's negative moodlets from catching the cheaters messed with her work so it had to go. When she was upset she couldn't be warm with animals, so she couldn't start exams unless she was rude, which meant exams were taken by her less-skilled vet techs and didn't help the rating I'm already struggling to raise!

FUN(?) FACT: I never got any good screenshots of the cheating because it always happened out of nowhere with sims I had no control over, so I tried to stage some to set up this post (AFTER the repeal because I'm so good at this!) and Liberty (Lee) Huntington understood the assignment just enough, but this is how Brant Hecking reacted to getting hit on by Mitchell Kalani 🙉 😂:

[niofo]

i love all the ideas of canon characters being the inquisitor, it's especially fun in context of bg3 origin characters runs, but here are my fav options:

inquisitor anders, just for the sole fact of how mad the chantry would be at this idea. like they would be so mad. but also it has a potential to end with preemptive execution, bcos while with canon pc there can be a reasonable benefit of a doubt that they blow up the temple, now you have The Guy Known For Blowing Up Churches, who is just accused of Blowing Up Churches, i don't think cassandra would wait long enough to ask any questions. tho maybe anders is in disguise on the beginning and it's revealed who he is only later, that would be cool.

inquisitor merrill, bcos not only she's dalish, but also a blood mage, imagine the scandal. also she'd take no herald of andraste bullshit, if anything she'd say it was mythal who saved her, but most likely she'd suspect it was a spirit. she knows spirits, i don't think she'd consider it to be too outlandish theory. but also i'd love for her to call out all the dalish-related bs dai is trying to sneak in.

inquisitor zevran and he absolutely sneaked illegally into the temple just to spy. i can imagine him being a bit upset too, when everyone starts talking about inquisitor arainai, bcos now his brilliant new plan about convincing the crows that he's totally, absolutely dead, fr this time, kinda goes to shit bcos of this. also i'd love to see him teaming up with leliana again.

all of this would be even wilder if they were exported from a worldstate where they were actually romanced by hawke/warden. most of my pcs would be actually really supportive of their li having a recognition on their own, but at the same time would be very suspicious of chantry's intentions, esp when it comes to anders and merrill.

[queenofbaws]

top 5 vhawke moments <3 (whether that be vhawke in general or your own interpretation)

gasp!!! challenge accepted ;)c heuheuhehueuhe guess i have to ramble now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the numero uno is always going to be returning the tethras signet ring, because um??? hello???????? helLO????? hey i found this. the last real remaining physical object connecting you to your family. i thought you'd probably want it. yeah, it's a ring. yeah, no, there's nothing symbolic about that. it's fine. it's cool. i know you thought you'd never see it again. yeah, don't mention it :) LIKE WHERE DO YOU EVEN START WITH THAT THO??? the two characters. who slowly but surely. have suffered the agonizing losses of every. last. member. of their families. hawke knows what that ring means. varric knows hawke knows. they joke about the whole thing to avoid admitting it. HOW AM I MEANT TO BE NORMAL ABOUT THIS BIOWARE?!

"you people have done enough to her." just. just dig a hole for me to lie in. bury me. the ANGER in varric's voice. throughout 2 and even up until then in da:i, he's our fun little guy. jokes galore. sure there are moments here or there where that facade breaks, but in that moment, that fight with cassandra? he is. pissed. and he is. tired. he watched kirkwall eat at hawke for so long, watched the chantry take more than its fair share, and here's cassandra, suggesting it still wasn't enough? that she should've been at the conclave too? that after everything the powers that be took from her, stole from her, ripped out of her, how dare he hide her from them to protect what was left??????????? screams

i don't know if it counts as a "moment" per se, but god. just. hard in hightown. in general. aslkdjfalksjdf i don't know who reads. any snippet of that story. and walks away with a conclusion other than "oh, so like, he's in love-in love, huh? all right.' laughter like chantry bells. eyes the color of jewels. the picture of elegance and beauty even when she's in mourning. i see you, varric tethras. i fucking see you.

"i skipped the parts about us." 🥺 i will never. ever. recover. from knowing what we could've had, lmaooooooooooooooo. PERSONALLY, i am...so in love with the idea of a vhawke romance being completely off-screen, all considering. like there's no world in which varric was going to tell cassandra the details of his and hawke's relationship, no way. not happening. that little wink at the end would've been all i needed, and so i refuse to let it go 😫

finally, this is...so small comparatively, but in da:i, once you finish everything leading up to here lies the abyss, hawke and varric just hang out together in front of the war room, and...idk man. idk. it touches my heart every time. it's such a tiny little moment, absolutely unimportant, but you see them standing together like that, and for a moment - just for a SECOND - it feels like they're just. together. and chatting. and things are okay. you know things aren't normal. they know things aren't normal. but there they are, pretending and hoping the way they've done a million times before. *sniff*

[ask-the-four-lords]

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Alcina Dimitrescu: *Decided and attracted* I'd kiss Carmilla Karnstein, without a second thought, the ideal choice. On a far less happy topic, I'd *happiness in her eyes* murder Heisenberg. *Amused* What else could you have expected me to answer?

Karl Heisenberg: Ethan. end of sentence.

Salvatore Moreau: I-I'd kiss Belle... from Beauty and the Beast... and *his voice gets even deeper with hatred* kill, J-jludge Claude Frollo... h'e 'rem-reminds me of sommun ehknuow. *throws up*

Donna Beneviento: *Speaks, almost inaudible from shyness* W-would probably kiss... I don't know, no one would kiss me... would they? *she gets so quiet you can't hear her any more, slowly moon-walks backwards until she loses balance and falls on the floor* (Oh Donna, you have no idea, the whole comically gay RE8 fandom desperately wants to kiss you)

Angie Beneviento: I ain't kissin' anyone, I'm 4ft tall. But, murder, on the other hand, that's a much less morally complex matter. *Matter of fact* I'd kill Trump and Kamala so I can win the election. ANGIE 2024!!!!!!!!!

Daniela Dimitrescu: *Spends hours describing hot women from her romance novels* and for killing? Hmmm... probably Garfield, something about him just profoundly annoys me.

Cassandra Dimitrescu: *Dead serious* I would kiss Artemis, goddess of the hunt. For murder, I'd kill one of the askers, nobody tells me not to do something besides mother and actually stops me from doing it. Time to die.

Bela Dimitrescu: I would kiss Alexandria of Hypatia. Yep, I'm just that level of nerd. Then I would murder Rudolph Schenkel for writing the paper that started this alpha wolf bullshit eventually leading to this Omegaverse nightmare you've all put me through.

(Thank you all so much for saying all that, I love writing this blog and it makes me really happy people really like it. Thank you so much for reading and sending asks, really, I'm so grateful to everyone who reads this. I never thought anyone would care enough to read this shit.)

[daitranscripts]

Guilty Pleasures Pt. 2

Cassandra Wants a Book

Cassandra Masterpost Previous: Swords & Shields

The PC approaches Varric.

PC: Cassandra is waiting for the next issue of Swords & Shields.

Varric: I must have heard that wrong. It sounded like you just said that Cassandra read my books.

Dialogue options:

General: You sound surprised. [1]

General: She’s a big fan. [2] +Varric slightly approves

General: I did say that. [3]

1 - General: You sound surprised. PC: What’s so surprising about that? Varric: You have met Cassandra, haven’t you? [4]

2 - General: She’s a big fan. PC: She’s a pretty big fan, in fact. Varric: Are we talking about the same Cassandra? Tall, grumpy Seeker? Likes stabbing things? [4]

3 - General: I did say that. PC: That’s exactly what I just said. Varric: Maybe I’m just going crazy. [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Varric: Wait, did you say the romance serial? She’ll be waiting a while, then. I haven’t finished it and wasn’t planning to. That book is easily the worst I’ve ever written. The last issue barely sold enough to pay for the ink.

Dialogue options:

General: It can’t be that bad. [5] +Varric slightly approves

General: Cassandra seems to like it. [6] +Varric approves

General: I need it as a gift. [7]

General: No wonder she was embarrassed. [8] -Varric slightly disapproves

5 - General: It can’t be that bad. PC: I’m sure it’s not a s terrible as you think. Varric: There are a number of critics who’d be happy to argue with you. [9]

6 - General: Cassandra seems to like it. PC: Well, Cassandra seems to be hooked on it. Varric: And I honestly thought a hole in the sky was the weirdest thing that could happen. [9]

7 - General: I need it as a gift. PC: I was hoping to give it to Cassandra as a gift. Varric: Oh come on, that’s just cruel. Even the Seeker doesn’t deserve that. [9]

8 - General: No wonder she was embarrassed. PC: If it’s terrible smut, I guess that explains why Cassandra tried to hide it from me. Varric: “Smut?” (Laughs.) Is that what she called it? It’s fluff at best. I can’t compete in the smut market. That’s cutthroat. [9]

9 - Scene continues.

Varric: So… you want me to finish writing the latest issue of my worst serial. For Cassandra. That’s such a terrible idea, I have to do it. On one condition: I get to be there when you give her the book.

Dialogue options:

General: Fine. [10]

General: I don’t think so. [11]

10 - General: Fine. PC: You’ve got a deal. Varric: I’ll get to work, then. You know, the fact the book is terrible just makes it worthwhile, somehow. Scene ends.

11 - General: I don’t think so. PC: I don’t think that’s a good idea. Varric: Then you’d better find something else to give the Seeker. Scene ends.

If the PC asks again after rejecting Varric’s offer: Varric: I’ll only finish the book for you if I get to be there when you deliver it.

Next: Don't Tell Me

[starlightcleric]

More late night ramblings about Wrath of the Righteous after actually playing the game today:

I've spent today basically trying to figure out what I want my secret ending game to be.

I started with the possibility of taking Layla's game (my Demon run) in that direction, but after playing 2.5 hours through Act 4 I remembered why I haven't finished her game yet, which is that being puppy kicking evil is only fun in small doses, and I don't think I want to put in the work required in Act 5 to secret ending for her.

So then I went back to trying to come up with a new Trickster idea, since I do like the concept of Ascended Trickster, it's the best joke you can play on reality, and dusted off Rhonda Threeapples the halfling Rogue from my Kingmaker dlc playings. And I got her to the Shield Maze, and just was not feeling main character Rogue or playing Chaotic Good Again.

So then I went back to Cassandra, who I said I was shelving yesterday. And I took a look at what felt off about her, and I realized I liked her backstory, her build well enough, the problem was her portrait.

So now she has a new portrait, she's almost through the Shield Maze before I realized how late it is. She's a human Blood Kineticist, going Aeon, and romancing Lann or Galfrey.

[musicrazed56]

Sang're: Encantadia Chronicles

With the news of an upcoming sequel to Encantadia in production, I couldn't help myself but revisit one of my favourite Filipino fantasy show ever produced. I watched all 218 episodes of the requel in a week and started re-watching the 2005 as well.

Growing up I remember trying to convince my mom to let me stay up late enough to watch the show and it was such a big part of my childhood. My sister, our neighbours, and I would pretend to be one of the sang're and try to reenact the show. From their fight scenes to their drama scenes, we did it all. I tuned in until the very last episode of the original version and even tried to learn the language because that's how drawn in I was with the world-building and fantasy aspect of the show.

Fast forward to 2016, I'm well into post-secondary and live outside the Philippines. When I heard about the requel, I made sure that we had GMA Pinoy TV and all the episodes were recorded. That way I didn't miss any episodes. Now, to be honest, I wasn't a fan of 2016 at first. I was very critical of some of the casting, the CGI work, and even the world-building. It felt familiar but not. I missed the mystical aspect of the show and I missed that I was able to suspend my disbelief for 30 minutes to escape to this enchanted place. I didn't get that escape from the 2016 version because it didn't feel magical enough for me. However, over time, I learned to enjoy the show because of its storytelling. I was invested in the characters and what was happening to them which led me to fall in love with Amihan and Ybrahim's romance in this version. I enjoyed the sisters' bond here and wish we saw more of it in the show. I liked how each Sang're got a chance to meet their father and we, the viewers, got to know each of them.

There were a lot of positives from the 2016 version which is why I feel sad that "season 2" of Encantadia will be focusing on a different generation. I understand that Pirena, Amihan, Alena, and Danaya have been the 4 iconic sangres for almost 20 years and it's time for new characters to succeed them. Unfortunately, I feel that the 2016 version had more stories to offer and the Sang'res had more adventures and stories to explore. Especially with the death of Amihan, there were storylines that were abandoned to accommodate Kylie's departure. I just hope that the fans get a proper closure for these 4 Sang'res and aren't left with an opening ending. Kinda like how Encantadia 2005 concluded. Arman, on the back of a dragon, narrates the story of the 4 Sang'res and properly transitions the audience to the new protectors with him, Armea and Cassandra. 2005 gave the audience a definitive conclusion to the main 4 while setting up a potential sequel. This is something 2016 tried to do but left viewers with more questions since they introduced Cassiopea's twin and set up 4 diwanis running on the beach.

Don't get me wrong, I like the actors that are playing the new Sang'res but I do hope this sequel will be a bridge to continue the original 4 stories until its creator can give those characters a proper send off. Also, I would love to see Danaya as a mother and give Pirena and Alena a chance to have children again. Additionally, it'd be nice to see the growth in Lira and Mira. Lastly, I would love to see Amihan reunite with her sisters and get the happy ending that her parents didn't have the privilege of having.

That being said, I am beyond excited to watch this show and hope that we get book 3 and book 4 like what the creator and writers have shared.

[boltlightning]

cassandra pentaghast is like. i'm from nevarra. i'm royalty and 78th in line for throne. i never want to see nevarra again. i'm a seeker of truth. i was the right hand of the divine and not being able to protect her has broken me irreparably. my brother's death haunts me every moment of my life. my family are the last dragon hunters but i'm the only one left alive who has actually killed one. i don't care about any title or fame at all. i will never rest upon my laurels, and my past actions do not and should not define me. i'm deeply worried about how history will remember me. i know i have no control over it; i can only be true to myself and hope that is enough. i want romance but cannot admit that to anyone, not even the man i'm seeing. it is too human and i can't be seen as human but that's all i've ever wanted. the blueberry pastries are my favorite. i may not agree with you but i will always, always defend you. you have my shield if not my heart.

[mistwraiths]

3 stars

I thought long and hard about how to rate this book and I think I've settled on 3 stars, maybe 3.25 for a number of reasons. Overall, I do think this is a good book and I enjoyed my time with it. I'm eager to read more and I think Cassandra Clare did a good job of departing from the Shadowhunter world and diving into adult fantasy.

First, I'll address something that has been mentioned in reviews and from people. The similarities between this book and V.E. Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic series. Are there similarities? I think the answer is both yes and no. Some things are harder to justify or ignore and some while similar-ish have enough differences to argue. An orphan named Kell is taken to serve as the prince's bodyguard. While the concept is familiar, the exact same with the same name makes it... odd. A main character girl is named Lin, and she has magic. There is differences, yes, but the name is fairly close enough to Lila. There's a race of people called Ashkar who are called Askari. In ADSOM, the name for certain magicians is Antari. Again, differences yes but similar names. Does CC or Schwab own A names, no! But there's a character who has a lot of page time in running things named Mayesh, when the royals in Castellane last name is Maresh. Castellane colors are predominantly red, and gold. Red London. There's an explicit they use "Gray hells" which is an odd usage, and Gray is another color featured IN ADSOM. It's enough that while I was reading, it felt in my mind that did no one reading this before in passes and edits think, hmm maybe we should change some names? I might not have blinked twice if they had changed Kel's name. Maybe not even thought of ADSOM. I could be thinking too much into it and it could be totally coincidental, but it was enough to make me feel slightly leery about it. It ISN'T exactly like the other book, there's many differences and of course, it is its own story. But I personally felt like I had to deduct a star.

My second biggest problem here is that this book takes about 200 pages to stop beating you over the head with all the world information and all these character names. I think a personae dramatis would really be beneficial, especially since most of the side characters especially in the nobility feel interchangeable. Even after 200 pages, there's still info dumps and such, and things still take time. It's a much better read by far after 200 pages, because things are moving.

But nothing truly ever happens in this book except for the end. Kind of. This book mostly felt like a huge set up. Which isn't the WORST thing but you can make it feel more entertaining or well paced. I think 200-300 pages could have been cut out and it would have felt like a faster paced book.

Lin was by far the most interesting character and my favorite. I really loved her and enjoyed learning everything about her work, her struggles, her people, etc.

The majority of the book follows Kel and honestly, he's a bit of a bore. He's a nice character but I don't love him and find him a little bland. Conor is far more interesting but we do not get any POV from him. I'm also interested in Antonella and Joss, but we don't get much from either and no POVs.

I know this book was marketed as a forbidden romance but there's almost no romance in this book. You can see where there's hints of it but there's nothing of what I consider romance or even Cassandra's typical pining and tension. There's light tension if anything. I am rooting for Lin and Conor. I don't care much about Kel and Antonella, I'd rather him and Merren.

I was SO SAD about Luisa and Vienne.

I'm looking forward to see what happens next. I'm hoping there isn't any CC standard love triangles in this series. Some of the subject matter is a more mature so I do think she was successful in switching to adult fantasy but in places it does sometimes feel like it's YA or it doesn't dig really deeper into some things I'd like it to.