#also Cassandra is aroace

[arwenmusic]

so I'm writing a musical about the Trojan War

and literally I don't think I've actually explained it so like:

(btw if you're like already a consumer of the Trojan content, this probably sounds real familiar to you also yes I nuked the other like 95 children of Priam shhh leave me alone) Act I largely focuses on a pre-war narrative, starting with the wedding of crown prince Hector to his beloved Andromache. We then follow the youngest prince, Paris, as he is guided to Greece by the love goddess Aphrodite to the most beautiful woman in the world, Queen Helen of Sparta. The problem? Helen is already married, to King Menelaus. Through a series of events, Paris and Helen elope, which kickstarts what would be known in classical literature as the Trojan War as Menelaus and his brother, King Agamemnon of Mycenae, call upon the king of Greece to help take back Helen. Back home in Troy, priestess/princess/seeress Cassandra warns her family of the incoming danger, while the other two sons of King Priam, Helenus and Deiphobus, struggle with their own responsibilities and battle their own demons.

Act II encompasses much of the ninth and tenth years of the war. Now older, wiser, and wearier, Hector must choose between his duty to Troy, or his obligations to his wife and their newborn son, Scamandrius. Meanwhile, Cassandra suffers under the weight of a curse given to her by her patron god, Apollo, and second son Deiphobus begins to buckle under the weight of his own conscience. Desperately, they all try to keep their family from falling. The question is, will they succeed?

[ace-of-garlic-breads]

I remembered this template thingies existed and I was ✨️inspired✨️

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[pinksilvace]

Someone asked me what I think about Alonzo and Munkustrap's relationship (ty very much) and here is my incredibly straightforward answer:

My brain insists that Alonzo is aroace and Munkustrap just doesn't have time to date anybody but I do think that, as a result of how much time they spend together, they would accidentally fall into a QPR. The old cats think they have a strong bro thing going on, the kittens think they're dating, but at the end of the day, they're just the folks that need to massage the knots out of one another's backs while sharing deep conversations they'll never have with anybody else

[joyfuladorable]

< Casey Ninpo Moment

I think about imperfect animals' capril scene a normal amount...

[styxnbones]

🌾🌿💦 for cass oc? (yes i know O.C. is just how you tag them but 'cass oh-see' has a nice ring to it)

🌿 What way does your OC show that they care without using words? What way do others show your OC that they’re cared about without using speech? If Cass is showing genuine care at all, it's going to be nonverbal. In fact, if she can help it at all, it's going to be remote and anonymous too. What I'm getting at is they tend to go for sending people gifts, or orchestrating help of some kind for them, so that she doesn't have to be there themself. She feels that if she wants to be sincere, she has to remove the temptation to ruin it that participating in person would put before them. As for others' affection towards her- she tends to stay emotionally distant from people, so there aren't many who get the chance, but she's surprisingly receptive of physical affection, given her general demeanor. I've mentioned before that they did Not get enough hugs as a kid, or attention period, and sincere relationships in their adult life have been few and far between, so basically they are wicked touch starved. Also, the way they see it, talk is cheap but touch has no inherent meaning- so you can't be lied to by a hug unless you lie to yourself, which makes it 'safer' in their mind than affectionate words.

💦 If you as the writer could erase one traumatic event from this OC’s life what would it be and why? I have this problem where I like to be really mean to my characters because I think their pain makes them more interesting, so it's hard for me to pick a trauma to take away that I don't also see as like. integral to the character. Like, obviously letting Cass have a Normal Fledglinghood instead of being locked in an apartment with their abusive gf/sire for like 4 years would probably do the most good for her, but it would also fundamentally change that initial impression of kindred society that informs almost everything about how they interact with it now that they have their freedom. Same goes for the childhood neglect and her outlook on human society. So I have to look smaller, like maybe letting her have a less terrifying first experience of the madness network.

[it-was-dead-when-i-found-it]

I'm like a modern day Cassandra because all of my prophecies come to pass (scary accurate intuition) but no one believes them (I've got such bad anxiety that I've conditioned myself to disregard any assumptions about the future for fear of false positives)

[cherrybombfangirlwrites]

Hey, remember how during Pride Month the writeblr community has posts circulating where queer authors are encouraged to promote their books with queer representation?

July is disability pride month, Disabled people are at risk of falling below the poverty line especially and i'd love to help those who are published get paid this month if i can, so...

Let's do the same thing but with Disability Pride Month!!!

Disabled Writers feel free to promote your stuff!

I'll start:

Hello, I'm Anna, I'm an Autistic and ADHD author! Here are my canonically disabled characters in books that will come out in like 50 years because I'm a slow writer:

(I noticed most of these are mental disabilities and disorders, probably because that's where most of my personal experience is, BUT i do have quite a few physical disabilities in there, and there's also quite a bit of intersectionality <333)

Prince Kaye (FSF series): Kaye has OCD! He's also mixed latino and bisexual <3 very sweet scrawny peacemaker prince born to a family of warlords <3

Captain Cassandra (FSF series): Cassandra is mute due to trading her voice and tail for human legs, and partially deaf due to an explosion on the seas during a battle. Due to losing her tail for human legs, she also experiences chronic pain in her feet (the original curse of every step feeling like walking on knives if you will). She's also plus sized, pansexual, and gets a pirate girlfriend

Erica (FSF series): Erica is an amputee pirate with a peg leg. She's also lesbian, polynesian, plus sized, and Cassandra's hopeless romantic pirate girlfriend.

Princess Hestia (FSF series): Hestia has an anxiety disorder! She's also plus sized, South Asian mixed (like her brother), and falls in love with a shy blonde bookworm trans boi named Elliot

Raven (FSF series): Raven is Autistic! He's a morally gray knight charged with being the personal bodyguard of a reckless princess. He's so Latino and bisexual <3

Princess Sapphire (FSF series): Sapphire has ADHD! She's the reckless adventure seeking and impulsive princess that Raven has to protect. She's also a redhead, and demisexual <3

Triveya (FSF series): Triveya is autistic and adhd! She's the resident wizard and magic expert in the cast of FSF, and is a little bit feral with a bubbly and nerdy personality

Kylee (TCIO series): Kylee is autistic and non speaking! She's a superhero with super speed and invisibility powers, and she's the youngest of the team while also being a mischievous and outgoing ball of sunshine

Bryson (TCIO series): Bryson is diabetic! I'm still developing his character so i haven't figured out which type he is yet (leaning towards type 2). He's the superhero team medic with healing powers (can't heal himself or emotional injuries with said powers), and he's also a black guy and the token straight of the team that's on thin ice

Chase (TCIO series): Chase has OCD, a bipolar mood disorder, and chronic depression and anxiety to go with it! He's the tech guy on the team of superheroes, and doesn't have any supernatural abilities, but he's really good with computers and tech. He's cynical and sarcastic (because of the ableism he's experienced in the past) but secretly does care, and he's also Romani American and Jewish!

Corie (Galaxy Des. series): Corie is a cyborg and has prosthetic limbs! She has a prosthetic eye, arm, and leg. The eye does come with a small interface and her arm does have a laser gun attachment. She built and repairs all of her robot parts herself, and is a highly feared and valuable assassin in the galactic underworld. She's also mixed brown and is AroAce!

NOVA (Galaxy Des. series): Nova is epileptic! She is an android who was scrapped due to malfunction, and became a smuggler who is good at her trade. Due to faulty wiring she's epileptic. She's a cynical and grumpy android who accidentally falls in love with a loveable human lesbian rogue. She's bisexual and has shiny chrome skin with cyan lighting in the cracks.

Pandora (Galaxy Des. series): Pandora is a part-time wheelchair user, autistic and adhd, and tourettic! He is a biologist that formerly did morally questionable work for the galactic government, and now does that same work in the criminal underworld and sells it to the highest bidder. She also uses he/she pronouns, is mixed brown, and pansexual!

Ethel (unnamed witchy wip): Ethel has one eye and PTSD! She's a witch in a world where magic has just been outlawed, and a witch hunting cult has been hired by the new king and queen to hunt down and eradicate witches. She's also AroAce and very underdeveloped because this is a backburner wip.

Thanks for reading! Links to my wips are in my pinned post! If you are a disabled writer and or have disabled characters, do share!

Happy Disability Pride Month!

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

Greek mythology has evolved over the course of hundreds of years, and with all those… retellings now, it’s gotten me thinking about just how many people have been spreading false details of myths through word of mouth to the point of becoming the most common interpretation, when if you were to look back in history, a great number of them were only recently made up, barely a a few centuries prior. Example of this is King Midas and his turning his daughter into a gold statue. I remember this part having been included all throughout my childhood, only to find out it was never part of the original myth but a recent addition in a book from 1852. (suddenly, the daughter being aptly named “Marigold” makes a lot more sense.) My ask is: which commonly told misconception of this type regarding any Greek myth is most infuriating to you and why?

oh my god misinformation can be INFURIATING smh

Let's start off with the Apollo misinformation.

"He raped Persephone/is a serial rapist!"

First of all, no he did not. LO, toss yourself into an eternal blaze and incinerate.

and secondly- he's not a serial rapist. There's only two accounts of rape, specifically Dryope and Creusa, but that depends on interpretation and the source so if you want to discard it, you can. No one can tell you you can't.

"UwU Apollo's love life is terrible!"

do i even need to say anything?

"Athena hates women!"

hell to the fuck no. the evidence people use for this is the Medusa Myth: Ovid's Version, and CONVIENTLY IGNORE THE ONES WHERE SHE HELPS WOMEN ESCAPE BEING RAPED!! AND THAT OVID IS THE ONLY ONE WHO DOES THIS!!

Even with the ones where she punishes the victim, the older versions do not have that! She made Nicymene her eternal owl companion, for heaven's sake!

"Hermes/Dionysus/Hephaestus is the only unproblematic god! UwU"

uh... *waves Leuconoe/Choine/Philonis around* no matter which version you go with, Hermes/Mercury does rape her...

...and in the Dionysica Dionysus rapes like two women...

...and Hephaestus tried to rape Athena... (oh wow, would you look at that...it's like Athena would have *gasp* sympathy for assault survivors...)

...See the double standards? :/ Ignores Roman/late Greek literature when it's convenient, and then exaggerates it to suit their own needs.

"Demeter is a terrible mom!"

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE NO ONE DISRESPECTS THE QUEEN

"Hades only kidnapped Persephone because Zeus told him too!"

Hades is his own man and wasn't being held at gunpoint to abduct her. He did so on his own merits. From a literal perspective, what was stopping him from just. you know. talking to her. kidnapping was not necessary.

(yes, yes, i know about the symbolic perspective, hence my use of 'literal'.)

"But Hades and Persephone are the only ones who don't cheat!!"

uh, nope. Hi Adonis, Minthe, how're you doing?

"But Adonis was more of a son to Persephone!!"

uh, NO. Even the ancients saw them as a couple!!

"Artemis is a girlboss who hates her brother!"

*kicks open door* OUT!

"Orion's the only man Artemis ever loved!"

how dare you disrespect my boy in this way Apollo was the first man she ever loved and no one will be able to replace him how dare you-

-and how dare you disrespect Hippolytus in this way he did not die in the name of all aroace people to be disrespected like this smh

"Zeus's only quality is how he fucks around!"

look, I've joked about this before but I know that's not all there is too him and that it has a symbolic representation.

Sure would be nice if people focused on that more :)

also anything that villainizes Aphrodite or Hera. god forbid women do anything.

"Clytemnestra is a girlboss who did no wrong!"

OH MY GOD THE DOUBLE STANDARDS.

funny how people fawn over Cassandra one moment and then COMPLETELY FORGET HER EXISTENCE to becry the woman who murdered her!

AND ALSO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HATE APOLLO FOR CURSING HER WHEN THEIR STORY IS LITERAL ABOUT A WOMAN'S AUTONOMY BEING RESPECTED!!

AND GUESS WHAT!! APOLLO AVENGES HER DEATH!!

anything that is "UwU Achilles!" omg i am sick of it.

that bitch had everything coming. he deserved everything he got. Tenes, Troilus, and Hemithea did NOT deserve what he did to them! APOLLO AND PARIS HAD EVERY RIGHT TO TAKE HIM DOWN!

i'm probably forgetting some but here's the one that popped into my head :)

[sokoneedsagun]

A list of (DC) characters who aren’t explicitly sapphic but they are to me

- Cassie Sandsmark

- Cassandra Cain (specifically aroace lesbian)

- Donna Troy

- Dinah Lance

- Raven Roth (also best boy is genderfluid, look at him)

- Absolute Wally West

- Cissie King-Jones

- Lian Nguyen-Harper

- Stephanie Brown

- Barbara Gordon

- Zatanna Zatara

- Rose Wilson

- Selina Kyle (that is sort of cannon though)

Did I name most women from mainstream dc? Yes. Also if people start being homophobic I’m blocking you <3

[librarycards]

do you have any favorite books/articles/etc. on asexuality and/or aromanticism?

this is great timing, anon! @stephen-deadalus and i just recently published an article/webtext rellated to ace/aro rhetorics in a neuroqueer/transMad context. below is a link to that + another piece of mine, and some other works you should check out

First and foremost: check out Carnival of Aces and Carnival of Aros. The former was one of my main sources of info back in the day when I ID'd as ace (starting in 2012ish) and they're still going. Carnival of Aros is more recent, and their posts have been really interesting to read so far.

for articles:

[sarah] Cavar, In praise of -less: transMad shouts from absent (pl)aces (hiiiiiii)

[sarah] Cavar & ulysses c. bougie, port-man-toes: the aroace - queercrip - transmad - neuroqueer erotics of digital collaboration (hiiiiii pt. deux) [also see our references in this piece for more cites]

C. Bougie, Composing Aromanticism

Carter Vance, Unwilling Consumers: A Historical Materialist Conception of Compulsory Sexuality (h/t @queertemporality)

M. Remi Yergeau, Cassandra Isn't Doing the Robot: On Risky Rhetorics and Contagious Autism (a chapter in Yergeau's first monograph, Authoring Autism, also attends to the prefix 'demi' in compelling ways, esp. for those interested in neuroqueerness)

for books:

Twoey Gray, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder. See my review in Feral Feminisms here, and the whole Ace & Aro Reviews Issue here.

Milks & Ceranowski, eds. Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives (the og one is out, but the 10th anniversary ed. is forthcoming this year....with a chapter by Ulysses and I again!)

Ela Przybylo, Asexual Erotics: Intimate Readings of Compulsory Sexuality

I haven't read the Ace anthology yet, so I rec with grains of salt included. But reviewers I respect have commented favorably on it, so I'm putting it here.

This list is pretty short, mostly because I wanted to keep the citations to those actually accessible for free online (apart from books). It is also because the most radical, interesting, and generative discourse happening on ace/aro subjectivity and community, at this time, is happening on Tumblr and other blogs. Genuinely. I recommend searching the ace/aro/loveless/lovequeer tags to get a sense of what is currently happening; these are the spaces where I get a lot of my information and citations, including for the published articles above. hope this helps get you started!

[sternenschaukler]

List/ Collage with A-Spec Characters: canon confirmed, and popular headcanons

Colours:

Canon confirmed: blue

popular headcanon/ speculation: orange

Alastor, Hazbin Hotel: ace, aro

Senku Ishigami, Dr. Stone: ace, aro

Vi Moradi, Star Wars: ace, aro

Victor Vale, Vicious: ace, biromantic

Spongebob: ace

Kirby: ace, aro, non-binary

the Knight, Hollow Knight: agender, ace, aro

Todd Chavez, BoJack Horseman: ace

Georgia Warr, Loveless: ace, aro, aego?

Jughead Jones, Archie: ace

Doomguy/ Dooomslayer: ace

Seiji Maki, Bloom into you: ace, aro, aegoromantic?

Monkey D. Luffy, One Piece: ace, aro

Connor Hawke, DC Comics: ace, alloromantic

Perry the platypus: ace, aro

Kusuo Saiki, Disastrous life of Saiki K.: ace, aro

Yelena Belova, Marvel: ace, aro

Izaya Orihara, Durara: ace, aro

Daryl Dixon, the Walking Dead: ace

Keyleth, Critical Role: demisexual

Neil Josten, Foxhole Court: demisexual, demiromantic

Isaac Henderson, Heartstopper: ace, aro

Vernestra Rwoh, Star Wars: ace, aro

Light Yagami, Death Note: ace, aro

Caduceus Clay, Critical Role: ace, aro

Murderbot, Murderbot Diaries: ace, aro, genderless

Jonathan "Jon" Simms, Magnus Archives: ace, biromantic

Shouto Todoroki, Boku no Hero Academia: ace, aro

Lilith Clawthorne, Owl House: ace, aro

Bill Cypher, Gravity Falls: ace, aro, agender

Ezperanza "Spooner" Cruz, Legends of Tomorrow: ace

Nadia Van Dyne/ the Wasp, Marvel: ace, aro, quoiromantic

Peridot, Stephen Universe: ace, aro

Gwenpool, Marvel: ace, aro

Frieren: a-spec, ace, aro

Joffrey Baratheon, Game of Thrones: ace, aro

Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle: ace, aro

Lord Varys, Game of Thrones: ace, aro

Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano, Percy Jackson: ace, aro

Son Goku, Dragonball: ace

10th Doctor, Doctor Who (David Tennant): ace, panromantic

11th Doctor, Doctor Who (Matt Smith): ace

Sakuko Kodama, Koisenu Futari: ace, aro

Satoru Takahashi, Koisenu Futari: ace, aro

Felicity Montague, Lady's guide to petticoats and piracy: ace, aro

Jasnah Kholin, Stormlight Archive: ace, heteroromantic

Loth, Priory of the Orange Tree: grey-ace

Tané, Priory of the Orange Tree: ace, aro

Adèle, Baker Thief: demisexual, bi

Claire/ Claude, Baker Thief: aro (aroallo!), genderfluid

Sandry, Circle of Magic: ace

Ling Chan, the Diviners: ace, lesbian

Nancy Whitman, Every Heart a Doorway: ace, alloromantic

Kel, Protector of the Small: ace, aro

Natalie, Natural History of Dragons: ace, aro

Raphael Santiago, Shadowhunters: Cassandra Clare: ace, aro (In the show only ace)

Please note that I took most of my information from online, and I didn't personally read/ watch everything, so there may be some mistakes. Also, some of the not-canon characters are very likely aspec, but just not confirmed. And especially if they say/ do really obviously aro/ ace stuff, I wasn't sure if it's enough to put them in the "confirmed" category. (e.g. Saiki literally said he isn't attracted to anyone regardless of gender, and never wants to be in a relationship. But there are still people who doubt his aroace-ness. (And at this point I don't see how it could be anything but aphobia, to deny the mere possibility of him being aroace so vehemently lol.) ) Also: Sadly, I couldn't find good aro-allo characters except Claire/ Claude from "baker thief". There is tons of good a-spec representation in that book (also more side characters that I didn't mention here), but I couldn't really find any fan-art. So then I just slapped the entire book cover on the collage.

[charcoalsdestiny]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE!

this drawing may have taken all month, but its finally here!

These guys are all from my ROTTMNT AU, "Where There Is Hamato" (WTIH)

tumblr killed the quality, so closeups and headcanon breakdowns are under the cut! (though. my closeups are also a bit rough, tumblr hated how much this image was i guess.) please click for full saturation of colors!

Some of this may be subject to change in the future as i work on this AU

in order left from right (approximately):

Sunita - Pansexual Demigirl (She/They)

April - Lesbian, Trans woman (She/Her)

Casey Junior (CJ) - Abrosexual (He/They)

El (future Raphael) - unlabeled sexuality (likes women) Trans woman. (She/Her)

Cass (future Cassandra/Casey) - Lesbian (She/Her)

Zero - bisexual, nonbinary/genderqueer. (He/She/They)

Donnie - Bisexual, Possibly demiromantic and nonbinary. (He/they)

Casey - Lesbian (She/Her)

Raph - Bigender (He/She) possibly pansexual.

Mikey - Aromantic, Asexual, Genderfluid. (Pronouns Change and Include Neopronouns)

Angie (Future Michaelangelo) - AroAce, genderqueer. (Any pronouns.)

Leo - Gay Trans man (He/him)

Artemisia - Lesbian. (She/her?)

Future Leonardo (nickname undecided) - Gay trans man. (He/Him)

Future Zero (no nickname yet.) - Bisexual, Genderqueer/Nonbinary. (They/He/She.)

Giovanni - doesn't know his sexuality, but he doesn't think he's cishet... (He/Him)

Don (Future Donatello) - Bisexual. might have more going on but doesnt care right now. (He/Him.)

Future April (nickname undecided) - Lesbian, Trans woman. (She/her)

Future Sunita (Suni?) - Queer, doesn't think about it much anymore. (they/she)

Baron Draxum - Gay, Trans man. (He/Him)

Splinter - Bisexual (He/Him)

Neither Version of S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. have a sexuality or gender identity because i honestly don't know what id give them?

Some of these may change eventually but. here's my guys!

BONUS! Relationship breakdown!

Sunita and April are dating.

El and Cass are married. (And CJ's parents)

Zero and Donnie are dating.

Raph and Casey are dating.

Zero and Don are married. (and Artemisia & Giovanni's parents)

Splinter and Draxum are... something.

Future April and Suni are married as well.

[deconstructthesoup]

Some miscellaneous trivia about the Hellraisers (my concept for a next-gen party involving Fig and Fabian's baby sister and a couple of theoretical Sandra Lynn-Jawbone kids):

-Despite Faroe's affinity for wild-flavored yogurt with fruit chunks, she is absolutely Hallariel's daughter, right down to the flighty, rich-girl nature, the love of letting loose, and next to no knowledge of basic life skills. This has, in part, come from Hallariel---outside of mandatory sparring lessons, of course---spoiling Faroe rotten, and Gilear has never once attempted to dissuade her. Of course, this treatment of Faroe didn't necessarily help Fabian's opinion of her in the early days, but seeing as she absolutely idolizes both him and Fig, they had to start getting along eventually. They still challenge each other to a duel whenever they see each other, though.

-Arko's personal hero is Gorgug, purely because of how he completely changed the game of artificing. They don't flip out often, but they did flip out when they first met Faroe and the twins and learned that they knew him, personally.

-Parker and Luna both see Adaine as their super cool older sister, but only Luna really views Aelwyn as her sister, too. It helps that they're both cat people, which Parker absolutely is not. (Luna has a cat familiar named Biscuit. She's a lovely little lady.)

-Luna originally bounced back and forth between gods, knowing that she wanted to be an Arcana Domain cleric but struggling to find a god that really suited her. She initially attempted to worship the more witchy aspect of Cassandra before realizing that she didn't really vibe with the whole "embracing the unknown" thing, gave Osmir (the god of magic and secrets) a shot before realizing that the time she needed to dedicate to him would make it impossible for her to also be a wizard... and then Cassandra and Ankarna ended up having a kid who needed a cleric, and lo and behold, they were perfect for Luna. Borealis is the deity of magic, wonder, discovery, exploration, and mischief, and all that cheerfully wondrous energy means that they’re actually pretty easy to promote—especially amongst rogues. If Cassandra is twilight and Ankarna is dawn, Borealis is the Northern Lights, and the awe that comes when you find something beautiful and extraordinary even in the harshest of conditions. They’ve got similar vibes to The Collector from The Owl House—all-powerful child with whimsy for miles.

-Marsh’s birth circumstances are… strange, to say the least. His father is aroace and proud of it, but he’d always wanted to be a dad, so he asked his hag patron for help—resulting in a child that was, quite literally, made in a cauldron. Marsh does wear his fey heritage with pride (and he’s on great terms with his dad’s patron, seeing her as his grandmother), but he’s still struggling to find ways to connect with his stone giant heritage. That’s partially why he chose to be a City druid—combining structures and tech with nature felt like the best way to honor both parts of himself.

-Marsh’s dad is a lawyer who specializes in negotiating, investigating, and breaking deals between mortals and extraplanar entities. He’s also very tight-laced and enjoys nothing more than a hearty debate, which has left almost all of the Hellraisers confused as to how he was able to have a son as laidback as Marsh. That is, until it's revealed that Marsh is also really good at debating---he's just more relaxed about it.

-To everyone's surprise, Roshini has a family that's literally Elmville's version of the Addamses---which, when you take into account that she's a cross between Cher from Clueless and Megan from But I'm a Cheerleader, is truly mind-boggling. Her mom is a very amoral Efreet who considers herself above the dealings and affairs of mortals (except for her darling husband and children, of course), her dad is an undead mortician and a brilliantly talented Necromancer wizard, her younger sister is a Phantom rogue who regularly communes with ghosts and uses those skills to commit petty crimes, and her younger brother is a Circle of Spores druid who is always either finding or growing incredibly disgusting, poisonous, and/or carnivorous plants. To sum it up, Roshini's house is even more haunted and foreboding than Mordred Manor, and it doubles as Elmville's one and only funeral home. Her parents still absolutely adore and support her despite her being decidedly not creepy and cooky, though her siblings are kind of embarrassed of her in the way that siblings are. Well, her sister is.

-Arko is smack dab in the middle of five siblings---two older brothers and two younger sisters, all with names that start with A (based off of my dad's IRL family dynamic, though he and his siblings all have names that start with J). Their oldest brother is a Thief rogue---specifically, the 2024 version that literally allows you to play a D&D cat burglar---their second-oldest brother is an Eloquence bard, their second-youngest sister is a Wild Magic sorcerer, and their youngest sister is... well, undecided as of yet, but based on how much she gets into fistfights at school, there's a betting pool amongst the Spitz siblings as to whether or not she'll be a barbarian or a monk. Arko's got 200 gold pieces on her multiclassing.

-Roshini, in a hilarious moment of accidentally falling into an old cliche, eventually winds up dating the captain of the Owlbears---Ryoko Dobashi, an amethyst dragonborn Samurai fighter... and the only Aberrant Mind sorcerer in a family of Draconic Bloodlines. Needless to say, they both bonded over being the odd ones out in their families, and they're widely regarded as Aguefort's power couple. Ryoko's also very serious and straight-laced, so Roshini's manic positivity definitely balances her out.

-Faroe does not actually take bard lessons from either Lucilla or Terpsichore---well, she does take some from Lucilla, but it's a once-a-week thing for songwriting purposes. Instead, the vast majority of her bard lessons are from a bard teacher who specializes in the storytelling aspect of bard magic, which is not only recommended, but vital to being a College of Spirits bard. (Fig likely would have signed up for those classes as a Lore bard had she actually attended bard class.) Also, Faroe casts magic using tarot cards. The guitar is for Go-Ghost rehearsals and gigs only.

-Despite absolutely loving being a Beast barbarian, Parker is always a little hesitant to go into a rage---not because he doesn't enjoy going more werewolf, but because he's nervous about fully losing control and accidentally biting someone. He may have a lot of pride about being a werewolf, but he knows that it's not something to be passed on lightly. Combine that with a truly ungodly strength score (like, Parker is the embodiment of that rare and glorious moment when you roll three sixes when you stat out your level one character and know you can easily max out their core stat), and Parker, for all of their wild and rebellious traits, kind of handles themselves with kid gloves, especially around their party. Both of the twins inherited Jawbone's kind nature, and it's very evident in Parker.

-I may have mentioned that the party name came from them performing an exorcism on their first day... and, well, this is basically what went down: Faroe decided that the best way to form a party was to follow in the example of the Bad Kids and get detention, staging a fight with Parker while Luna attempted to break into the Restricted Section (she's still Fig's sister, as sweet as she is). Meanwhile, Arko wanted to use a robot to pants Gilear during the welcome ceremony, but Marsh saw them and attempted to interfere with the robot... causing it to set on fire, and Jawbone had to physically throw it out of the building (also inspired by an IRL experience of mine, except it was a microwave). As they were getting chewed out, Roshini stepped in and claimed that she'd accidentally caused the fire, which just got her detention along with the rest. While they were all in detention, chaos broke out when it was revealed that a demon had been smuggled into school... and it was friendship at first ritual circle.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's it!

Edit: Intro post to them here, Picrews here

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love that you never mention shadowhunters even tho it's like thee quintessential bad angel y/a... any thoughts about it you wanna share? 👀

I have a blood oath against cassandra clare basically

I've never heard it called the quintessential bad angel ya before though. bad ya though? yes. I have tried to read it, more than once, over the years and just hated the experience! as it stands now the series is so long I'm not keen on having to read any/all of it for a video. but I know I also ought to, so I can feel finally justified in my animosity towards it

Things about shadowhunters mortal instruments cassandra clare

Big Name Fan in the harry potter fandom for a very long time, and notoriously unpleasant. huge bully. Tried to get a girl kicked out of university over fandom drama. This is all old drama but she just buried it when she got successful rather than ever own up to it

Frequently plagiarised for her fics. suspicions have long been if her books feature any stolen ideas, but she 100% did plagiarise for her fics a number of times

my main fan community for a very very long time has been Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve and this is where the true personal beef lies. Mortal Engines is similar in name to Mortal Instruments (oh the mix ups). Mortal Engines book 3 is named Infernal Devices (just like her prequel series huh). The villain of the first Mortal Engines book is a man named Valentine who winds up being the secret father of the red-haired protagonist. The villain in the first Mortal Instruments book is a man named Valentine who winds up being the secret father of the red-haired protagonist

I don't like how deeply into incest she is. I'm not crazy for the fact 'Mortal Instruments' was first the name of her ron/ginny fanfic. I find it weird she made her whole series about faux maybe-maybe-not sibling incest because she's finds it hot.

The books, famously, just kinda suck

While I'm here, the red scrolls of magic cover is just really bad and it annoys me every time I saw it. I haven't seen it in a while and I looked it up and I still hate it.

it was one of those fandoms you saw a lot which was pretty exclusively made of people into the one gay ship. I also remember a lot of fighting over shipping an aroace character and ignoring his identity. this wasn't very endearing to observe

the shadowhunter logo looks a lot like the odal rune, which is used by white supremacists. this is a coincidence, but once as a teen at my job I met a grown man with a tattoo I thought was the shadowhunter logo and was like 'weird. bad taste.' and then many years later was like 'wait a fucking second'. obviously if you know them, it's different. but I don't like making that kinda mistake

I'm petty and this is a grudge I've just kept going for well over a decade now. that's all

[alex-the-bringer-of-chaos]

Piltovans - my Arcane hcs

Sheriff Caitlyn "Cait" Kiramman (she/her) - the Sheriff of Piltover.

Nonbinary girl, Lesbian (canon) greyaro and Monogamous.

Dating Vi. Had a foveo with Maddie.

Cassandra and Tobias' daughter. Powder/Jinx's sister-in-law. Vander's daughter-in-law.

Piltover's sheriff. Lost her eye after the explosion on Jayce's apartment, meeting Vi at the hospital in Piltover.

Professor Cecil B. Heimerdinger (he/him) - the Revered Inventor.

Cis man, Aego aroace and Callistic.

The founder of Piltover, was head of its council, but stepped out of his position to become a full-time professor, scientist, inventor and mechanic, as well as an entertainer in Zaun. Had Viktor as an assistant and Jayce as a pupil. Now has Ekko as his pupil, working alongside him and Powder/Jinx.

Grayson (she/her).

Cis woman, Straight orchidrose and Demiamorous.

In a simulship with Vander.

Stepped out of the Piltover's sheriff position. Trains officers and others interested in the appropriate usage of firearms, with Caitlyn being her best student. Close friends with the Kiramman family.

Jayce Talis (he/him) - the Defender of Tomorrow.

Cis man, Bi demiace and Biamorous.

In a polyamorous relationship with Mel and Viktor (dating Mel, delamour with Viktor).

Ximena's son. Ambessa's son-in-law. Scientist and inventor, works with Viktor to improve the health of the zaunites, creating new technologies as well, with Mel backing their research.

Lest (she/her).

Trans woman (confirmed by va), Sapphic and Mesoamorous.

In a soft romo relationship with Mel.

Works in the healthcare services, being a health psychologist helping people with chronic illnesses. Also work as a spy for Mel on her fellow councilors.

Loris (he/any).

Unlabeled and Singleish.

Friends with Vi. An enforcer in times of need is a substance use counselor, after recovering from his own addictions.

Councilor Salo (he/him)

Androgyne, Abrosexual and Gamyflux.

Felt attraction to Ambessa and Lest.

A member of Piltover's council, is in a wheelchair (you decide why).

Councilor Shoola (she/her).

Genderfae, Abrosexual and Sensualarian.

In a pqpr with Mel and Sevika.

A member of Piltover's council. Was near the bridge between Piltover and Zaun, getting hurt by an explosion.

Enforcer Steb (he/any).

Libramasculine, Toric and Mesoamorous.

One of Piltover's enforcerers.

Other hcs

Noxians

Zaunites

[can-i-explode-now]

Please don't send me donation asks, they just stress me out. How clear do I need to fucking make this? I've gotten more since I added this.

Apparently intro posts are important on here so might as well

Hi! I'm Cassandra! You can call me Andy or Cass. (I also go by Tilly) That's not my real name, but it is what I'd like to be called on here! I used to go by Ozzie on here but I'm trying to stop doing that, since I don't really think it fits me.

I use any pronouns but mainly xe/xem, she/her and it/its!

I'm sapphic-oriented aroace! 💙🩵🤍💛🧡

I am a minor.

I like a lot of things, but I mostly post about Hermitcraft and the life series.

I'm a swiftie. I don't care if you don't like Taylor Swift as long as you don't be a dick about it.

My cat, Bramble is the mascot of @aroacesafeplaceforall

I don't do chain messages/asks. They're received, I just can't be assed.

Warning; If you don't like dark humour you probably won't like me.

I'm autistic.

Where else you can find me

@magical-thinking-magical-realism - General Writing Content

@theforetoldsideblog - OC Content

@brambles-twigs - The Bramble Cult

AO3

Pronouns Page

My RP blogs - @its-xornoth-bitch @ocean-queen-official, @greatwitch-shelby, @scarlet-pearl-moon @katherine-of-house-blossom, @demigodofstratos, @masked-slab, @gemini-stonee and @ask-aeor

I'm @/nothowthedamagegetsdone on Instagram but I'm not very active on there. I have another account but that's linked to me irl so I won't be sharing it

Profile Credits

Lesbian and agender dividers by @animatedglittergraphics-n-more

Aroace divider by @quantumboogaloo

Header and pfp by @nuno-draws

My tags

#I want garlic bread - I tag everything with this

#*Spontaneously combusts* - absolute nonsense. Anything in this tag is complete bullshit

#Racconfriend - posts about my best friend, who for privacy reasons we're calling Raccoon

#Hat girl - posts about my other best friend, who for privacy reasons we're calling hat girl (she is now on Tumblr @hat-gurl)

#Kittykid - posts about my little sister, including but not limited to the Daily Kitty Quote (it's not daily but I try)

#desktop post - posts made on my laptop. may be missing my usual grammar (this was added on the laptop)

#mcyt screenshots - self explanatory, but if you want more context, take a look at this post

#the scrambled egg saga - apparently I'm weird for putting milk in scrambled egg and cooking them in a microwave. This is the posts related to all that.

#TWIGGY CONTENT - content relating to me and @ratlivesonblog's child Twiggy (pictured below)

Ok, I think that's it.