#cassandra byers

[will80sbyers]

Cassandra "Cassie" Byers – in a modern AU

She was fostered by them when she was already 15 years old but they were able to bond as a family with time and they eventually officially adopt her... Mike and Will just really wanted to help her however they could after finding out about her situation, and she stays in contact with her bio family for a couple of years before deciding on her own to cut them off completely because of the emotional abuse they were putting her through...

She's a bit awkward but very very smart, she loves math and is studying physics/cosmology because she was always fascinated by the stars growing up and she wants to understand the world around her, she loves games of logic like chess and one of her hobbies is photography (thanks to uncle Jonathan that gifted her multiple cameras)

Cassie is an horror addict!! She has watched every single good horror movie ever made, and reads almost exclusively horror books... Mike was a bit concerned about this at first but she explained to him that it's because it feels both familiar and cathartic to her, so she can feel those emotions without being in actual danger herself... She bonds with Will very easily because they are both prone to having sad moods sometimes, so they make up a rule that when that's happening they have a movie & ice-cream night as a family, and just put on their PJ's and eat that until they feel better! He also is always there to listen to her when she needs it... Mike helps her a lot with her studies and they have both a very quick mind that needs to be constantly stimulated with something... so they are often talking about the most recent discoveries in the scientific world and they even subscribed to multiple science magazines that they follow religiously 🤓

[knightofleo]

"Nicole Byer is a biological woman?!"

[lucystark12]

upon rewatching the first season of stranger things, joyce is the best one. season one joyce solos literally every other character

[envyenvys]

From chapter 6 of my fic Dear Cassandra, aka the one where they show up at the Byers house a day early because Steve can see the future but somehow everyone’s still confused

Bonus:

[friendsdontlieokay]

Cassandra is so Joyce Byers coded

[catherineav]

everyone is calling “who’s afraid of little old me?” the Joyce Byers song, and yes it’s one of them

but CASSANDRA

in mythology Cassandra was cursed to always tell the truth and never be believed, and she was ostracized (then killed) for it

[jonathanbyersphd]

Bury Me at Make Out Creek is just such a Jonathan Byers album. I'm sorry I don't make the rules

[h-i-raeth]

entirely selfishly i'm gonna request The Shadow Of Dust again, love it when things are destined to be long

WIP Wednesday

Murray is a skulking little pest of a man who Hopper didn’t like very much even before his theories started getting uncomfortably close to the girl he and Bernadette have chosen to protect, and the truths they begrudgingly safeguard for Owens and his ilk. His daemon, Cassandra, is not much better.

Hopper tries not to judge people by the shape of their soul too much, but foxes are scavengers. And he’s not sure what you’d call preying on a grieving family for several months other than scavenging.

[danseuse-de-ballet]

Will Byers + Christa Wolf, tr. by Jan van Heurck, from "Cassandra: A Novel & Four Essays”// Stephanie Foo (What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma) // Junot D��az (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao)

[thingsorganizedneatly]

From the music video for Tessa Violet - "Bad Ideas"

Directed by - Jade Ehlers Produced by - Jade Risser Director of Photography - Nathan Presley Production Designer - Jonathan Denmark Editor/Effects/AC - Manny Figs Colorist - Jade Ehlers Make up - Cassandra Byers Hair - Alex Thao Jumpsuits from Big Bud Press

[mulderscreek]

Tiny Tuesday Question

Edit: Oops, this week's question was supposed to note this poll is just about season 1-9 characters, but it was lost in an attempt to correct something else. So guess what a future poll will be about.... :D

[will80sbyers]

So we have Nathaniel (Nate) Sinclair, Cassandra (Cassie) Wheeler-Byers, and Vanessa (Nessie) and Edward (Ed) Henderson

and for this AU I don't think El should have children, let her enjoy her freaking life without them, she's the aunt that comes back from her travels around the world and spoils all the children lmao

Now I have to think about Steve's children with Kali (yes! Kali) ...they have two twin boys called Ajay and Romeo Harrington lol

Nancy and Jonathan's daughters I think I had already named them... Isabelle and Joy Byers!!!

Robin and Vickie have a little boy and they call him David Wilson Buckley

Argyle has 3 children with Eden and they are called, in order from the oldest... Ezekiel, Odin and Wendy – Argyle and Eden never get actually married but they are probably the happiest little family out there tbh

[rosaemoux]

Batman Stranger Things AU (not sure if anyone did this before but it just fits so well together!!)

Jason Todd as Will Byers and Tim Drake as Mike Wheeler, them being friends and playing dnd with Ives and occasionally Ariana, his disappearance kick-starting the story.

Bruce is obviously Joyce, almost driven insane by Jason's disappearance while Dick is Jonathan, who eventually teams up with Helena – Tim's sister figure that somehow got dragged into this mess – to figure out what's happening.

Cassandra Cain as Eleven, Tim finding her in the woods and bringing her back to her home and hiding her from his parents (they're siblings your honour)

Stephanie is soo Max, entering the story after a lot of things have already happened and having to brute force her way in the secret, meeting a lot of pushback from Tim at first, and a lot of hostily by Cass but eventually becoming her best friend (the three of them are soo doomed)

It just works, has anyone written about it ?

[castielsparkle]

i was talking about like my trauma in relation to my issues with allowing myself to love Etc Etc and my therapist was like hmm 'youre learning to be human youre learning how to be a person youre learning to be yourself' like straight up told me im learning to be human. okay. feel normal about that sentiment. (<- lying. has autism and is nonbinary trans and queer and bpd and.) Ok. alright.

absolutely insane therapy session experience (told im cascoded)

[is-on-its-way]

In the name of the Father, the Skeptic and the Son

Episodes: One Son/ Two Fathers

Dana Katherine Scully doesn't take overt disrespect and then just continue on with her work. Also Mulder needed a reason why he was being so short with the woman he loves... The titles are Alanis Morissette Lyrics from Jagged Little Pill. I feel like its relevant to this sitch.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Epilogue

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Chapter 1: We had to believe in something, so we did

The lone gunman give Mulder a piece of their minds for being so rude to Scully.

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(LONE GUNMAN office. There is a buzz at the door. FROHIKE goes to the door and unlocks all eight locks and opens the door for MULDER.) MULDER: The latest in home security. FROHIKE: Hey, you get through this, you got to come through me. MULDER: I got a call from Scully. Said it was urgent. (MULDER enters the office. All three GUNMEN are present and also SCULLY in a fetching black turtleneck ensemble.) SCULLY: I'll ask you to hear me out before you launch any objection. Mulder, I asked them to pull up everything they could on Diana Fowley. MULDER: (sigh) I don't have time for this. SCULLY: Mulder, she's playing you for a fool. MULDER: I know her, Scully. You don't. SCULLY: You knew her. You don't anymore. I think we can prove that to you. BYERS: She took a position in the FBI's foreign counter-terrorism unit in 1991. Seven years in Europe. SCULLY: Yet there isn't a single piece of information available on her activities in the FBI files. MULDER: (gives a sarcastic melodramatic gasp) I hope you've got something more than that to indict her with. SCULLY: Travel records pulled from airline manifests that had been purged from her FBI records. Extensive movement throughout Western Europe. Almost weekly trips to and from Tunisia. MULDER: For the purpose of what? LANGLY: That's what we couldn't figure until we took a flyer and we found this. FROHIKE: Mutual UFO network logs. MULDER: MUFON. SCULLY: Special Agent Diana Fowley of the FBI was visiting every European chapter collecting data on female abductees. MULDER: So she's collecting data. Big deal. SCULLY: Or hiding it. MULDER: Scully, you're reaching. SCULLY: Mulder, when I was abducted a chip was put in my neck. When I happened upon a MUFON group filled with women who'd had the same experience. MULDER: So you're suggesting that Diana is monitoring these abductees? Monitoring these tests? SCULLY: You tell me that Cassandra Spender is the critical test subject - the one who could prove everything. And yet, who is watching over her? Mulder, I can prove what you're saying or I can disprove it but not when Diana Fowley is keeping us from even seeing her. Mulder, ask yourself why there is no information whatsoever on Special Agent Diana Fowley. Why she would suddenly happen into your life when you are closer than ever to the truth. I mean, you... you ask me to trust no one and yet you trust her on simple faith. MULDER: Because you've given me no reason here to do otherwise. (Long Pause.) SCULLY: Well, then I can't help you anymore. MULDER: Scully, you're making this personal. SCULLY: Because it is personal, Mulder. Because without the FBI personal interest is all that I have. And if you take that away then there is no reason for me to continue. (MULDER watches her as she walks past him and out of the office.)

Byers was looking at Mulder mouth open slightly.

Langly said “Geez” under his breath

“Of all the idiotic things I’ve ever said to a women, that certainly tops any of it.” Frohike said grimly.

“All right, thats enough out of the three stooges.” Mulder said impatiently.

“You were so mean to her, and all she wants to do is to protect you.” Byers said in disbelief.

Mulder made towards the door.

“Scully is a hundred times the woman Diana is.” Langly added

“Whats the hold she has over you that you’re risking everything you have with Agent Scully?” Frohike said

 “Yeah. What gives?” Byers said

Mulder stopped and turned to them. 

“I have a history with Diana. She’s my friend. I can’t just throw that away because Scully doesn’t like her. It wouldn’t be fair.” 

Life isn’t fair. But the woman you love just walked because she thinks you’re the one being unfair.” Frohike said

Mulder scoffed “Love?”

“Oh lets not hide behind pretense here. Its so obvious, its a wonder you two haven’t figured it out yet.” Byers said.

Mulder rubbed his forehead at this fighting with himself about what he was about to say. 

“Did you tell her? Did you tell her we...” He stopped himself looking up at them. He couldn't say it out loud. 

They all looked surprised, Frohike looked indignant. 

“Of course not.” He answered.

Relief flooded him in a way that made him uncomfortably aware he was relieved.

“We wouldn’t do that to her.” Byers said.

“Besides we agree with Scully on this one.” Langley said

“I guess you have to ask yourself if you value your idea of what the truth is, over Agent Scully’s feelings” Byers said.

“It would be nice if she trusted me.” Mulder said  

“She does trust you. She doesn’t trust Diana.” Byers said

Mulder pondered this and didn’t respond.

“We sure don’t.” Frohike said

She’s dirty Mulder. Nobody comes up that clean in one of our searches unless something sinister is at work” Langly said.

“I just don’t get this need to be right, when you’re so obviously wrong.” Byers said

He started toward the door. “Of course you’d side with the pretty lady.” Mulder said exasperated

Thats not why. But the beatiful agent Scully is a good friend to us. And…” Frohike said

“She gives me advice on you know, girls” Byers said

“She calls me on my birthday” Langly said

“Mine too” Byers said

“Mine three” Frohike said

“You’ve never called us on our birthdays.” Langley said.

“I just figured you three sprouted fully formed from alien larva.” He didn’t look in their direction, pulled open the door and left after Scully.

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He sat in his car and head leaned against the steering wheel. Scully’s words ran through his head. 

It is personal. Without the FBI personal interest is all that I have.  I can't help you anymore. There is no reason for me to continue.

Panic was setting in now. He’d stood up for his principles and for Diana. Thoroughly exasperated with Scully, for not trusting him, not trusting his judgement on a personal matter. They’d become so much closer than they ever had been and she was acting like he was going to run away with Diana or something. At the same time, she’d just admitted to things he was exhilarated and shocked to hear. He’d known they were close, known he loved her, known he liked being her partner. But she’d never talked about the personal side of their partnership. Never made it known she felt like without it, she’d feel the same way he did. That she couldn't continue the work without him. 

He punched the steering wheel and the car honked. A elderly woman, crossing the street in front of his car, with a bunch of grocery bags in her hands jumped and stumbled back. 

He put his hands up to the windshield and yelled “I’m sorry! Sorry ma’am! It was an accident.” 

She gave him a dirty look and recovered her dignity before stalking off. 

He massaged his aching hand and cursed his frustration under his breath. He didn’t want to lose her. Was his loyalty to Diana worth losing Scully? The answer was of course no. He’d never had a partnership or friendship with anyone like he had with her. Nothing he’d had with Diana came close, and they had been… close. He loved Scully. More than he'd ever loved anyone. He was in love with her. Hopelessly. Maybe that was why this theory of hers stung so badly. It was fine for her to shoot him down at work, but this was about a friend. And she didn't trust his judgement. But she could be so stubborn sometimes. Even when there had been a mole in the FBI. Even on her deathbed as she was offering to sacrifice herself for his reputation. She’d been so quick to suspect the only person it seemed they could trust within the FBI. But Skinner hadn’t been the mole. Mulder had been right to go with his gut and not the evidence.

He looked up absentmindedly staring out of the windshield. Evidence. He could get evidence. And he knew three people who could get him Diana’s exact address. He got back out of his car and walked back to where he’d come from.

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Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Epilogue

@today-in-fic 🙏

[friendsdontlieokay]

If Joyce Byers isn't Cassandra, tell me who is