#cassidy w.i.t.c.h

[dailycanonlgbtq]

Day 41

Cassidy from W.I.T.C.H is canonically lesbian

[mewbyss]

Witch x Alphonse Mucha 'The Seasons: Summer' 1900 Cassidy

[nerissa-crossnic]

C.H.Y.K.N. by Hell Alka

[phoboobs]

today i bring you doomed yuri

[halimari16]

Nerissa and Cassidy in the Past (setting of the 2000s)

[violetwitchhh]

The Mage, C.H.Y.K.N. , Oracle and Congregation of Kandrakar

My work in the local w.i.t.c.h. fanzine! I'm really proud of it!

[kaiapanito]

Cassidy

An instagram follower asked if I could draw the old guardians... so I did! I wanted a more simple style without shading but I think I'll shade them for printing 🤔

[nardatd]

[riyacrane]

[obs-cura]

[krchar]

30 Days of Witchversary

Days 19 & 20: Friend & Enemy

Hello, another Witchversary thing :)

A short story about Yan Lin searching for the last bits of the Nerissa she knew as a friend.. about how difficult she was.. about how Cassidy might have been able to approach Nerissa in a way that the others could not.. including the reasons why Cassidy was chosen to keep the Heart

I made notes for this story 8 years ago - funny thing is I had no idea then that there was a Nerissa/Cassidy canon declared. I also had not watched the cartoon then, so this is generally based on the comics (Nerissa and Yan Lin being close, the theme of the flute..). Meaning - it was actually not meant as a ship, rather as a very special friendship thing, but if anyone wants to see that as ship, feel free... it is left open

I also kind of made up their age structure then, I don't know if it makes sense with canon, but whatever

Ehm, all right. It is still angst, but like, the idea, angsty in principle, happened a long time ago, I can do nothing about it now!

Much much thank you to any readers, I would give you my Heart without killing you <3

[mewbyss]

C.H.Y.K.N Witch x Alphonse Mucha 'The Seasons'

[nerissa-crossnic]

Art by Honey Dew

[badly-drawn-pigeon]

Continuing with W.I.T.C.H. villains... Nerissa is an absolute definition of what could have been.

Like, when reading/watching her, I always have this feeling in the back of my head that she was totally supposed to be a sympathetic villain with a point, one to expose hidden darkness within Kandrakar. Only we sort of... never get any details on this. We know that it was the case that Kandrakar at some point decided that she'd steered too far onto the dark side, but we never learn what had exactly happened that made her like this. Killing Cassidy happened way past the point of no return.

And while Nerissa's efforts to corrupt Will might have been intended to mirror her own descent, this doesn't feel genuine, because of how many lies / literal mind magic she employs to make this happen. And it's especially frustrating because Will makes perfect material for corruption without that. She's so much drama by the sheer power of her own actual traumas and actual insecurities that she doesn't need to be straight up deceived (this is btw what I love about her as a character - the constant balancing on the edge of darkness). I imagine young Nerissa shared a lot of toxic personality traits with Will, but it would have been nice if we'd seen it unfold. Or at least if Nerissa tried to nudge Will into coming to the same conclusions as Nerissa had without bullshitting her about everyone secretly hating her.

The cartoon version of Nerissa makes a great narrative promise. Her intense reaction to a mention of Cassidy, "You don't know how much she meant to me" made me lose my shit for a bit and I almost melted on my couch (iirc it was also hinted at by one of the show creators that there was some romantic stuff going on between them, so, you know, it's not only me going shipping mode). And again, this plot point gets immediately axed never to be brought up again. Cassidy comes back and there is zero chemistry between the two. Cassidy is innocently oblivious to everything going on in the world of the living while Nerissa dispassionately treats her like a tool. What was that emotional display from before for? Show don't tell ffs. Also Nerissa eventually gets a Bleach villain treatment by having her actual intentions revealed in a few words during her defeat scene. And it's also not that deep, definitely not compelling enough for a villain with a point, even though I can actually see her point.

On the other hand, the final episode of the cartoon was so goddamn entertaining. One day I'll make a meme out of the backstabfest that happens there because it's so hilarious. In a good way, I love chaos.

Edit: I feel like I should also add that cartoon Nerissa is incredibly entertaining and quite charismatic. And her voice gives me goosebumps, I could use it as ASMR.

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Favorite magical outfit polls

Round 2

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