#cassius x mustang

[sad-endings-suck]

ship wars and love triangles confuse me, because nine times out of ten the answer is always polyamory

[vices-aand-virtues]

Red Rising Characters + Reductress headlines

Kavax

Fitchner

Diomedes

Darrow

Victra & Sevro

Cassius & Darrow – Virginia & Victra

Roque

Lorn

Red Rising Characters + Reductress headlines (2/?)

[darthmatthewtwihard]

[mustangdelicate]

Naw, but Virginia is freaky af for Darrow. Girl craves him. He craves her too, but we don't see her side often. She marked herself down as scared and horny on their first official meeting 😤 for a damn good reason.

Not to mention she saw him naked before that, after the med exams, I am screaming thinking about it.

Bless Lyria, though. No one else can handle Darrow, sweetheart, they just wish. 😭

She never tried to hide it 🤭 literally her reaction when Darrow appears :

“She looks me up and down playfully. Her eyes sparkle like a fox’s might. This is still a game to her" duh she wants to play with you

Also at his worst looking ( i am not sorry bearded and bald Darrow)

Mind you this is the man that jumps every time Victra touches his ass, not even a flinch here. Certified drama queen and Mustang's bitch ™️

Touching him to get a reaction while keeping eye contact, assigned herself as his snow cuddler buddy. She was 100% doing a move when they were in Apollo's war room if he could've stayed, was ready to fuck in the floor while they had these rings on oh boy 🥴

They used the only time they did it without protection as a password 😭 his code name as password in MS, her horniness for him being the only thing that could get her out of the mental state the chair had on her in IG, would literally kill for him

They really match each others freak, we don't get her side often because she CAN be worse, shamelessly and unhinged obsessed with her man i love to see it

[vesperpharsalius]

“the ring exchange was their wedding” cassius taking darrow’s house mars ring at the end of gs thinking darrow killed all of his family: “I’m breaking this engagement”. jokes aside cannot wait for you to get to this parts in your fanfic it’s sooo good and i can’t wait to get emotionally destroyed!!

Anon, you had me screaming—literally, I laughed out loud! Tysm for the ask!

For the record, I was referring to the ring exchange referenced in IG, where Darrow mentions that Cassius sent back his House ring, even though Darrow asked him to keep both—placing the ring into his palm and closing his hand around it as they gazed lovingly into each other’s eyes—at the end of MS.

(Y’know, a completely heterosexual interaction—just two bros, tenderly and tacitly proclaiming their undying love.)

I like to imagine that Cassius actually sent his ring back, which would mean that Mustang (because Darrow gave it to her—iirc, essentially, as a wedding ring) is actually wearing Cassius’, and Cassius is wearing Darrow’s. Big throuple energy.

But now, anon—you’ve got me thinking. Should I have them exchange earlier, at the Institute? It is… tempting. Maybe.

This part of the fanfic is, admittedly, eons away at this point, but yes—expect to be emotionally destroyed! I have been informed that I possess a hefty measure of PB’s capacity for cruelty, so I don’t think it will disappoint.

(But I’m not jinxing myself! Gotta stay humble 🙏)

[swimmingintheocean]

Pierce is a coward for not making them a throuple I will die on this hill

they need a lover arc

[andieburky]

Cassius x Mustang | Golden Son

Not really a scene but a moment Mustang described to Darrow that I wanted to capture! Poor Cassius always getting the short end of the stick :’(

*Do not print/copy/download/reupload to any platform

[happy-shitting]

who would wear a fuck ton of rings, Darrow or Cassius?

[rrrhysand]

books I read in 2018: Red Rising, Pierce Brown

“Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love.”

add me on goodreads

[vesperpharsalius]

As for the pregnancy twist, the willful ignorance of some people in this fandom, especially on the subreddit, continues to astound me. I’ve seen multiple posts advocating for this theory; naturally, they are immediately slain, blasted into smithereens, but... somehow, that doesn’t discourage them? They keep posting! Although, thankfully, less so—they’ve relented.

Definitely don’t ever worry that your RR knowledge’s sub–par; there are people out here reading with their brains off, I swear. One of my friends was very confused reading IG, years back, because he’d forgotten about Darrow’s destruction of the Ganymede Docks and that Mustang became Sovereign. He’d just re–read MS.

As for Cassius x Lyria, I agree that there was potential for romance. Back when I was blissfully ignorant of LB’s ending, it seemed likely that their relationship would eventually become romantic, if they both lived. I doubted that Pierce would leave Cassius and Lyria unpaired—although, as far as I’m concerned, they were both perfectly fine that way. I’m all for combating amatonormativity; brotherly/sisterly love is love; again for the people in the back. But I agree that both time and healing was needed before a romantic twist could possibly be healthy.

Tbh, I was worried Pierce might jump the gun in LB, given how flirtatious their banter seemed, that he might get overexcited and pair them too early, which, I agree (for the reasons you listed above), would’ve been inappropriate and uncomfortable for me. But… obviously, my fears were unjustified.

Personally, I would’ve preferred their relationship stay platonic. I’m biased, of course, because I’m a Dassius Whore™️; it’s the crack–ship I live for, the hill I’ll die on, even now.

But, from my admittedly flawed perspective, Cassius and Lyria’s relationship felt very much mentee/mentor, with Lyria filling the void Lysander left in a wholesome way, because Cassius chose her, whereas Lysander was more of an obligation, and Lyria genuinely loved/respected him, in a wholehearted way Lysander couldn’t, because of his unforgiving nature and their terrible history. Cassius and Lyria’s friendship was sweet and redemptive; they were both ‘outsiders’ who persevered, overcame, and found acceptance in each other.

I also love your analysis, how you’ve drawn attention to their defensiveness/protectiveness of each other. I’ve never been the greatest fan of Lyria, but the way she defended Cassius against Sevro, especially, during their fight on the Archi and after the Obsidian encounter near Sungrave, was really heartwarming and endearing; I genuinely started liking her, rather than just appreciating her character or importance to the story. And that’s saying something, because I despised her in IG.

Growth—for us both, I’d say.

One of the things I love most about Cassius and Lyria's relationship in Light Bringer is how, yes, Cassius is protective of Lyria because she is younger and smaller and Cassius just can't help being a big brother, but Lyria is just as protective of him. Because she's a protector too. They are the same in that way.

[hic-sunt-leones]

Welp. I did it. I made a Red Rising blog. I've held out. I've told myself I have too many blogs already but.

Fuck it.

Lo Howlers!

[sad-endings-suck]

Mustang x Darrow x Cassius may never be a canon throuple, but they are canon in my heart. 💗💗

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[lyssybug]

Just read the preview from Iron Gold by Pierce Brown (January 2018). Excited to see what’s next for the Red Rising crew.

Red Rising is one of my top 5 series. It is the perfect middle ground between YA and “adult” books. Amazing character development and world building.

Check it out—- http://www.randomhousebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IRON-GOLD_excerpt.pdf

http://piercebrownbooks.com/#_=_

[mustangdelicate]

Listen bro you can come yell about red rising in my inbox anytime, I first read it 4 years ago and there’s been a place reserved for it in my frontal lobe ever since. Anyway, top 5 funniest moments in the series?

Hi!! I would love that, you can come and ask me whenever you want and I will be happy to answer ♥️

1. In red rising, when raiding castle minerva, Darrow's priorities are to steal their standard and their... cook

“What the hell?”

“She’s a cook!” I explain.

He laughs so hard he can barely breathe.

Same cassius

2. In golden son, when Sevro sings to Pliny and Ragnar almost hits him when he throws a table:

What the gorypissandshit is your damage, you overreacting mountain troll!”

“Rhyming … nnnngh.” Ragnar makes an uncomfortable groaning sound.

“You found him,” Mustang mutters as we share a look.

“Which one?” I ask as Sevro curses the Stained out in every compound manner he knows. Adding the crux for good measure.

“You squawk like a … like a chicken,”

The whole chapter makes me laugh tbh

3. In morning star, when this whole interaction happened:

This moon smells like royal shit,” Clown mumbles from his own starShell mech. “Worse than a dead horse.”

“You’re in a mech in vacuum,” Holiday drawls. I hear the clang and shouts of the people behind her in the hangar bay of my ship. She wears a huge blue handprint on her face. Given to her by one of her Obsidians. “It’s likely not the moon.”

“Oh. Then it must be me,” Clown says. He sniffs. “Oh, ho. It’s me.”

“I told you to shower,” Pebble mutters.

“Howler Rule 17. Only Pixies shower before battle,” Sevro says. “I like my soldiers savage, stinky, and sexy. I’m proud of you, Clown.”

“Thank you, sir.”

“Threka! Put your safety on,” Holiday shouts. “Now! Sorry. Bloodydamn Obsidians walking around with their fingers on the bloodydamn triggers. Shit is terrifying.”

Why do we laugh and speak like children?” Sefi booms over the com, so loud my eardrums rattle.

“Bloodyshit in a handbasket,” Sevro yelps. There’s a chorus of curses at Sefi’s volume.

“Turn down your output volume!” Clown snaps at the queen.

“I do not understand….”

“Your output…”

“What is output…?”

“ ‘The Quiet’ is a bit of a misnomer, eh?” Victra asks. Mustang snorts a laugh.

4. In iron gold, When the howlers and darrow realized that there was a stowaway in the nessus and it was rhonna

“Darrow, you better come down here,” Sevro calls up.

“It’s definitely a rat, a bloodydamn big one with freckles,” Alexandar adds. I take the stairs and find Alexandar and Sevro standing over a small woman who sits on her haunches. Her face is illuminated by their floodlamps.

“Rhonna?” I sputter.

My niece grins up at me. “Sorry, Uncle, got lost on the way to the shuttle. Is this New Sparta?”

“What the hell are you doing here?”

“Stowing away,” she says. “Can I stand or are you going to shoot me?” She looks in annoyance at Alexandar’s rifle. Unlike Sevro, he still points it at her. She stands.

Sevro chuckles. “Got some big iron balls on you, don’t ya?”

“That’s the general idea.”

The audacity

5. In dark age, when sevro suggested cloning kavax

“I think we should clone him,” Sevro says.

“Jove. The fox is bad enough,” I say.

“Yes, but could you imagine a child Kavax with that beard?” Sevro asks. “He’d be a right legend. He could marry Electra!” I make a face. “What? She can’t marry Pax. No offense, but he’s too smart. And my girl likes being stupid.” He scratches his goatee. “Bet Mickey would do it. We’d need to keep it secret. Yes.” He chews his lip in thinking over the logistics.

“I could raise him,” Daxo says. “I have always wanted a worthy child to shape and mold.”

Sevro and I look at each other. “Nah, prolly a bad idea,” Sevro says. “You know, clones are creepy and all. Always something wrong with the human ones.” Daxo is lost, peering at the ceiling in thought. Behind his back, Sevro makes a big X with arms at the cloning idea.

Thank you for the ask

[vesperpharsalius]

speaking of darrow and cassius at the gala, i think i’ve found a comment from you on reddit (i think that was you, the name and the pfp were the same, if not then apologies because this will be nonsense😭) on one of the countless discussion on cassius and mustang at the gala together. the majority of the people were just bashing mustang for being with cassius (average level of reddit misogyny) but you (if that was you) said something on how it felt incomplete that mustang pov was never properly addressed concerning that moment. i do agree with you but on the other side it’s funny how that scene got people screaming crying throwing up on reddit for the “love triangle”, calling mustang a bitch and cassius a dickhead, then in lb you have cassius and darrow for no reason at all “hey do you remember the gala? lol”

it’s such a dassius moment i think pierce has forgotten mustang was there too

Thanks for the ask!

It was me! Honestly, I’d be surprised if someone else was ever using my username, because it’s referencing an original character from an original work, which I haven’t published or teased or even talked that much about, online. So. It’d be a little spooky.

But, yes, I remember—that upsurge of interest in the Mustang x Cassius after LB came out. I was fairly new to the subreddit, not yet accustomed to the braindead takes. There I was, trying to have a thoughtful discussion about their relationship; after a few days of wading through, I went ahead and jumped into the pond, like the silly little 🪿 I am.

But one thing that astonishes me is how many people still believe that Darrow and Cassius were fighting over Mustang at the Gala, that PB introduced a love–triangle here, because that is just… so wrong? Baseless. Literally, refuted multiple times; before, during, after.

For the record, I am one of the few people that do people there was some truth in Casstang; that Mustang felt more for Cassius and that their connection was deeper that she claimed in GS.

But PB couldn’t have been clearer about how absolutely hopeless—DOA, non–starter, sunk like the bloodydamn Titanic—Casstang was. This was never supposed to be perceived as a threat to ReaperStang.

Some people really read with their eyes closed 😩

Of course, there’s countless undercurrents and nuances, juicy tensions and delicious subplots throughout the whole episode, but one thing made abundantly clear—and she literally complains about this—is that Mustang’s being ignored. It’s almost screamed at full volume that it’s not about her, for her, over her.

She tries to defuse the situation (which, as far as she knows, is wrecking her otherwise–successful schemes to save her family from ruin) but she keeps getting sidelined, especially by Darrow, who’s blind and deaf to her—to everyone, really, except for his bad man.

I’m not saying that Mustang didn’t play a significant role at the Gala; hell, she saved Cassius and basically ignited the civil war by intervening. But this is a Dassius moment. My God, there’s simply too much (flirtatious?) banter in this chapter to cover, but I would be remiss not to mention this—

I cock my head at him. “Come now, brother. Don’t you want to see how well I can really fight?”

And this? What is this?! This loaded–fucking–gun of UST?

Women are screaming for Cassius. Lovers he has had in his youth, who now watch the man they grew with, the man who bedded them, left them with false promises, and made them think they'd just lost the strongest of a generation. They watch as another man turns him into a throbbing mess of blood.

Bonus points for this banger, which still makes me swoon, even in–context—

“You will not steal what is mine.”

All this to say, I’m not averse to the OT3, but this is Dassius fuel. It’s giving disaster–date vibes in LB—as it should.