#i actually don't write parental g/t too often

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one of my irl friends found my tumblr... i might have to go off the grid /j!!! if u see this, you know who u are.. hi!!

anyways .. scheduled fearplay g/t post!!!

very cliche trope i loveee it when giants are viewed as beasts.. oughhhh its so good.. entire villages fearing this unseen monster.. it haunts the narrative until one character ventures out far enough to see it.. waow..

The cliche "don't judge a book by its cover" is literally one of my all-time favorites. i crave it more.

maybe they do everything they can to hide. an impossibly large frame trying to melt into the shadows, but it's futile. both parties know this.

I mean, imagine this hulking beast you've only heard rumors of, hiding from little old you. Would be crazy right??

then finding out it's a child?? what..

whether they're a teen or even younger, it's shocking to see that something you've hidden from for so long was actually hiding from you. because they're just kid. they pick swords and arrows from their skin. It's just routine at this point. it doesn't hurt. not more than being hated and feared. burns and pricks from torches and pitchforks litter their body.

Cue reasonable adult helping said child.

(sorry btw.. if a lot of my posts are similar.. i promise ill branch out soon!! i just rlly appreciate fearplay and all of the niche + cliches... also will maybe start writing actual drabbles soon.. i got two ocs i rlly rlly wanna introduce!!)

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SFW Alphabet - SCP 049

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

Very affectionate . If you're near him he will hug you/hold your hand . He can't help himself . But in public he will only hold your hand . And only ... Oh you like him to hug you  in public too ? No problem my dear !

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

He's uhhhhhh ... I don't know how should I call type of friend . Well he basically a listener . You can tell him any secret/insecurities . He won't tell anybody . And he will die with this secrets , sooooooooo don't worry about telling him anything .

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

Ohhhhhh he likes that . He WILL put his head on your neck and wrap his arms around you . Like 'Honeymoon hug' . It look's like this :

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

He need sometime for him to settle down with you . And he CAN cook , but ... firstly he need to learn how to cook . Expect to see cooking books in kitchen . And he will clean house . If you ask him . He'll do it . But not every time .

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

... Well . He will say it straight . But he'll try not to upset you . He don't like to see you cry/get angry/just stare at him with cold expression . Oh and he will give you something .

F = Fiancé(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

He will be commitment with you . But he need sometime for his to marry you . He need to warm up to you , and wants you to warm up to him and Lexie . Soooo ... Lexie will be like :

"Then you will be my actual parent Y/n ? I mean then daddy gonna marry you ! Uhhhh what's wrong ?"

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

He's softie . Giant softie . All the time people didn't want to be around him . He had only Lexie . One of his family member . And Jay ... He didn't see him for sooooo long time .(He's in Site 19 and 049-j is in Site 17). He will be really gentle with you . And will listen to any problem you have and even try to make you happy and stop being insecure about it .

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

He LOVES hugs . No matter what ... he won't hurt you . You want hug ? Get ready for long hug in your life . If you want to go in any room in home . You will be just like this :

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

Very soon . When you start dating expect to hear it next day . What's the pint of waiting to say it ? If he gets a chance , he will do what he needs to .

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they're jealous?)

Oh god . If someone is flirting with you and making you uncomfortable ... He will 'talk' with that person . And then lead him/her away from you aaaaaaannnnnnddddd ... You will never see them again . NEVER EVER AGAIN .

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

Welp : they are soft and sweet . He likes to ... let you know that you're loved . No matter what situation is .

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

Well . He's good father . Cause he's like ... from 16th century . And he lives with Lexie ... Uhhhhh ... 5 centuries . And he's good with other kids . It's not the first time he see other kids . He saw Abbie , Stella , Victoria , Evolution and Sigurrós (Abbie - 053 , Stella - 134 , Victoria - 191 , Evolution - 040 , Sigurrós - 239 . Welp 040's real name for me is unknown so I named her : Evolution .)

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

He can wake up early to cure new patients . And he will leave note so you won't panic (WHERE THE F- DID HE GO- Ohhhh . He left a note- ) Or Lexie say to you that Doc left for curing people .

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

Ohhhhh . He will read Lexie a book (Maybe you will sit there listening to him). Then she fell asleep he will just cuddle with you . He don't care .

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

Well he need sometime for telling his secrets . And he needed 2 days for telling his name . And some of his past .

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

Not easily angered . And don't want to hurt you ... So he just leave home for a walk so he won't accidently hurt you .

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

He remember everything you said . EVERY SINGLE little detail you mentioned to him .

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

First kiss . It's his favorite moment and he loves that you met Lexie and she liked you ! Happy Doc .

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

He's extremely protective . Someone hurt you ? Don't worry he will deal with them . And you won't see them anymore !

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

He try his best . Welp . He will take victi- I mean patients things for you ...

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

... Ahem ahem ... ✨CURING PEOPLE✨

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

UHHHHH . Not really concerned . He mostly wears black clothes . And I mean he almost every time wears his robe and mask . He doesn't really wear his mask at home .

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

... Very incomplete . HE IS DIFFERENT WITHOUT YOU . DON'T LET HIM SEE HUMANS .

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

He almost every time write in his diary or read books . It was thig that he did before foundation captured him . And even Foundation don't know about Lexie . Cause he know what Foundation staff can start doing . EXPERIMENTS...

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn't like, either in general or in a partner?)

Hurting other people . (I think in his mind he DO NOT kill or hurt people . In his mind he help people . He CURE them from pestilence . Disease that he can only see/feel .) He don't understand why people say that he's a murderer . He helps them !

Z= Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?)

Hug you before you two are going to bed . No really . Nothing can stop him from doing it . Even if you already asleep . He will hug you and wish you a goodnight .

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i want to send you... all of the fanfic ask meme letters??

>3c gladly! i'll take out the ones with [insert fic] tho

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

I have an Alyanette fic I wrote awhile back where they reunite at the airport which was inspired by this couple i saw at the airport Actually running into each other's arms and spinning each other around

C: What character do you identify with most?

>3ccc Astoria MC. workaholic. in love with nonbinary demigod. stressed. confidence for miles. hell yea

F: Care to share a favorite hurt/comfort fic?

I can't tell if this is asking about fics I wrote or fics I like but my two favorite hurt/comfort fics are In Case of Sadness (an ML fic) and Even to the Edge (an LS fic)!!! In terms of one I've written..... all of them are my favorite >0c but I'll pick Wedding Blues

G: Care to share a favorite crack fic?

Oh easy. It's called dude. and it's only 24 words but it's probably the best fic i've ever written. (shoutout to kelly for consistently reading it LMAO)

H: How would you describe your style?

I don't know! I don't really think about it. I have no idea what my style's like, I don't reread my work often and it's not something I pay much mind to while I write

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

Oh, so many. So many guilty pleasures. I'm a huge fan of angsty endings and character death, both in terms of reading and writing.

K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?

The "angstiest" idea I've ever had is genuinely so cringey, OOC, and lacking in logic that I cannot bring myself to share it.

L: What’s the weirdest AU you’ve ever come up with?

Probably my Astoria Shrek AU :/

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

SO MANY? Too many. I know I've mentioned it but I've got a shapeshifter!Cerberus au on the back burner that I'd really like to get to. I have a snippet of a fic for it... somewhere. OH AND MY AI!JULIETTE AU!!!!! Where Juliette is a rogue AI created by her parents that steals/mods an android to be Juliette, though it can also switch over to the Bat Suit.

N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?

Yes. Infinitely yes. Every unfinished fic I have. Every idea. I wish someone else would just pluck the ideas from my head and write them for me.

O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or the characters?

I think more often than not, my stories start with dialogue that launches right into the plot- if there is a plot.

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)

I'm guessing a gardener bc I do not plan my fics at all beyond the initial idea(s) that inspired them

Q: Do you have any discarded scenes/storylines/projects?

Oh hell yea. My tumblr drafts are full of them!

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

Pretty much all of my friends who write (especially from MLF shoutout to them) are an inspiration to me and influence me in some way!

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

Corruption arc corruption arc corruption arc corruption arc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soulmates! Rivals to lovers! Enemies to lovers! Friends to lovers! CHILDHOOD BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

Way too many to list. way, way too many.

U: A pairing you might like to write for, but haven’t tried yet.

Honestly there's so many, but I'd love to write fic for Bakudeku someday. Catradora, too. There's a lot of Obey Me pairings I'd like to write for too oof......

V: A secondary (or underrated) character you want to see more of in fic?

Alya. Always Alya. She will never have enough appreciation. Nino too.

W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?

I like them both, but I'd probably say I prefer general prompts. Prompts that get too specific are sometimes hard for me to get excited about, especially if they're ones that I don't think would happen or be possible to write for in-character.

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

All of them? All of them. But right now I especially like to make Alex and Astoria MC suffer. And Hades. And-

Y: A character you want to protect.

*sweats* A..... all of them.......

Z: Major character death–do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can’t tolerate?

Yes! I answered this for a guilty pleasure trope question above pretty much. Major character death makes for interesting fic for me and there was a time early in the Miraculous fandom where I read every single listed MCD fic on AO3. Characters whose deaths I can't tolerate....... probably Alya. Reading fics where she dies were always the most difficult for me.

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for the meme uh... 12, 15, 16 (revolutionary and whispers if you don't mind both) and 36 owo

12) Who is your favourite character to write for? Why?

Mmm, it really depends on the fandom! Well, for the most part, at least.

Alan from the PokéAni is my boy, and I’d say that he’s also the easiest Pokémon character for me to write for, simply because we have so much in common and our thought processes are so similar. I once saw that someone said he’s hard to write and I just … mind boggled for a moment, because he comes to me so naturally. So Alan is definitely up there, in terms of favorite characters to write for. I adore him.

But that said, again, it can really vary by the fandom. In Yu-Gi-Oh!, my go-to is deifnitely Jounouchi, and I do love writing that boy. His snarky attitude and temper can make writing for him really fun, but at the same time, the love and devotion he has toward those he cares about (as well as how awful his life can be at times, even as he continues to push through it) can make writing for him emotional, too. But in the same fandom there is also Hirutani, and oh my god I adore writing for him. He’s so awful! He’s probably the most awful character I write for, and I mean that in the best possible way because he’s such a garbage person that writing for him is unbelievably fun. His depravity knows no bounds, and since I tend to write in very limited third-person (which can almost feel like first-person at times), that gets to shine through in the narration. Someone once tagged a fic I wrote from his POV with:

And honestly, what a compliment. I’m so proud. Honored. And glad to do it, because it was fun to get to write from the perspective of someone who is that fucked up, honestly.

Meanwhile, when it comes to Voltron, Keith is my favorite for reasons similar to Alan. Given that those two are so similar, it makes sense that I relate a lot to Keith as well, and thus his thought processes, actions, and dialogue come pretty naturally to me. Likewise, though I’m still getting used to him, I also enjoy writing for Lotor, particularly since his narration tends to be a lot more eloquent, which (at the risk of sounding arrogant) is actually one way in which I feel that I differ from Keith, and is something I often have to watch whenever I’m writing from Keith’s perspective. I don’t have to hold back when wirting Lotor, which can feel a bit freeing.

That said, honorable mention goes to Ezor, because wirting her dialogue is always fun. There’s an instance in my Big Bang where she’s going to get to quote a meme without knowing it’s a meme, and it’s going to make perfect sense in context, but also feel natural coming out of her mouth, and I can’t wait.

15.) If you write OC’s, how do you decide on their names?

Again, it really depends on the fandom!

For Voltron: Legendary Defender, most of my OCs are galra (and are in the Blade of Marmora because otherwise we’d have pretty much no Blade members to use for fics because the writers keep killing them all off, but that’s neither here nor there). One thing I’ve noticed about galra names (and the galra language altogether, tbh, but mostly the names), is that by and large galra names are filled with hard consonents and sharp sounds. Usually, with few exceptions, they’ll have consonents in the middle and end. To run through a list:

Zarkon

Kolivan

Antok

Ulaz

Thace (this counts, because the “e” is silent)

Regris

Lotor

And so on and so forth. “Krolia” does place emphasis on vowel sounds (the “o” in the middle and the “a” at the end), but her name seems to be the exception rather than the rule when it comes to galra names, and no, I don’t think this has to do with gender, either, because:

Zethrid

Ezor

Acxa

Narti

Trugg

Gnov

Ladnok

Even though Acxa’s and Narti’s names end with vowels, they still have those hard consonent sounds in the middle. When you say Acxa’s name, most of the emphasis is on the “kk-shhh” sound that the “c” and “x” make in the middle. Likewise, it’s the “r” and “t” sounds that get the most emphasis when you’re saying Narti’s name. Those consonents still stand out, moreso than they do for “Krolia.” 

So when I come up with galra names, I throw letters together in a way that places emphasis on hard consonent sounds in the middle and end (and sometimes at the start, but as we see with characters like Antok and Ulaz, that’s not strictly necessary):

Garus

Torvik

Pezak (note: I also chose this name for him because it reminded me of “pissant” and he’s an asshole who deserves it)

Didrin

Vidor

Mezri

And so on. That said, that’s just for galra. While it’s not too often that I come up with non-galra OCs for Voltron, I did have to choose a name for Keith’s dad for the very first fic I ever wrote, and since I’m sticking to the headcanon that he is Japanese until the writers explicitly say otherwise, I chose a Japanese given name for him to go with his Japanese family name of “Kogane.” For that, I went to my kanji dictionary to select a name, and I ended up choosing the name “Ryuuga,” which in this case is written with these kanji: 竜賀. The 竜 kanji means “dragon,” and the 賀 kanji means “congratulatory; joyful.” So his given name “Ryuuga” means “joyful dragon,” and put together with the kanji for Kogane (黄金) means “golden, joyful dragon.” I feel like that’s both a name a parent would likely choose for their child, as well as one that’s fitting for Keith’s father, at least in the sense that … well, a dragon would sire a boy as magnificent as that, am I right?

(“But why can’t Keith have a cool name—” Because Krolia named him because she heard the name “Keith” in an Earth movie and liked both the sound of the name and the character, that’s why. No kanji dictionaries for her, she names her children based off her favorite characters.)

For Yu-Gi-Oh, I did kind of the same thing, depending on the character. If the character was unimportant, such as the beanie kid from Hirutani’s gang or Anzu’s coworker at Burger World, I just chose a random Japanese name and called it a day. But if they were important, such as Honda’s sister Ayumu or when it came time to give Hirutani a given name, I once again went to the kanji dictionary and chose something meaningful. (Except for Ayumu’s family name now that she’s married; Sawashiro comes from a Japanese voice actress I like, haha.) So again:

Ayumu: 天由夢 = (heavens/sky + wherefore/reason + dreams)

Kimio: 王央 = (king + center)

I was particularly proud with “Kimio” for Hirutani, because when put together with the kanji from his family name (which reads as “leech valley”), Hirutani’s full name means “the king at the center of leech valley.” Fitting, don’t you think?

Lastly, in the event that I need to create OCs for Pokémon, first I decide if they’re going to have a type-specialty (and, in that, if they’re going to be a Gym Leader or Elite Four member or something) or not. If they are, then I choose something punny, as is series tradition. If not … I might look at a name dictionary, might not. It really depends on how important they are overall.

16.) How did you come up with the idea for Whispers in the Dark and Revolutionary?

For Whispers in the Dark, I think I mentioned it in another ask right before this one, but it was in response to a fic prompt meme. The meme had people send me ships and quotes that they wanted used in a fic for the ship, and someone asked for wishshipping with “don’t fucking touch me.” I remember sitting there for a moment, wondering how in the world I was going to make that IC. It’s just not something that Jounouchi or Yuugi would ever naturally say to each other. And as I tried to think up circumstances where it might occur, I remembered chapter eleven, and how Jounouchi had pretended to not know Yuugi in an effort to end the situation before it could escalate and keep him safe. And I wondered … what if he tried a different tactic? What if, instead of saying he didn’t know him, he instead acted aggressive and cruel in a bid to get Yuugi to stop caring about him and leave him alone, to keep him safe that way?

So I wrote the first iteration of the first chapter (as you know, I cleaned it up much later) based around that idea. But someone else had sent in a wishship request with “what happened doesn’t change anything,” and when thinking of a way to incorporate that … well, my mind was still on that canon divergence I had written for the other prompt, so I used this prompt as an excuse to write a “sequel” (actually chapter two). And everything flowed out from there.

As for Revolutionary, Keitor Week last October had “What If?” as the prompt for the last day. A person’s mind can go to many places with a prompt like that, but my brain jumped to “what if Keith was one of Lotor’s generals, and what if they were all the Paladins of Voltron instead of the ones we know?” I was really excited when I came up with this idea, and honestly really scared for a while that someone would beat me to it (but thankfully, though others wrote things along the lines of “what if Keith was one of Lotor’s generals,” making them the Paladins of Voltron stayed squarely in my court), and I was absolutely thrilled that so many found it as interesting as I did. Once I came up with the initial idea and started writing it out, so many other things came to me. Keith having his little line about how Earth, from what little he saw of it, was so unlike Revender planted ideas for that backstory in my mind. The idea for how they all came to bond with their Lions came to me. Their relationships with each other, how they came to bond with each other and join the team, what life is like on Hauli for Allura and Coran (because yes, I know that, too!), and also what happened to the Shiro, Lance, Pidge, and Hunk of that reality since Keith was not there to help them out … yeah, I know all of that. And someday, if everything works out as it should … hopefully I’ll get to share all those stories.

36.) Can you give us a spoiler for one of your WIP’s?

MMMM … okay. So, for this one for my Dual Blades that I’ve been working on since December (or late November, really), Keith and Lotor are sent on a mission to what I have been calling “space NYC” in my head, but is actually the city of Xandoorun on the planet Liindoryx. Because they’re undercover, they can’t go in their Blade uniforms, but they also can’t go their standard wear because:

Lotor is wanted by the Empire, and

Keith’s Earth clothes do not match Xandoorun fashion

As such, they have outfits prepared for them by various Marmorites (Garus prepares Keith’s, while Ilun and Vrek prepare Lotor’s). Here’s a brief excerpt (that may be cut from the final product) of Garus trying to figure out what Keith should wear while Keith is eternally exasperated because a.) they’re just clothes, and b.) oh my god stop fussing Garus:

The door no sooner finished clicking shut behind Lotor before Keithturned back to Garus (who, to Keith’s … astonishment or annoyance, hewasn’t sure which, was already examining a wide array of clothing spread outover the table on the opposite side of the room) and said, “I don’t really carewhat I wear. Just give me whatever so I can go.” He paused, then added,“Please.”

“It may not matter to you, but it does to me. It’s important that youwear clothes that are adequate for your mission.” Garus didn’t so much asglance back at Keith as he spoke, so focused was he on the outfits (three ofthem, Keith thought, but the way they were folded and stacked atop the tablemade it hard for him to tell which piece was supposed to go with whicheverother piece) spread out on the table before him.

“I’m sure that whatever you’ve picked out is adequate,” Keith said.

“I thought so too, at first, at least when it comes to these three,”Garus gestured to the clothes with a wave of his hand, “but now I am not sosure. Or rather …” He turned back to look at Keith at last, frowning. “Istill feel that these options are generically suitable, at least conceptually,in terms of both function and fashion. But now that I have you here, I’m not sosure that they are suitable for you.”

“They’re fine,” Keith said,and he was sure that he was failing to keep the impatience from his voice.“They’re just clothes. It really doesn’t matter—”

“It does,” Garus said, and Keith huffed. “Come here for a moment,please.”

Knowing that the sooner he cooperated, the sooner it would be overwith, Keith did as requested and crossed the room. When he did, Garus selecteda light grey-purple top from the table and held it up against Keith’s torso,humming a bit as he tilted his head, considering.

“This one is nice. I believe it would be a good choice,” he said, andhe stretched out the sleeve to hold it against Keith’s arm. “The material is abit … unusual for Xandoorun,given that it is the same material we use for our uniforms, eldravan steelwoven into the fabric and all, but I don’t believe anyone will notice unlessthey get close enough to touch. The sleeves are long and a bit loose; that willbe good for allowing you to draw strapped knives in a pinch. And I do believethis color is a good choice as well; it brings out your eyes.”

Keith was planning on letting Garus talk himself into a decision beforethat last bit, at which point he sputtered, “Brings out m—?! Who cares aboutthat? What does that have to do with anything?”

“It’s a factor to consider,” Garus said, as he returned the shirt tothe table.

“No, it’s not. It doesn’t have anything to do with anything,” Keithsaid flatly. “I just need something to wear and it really doesn’t matter what,so—didn’t you tell Kolivan that you had everything picked out already?”

“Yes, and I do. I have it narrowed down to these three potentialoutfits. But I need to see you with them to be sure.” He paused, frowning as hetapped his finger against his lips, and then shook his head. “I think you willneed to try them on. I’m having a difficult time visualizing how they will fit.I need to see you in them to be sure.”

“I will try on one,” Keith said.

“You will try on all three. The last thing we need is to have yoursafety compromised because you were not able to draw a weapon in time,” Garussaid. He gathered the three selected outfits in his arms, and pushed them intoKeith’s. “Now, go on. You can change behind the textile fabricator.” Hegestured to the large machine in the center of the room, and Keith turned tolook back at it. So that was what itwas called. “You are small, so you should have enough privacy back there.”

Keith scowled as he turned back to Garus.

“I’m not small,” he said.“I’m of average size for a human.”

“Perhaps, but you are also galra, and by our standards, you are small.”Garus paused, and then pulled his tablet free from the carrying pouch he had hookedaround his waist. “I will make a note to have more protein added to your diet.That should help you grow at least a little.”

Keith could hardly believe his ears. “I don’t need—!”

“There! That should do the trick.” Garus finished whatever note he hadmade with a few taps against his tablet screen, and though he was smiling as hesucceeded in his (pointless, Keith swore) task, his smile faded into a sternerexpression as he looked up at Keith. “Now, please go try those on. We don’twant to keep Kolivan waiting for too long.”

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My experience with Cassie comes from an almost identical point - Young Justice and SOME Teen Titans, especially as we get closer to the reboot. So the same blind spots.

What I've mostly noticed is how much she grows. Writing her changes a lot as time goes on.

Early Cassie is a really neat depiction of a young teen girl that we don't get to see a lot in comics. She's not particularly feminine, but not because she's trying to be a tomboy - she's right on the threshold where girls are still allowed to be oblivious. She's passionate about superheroes, spends a lot of time at her mom's museum, and dresses in giant shapeless clothing. She gets superstrength, and then gives herself knee and elbow pads - presumably because she thinks they're cool? Her first costume seems to be a Wonder Woman t-shirt with a 'G' for 'Wonder Girl' drawn on with fabric marker.

Her mom worries about letting her be a hero. Only lets the gods give Cassie powers if Helena is allowed to turn them off at any time. She plays the level-headed parent in most Young Justice parent meetings, though she finds Cissie's mom incredibly annoying and often has to take a moment to calm down to avoid fights. Helena grounds Cassie several times throughout YJ. She tends to do so angrily, and then come talk to her daughter once they've both had a chance to calm down. Half the time, Cassie has already acted out by this point.

She acts out a lot. She's impulsive, explosively angry, passionately loyal. She holds grudges, and struggles to forgive things that don't make sense to her.

Throughout the YJ run, we watch Cassie try on identities. She switches out pieces of costumes on a regular basis, slowly ending up with completely different sets of clothes. And the clothing starts becoming more shapely and feminine.

She gets infatuated with Superboy and wants to do anything he wants. She gets annoyed with immature boys and wants nothing to do with them. She realizes that she can actually do better than the particular boys on her team, and starts leading them.

By the time she joins the Teen Titans, most of the nerdy barely-teen isn't visible. Like many weird kids, she's created a slightly bland exterior as she got older, and there's a great deal of insecurity underneath.

She becomes a great leader, but not a good planner. One of my favourite relationships in comics is her team dynamics with Robin. Tim has too much anxiety and controlling tendencies to make a good leader, but his plans are great. The team works best when he's able to advise her, and they both really enjoy it. He relaxes under her leadership, and he offers the support she needs to counter her insecurity.

After Kon and Bart's death, and Tim's mental health break, she ends up extremely isolated. Her team membership is constantly rotating, her friends are gone, people keep dying. She remains a skilled leader, but we see even less of her personality.

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Things that stay the same:

Cassie forms deep friendships, especially with other girls. But she doesn't seem to have room for very many, and struggles with her friends growing and changing. She seems to make friends with guys more easily, but those relationships meet a different need? Like, her relationship with Cissie is the most important one she makes during YJ. Her relationship with Supergirl seems to have become almost at important by the end of Teen Titans, despite the fact that Kara is rarely part of the team. Her rivalry with Rose seems to influence her a lot (in comics I mostly haven't read). Despite the way Tim and her rely on each other at times, despite her love for Kon, a need for emotional connection with other girls has been a major character beat most of her run (on teams).

Cassie gets angry. She makes dumb choices while angry. She gets angry in bold, 'unfeminine' ways, as well as the more subtle ones 'acceptable' to girls. She punches robots, but also says catty things.

Like Noah says, Cassie is 'too much.' She starts out open in her passion and learns to hide it, but it's still there. During YJ, she's on a team with 2 beings of pure impulse, so it can be hard to see, but this girl is impulsive! She's loud!

And she is SO STRONG. Physically, but also emotionally. She handles huge levels of insecurity, grief, and responsibility, but never crumbles. And also doesn't suppress it! She cries, yells, or punches, while staying stable enough to support her team.

I read all your Cassie series posts. May I ask if you have any tips/reading recs on writing Cassie and her mother/family? I'm making a Wonder Woman series type thing and I want to get the characters right, Cassie included.

tbh im not sure im the best person to get tips on cassie characterization!! i havent read a lot of her appearances in wonder woman, my own interpretation of her comes a lot from how she's written in young justice 98 and a couple tidbits i like from later teen titans runs, so her relationship with her mom is one im Pretty Unfamiliar with

if u want my interpretation on her character though (and, see above, take it with a grain of salt i am not a cassie expert) i think of her as excitable and impulsive and brave (demanding that zeus himself give her superpowers), with a self consciousness and doubt that can trip her up. she's a fangirl when it comes to superheroes - wonder woman especially - but i think she purposely tries to tone that down around her peers. it's the 'nerd not wanting to get bullied for their interests' trope but a little to the left. superheroes are cool in the popular consciousness and lots of people like them! but the way cassie likes superheroes is something i think she's a little embarrassed about: too excitable, too overboard, too obsessive.

the impression i get from cassie is a person who cares a lot about So Many Things, but who isn't necessarily very talented at much, and has a deep-seated doubt in her own ability to make any kind of meaningful change. when she is able to be comfortable and excitable and brash and impulsive is when she shines the most imo. she just gets in her own way sometimes.