#it feels like everyone thinks im going through delusion lowkey....like. im not

[shapeofshifter]

i lowkey wish people referred to me in relation to my kintypes more......like haha yes mahtin you DO love poetry dont you. yes jon you DO know what a meme is. yes logan you DO love logical explanation and planning but also understand emotional needs. god

[forgottencormac]

dude i alwaaaaaays love hearing your thoughts, plus im already obsessed w these two so you know i am innnnnn!!!!!! honestly so exciting to see this teehee (also i loooove walks like that!!!! that sounds lovely <3333)

ok so like...first off, cormac thinks cassimir is a GOD and also his best best best friend and he thinks they're bloodbrothers and like???? the idea that cassimir might not feel the exact same way about ~cormac (in terms of friendship...he agrees that cassimir is sm better than everyone else sdakfjlsldkjf) like even at the start i feel like cormac saw cassimir come riding into town and said to himself 'someday that kid is gonna be my best friend' and some dreams, ig, ~do come true ;DDD and anyway he's been stick to him like glue since that time!! honestly i feel like cormac was fueled by pure delusion when they first met he was like 'nothing will ever disturb this beautiful future i see before us' bc cassimir was just tooooo cool like duDE that hair, that black uniform, that irritable glare???? cormac was like 'i wanna travel the world with you' so yeah i think he either ignored or misinterpreted the sarcasm bc he was like IF I ATTACH MYSELF TO YOU LIKE A BARNACLE SOMEDAY WELL BE BFFS basically lajksdkfljsdjf and that's probs the biggest display of sheer determination he's ever made tbqh alksdjfljkdf

i feel like cormac just has this image in his head of cassimir as like the THE coolest, toughest, smartest, most badass etc etc etc man to ever walk the earth and so he's half like 'damn i get to hang out w THIS guy???? and half TEACH ME YOUR WAYS' at all times and anytime anything isn't quite working out for him he just consults his WWCD (what would cassimir do) bracelet (which lbr may or may ~not actually be what cassimir would do but here we are) oR -- his preference -- rides over to malconaire and is like TELL ME WHAT TO DO FRIEND

alksjdfjkdsf by the time cassimir started being nicer cormac had 100% brainwashed himself into thinking they were besties!!! things were going sooo well!!!! and i feel like...[ this ] whole interaction w cassimir as gina and cormac as boyle (ig pimento is cassimir's ~former self in this scenario?? or maybe one of his own siblings or smth, i have no clue but anyway the general point stands hahaha) is sort of how he viewed this situation, i feel like sdlkajfksldf noT papa malconaire getting through to cassimir to be nicer to ppl or ~anything like that heehee

omg yeah he is 100000% cassimir's personal hype man!!!! and he's here to convert nonbelievers too!! which no doubt makes him v popular amongst the og malconaire sisters alksjdfakljdsf speaking of whom!!!! in cormac's perfect world, cormac and cassimir will marry e/o's sisters and that way no one can deny that they're brothers 100%%%%% alsjdflkjdsf but i feel like valentina has def given him a lil hint (a la mrs bennet to mr collins re: jane's upcoming engagement ;D) that sonya's off the table, so he's probs sizing up the og malconaire ladies!!!!

honestly, i think his ideal pairing in his own mind would be eithne bc she's the best blend of every type of loveliness, both personality-wise and physically and, at the risk of quoting gaston, that makes her the best! i think the brigit thing is doomed to fail (well, for many reasons!) bc im pr sure he's lowkey terrified of her/doesn't see her behavior as that of a 'proper' lady (since he's been verrrrry quick to adapt to roderick's way of thinking in these matters!) and, more importantly, he's hardly ever heard cassimir say a nice thing abt her and he 1) memorizes everything cassimir ever says -- only ~kinda kidding -- and 2) he agrees w all of cassimir's opinions so he thinks brigit is the worst and if she can mess w cassimir well!! cormac hasn't got a chance!!! -- and frankly he's right abt that part, at least laskdjfaklsjdf, but i think aoife -- once he realizes that eithne is cassimir's, unless cassimir's already made that clear to him? -- is probs the backup he'd move to, but i ~do think cormac thinks that he's all that, and labors under the impression that ~all of the malconaire girls (sonya and all the og girls, alike!) are in love w him and that he may choose whoever he likes! but yeah, id say his preference goes like:

sonya

eithne

aoife

roisin

brigit

but yeah, like i said, i def think there would've atp have been some occasion on which cormac would've sidled over to flirt w sonya while a varmont was there and cue valentina chasing him off hahaha and from that convo he probs knows that valentina wants cassimir to have an imperial bride and, while he's really disappointed bc he wanted to be cassimir's brother for real!!!! he's also like 'he deserves nothing less! cassimir for emperor!' and honestly the thought of cassimir ~not being his emperor someday would be smth he'd mind far more than the idea of cassimir moving in on eithne BHAHAHAHA ngl i don't think he's really interested in ~any of the malconaire sisters for their own sakes (i might be wrong tho -- i haven't discussed it w anyone yet obv) soooo asjdflkjsdf #husbandgoals

THE GASTON/LEFOU PARALLEL THOOOOO lkjdsflakjsdf its honestly soooo on point!!!!!! i do think cormac is probs less of a good person than lefou frankly alkjdsfkjldsjfk or at least in a v different way bc he's def a drama queen hahahaha but anyway!!!! the point is that dynamic is on pointtttt (esp the 'esp me' part no lie lakjsdfkjsdjfk cormac is PROUD to be cassimir's sidekick!) and he's happy to be taken advantage of by him too ngl!! he feels he's getting sm benefit out of all of this and like idk if 1) he even registers that he's being taken advantage of and thinks its an honor to be so trusted as to be asked to do whatever!!! but 2) even if he does cassimir is so royal and soon to be imperial and like!!!! they're besties and he's sure that cassimir would do the same for him [footage not found] but honestly itd never occur to him to ask cassimir bc you don't ask zeus to order you pizza or whatever lakjsdfkjlsadfj

sdlkfjaksdjkff cormac is frankly DELIGHTED to be considered useful to and trusted by cassimir!!! what an honor to snitch on rian for him honestly lakjsdfkljdsf tbh idk how ~effective he really would be in that position tho bc rian is also terrifying to him, im sure, and honestly there being caverns around lorcan and like lakes like??? things might drip??? on his *king richard voice* tummy flowers!!! or smth!!! and cormac don't do nature lakjdsfkjsdf pluS what ~he considers relevant info probs isn't super helpful but!! he will try as long as it doesn't interfere too much w any of that!!! bc, and this is a mark of true friendship, his love for cassimir outweighs even his love of fine things!!!!!!! at least, that one particular tunic bc he'll just get a new one made!!!!! and there's only one cassimir <3 (i do think deciding between his loyalty to cassimir and life's comforts/his beloved lifestyle would be theeee most trying test he's ever undergone!!!! kljskflsjdaflkj) honestly tho he's not ~wrong abt cormac's future estate!!!! it's malconaire 2.0 if there's anything cassimir wants done there lkajsdfkldjf cormac has no idea what the peasants are doing or why!!!1 he doesn't care!! if cassimir says evict them, they're ouT and eabha can just shut up abt it already! etc!! lajsdklfjsd CASSIMIR FOR EMPEROR 2K24!!!!!!! (cue valentina cheerleading in the bg!!!! lajsdklfjsdkf)

ooc | Cassimir & Cormac

I'm sorry I know you haven't even made his site yet, so this is premature, but I went on a walk today and I just thought about this relationship????

So, first, I feel like Cassimir did NOT like Cormac at all when he first met him! I imagine they met pretty soon after Cassimir came to Malconaire and he was like "who is this loser??? and why won't he leave me alone????" Honestly, he probably was kinda mean to him atp but I can also see where the sarcasm might have just gone over Cormac's head #facepalm

I do think he treated him better as they got older and Cassimir started being a tad bit more empathetic and while he might have been friendly at times, I don't think you could have considered them friends (even if Cormac did lmao) -- that being said, I feel like Cassimir was still frequently pretty annoyed with Cormac, but even then he did like the attention/compliments that Cormac would pay him!!

I think they've become more of a duo though, since the war?? Both because I think Cassimir feels a little isolated and lonely since the events of the battle and part of him wonders if that is justified, but keeping people like Cormac around makes him not think about any of that!!!!! I feel like Cormac is just Cassimir's personal hype man and between him and Valentina, Cassimir is really out here thinking he can do no wrong sometimes ;D

I'm crying because Cassimir does NOT consider him and Cormac to be friends, but in reality Cormac probably ~is his best friend. #facepalm [ Honestly, I imagine that there are some Gaston/Lefou parallels here lmao ]

But Cassimir definitely takes advantage of Cormac!!! He's come to realize that Cormac will do pretty much anything he says and he knows it?? And I feel like Cormac is half his friend/half his servant (even though he's a legit lord in his own right alsjflasjfldsfj -- although that being said, I'm sure he knows that Cassimir has ~royal~ blood)

I think Cassimir is also pleased that a) Cormac is currently residing at Lorcan b/c Cassimir thinks that that should pass to him and not Rian since he is a step-cousin to Padraig Lorcan and he definitely wants any and all dirt he can get on Rian and b) that Cormac is now going to have an estate of his own to manage, which I feel like Cassimir pretty much feels will be his own to control?!??! Like, he can tell Cormac to do whatever he wants him to do and he will do it!

I also think he sees Cormac as a potential husband for either Rosie or Brigit tbh??? I imagine that the northern estate he has been gifted is further away than Lorcan/Hanthom/Malconaire/the capital all are in relation to each other (which reminds me that I should construct a map soon!!) and that it is farther away that they wouldn't be a ~constant problem to him. I think he'd prefer Brigit, because he imagines that she would run away as soon as they are married, but that the harsh winters up there would (~conveniently) kill her but he knows he has talked a lot of shit about Brigit over the years and its a hard one to try to turn that around and start saying good things about her to get Cormac on board??? So he does think that Rosie will be the easier sell