#lord cassius

[banpaiiya]

had to draw them as one of my favorite memes

[illumonated]

so i wasnt able to live blog this last tnight but i wanna talk about cassius.

i love how we see a more sympathetic side of him and we are NOT expected to forgive him for how he treated keefe. its a really good lesson that just because neglectful and abusive parents help you, doesnt mean that you ned to forgive them. i really like how Unraveled humanized him without excusing him.

[ann-lol]

I whole heartedly believe we ALL have that one character that has kept us on this insane, ridiculous, never-ending series for children. And that one character has either shaped who we are today, lives rent free in our minds, or forever haunts our persons. Live, love laugh but also die, hate, cry kotlc for life!

[the-way-astray]

Favorite thing about Unraveled?

major unraveled spoilers under the cut:

cassius likes art reveal and subsequent keefe-cassius conversation. god it's perfect. that entire chapter is perfection. kissing it on the mouth. shannon really got me with the reveal like i fully did not see that coming, and it's a reveal that actually adds something of importance and is foreshadowed!!!! so basically my favorite form of plot (i know this is technically character but shut up. let me have my moment)

making cassius nuanced is the best thing shannon decided to do with this book, by far. over the course of the series, i have been consistently confused about why cassius wants to join the black swan . . . it's literally everything he stands against. he hates talentless people. he adheres to matchmaking. he's snobby and arrogant and cares way too much about the council's opinion of everything he does. but now!!!! now it all makes sense!!!! because with the reveal that he only uses that as a cover so he can break the rules behind the council's back and nobody will ever suspect him???? and the fact that for nine books that is the exact trap the audience has fallen into???? oh it's so good. so so so so good. like genuinely i had to put the book down at that reveal i was so shocked. and my favorite line in the entire book is "the lost cities are not kind to those who do not conform" or something to that effect. not because of the line itself (we've seen plenty of lines similar to that) but because it comes from the person you would least expect it from. cassius???? and now that you have the background to why he wants keefe to conform so, so badly, it almost makes you feel bad for him, but also he's still abusive even if his heart was sort of kind of in the right place???? kind of???? augh he's just. he's so nuanced!!!!

and the addition that the reason keefe was able to do so well in the forbidden cities was because of his dad!!!! i loved that. when i read stellarlune i was super annoyed that keefe was able to make out so well for himself when he quite literally knows nothing. it just isn't realistic that he somehow got an id or knows how to find the black swan's cameras by himself, but adding an extra layer of cassius backup and advice is just. fantastic. because now, not only is it realistic that keefe was able to make out so well, you can really see keefe struggle with making the logical decision even though he badly doesn't want to accept help from his dad. it's just. so so so so good.

also it's a relatively subtle detail but cassius getting genuinely hurt when keefe insulted his art had me kicking my feet. because!!!! we have never seen cassius like that before!!!! we've never seen him hurt. he's sometimes pissed off, but never like. hurt hurt. so seeing him like that, you can tell that his art really means a lot to him and that he does care about keefe's opinion in some things because keefe's insult made him feel genuinely sad. and it's like you really feel bad for him but also he sucks and is bad so not really. anyway. it's just so good!!!! favorite chapter in the entire book is the conversation between keefe and his dad. shannon cooked so hard with that.

[kittencheese]

They are basically the same person. change my mind.

[ginny-weasley-is-the-best]

Still can’t believe that Keefe taking Sophie’s name is canon. Like, not canon because I said so, literal canon.

Also Irwin ? Really Cassius ?

[lezabeththetheodoraimposter]

lord cassius: *gets all dressed up for an event*

sophie: your dad looks like he’s about to go round up 22 other guys to stab one of the councillors

keefe: sophie wtf

[tourmalinaer]

kotlc thought I had back in fifth grade:

keefe totally should’ve snarcastically called the shores of solace “the shores of snores”

the opportunity was right thereeeee apwiehqlwxbcu

[multi-fandom-lunatic]

guys guys guys. ENOUGH with the grady twink/twunk discourse. consider: cassius twink/twunk discourse

[darkrezhim]

Portrait 1/2 done!! This one is more of a warm-up for the other one, but anyways...

CASSIUS SENCEN

@camelspit the portrait for keeper sexyman

[ann-lol]

I have this theory that the third step of Stellarlune involves Elysian giving Keefe her ability to take away other people’s abilities, like she did to everyone at the end of the book. And when Keefe gains this power there’s a possibility that the council will discover this and try to utilize it by using it on elves who they believe shouldn’t have abilities anymore like oh I don’t know Fintan??

[cavennmalore]

the dynamic between the sencens is so endlessly fascinating to me — especially with the idea that they do love each other. like they are three people who are forever tied together even though they cannot stand each other and underneath that they care about each other so much they despise it. lord cassius is the cruelest and most callous man in the lost cities and when you look into his subconscious it’s filled with love for gisela and keefe. keefe hates his parents and still grieved when he thought gisela died. gisela did nothing but use her son and husband relentlessly for her own gain and still was upset when they discovered her identity bc it meant losing the pretense of family. your family are the worst people you know but also the ones you can’t let go of.

[thekeeperkidsadoptivemom]

yeah, that Lord Cassius guy? Gay as hell. He’s so gay my gaydar lights up like a carnival when he berates his son. He does it in a diva way. I won’t apologize for this.

[kale-of-the-forbidden-cities]

Unraveled spoilers

currently thinking up an au/what if scenario where Forbidden Cities Cassius encounters Forbidden Cities Fitz (when he was younger) and they are just as surprised to see each other

[banpaiiya]

look at my maid dawg my house is in shambles

[echoisquiet]

Lord Cassius keeping Keefe’s first name because he’d have trouble getting used to a new name is fair but also, the name Keith is right there and sounds so similar and would be less suspicious for humans, Like seeing the name Keefe on a ID sounds a lot stranger to me but I dunno