#xanthecass

[casscainmainly]

re ur post about the cass fics!! i was wondering if you had any good recommendations? ive been wanting to read some but struggling to find stuff that does her right!!

It can definitely be a struggle! I'm going to compile a bunch of great Cass rec lists here, so you'll hopefully have reading material for a long time to come :).

Here's my rec list from August.

Here's some great add-ons from @havendance.

Stephcass long fics recs from @aingeal98 is a god-send these are so good.

Here's another great list from @renaroo!

A great Stephcass recs list based in canon from @altumvidetur.

This Batfam list by @fantastic-nonsense has excellent Cass fics throughout.

Rec lists tend to be fairly StephCass-centric in terms of ships, so some other ships:

Brenda/Cass: Equinox by @shobogan

I did rec this one already in my August list but it deserves all the love I'm so obsessed with this it's sad and heartwarming and beautiful pls read.

Xanthe/Cass: Red Bean Buns of Destiny by zorilleerant

A super cute fic with a great set-up, a well-written Xanthe, and a vibrant narration style. The author uses he/they pronouns for Xanthe.

Tai'Darshan/Cass: Moonlight Musings by Scribe_By_Night

One of the only Tai'Darshan fics in existence, this fic dives wonderfully into Cass' first experience with love, and the fraught emotions that come with it. A bit left of canon (set in Black Bat-era but Cass is meeting Tai for the first time). Guys this has 4 hits and I'm 2 of them and it deserves so much more, the other 2 Tai'Darshan fans on this website please give this fic some love!!

Not read too much on other ships like CassKon, CassRose, etc., so anyone feel free to drop recs in the comments/notes! I hope this helps :).

[necrotic-nephilim]

to the anon who mentioned cassterry

i'd like to thank you and luciferos for finally giving me a cass ship to be invested in

bc i like timcass but i like jaytim more and babscass had potential but never really spoke to me

(stephcass is fine i guess but the fandom made it so boring i feel nothing when i see it)

you're welcome! and i extend the thanks to that anon bc they were *enlightened*. and you'll be happy to know i have three asks regarding CassTerry that i plan to write ficlets for, so there will be more content as i drag the rest of my followers along this canoe of a ship we've got going on here. (i also will put the fic i've written onto ao3 as requested by someone later today! i'll probably put all the CassTerry stuff i write on ao3 just to spread propaganda.)

and *big* agree on StephCass. i think there's endless fodder for them, but since most shippers of it are so violently against "Batcest", i just. have fallen out of love for what could've been a fantastic ship. i'm mostly a TimCass stan through and through, i adore them so deeply and think there's so much potential, but i can see preferring JayTim over it. i'm big on BabsCass though from a dead dove mommy issues angle, i think it's got endless potential. but it's underexplored by the fandom. honestly, most Cass ships are pretty underexplored outside of Steph, which also sort of sucks bc ppl seem to think Steph is the only option for her. (even outside of Batcest, she's not. KonCass, XantheCass, BrendaCass, HarperCass, there are options) personally i think i could convince ppl to ship HelenaCass if i tried.

but i am thoroughly delighted we have all stumbled across CassTerry and it's just fun to have a ship where Cass is the older one in control, and i think they balance each other out delightfully. it's good soup.

[casscainmainly]

Ship anon again: I also gotta admit Tim's had multiple moments of insufferability (truly a batboy staple) & much of his conduct during Cass' Orphan years didn't help (plus the OYL dragon lady sewage, but that might as well be napalmed out of officialdom). All told, even if that Future!Timmy take wasn't absurdly swole I gotta handwave the scenario as an Elseworld. Non-Steph, non-'Shadow' verse Cass hookups (or additions to this solo) I could roll with include Harper, Xanthe Zhou & our man Duke.

Whoa!!! HarperCass and XantheCass are popular, but DukeCass isn't a ship I've heard of before. Is it popular??? Duke isn't adopted so technically it could happen, but I do prefer them as siblings. Plus, I see Cass as non-heterosexual, so I prefer ships with non-male characters. (Except for Tai'Darshan but that is a very personal bias of mine haha).

HarperCass and XantheCass are top tier though!! I would be surprised if Tate Brombal uses Harper, she's kind of been phased out of the Batfamily (she is appearing in WFA though, so she's still in public consciousness). DC seems to be ignoring New 52 Cass altogether, which is where a lot of HarperCass takes place. Someone on Twitter please @ Tate Brombal and ask if he's using Harper or Xanthe!!