"I was born a wound"
This line holds such a wealth of meaning. Because it is both - Cass was born to be hurt. Born to be abused and mishandled and made into something that would tear herself open, tear others open. Cain didn't know it, maybe Shiva didn't know it, but they made a child to give her pain.
And. Cain stole something from Shiva, took from her in a singular moment of weakness, and that memory cannot help but haunt her still. Cass is the moment, given legs and arms and a soul, Cass is that pain walking upright, haunting her all over again. The moment Cass was born, Sandra could never be hurt again, not truly, until all these years later where she has one wound she can never guard. Cassandra the thief, the assassin, the murderer, to take first from her mother before she'd take anything else at all.
Cassandra the innocent. Because she would not be a wound if she could not bleed.
Welcome!
This is the account running Stephcass week 2024, and I’m Zel! The week will run from the 28th of October to the 3rd of November, using the prompts below. Feel free to do as few or as many prompt as you would like, and post the work on the day of the prompt.
Prompts!
Monday 28th: Rooftop tag/sparring
Tuesday 29th: Alternate universes
Wednesday 30th: Panel redraw/canon compliant
Thursday 31st: On the case/undercover
Friday 1st: Galas/wedding
Saturday 2nd: Civilians/Metas (superpowers)
Sunday 3rd: Childhood/monsters
Rules
1. No AI: this is a blanket ban and you will be blocked :)
2. No irrelevant submissions: the piece has to be Stephcass centric
3. Do your best to submit things on the correct day (this won’t be strict though)
4. Tag @stephcassweek and #stephcass week tag on your post so that this account can reblog it. For fic, post the link here on tumblr with these tags.
5. Don’t bash anyone’s creation (goes w/o saying)
Look through the tags of #arts and #fic to see creations! I will also tag reblogs with the day number so you can look through! Reblog this post to spread word etc! Have fun and good luck!!!
Idea!
Billy is the whizz kid right. So he gives insight on superheroes, previous missions, things that the JL have stepped in to help. And he gives tiny guessed on to what happened.
However the JL especially Batman is losing their balls because of how accurate these "guesses" are. How in the hell did he guess their exact patrol route, placed in roles, and things hidden from the publics Info?
Freddy Freeman is the type of guy ask Billy to hold his crutch, pretend to fall over, then scream “HE STOLE MY CRUTCH!!!!” in public.
Silly little thing
For @casscainweek Day 3 (Jan. 22): Silence | Music
Cassandra did not live in a silent world when David was training. There were many sounds, fists against flesh, gunshots and blades being drawn and wielded.
It was a world she was used to. David never said he was proud, but Cassandra knew he was.
Now, she chooses not to think much about him. He had granted her these skills, but that was all he had given her beyond pain.
The world was louder now, she had to learn what voices were, what type of sound the voices were and what that meant. It was hard. Very hard. And it infuriated her. She wasn’t trained for this.
But, there was one sound she liked. Something that Barbara had given. She named them headphones. They faíce fed her ears and played a soothing tune of gentle… piano, yes.
It was easy to understand. The music was simple, she could close her eyes and focus on it. Barbara wasn’t always understanding, not knowing Cass was trying, and she wasn’t like her.
But this music was nice.
It was nice to have sounds she understood.
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I hope this is good. I love Cass so much.
If THOSE TWO are working TOGETHER? Yeah, the world is ending, pack your shit
The scariest combo in the batfamily is Black Bat with Red Hood,I’m never changing my mind about this.
If I see RED HOOD and BLACK BAT walking towards me, I’m out. I’m turning my gps on,come get me cops.Please come pick me up Commissioner Gordon I’m scared- they are hunting me in a dark alley in which I can’t even see them and my soul is about to leave my body
Read Superman/Shazam: First Thunder and genuinely cried over it and had the most gut wrenching thought...
Clark's knows exactly how it feels for the world to have their eyes on him always. He knows what it's like for the world to fear him as Superman, and as much as they've come to trust him, the instant Superman acts out or 'has a bad day', he knows he will become the villian. The big scary alien guy with impossible powers who could destroy the world. Even one little outburst, one tiny flicker of anything other than hope and joy, and the trust he's worked so hard to build will crumble.
Billy is young. He's new. He doesn't know this. He acts out in frustration and anger and sarrow, and he doesn't know how to cope with these impossible standards. He's just a little boy who wants to cry and throw things, but Captain Marvel throwing a tantrum could destroy a city. He probably feels like a caged animal, unable to let out any of those feelings, lashing out and running away. He doesn't have the same self-control as Clark and is almost self-destructive in a sense.
Of course, Clark immediately feels strongly about Billy just being a kid. Clark was once a little boy with powers he couldn't fully control and knew exactly how it felt to be teetering on the edge of "everyone hates me, I'm a monster," mindsets. He probably feels so much kinship and understanding, and he gets defensive over it. Clark was so ready to throw hands with the wizard for Billy, then immediately went to Billy to comfort him and be like, "we're both just people. We're the same. You aren't alone."
Sobbing very hard </3.
Dc technically makes the rules, but they lost that right after shipping Cass off to HongKong.
So fuck it, I make the rules now and DAMIAN WAYNE AND CASSANDRA CAIN ARE BOTH AUTISTIC
They both get it from Bruce (idc that Cass isn’t biologically related to Bruce, he birthed her and Damian and THATS FINAL)
Damian and cassandra are autistic siblings I’m sorry I don’t make the rules
She/HerAutistic, queer, and (according to all the unfinished fics in my docs) an aspiring fanfic author!
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