#cassiesandsmark

Cassie was raised by Helena Sandsmark, a strong, independent, open-minded woman. She's not a repressive or conservative figure — quite the opposite. Helena has always supported her daughter, even when Cassie’s life drastically changed upon entering the mythological world of the Amazons.‎

On top of that, Cassie was trained by Diana of Themyscira, a canonically bisexual woman who embodies free love, respect for identity, and sisterhood.‎ She was also guided by Artemis Grace, another powerful, unapologetically bisexual figure.‎‎

Are we really supposed to believe that Cassie, raised around powerful, loving queer women, would grow up feeling shame or guilt about her identity if she were queer?‎‎

If Cassie were a lesbian, she would be confident, proud, and surrounded by support. There’s no narrative foundation for painting her as a broken girl who hates herself for who she loves. That trope doesn’t belong to her.‎‎

Now, a character who does fit that narrative is Cissie King-Jones.‎ Cissie was raised by Bonnie, a mother who projected her own frustrations onto her daughter, pressured her to be perfect, and micromanaged her public image.‎ That’s the kind of environment where repression, guilt, and fear of rejection could realistically take root.

If we’re going to talk about internalized homophobia, Cissie has the context, the trauma, and the canon support for it.‎‎ Cassie doesn’t.

‎She doesn’t need that kind of pain to validate her identity. Not every queer character has to suffer through self-hatred. ‎Sometimes, they just grow up in a healthy environment. And that’s valid too.‎‎

They are soulmates, the love of each other's lives; their bond isn't something that can be broken or dismissed so easily.

And I will always be waiting for DC to bring them back together, because every time they're together, they make me happy.

There, I said it. Just imagine making a crossover of these worlds and only focusing on the paranoid human with communication issues (and his close ones) instead of focusing on the princess ambassador of peace who was blessed by the Greek gods, and the king of a civilization living in the depths of the seas who has power over them (and, by the way, that same civilization worships a Greek/Roman god depending on the version or comic).

And not to mention that you literally have Cassie, who is a daughter of Zeus (she’s a child of the Big Three) and was a champion of Ares. I don’t know, just think about it-a forbidden child of the Big Three who escaped the prophecy, the monsters, all of that.

I feel like it’s an idea with a lot of potential, because you have the Greek/Roman demigods (especially the children of the Big Three) having mixed feelings about Cassie, and not to mention that she feels bad because she thinks she was “privileged” to have responsible adults (the Amazons, Diana, Artemis, her mother Helena, Hippolyta, Donna, Starfire, even Red Tornado) taking care of her and loving her (not to mention her paternal relationship with Ares, and even Zeus in DC canon is kinder and more informal with her, so much so that he even wanted her to be the future of Olympus and keeps the promises he makes to her).

PS1: I also feel that Nico and Cassie would get along well, really well in fact.

PS2: Although Percy would argue with her in a way similar to how he did with Jason, but then they’d get along and he’d be very protective of her (she’s his baby cousin).

PS3: It would be interesting for her, Thalia, and Jason to meet, since they have a lot in common. Thalia and Cassie both have the same fear of heights and are warriors who won’t go down without a fight, while Jason and Cassie would look a lot alike physically, and people would joke that they’re like twins and that Thalia is the adopted one, even though all three have the same eyes and certain similar facial expressions (plus, in DC it’s said several times that Cassie is identical to Zeus-Poseidon himself says this).

I hope everyone who asked and never got a reply can forgive me — I’ll try to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Nina, if you’re reading this, I swear I’ll answer your question about Days of Future Past in the next few days.

Personally, I imagine them to be in their early twenties — specifically with Bart and Conner being 20, while Tim and Cassie are 21. I estimate these ages based on Damian’s canon age, who, according to Dark Crisis and the ongoing Batman and Robin series, is 14.

And if we remember that canonically it’s been four years since Damian started living in the mansion with Bruce (since he was 10 at the time and Tim was 17 — at least as I recall), then it’s not that hard to do the math, even if DC insists on portraying Conner, Tim, and Cassie as if they were still 17 (and no, I will not comment on how in Impulsepoint and the Flash comics Bart looks like a kid).

It’s kinda sad they didn’t let him do it (when I catch you, Tom King), because that premise sounded pretty cool. Plus, I’d love to see interactions between Kyle and Cassie, since the only times they’ve been together (but never actually talked) was during Young Justice (1998).