Character Discussion: Cassie

[buffyangellvr23]

Here goes...the character who often seems to get the most negativity, and sometimes it's for good reason. I know my LJ folder is gonna be swamped this week, but I'll turn you loose anyway LOL

I do like the animal loving part myself...but there are things that some of you say about her that I can see as well...both positive and negative.

Comments

hmm how much sense am I making tonight?

[sunshinenorcas]

I don't think her problem is that shes the 'heart' of the group- it's that the others have already cast her in that role and thats what they expect her to be, so when she acts not like the heart (which she's not)- they all go 'wtf', like in the polar book when they are debating killing the baby seal, and they all look at her, and she basically says 'what the hell guys, I'd rather kill it then starve/freeze'. (Holy run on sentence batman)
I think also is that she knows what they expect her to be, and she tries to fulfill that- but again, while it has components of her personality, it's not exactly who she is, and she gets stuck between what Cassie SHOULD do... and what Cassie WOULD do. And if you keep in mind, below the battles, she's still a teenager- and that sort of conflict sounds very real.
I don't think she's a perfect character, but I don't think any of them are perfect either- I mean, I love Jake but he has plenty of moments where I was like 'JAKE WHAT WERE YOU THINKING YOU TOOL' :P They are all flawed teenagers, and Cassie is no exception, she's not the best or the worse of any of them.

...and I'll quote some passages later when it's not 2:08am and I have school tomorrow D: [first day. omgomgiamsonotready] and it could be I'm pulling a load of this out of my butt, and if that's the case I'm sorry D: