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Oh, misery, misery! Again comes on me The terrible labor of true prophecy, dizzying prelude.

- Robert Fagles' translation of Agamemnon by Aeschylus

Cassandra is a song about a universal truth: the warning unheard, and the people who do the warning.

There are many, many variations on the myth of Cassandra, the prophet whose visions were always true, but never believed. In all of them, she is the daughter of the King and Queen of Troy.

Aeschylus said she promised the god Apollo to marry him in exchange for her prophetic powers. When she later walked back that promise, Apollo cursed her to never be believed. Hygneius sources say Cassandra never promised anything, and that the gift of prophecy was only given as an attempt to win her affection. When it did not succeed, Apollo cursed Cassandra. Men who do things for you expecting to be rewarded in sex: a tale as old as time.

Even later versions cut Apollo entirely - instead, Cassandra fell asleep in a temple, and snakes whispered prophecies into ears, giving her this power to foretell the future. In all versions, this power cannot save her. After the fall of Troy, Cassandra is kidnapped by Agamemnon as a concubine and later killed by Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra (or her lover, depending on whose telling the tale.)

I don't think Swift is directly mapping her experience to the myth in Cassandra, the song. Instead, the prophetess is a metaphor. It is all about the ways that public opinion is swayed by the first voice it hears, even if the truth comes out later.

The myth of Cassandra has become shorthand in the modern understanding for someone whose warning was correct, but not heeded. Swift's Cassandra, while pulling from this cultural consciousness, is much more concerned with Cassandra as a person; Swift depicts a very personal picture of her narrator, who clearly relates to the Prophetess.

It is empathy, all the way down.

The song itself is very clear with its imagery: Swift's narrator is "patching up the crack along the wall," repairing a small damage, when the unnamed family come along and burn her life down. So, she turns her "smiles into snarls," pacing with pain in her heart and venom whispered in her ears by snakes. The Narrator watches as the world realizes she was right, and then, she throws their image of perfect puritans in their face.

Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul.

It's all very I told you, you should have listened to me. And clearly, now that the truth is out, and it's cool to hate the ones she's held in her ire for years, Swift's narrator gives herself a little bit of room to say:

Do you believe me now?

It's almost very funny that I'm discussing this today - there has been a recent uproar about, specifically, scientific paper mills that exist to make money, as opposed to actually conduct research. To what end? Credentialing is a whole thing, but it's basically buying legitimacy. Scientific fraud is definitely not what this song is about, but the fact that truth tellers are so ignored in favor of profit or not shaking the status quo.

Swift loves a universal truth, and anyone who warns of duplicity is liable to be lambasted. Swift says to them - you were right, justified, and allows anyone in that position to feel both the grief and pride.

New hot take: Cassandra is the song for Retraction Watch nerds (me) and Brian Deer. I'm only partially being facetious.

[wouldvegonealongwiththerighteous]

No because she said it first in a mourning warning no one heard

[ohmywhatamarvoloustune]

the theme of this night is my abridged autobiography and how I feel most of the time feat, the great american dynasty ours cassandra mad woman i did something bad

my abridged autobiography and I can't wait to hear it and will be added to my fave mash ups list.

[bybyefromurgirlodam]

i think ttpd might be one of my favourite albums and I'm only halfway through it. the christian, greek and english references are on another level I don't think I will ever be the same

[jessmalia]

Cassandra and But Daddy I Love Him being two sides of the same coin

[why-i-love-comics]

Batman: Wayne Family Adventures: Mini-Episode #3 - "Super Friends" (2024)

written by CRC Payne art by Starbite, Suzi Blake, Kielamel Sibal, & Geoniya Acuna

[andichoseyou]

i did something bad / mad woman / cassandra

[faremises]

THE SIMS (2000) dev. Maxis

[somepinkthing]

if you swing low, they'll take it to hell: tim drake, bart allen

no no they didn't mean it like that: cassie sandsmark, conner kent

[eyeheartboobiez]

-> 𝗃𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖽 𝗑 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋!𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋

-> 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖺 𝖺𝗎!

-> 𝖺/𝗇: 𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖽𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 4!! 𝗂 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖿 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗆𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗎𝖾 𝗅𝗆𝖺𝗈. 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗂 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗎𝗎𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗈𝖼 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅 𝗐/ 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝖾𝗀😭🙏🏿

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Y/N Y/LN and Cassandra Cain take a Friendship Test | Glamour

How well do these two friends actually know each other? Singer Y/N Y/LN and songwriter Cassandra Cain share first impressions, shower each other in complemets, and more to prove they're as thick as thieves.

Be sure to check out their latest single Kill Bill out now!

8.9M views October 8, 2022

Tell us how you met Cassandra.

"Gosh, where do I even start?" Y/N huffed out, trying to collect her thoughts.

"I mean we always hung around the the same crowd, you know, with her making music and me in the booth all the time. Officially though, I'd say we met at the billboard music awards back in 2020."

A sentimental look plastered itself on her face as she continued, "She had won for songwriter of the year, and when I saw her at an after party later that night, I knew was that I just really wanted to congratulate her more than anything."

Grinning at the fond memory, Y/N wrapped up the thought, "So, I sought her out from across the room and basically stroked the shit outta her ego, and yeah. The rest was history."

----

What all can you tell us about Y/N?

"I think a better question would be what I can't tell you." Cassandra let out a short chuckle at the comment.

"No but seriously, there's just so much to like about her, y'know?" Her eyes drifted behind the camera towards the singer, a smile blossoming in her face at the action.

"For sure, if I were to tell you anything about her, I'd talk about how giving she is."

Looking back at the cameras, Cassandra said with her full chest, "She'd give anybody the whole world if she could, really."

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Exercise One: Stare Into Each Other's Eyes for 2 Minutes

"I don't think I've ever stared at you for this long before." The vocalist confessed.

"All the more reason to now."

The artists giggled as they stood hand in hand, staring into the eyes of someone who understood them better than anyone else. Both felt as though they were looking into a mirror, when really it was just the eyes of a friend.

"You have really soft hands." Cass confessed, breaking the short lived silence.

"Thanks, it's the new body butter I've been using." The pair continued to stare into each other's eyes, with the songwriter casually swiping her thumbs across Y/N's hands.

Eyes gazing into the ones before them, Cassandra couldn't help but mentally curse her brother for being so stupid.

The past few weeks had been full of nothing but damage control after Jason's mishap at the club last month.

Cass had been the main one wiping away tears and distracting the singer from all her problems, whisking her away from the avalanche of pain.

For years now, she had dreamed of being in her brother's place, practically praying for his downfall. But now that she was here, she couldn't help but feel selfish.

Regardless of her feelings, Cassandra knew better than to use her brother's slip ups to her advantage.

She knew for a fact that Jason loved her. He did. How could she just swoop in and and pretend to play hero knowing that?

The entire situation was ridiculous, almost laughable even. She couldn't help but scoff at the irony of it all. Despide the artist's mental turmoil, the girl in front of her didn't seem to have a clue in the world.

“What's so funny?" Y/N accused teasingly, "I wanna laugh."

The silence was broken as Cass's chuckles continued to fill the room. Pulling herself together, she responded, "Nothing hon, nothing's funny."

"You sure? Because it looked hilarious." Jokingly, the singer continued to taunt the artist before her.

Even though Cassandra was never a woman of many words, Y/N on the other hand, always seemed to have a way of keeping the mood light.

A timer went off in the room, signaling the end of their two minutes. While Y/N was quick to break her gaze away, the other musician's eyes seemed to linger in a way that would leave most viewers speculating.

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Exercise Two: Compliment Each Other

"Looks like we're back where we started," Y/N commented, "me stroking the shit out of your ego."

The remark made the Wayne double over in laughter, almost dropping the pen and notepad in her hands as she went to clutch her stomach.

"Aight now, it wasn't that funny."

As their giggles died down, a comfortable silence filled the room as Y/N and Cassandra started jotting down what they loved most about each other. After just a few minutes, both were ready to begin.

"Who wants to go first?" Asked a producer behind the camera.

Instantly, Y/N spoke up, "I'll go first, for old times sake."

"So," She stared off, "You're insanely observant, like you can literally read anybody like an open book. I love how independent and confident you are. You're very supportive, you're always listening to what I have to say. And last, but not least, I love how close you are with your family.

Once again, the grin on Cassandra's face never seemed to falter.

"Starting off, I love your smile. I admire how you put so many of your emotions into your work, and how you wear your heart on your sleeve. I love how when we first met, you took it upon yourself to learn sign language so for me."

The singer's eyes started to become glossy at the thought. Back when Cassandra was nonverbal, Y/N was more than determined to find a way to communicate with her.

Pausing before she continued, Cass took in a shaky breath, "The last thing I put on here, is that I admire your strength above all else."

"-We talking about the same Y/N here?"

A handful of soft chuckles could be heard from both Cassandra and Y/N, with the former still trying to keep her emotions in check. The statement, while so simple, seemed to be absolutely nerve wracking.

"After everything you've been through this past month, your strength and resilience are something that I really admire." A pregnant pause settled within the room, the light atmosphere dying with that last statement.

Although no words were being exchanged, a conversation was being held between the two as their eyes remained locked with each other.

The only noise that could be heard was the cameraman signaling it was time for the next segment of the video.

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Exercise Three: Hug For One Minute

Before the tears could escape her eyes, Y/N quickly stepped in to her friend's arms, shielding her face from the camera. Cass was swift to embrace her, hands rubbing soft circles onto her friend's back.

The silence still remained heavy. If watchers listened closely, they could hear a faint you okay? spew from Cass's lips, leaving viewers beyond thankful for whoever was woking the boom mic.

With her head still buried in Cassandra's chest, Y/N gave a slight nod, indicating that she was fine.

One of the crew members eventually called time and the intimate moment was finished as soon as it began.

The pair caught each other's eyes and quickly broke away, once again, silently communicating the words they couldn't say.

Clearing her throat, Cassandra stepped back. Not knowing what to do with herself, she crossed her arms.

Suddenly becoming much more aware of her surroundings, she looked back towards the camera with her best award winning smile.

As if she had finally come back to reality, Y/N attempted to appear as relaxed as possible as well, silently praying that her mascara didn't run.

"So, any last words?"

To give the star a chance to find her voice, Cass spoke up, "Well, this was a great experience, and I'm glad we got the chance to come here and test our friendship."

Knowing they had to wrap up, Y/N went onto conclude the video, "Thank you so much Glamour for having us here today, and make sure to check out our new collab Kill Bill, which is out now. Bye!"

"See ya!"

— COMMENTS —

@/yn'scoochiehairs: i js know jason is tighttt rn💀

⤷ @/gilmoregirly: fr he polly punching walls n shit😭

@/gojoluvr: am i going crazy or was somebody crying towards the end??

@/cassie's_girl: i feel like im interrupting something here🧍‍♀️

@/livingrosetoy: the way cassandra kept touching y/n to comfort her plsss i can't take this anymore😭

@/jasonsmellslikeboucedatass: j*son bro keep playing w/ my girl and see what tf happen🤣🤣😐

@/igthatcuntgettingeaten: the way cass kept looking for her approval🥹

@/magiclizard: OUUU JASON WHEN I CATCH YOU

@/delulupills: everybody in the comments is talking about jason like can't we just focus on the two people who are actually in the video🤦‍♀️

⤷ @/ynstan4life: no that nigga need to die like today

@/cassandra'strophywife: i need bofa them like so bad like it's not even funny

a/n: lesbian cass save me.. lesbian cass.... save me lesbian cassandra...

[swiftiesbuddie]

oh my gosh!!!!!

EDIT: wait-!!!!!!!!!

[yourgoldennotebook]

taylor swift + fame — the lucky one & the tortured poets department: the anthology parallels

“Well, thanks, guys! This is a little one that I re-fell in love with while re-recording. It’s about how horrible being famous is.” — TAYLOR BEFORE PLAYING THE LUCKY ONE (PIANO) IN ARLINGTON, TX, ON APRIL 2nd

[duartedits]

♪ katniss everdeen & lucy gray baird x the albatross & cassandra by taylor swift headers | like or reblog if u save

© wisesmellark on twt for credits!

[throughtherosethorns]

poet & cassandra - prophet girl and cursed daughter

[7arami]

Totally Bats! Pt 0

Totally Spies x Batfam

"Omg 7arami, another dumb stupid dumb dumb crossover that includes both your obsession over your favorite childhood shows and your obsession over the batfamily?"

YES!!! God! Yall can never just let a girl be happy!

Todays word for you to take a shot every time it's used is: now.

get fucked :)

Now, I want to clarify this, Sam, Alex, and Clover will not be as slow as they are in the show. This isn't to say they are dumb. It's just that Totally Spies is meant for children, so they tend to take a while when it comes to realizing pretty obvious stuff. So for this Au, they'll be much more competent, just so they can be on a more even playing field with the bats. And like I mean, cmon. These are girls who are some of the best spies in the world and they are still in high school (Sophomores at least, Juniors at most [pretty sure they're suppose to be sophomores, based off the first season at least, but that isn't really important]). So they are going to be as competent as A-Class spies should be. In my head, I've always seen (and felt it was heavily implied by the show [def in the movie at least]) that Sam is very book smart, knowledgeable. Clover is best at looking at the situation through a unique perspective, shes sharp and charismatic. And Alex is more athletic, stronger, faster, better technical wise yknow. And this isn't me trying to assign one trait as their whole personality, I'm just saying that each one clearly has a strength and they are all talented and efficient spies.

Now, for the actually interesting part yall are really reading this for. So, I'm thinking they have a case that involves Wayne Industries, specifically someone has used Wayne Inc. technology and have also abducted WOOHP agents. So the girls aren't in Gotham to work with the bats, they are just investigating Wayne Enterprise to see if they can find any intel on what was stolen and the role it may have played in the abduction of WHOOP agents.

The girls first break into WayneTech to gather intel, but when they realize that the more personal info isn't kept in the building, specifically the stuff pertaining the break in and stolen weapons, they decide to look more into Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, and Lucius Fox.

Now, for this little incursion into WayneTech, I have two options. One is where the combination of Bruce being caught up in his own investigation/out on patrol/dealing with a villain/etc. and the girls being experienced spies that have the skill to break in undetected into a technically Bat guarded building, allow the girls to have a successful infiltration. The second option is that, even though they are great spies they still get caught by Bruce's or Oracle's surveillance and it leads to an early confrontation between the bats and the spies. (For this, just cause they do need to keep their identities intact for later on, they are wearing masks and like hoods or something. I know they tend to raw dog it and just now really wear any face covering, but that's not practical . . . sorry.) So the spies get into their first confrontation with Batman, and probably Robin with a couple of others probably on the way. Due to a lack of communication, Bruce sees them as more infiltrators attempting to steal more technology. While the girls, who know of Batman and his gang of vigilantes, just see them as annoying obstacles in the way of their investigation (especially cause WOOHP is an established global organization, while Batman is a rich dude playing dress up [at least in their eyes lol]. Like one of the big things is that, while Bruce may work with the law many times, he is still simultaneously working outside the law just by being a vigilante). The girls are able to keep up with Bruce and Damian (I know, not really realistic and pretty self-indulgent, whatever sue me. My girls kick ass and save the world on a daily basis while having a sense of fashion) but have to make a quick escape when more bats and birds start to show up.

Now, Bruce is obsessing over these three very skilled girls that were able to break in to his building, yet didn't seem to steal anything like the people before them. The girls on the other hand are looking for away to access a personal device from those who have access to that kind of sensitive information. (And while I'm writing this, I know that it would make much more sense for them to look for whoever is the head of the weapons department or like police [*cough* pigs *coughcough* ACAB] or whatever, but lets just say they are indisposed or on vacation or whatever the fuck. Cause that isn't as interesting as the girls following and trying to steal intel from Bruce, Tim, or even Lucius.) Jerry tells them about a gala that some of the Waynes and Lucius will be attending. Sam, Alex, and Clover see this as the perfect opportunity to get closer to their targets and because it'll be at Wayne manor they may even be able to hack Bruce's (or Tim's) personal laptop. Clover is also excited to attend a Gala, maybe even get the chance to talk to the Dick Grayson. (Dick is polite but doesn't entertain Clover because he is not a pedo freak :) [I was also considering aging them {the girls} up to like college students just because, but that isn't me saying there will be anything between with Dick or Clover, it'll just be another case of Clover falling for a pretty face, yknow.])

Skip to the Gala, the girls are all glammed up. You'll have to use your imagination for now when it comes to how they look, but I bet you can choose any random episode and you'll find a good enough black tie event look. Maybe even that one disguise where Clover and Sam are a rich couple with Alex as their child lol. Anyways they make it through with the help of Jerry and split off to each talk with a target. Clover calls Bruce, whether it be because of the whole Brucie persona or she hopes that she'll have a better chance at catching a glimpse of his eldest if she talks with him (maybe Dick isn't even there lol, maybe instead Clover is ripping her hair out over the snotty little brat [Damian] that is stuck to his dad's side like glue with a permanent glare tattooed onto his face). Sam is talking with Lucius in hopes of being able to trigger a conversation about Wayne technology. And Alex is left to talk with Tim, or at least she tries but the dude seems pretty evasive. (I have an idea that Tim might've forced Steph to come, and Alex ends up getting distracted and quickly becomes BFFs with Stephanie. I just have this string feeling they'd get a long really well.)

When the girls group up again, Clover is complaining about a kid with a worse attitude than Mandy, Sam is geeking out over the many science departments within Wayne Enterprise, and Alex is bragging about her new friend. However, none of them have any new info, so instead they get set on searching the house. In hopes they'll come across some files or a personal laptop. As they discreetly depart from the main party hall, and make their way through the first floor, they come across a well lived in office. While Sam and Alex are looking through the desks and shelves, Clover takes a second to fix her hair through the reflection of a clock. It takes a second, but Clover notices that the clock doesn't actually work, there is no ticking whatsoever. When she points it out to her friends, Sam takes a second to examine it herself, but this time with her x-ray glasses. (It actually surprises me so much, but I don't think that's one of the gadgets they have. Like they have infrared heat detector glasses [which def wouldn't help in this case] and binocular shades and stuff, but I don't remember x-ray sunglasses and I didn't find it on the wiki. Which like yall might not find that too crazy, but this show literally has a device for like everything, yet somehow no x-ray sunglasses. Whatever maybe I'm just overreacting about this [I def am overreacting]) She finds that there is a device in the clock, almost similar to a safe, where a certain placement of the hand would cause it to trigger the lock, and a passage behind it. Alex, using the Ultra-Sensitive Earring Microphone is able to hear the click when she puts the minute and hour hand in the right place.

The girls walk through the now opened passage, that closes right behind them as they enter, and find a stair case that leads very deep under the whole manor. As the girls walk through the large high tech cave system, they are surprised but not that impressed because they've been chased and hunted through the maze that is WOOHP Headquarters. It doesn't take long for them to realize that Bruce Wayne is Batman. While Alex is freaking out over the revelation and Clover is theorizing if Dick Grayson is Nightwing, and lowkey drooling over the idea. Sam is instead drooling over the bat-computer in front of her. Not hesitating for a moment to look into the files Batman not only has on the missing weapons but the missing people, that he has yet to figure out are WOOHP agents. (For now I'm just acting as though WOOHP is a very discrete organization, but honestly I think it would work either way if Bruce did know.)

Now, either Bruce gets alerted that someone's in the cave and quickly figures out it is not any of his kids or, and this definitely more fun, Alfred finds them. Maybe Alfred doesn't stay in the manor when there are Galas, sure he helps to set them before hand, of course he does. But once everything is all set, the food has been finished and plated, the drinks have been filled, and the staff is prepped, Alfred doesn't have any reason to be among the guest, for he is nothing but a lowly butler, and he hates being in the vicinity if all these rich slobs who were raised with no manners. So instead, Alfred has his dinner then makes his way down to the cave with a cup of tea, teacakes, and a good book; it is the only thing he has to look forward to when it comes to his home being infested with these unruly vermin (and that's an insult to vermin). So imagine his surprise and irritation when he finds three girls floundering around the bat-computer. Alfred is quick to grab his shotgun and cock it. That works well enough to grab these intruders attention. However the reaction he gets isn't what he was expecting. Instead of freezing or fighting, the girls gape at him like he's grown another head. What Alfred doesn't know is that he looks exactly like these spies' boss.

Clover: OMG! Jerry! What the heck! Why'd you have us bash this lame party if you already just had access to this place! Sam: Uh- Clover, I don't think that's Jerry . . . Alfred: I assure you ladies, I am not Jerry. Now do you mind telling me what business you have here. Alex: Woah, he sounds and talks just like Jerry too. Maybe they're like long lost twins. OMG! What if this is like a Parent Trap situation. Clover: *Already taking out her compact to call Jerry to check* Jerry! We found your twin! *Turns the compact to show off Alfred to Jerry and vice versa* Look! He talks funny, just like you! And he's bald! Just! Like! You! Alfred & Jerry: *Both go to touch the top of their head subconsciously* NOT BALD! just balding . . .

God just the idea of Alfred and Jerry being the same person or like related gives me so many more ideas. Like I could give Sam, Alex, and Clover some like fucked back story where they are raised to be child soldiers and Jerry/Alfred (cause they'd be the same person) goes back for them one day to save them. It ends up with him showing up at Bruce's doorstep after being missing for a week with three teenager child soldier spies. Or maybe a mission goes wrong and Jerry has to send the girls to his twin so he can protect them.

GOD THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES!!!!! I'M ACTUALLY GONNA EAT MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!! ٩꒰ʘʚʘ๑꒱۶

literally also thinking of like Barbara and Sam being sisters or Cass and Alex being sisters or Steph and Clover being sisters. OMG I FUCKING LOVE SISTERS AJHGUYSGOSDHIUSAGD!!!!!! ( ಡ艸ಡ )

[kaunisims]

the Goth family gathering for Winterfest!

it seems there is an unspoken agreement between the Goths to dress mostly in black