#moon cassandra

[ikusz]

is the tangled fandom still alive? I have cass right here… 🌙

[murkbrew]

PLEASE KNOW MY ACTIONS ARE NOT MOTIVATED ONLY BY ENVY - I TOO HAVE A DESTINY 🌙🗡️

[twotangledsisters]

Every so often I try my hand at drawing emotions again.. I still am not there but I do get closer each time, so behold, my latest attempt!

[mad-cosmos]

This came to me in a dream (quite literally, I had a dream that I saw an art of Cass like that, so I had to draw it)

[neorukixart]

Mooncass warm up rkgk I drew yesterday at midnight and end up falling asleep; just to show that I forgot how to draw her ;3

[itsthatswordlesbian]

Element-wise, Cassandra's definitely fire. I don't understand why Fitzherbert calls her cold when she's clearly hot (in the sexy way, yes, but also personality-wise). She reminds me of fire in every single way. She's fiercely loving and protective. She's angry, she's devoted, she's passionate. She can light up a room like candlelight, warm people up like a campfire, or be dangerous like a wildfire. She's not cold - cold people don't care. She's fiery because she cares too much.

It's beautiful and inspiring, honestly.

[catsandbats13]

Decided to put these in their own post lol

This piece ended up being way more work than I intended, I was gonna make my own background but I got lazy at the end and just edited a BG from the show, I still might do a background study later on though

This is based off of these two outfits I found on Pinterest that I thought suited Cass and Rapunzel

I am also currently open for commissions if anyone would like some custom art! My commission sheet is pinned at the top of my page, feel free to message me if you have any questions 😊

[arrowace6262]

So I made some edits of Moon Cass if she had her natural hair color

I did this just to see what she’d look like and omg she’s so pretty

[elijahs-dumps]

Cassandra and her villain arc; was it bad? Let's discuss... (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)

Just wanted to say before we dive in, I'm currently working on a piece about Gonzo from the Muppets and some Hazbin Hotel stuff too. So stay tuned;)

Cassandra was mainly portrayed as snarky, cold, and even a little rude. She's almost a perfect opposite to Rapunzel, which makes them interesting friends. And it's nice that Rapunzel has another girl she can rely on, since I personally believe female friendships are important in media. Within the TV series, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Cassandra is often seen budding heads with Eugene or helping with Rapunzel's misadventures. And as the show goes on, we see Cassandra actively looking out for Rapunzel more and more.

Even though Cass states many times in the first two seasons that she loves and cares for Raps, their relationship is quite unstable through out the show even before she became a main antagonist. Let's take a look at their relationship pre-season two to get a better understanding:

For example, in The Challenge of the Brave (S1 E4) when Raps joins the challenge, Cass feels like Raps is being a bad friend by trying to win something that means so much to her. She's annoyed by Raps' ignorance, and jealous of the admiration Raps is receiving. Yet, Cass never even told Raps how much the contest means to her. So instead of communicating her feelings, Cass starts to act more snappy with Raps and actively tries to get Raps eliminated from the game. However, it's not unreasonable for Raps to be unaware of Cass' wishes, especially since she struggles with social cue. Regardless of the fact that Cass should've been more patient with Raps, I think this episode would've been nice foreshadowing to her change of heart in season three if they didn't try to paint Cass as the victim in this episode. I don't understand why only Raps apologized, when they both should've acknowledged their wrongs.

In Under Raps (S1 E9), Rapunzel tries to make Cass feel better about being single by making her things and showing her appreciation for Cass. When this happens, Cass sort of gets annoyed for no reason even though Rapunzel's intentions are sweet. She doesn't even really verbalize if Raps is pushing boundaries or not, she's just... frustrated?

This doesn't relate to Rapunzel directly, but in Great Expotations (S1 E8) Cass uses Varian to get what she wants. Even though she does make up for it, it's still a testament to her character. Cass often acts without thinking about how others might feel or think, and the way she treats Raps in season one is a prime example of that. She does take into account how naive and ignorant Raps can be, but she refuses to show any patience for it as Raps recovers from literally being isolated for eighteen years. And Cass is supposed to be Raps' best friend! It's the same with Varian. You see, Cass isn't really a bad person. She just wants her moment in the spotlight, her moment to prove herself. In these episodes, that's often what drives her to make these mistakes towards her friends. This would be a great character flaw, and an interesting writing concept. But this show keeps having Cass in this same situation again and again, and she never grows from it. It gets old very fast.

Not to mention, Cass also tried to force Raps not to tell Eugene how she got her hair back when it first happened. All because Cass "doesn't trust Eugene". I thought this was strange, because I don't really know what kind of friend asks someone to lie to their significant other.

In the flashback episode, Beginnings (S3 E6), we learn that Cass never wanted to be friends with Raps to begin with, and there was a lot of guilty undertones on Cass' part of the relationship at least in its early stages from what we can see. Raps clearly latched onto Cass way too fast, because she was still fresh out of the tower when they met. And Cass wasn't ready to be what Raps needed (which was therapy). Cass was Raps' first friend besides Pascal, and I don't understand why Cass would take on that role if she wasn't going to put in the effort to at least try and be compassionate and understanding with Raps.

Moving on to season two, Cass didn't really do anything of substance until The Great Tree episode (S2 E14) which is a little weird in hindsight. But I thought her insecurities about needing to prove herself and how she always feel second place to Raps were pretty justified. We saw a couple times through out the series that people preferred Raps over Cass, or gave Raps opportunities when Cass worked harder for them. Still, I don't feel like that's Raps' fault. Waiting in the Wings did a perfect job of illustrating Cass' feelings on this subject, and it even made me like her more as a character because it gave her so much more depth. Still, the song talks about how Cass is going to keep waiting until her moment in the sun arrives no matter what, which contradicts her villain arc quite a bit considering the fact she did not wait at all. Anyway, I think Cass trying to insinuate that Raps doesnt trust her judgement anymore in these episodes was BULLSHIT. Raps clearly loves and values Cass, and trusts her completely. All Raps did was mkae a call that Cass didn't agree with, I dont think this meant that Raps wasn't listening or wasn't trusting Cass. The two of them simply disagreed on it, which they do all the time.

Technically, the thing that pushes Cass off the edge is the fact that she finds out she's Mother Gothel's biological daughter. But there was one other incident that set this villain arc into motion before the episodes within the House of Yesterday's Tomorrows. Cassandra's hand wound from Rapunzel.

When Cass injuries her hand during the final fight within the Great Tree, she blames Raps for it even after they talk it out and apologize. I didn't understand this at all, because yes Cass warned Raps not to use the decay incantation. But it's not like they had any other choice! And Raps was not in control of herself or the tree when Cass got injured. Not only this, but Raps also told Cass to leave before anything even happened. Why is Cass upset with Raps for not listening to her when she wouldn't listen to Raps either?

The season three opening episode, Rapunzel's Return (S3 E1), shows us exactly what Cass saw in the House of Yesterday's Tomorrows. We learn that Cass is Gothel's real daughter, and this is a huge turning point in the series. Because in this episode, Cassandra's entire villain arc stopped being about her own struggles and insecurities and how she's felt second place to Rapunzel this whole time, it became about the fact that Gothel chose Raps over Cass. I felt like this was a lazy writing choice, to make it seem like Cass' feelings of being inferior to Raps are more justified. But honestly, I think her villain arc could've stood well on it own if they just planted to the smaller seeds of doubt earlier on, and didn't involve Gothel in it. Of all people. Gothel is a naturally selfish woman who would never do anything that doesn't serve some kind of purpose for her. I find it hard to belief she kept Cass around simply to do house work around her cottage instead of just dumping Cass at an orphanage of some kind.

I also feel the need to mention the fact that Cass was absent for almost 12 episodes in a row, during what is supposed her season as the antagonist and her moment to have the spotlight, probably has something to do with why her writing in season three came out so half-baked. Combining this with the fact that her change of heart was only really hinted at in maybe five out of the forty-five episodes, episodes in which the conflict involving Cass' character is always resolved by the end, makes her entire villain arc seem out of character at first glance.

This season went to great lengths to make Cass' actions and attitude as nasty as possible, especially by having her show no remorse or doubts after Be Very Afraid (S3 E9). This is on of the reasons her redemption arc fell flat.

In A Tale of Two Sisters (S3 E14), we see the last bit of Cass' doubt be outweighed by her need to blame someone for the way Gothel abandoned her. So, she blames Rapunzel. But Cass knows Gothel was sick and abusive towards Raps, and she also knows it's not Raps' fault she was kidnapped. After all their years of friendship, I didn't buy the concept that Cass would let her anger manifest in a way that would blame Raps for a traumatic event that happened to both of them.

While I'm well aware that Zhan Tiri has been manipulating Cass since the House of Yesterday's Tomorrows, it still didn't make Cass's villain arc anymore believable for me. It felt like the show's way of trying to excuse its own crappy writing.

Once a Handmaiden (S3 E16) is when Cass realizes Zhan Tiri has been manipulating her since the beginning, and begins to regret her choices. So Cass disguises herself as Rapunzel's current handmaiden to try and find a way to extend some kind of olive branch. This gives us a little more insight into the headspace Cass has been in these past few months, and it gives the audience more room to sympathize with her (especially in the play scene). Yet, when Zhan Tiri reveals Cass to everyone and the guards start attack her, Cass is quick to become incredibly angry, even though Raps was trying to call off the guards. Cass literally takes over the entire kingdom, almost killing hundreds of people after spending the whole day bonding with Raps like old times. While I have issues with the amber-firing machine Varian made, I feel like the switch up with Cass in this episode was absolutely insane.

Cassandra's redemption arc, if you can even call it that, completely fell apart because it was so rushed. It was similar to Varian's redemption arc in that sense, but even though Varian's redemption arc had flaws he was able to sort of get away with it. Varian's villain arc was shorter than Cass', his crimes weren't as bad as Cass'. and he served at least a year in jail anyway. Cass served no punishment for her actions and got to leave Corona scot-free. This also plays into the constant contradiction Cassandra goes through this season of soul-crushing remorse vs homicidal rage.

Considering Cass was one of our main three characters for the entire show, I just think she deserved better when it finally came time to give her some more depth and complexity. But what do you guys think? Do you think Cassandra's time as an antagonist was poorly executed? How do you think they could've fixed it? Feel free to let me know!

[the-yellowcouchart]

So I've rewatched the tangled series. Cassandra really ate.

[eboyloser]

This is a small critique i have about Tangled the series, feel free to leave your own opinions below but keep everything civil and constructive !

To preface i want to say that i do love the soundtrack and the songs by themselves.

THEY DO NOT FIT AT ALL. I love ‘ready as i’ll ever be’ BECAUSE THE TONE FITS WHAT IS HAPPENING!! YOU CAN TELL JUST BY LISTENING THAT ITS INTENSE AND A PART OF A SERIES FINALE. but ‘Let me make you proud’ is SO out of place!! On its own it would’ve been great, i love the song, but it doesn’t fit the context!! HIS DAD IS POSSIBLY DYING?? it should be fast pace!! *INTENSE* not the calm and happy song we get! Furthermore, i also love ‘Crossing the line’ BuUT IT DOESNT FIT! this is a moment of complete betrayal, why is Cass just frolicking??? the first few bars are incredible but then they slow it down and change into essentially a mary sue disney princess song. LET CASSANDRA AND RAPUNZEL GET MAD! LET THEM SCREAM THEIR HEARTS OUT! Waiting in the wings is incredible and perfectly captures the emotions Cass is feeling so what went wrong for ‘crossing the line’ !?

[ikusz]

“Your destiny belongs to me.”

Here’s a second attempt at drawing Cass. 🌙

[twotangledsisters]

I have only two more pages left in my Tangled Sketchbook I've been working on for almost two years now so I must full it with ONLY the MOST serious TOP quality drawings!!!!!

A perfect example.

[mad-cosmos]

"But you and I, we're not the same"

How to start off 2024 in beauty? Nothing left to lose fanart :)

[meechatuck]

And here is the last piece of my Halloween/Day of the Dead art project!

I started out on the Brotherhood and as I was drawing them, I couldn't help but think about how cool a Rapunzel and Cassandra piece would be. I was able to get these done as well!

This was super fun to do as well. Drawing them with the sun and moon motifs and comparing/contrasting their designs was super fun! I tried to stick with their color palates & designs from Season 3.

Happy Spooky Season Everyone!

Happy Halloween!

And to those that celebrate it:

Feliz dia de los Muertos

[itsthatswordlesbian]

An Analysis of Cassandra

TLDR: Cassandra’s an extremely traumatised and depressed woman with maladaptive coping mechanisms who just wants to feel like she’s worth something

I’m sick and tired of people saying that Cassandra’s character arc was unrealistic. The fact that that opinion is as popular as it is angers me.

Cassandra was verbally abused, emotionally abused, emotionally neglected, treated like a servant, and then abandoned as an extremely young child by her own mother, not to mention the fact that she didn’t have a father figure at that age. The woman who was supposed to nurture her did the opposite and no one was there to protect her.

Do you know what that does to a child? It instills a deep-seated sense of worthlessness into a child and that sense of worthlessness drives children to develop maladaptive coping mechanisms. Cassandra dealt with her sense of worthlessness by building walls around her heart so that no one would ever be able to hurt her like that again.

She keeps to herself and keeps people at a distance by making snarky and sarcastic remarks because she doesn’t trust that people won’t hurt her if they get too close to her, because her mother did. She keeps her feelings close to her chest because she doesn’t trust that people won’t use her emotional vulnerability against her, because her mother did. She only relies on herself because she doesn’t trust people to be reliable, because her mother wasn’t.

Those are maladaptive coping mechanisms because building walls around your heart does more than just protect it. It walls it off from the most beautiful aspects of life - joy, love, and peace. All that you’re left with then is that gnawing sense of worthlessness and a fiery anger deriving from it. In addition to that, when you have walls around your heart, you’re willing to cross moral lines like the ones that Cassandra crossed because you don’t know what true love feels like, so you can’t give it to other people. There’s also the fact that hurt people oftentimes hurt people.

Another coping mechanism of Cassandra’s is her attachment to the concept of destiny. She attached herself to the concept of destiny because if someone has a destiny, then that means that they’re worth something, right? This was actually originally an adaptive coping mechanism of hers, but it turned maladaptive when it overtook her moral compass.

At first, she believed that it was her destiny to join the guard because A) she developed herself into a warrior because she wanted to always be able to protect herself, B) fighting gave her a way to channel her anger, and C) she was inspired by her father. However, she was barred from achieving that goal of hers time and time again, which added to her sense of worthlessness as well as her ever-growing anger.

Now, a lot of people think that Cassandra blindly trusted ZT, but since when does Cassandra blindly trust anyone? Cassandra’s hardly the kind of person who would listen to a strange girl without any critical thought whatsoever. It’s evidenced in the show that the scene in which ZT and Cassandra were talking to each other went on longer than was shown on-screen. They never showed what happened after Cassandra said, “Unless?”

It’s likely that ZT said something along the lines of, “Unless you grab the Moonstone. It’s your destiny to grab the Moonstone because just as Rapunzel shines with the light of the sun, you’re meant to shine with the light of the moon.” Now, I don’t think that Cassandra immediately decided to grab the Moonstone after ZT told her that it was her destiny to do so. I think that she thought about it right up until the very moment that she did it.

She didn’t grab the Moonstone because some mysterious girl told her that she should. She grabbed the Moonstone because the idea that she was destined to shine with the light of the moon made sense to her. Think about it - symbolism’s extremely important in Coronan culture. The sun represents energy, healing, and positivity, which are all traits that Rapunzel’s proven to have in abundance. On the other hand, the moon represents wisdom, emotion, and mystery - traits that very much describe Cassandra. Not to mention the fact that if she took the Moonstone, she’d be able to shine with her own light rather than feel constantly overshadowed by Rapunzel.

So to summarise what Cassandra stood to gain by grabbing the Moonstone…

A destiny of her own that made sense to her

A clear path without obstacles in her way

An opportunity to shine with her own light

A chance to end her toxic friendship with Rapunzel

Cassandra felt like she was standing up for herself and freeing herself from a toxic situation by grabbing the Moonstone.

Now, I do believe that ZT built a friendship with Cassandra over time and that Cassandra trusted her more and more over time, as is evidenced by the show. However, I still think that people give ZT more credit than she’s due for Cassandra’s actions. By the time that ZT proposed the idea of destroying Rapunzel to Cassandra, Cassandra was already so overcome with rage that I think that she would’ve wound up plotting to commit such a crime on her own anyway.

To make another point, there’s a lot of debate when it comes to whether or not Cassandra knew that she was a villain. Personally, I think that she did know that she was a villain, but denied that fact because she felt very ashamed about it and didn’t want other people to see her that way.

Anyway, her actions got worse and worse over time because that’s how downward spirals work, until ZT took both the Moonstone and the Sundrop and Rapunzel was able to convince her that there’s more in her, which was exactly what Cassandra needed - someone who refused to abandon her like her mother did, no matter what.

There’s only one more point that I’d like to make, and then I’ll finish this up. To those who say that Cassandra got off scot-free… I don’t think that she did. She’s not a psychopath without feelings, so she likely felt overwhelming shame to the point of feeling suicidal after everything. Punishing her would’ve only reinforced her negative self-image and possibly would’ve turned her back into a villain. And it’s not like she could’ve stayed in Corona to clean up her mess if she wanted to (which she likely did) because the people were likely so angry at her that it was straight-up dangerous for her to stay in Corona.

That’s why leaving Corona to give everyone who needed it space and probably become a vigilante like Batman was the best possible course of action for her to take.

To sum this up, read between the lines and you’ll likely find that Cassandra’s an extremely human character with an extremely realistic character arc.