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Cassandra (Highlander)
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cassandra (aliases: Cassia of Posidaea, Sandra Grant, The Witch of Donan Wood, Zhandra) |
| Occupation: | |
| Relationships: | Methos |
| Fandom: | Highlander |
| Other: | |
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Cassandra is a character in the Highlander franchise.
Timeline
"Alas, we know very little about Cassandra, even though she appeared in three episodes of Highlander (and had a bit of a cameo in a fourth). Here are a few of the dates in her approximately 3,000 year life that we do know." Cassandra's Timeline.
Fan Comments
1999
This year Cassandra is getting her due. She's no longer merely a one-dimensional punching bag in fanfic. Janeen Grohsmeyer, Teresa Coffman and most recently HonorH are all showing complex Cassandras who have their own unique viewpoints. I for one am glad to see it. [1]
Cassandra stories seem to fall into one of two categories. Either she's a psychotic bitch driven over the edge by the events of CaH/Rev who takes her madness out on either Mac or Methos until one of them finally puts her down like the dog she is, or she's this virgin-priestess-goddess all-powerful-all-knowing wise-woman. I don't really buy either one, though I have fewer problems with the former since they're usually chock full of angst. :-) [2]
2000
This site happens to focus on fiction containing the character of Cassandra, so of course we highlight how that character is utilized in the course of any particular story. I'm well aware that there are just as likely some of you who hate Cassandra and read these reviews to find more stories to feed your hatred. That's fine. The reviews are here to help you decide whether or not you would like to read a particular story. I do not consider it a crime to hate Cassandra. I consider it inexcusable to hate Cassandra and to write about it badly.
I've seen some accusations lately that because Leah and I like Cassandra and defend her, we therefore hate Methos. I won't even dignify that absurdity with a response. [3]
2001
Cassandra has a bigger part in this than what is posted because I haven't forgotten that she has a little reconciliation of her own to do. This is one of several views I have of Cassandra, (none of which, to date, have managed to satisfy anyone, including me.) But since I think all Immortals go mad at some point if they live long enough, I'm okay with the contradictory views of Cassandra as Good Witch or Bad Witch. Since I'm an extremist, she always seems to be pushed to one end or the other. This is the Good Witch Cassandra, and probably more the character I'd like to see than the one I actually saw. (No Cassandra rant here, but I have doubts about her benevolence in any episode she appears in. At best, I see her like I do most Immies of indeterminate morals -- doing the best they can to get through it all. I actually think she is more like Methos than MacLeod.) [4]
2004
And Cassandra? Weird woman. The whole scene between her and young Duncan [in the episode, "Prophecy"] was rife with sexual innuendo. The kindest face you can put on it is that Cassandra “saw” the impressive man that young Duncan would eventually grow up to be, and just wanted a taste of what was to come, not that she was sexually attracted to the younger version. It is also possible that she was deliberately planting that seed of need and attraction in hopes that when she needed the cooperation of the older
version, she would have the power of remembered adolescent sexual excitement as a tool to manipulate him. Perhaps it was both. Either way, from the predatory way Cassandra acted at the end of the episode, it was clear that sex with Duncan had been on her mind for a long time – perhaps even for some 400 years. Now, *that*’s delayed gratification for you. [5]
2010
... it looks like fandom sensibilities have changed a lot in the last decade, and I want to have the conversations that would happen now. (For instance, as you say, the ugly misogyny re: Cassandra. Her inability to heal and move on from what was done to her is a tragedy, not a character flaw or a cheap attempt to blind Duncan to how awesome Methos is now. [6]
Fanfiction
- Nightmares & Shadows, a series by Maygra de Rhema
- The Best Revenge by Devo (Cassandra tries to move one and come to terms with her past and her feelings about Methos following Bordeaux.In the aftermath of Bordeaux.) (in So Speaks the Hero)
- Then the Night Comes by Ann Wortham & Leah Rosenthal (An alternate universe sixth season from the actual aired series. Cassandra plays a large role in the novel when Joe Dawson is forced to go to her to help both Methos and MacLeod survive Ahriman's attacks.)
- Lucifer Falling by Kitty Fisher (Takes place immediately following the events of "Comes a Horseman" and "Revelation 6:8." Cassandra is the villain in this piece, out for revenge and Methos' head.)
- A Love of Death by Roxanne Longstreet (in Highland Fling #4) (Told from Cassandra's point of view and deals with her trying to come to terms with a contrite Methos (who shows up on her doorstep) in the present day.)
- Kaddish by Teresa Coffman
- The Voice of Death by Janeen Grohsmeyer
- Sins of Omission by Leslie Fish
Fanart
from Highland Fling #1, artist is Peggy Spalding (1994)
from Highland Fling #2, artist is Mariann Howarth (1995)
Meta
- Cassandra, Consensus and Character Mutilation by Jo Raumo (around 1999-2000)
- Why We Like Cassandra by Leah Rosenthal (around 1999-2000)
- The Shattered Goddess by Janeen Kelley Grohsmeyer (for the HL Down Under Convention of 2000)
Archives, Fic Lists, and Communities
- Cassandra Fan Fiction on the Web (updated 2000)
- Cassandra (Highlander) tag at AO3
- Cassandra (Highlander) keyword search at FF.net
- reviews of Cassandra-centric fic
- more reviews of Cassandra-centric fic
References
- ^ from Shomeret at The Year of Cassandra (May 30, 1999)
- ^ comments from Shomeret at from POLL:The best HL fanfic author on the net (Nov 16, 1999)
- ^ from To Review or Not to Review? at Donan Woods, by Annie Wortham
- ^ author's notes to Nightmares & Shadows, a series by Maygra de Rhema
- ^ episode review of "Prophecy" by MacGeorge at HIGHLA-L Digest - 28 Aug 2004 to 29 Aug 2004 (#2004-163) (29 Aug 2004)
- ^ comment by yasaman at fannish navel-gazing (2010)