Talk:Destinies Collide/@comment-39188872-20190419114504

Ok, I see a lot of theories about Cassandra and the reason she betrayed Rapunzel and it seems everyone forgets her motives, what she wants to pursue in life and what she's longing for.

Cassandra had a whole song about how she'd love to be a warrior - she feels the need to protect, to be strong, to prove herself, to achieve something big. And she's been on the right path to become someone great with strong values, but all those desires must've got warped behind that door of Yesterday's Tomorrow. How? Not sure. It was a child's voice that called to her, which makes me think that it was her own voice, as a child. We heard her young voice in a different episode so it's not unlikely.

My hot take is that she learned where she comes from, but it must've been presented in a way that awfully influenced how she thinks about everything she knew at this point, and her recent discourses and disagreements with Raps prompted this change enough. Otherwise, if her relationship with Raps was without scars, I think she wouldn't turn no matter what. She was loved and appreciated within the group either way, and she just wants recognition. Not fame, I think, but strength and appreciation.

My very own hot take is that she //actually// is Mother Gothel's child. This, in some way, influenced whatever destiny she was told she has. Dunno how, but as a character designer and storyteller, seeing how the series is giving us easy to pickup clues about all other parts of the story (it's a children tale after all!), this would be very much in a style of the series and how it's been produced so far. You just don't design a character who's one of the main trio without thinking why, how, where, etc. that character is from, especially that Cass hasn't appeared in the original movie and it would be risky to add someone without a link to the movie.

So, to sum it up: Cassandra's motives aren't purely evil. She was told how to become stronger and respected by grabbing the moonstone (and how not to die from grabbing it - probably her origins allowing her to do that). Because as far as we know, that's all she wanted - glory, great achievements, not being overlooked. And that makes me sure Cassandra can be reasoned with. Rapunzel will find it.