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Here, I'll help you with some asks!

For Cassius...

- Did he have any older or younger siblings? If not, what were his interactions with his parent(s)/guardian(s) like as a child?

- Did/Does he have any sort of hobbies?

- What are some of his views on Garleans that have defected?

- How about beliefs?

- If not at "work", what kind(s) of outfits does he like to wear casually?

- With the current events, how does he look at Eorzea and other nations as a whole?

- Favorite colors?

- If he could settle down by himself, or with a partner, where would he place his residence?

- How does he feel about Gaius van Baelsar? ;)

- What food does he like to eat? Least favorite?

- If has a current residence, how does it look? (messy, clean, etc)

- Cassius is the only child of Subrius and Hadriana Flavus. Despite attempts to conceive other children, his parents were unable to do so and thus spent the majority of their time doting upon their son. Around the age of nine, Subrius was enveloped in a conspiracy to assassinate Solus zos Galvus. Ultimately, the attempt failed and Cassius's father was killed during the attack by Solus himself. This left Cassius and his mother disgraced, despite being ignorant of the rebellion. They fell out of favor with the Emperor and most social circles quickly shunned them. A sizeable portion of their wealth was seized for damages done to the Imperial Palace, adding insult to injury. Solus made the Flavus family into an example and soon enough, Cassius and his mother were both effectively bankrupt. He grew up being a devoted momma's boy. Understandably, losing everything was traumatic to Hadriana and to make matters worse, she began to show symptoms of a chronic illness that steadily ate away at her energy. Because she was unable to work, it fell on Cassius to provide for both of them, a task he undertook at a very young age. He remains very close to Hadriana, who is bedridden more often than not these days.

The rest is under the cut because long!

- When he was still rich, he was actually quite gifted at music-- particularly piano. He still plays every so often. He wanted to take up violin at one point but he doesn't have time for it. I'm not sure if poledancing counts as a hobby because he mostly took it up for expanding his repertoire when he was working as a prostitute.

- His view of defectors is pretty negative, mostly due to his father being a traitor. He was treated poorly because of Subrius's actions and doubles down on his own performative patriotism to convince others that he was not a “dirty traitor” like his father-- even if he doesn’t necessarily like or agree with what the Empire was doing. Gaius betraying the Empire and being accused of killing Varis was like salt in the wound for him, especially because he and a few others were blamed for letting the Black Wolf back into the city-- something he holds against Gaius heavily, as it resulted in him being conscripted into the VIIth Legion under one Valens van Varro. In The Last Light of Dawn and pre-Shadowbringers, his view is that the Empire is an unstoppable force that will eventually win the war against Eorzea. However, presently in the canon, he’s given up on the Empire and has gone entirely rogue out of a need for survival. He served under Zenos during Stormblood and knows better than to trust him as an emperor. So, in a way, he’s a bit of a defector himself depending on the verse you’re looking at.

- Pretty firmly atheist in terms of religion. Doesn’t particularly care for the idea of gods playing with people’s fates.

- Sweaters. Anything comfy and snuggly. Has a lot more winter clothes than summer clothes. He does have his fair share of tank tops because he enjoys flaunting his looks. He has zero shame. Absolutely. No shame. He knows he’s pretty and he will make your head turn in his direction.

- Shaking Imperial propaganda is hard, especially when one has firmly set themselves in certain beliefs in order to come across a certain way. Cassius doesn’t dislike Eorzea or other nations. He views things fairly objectively-- eikons seem pretty bad so those should probably be destroyed. The lack of technology in some areas makes certain civilizations seem more primitive but he doesn’t really jump on the idea that Eorzeans are savages. He will play the part of acting that way, however, because he wants everyone to know that he’s very loyal to Garlemald (out of fear of what could happen to him or his mother otherwise). But the reality is he has no real opinion one way or another about other nations, so long as they aren’t doing things like summoning gods to kill them all... then he might have a problem with that.

- Black, gold, and red.

- Honestly, I think he would pick pre-destroyed Garlemald for the convenience of technology and he doesn’t really mind cold weather. Doma is a close second, however. He quite liked the sights there. He thought Ala Mhigo was a bit too arid and dusty.

- HAHAHAHA ooohhhh boy. Cassius falls for others easily. He sees the charm in a lot of people, but he likes to lie and pretend like everything is all “no strings attached”. Gaius was one of those times where it was supposed to be “no strings attached” but they were both hurting in their own ways and it became something of a “we’re kind of best friends but also we’re sharing a bed”. The tow hit it off pretty instantly both as friends and as sexual partners. Cassius tried to think of Gaius as a fling but caught feelings. Gaius, still recovering from losing Midas to tempering, also caught feelings but more in the rebound sense. Then Gaius “died” and Cassius was heartbroken (also partially insistent that he wasn’t actually dead). House Baelsar was sort of in a shaky position since Gaius had gone to Eorzea without permission. Then Varis was allegedly murdered by Gaius and Cassius (along with the other two of Gaius’s paramours) was believed to be an accomplice for it. Cassius felt ultimately betrayed by it all, especially cause Gaius never told him he was still alive. So there’s some resentment there. However, through all the bad feelings, Cassius still cares for Gaius. He’s just very, very mad at him atm in every verse. Whew, that got wordy, I hope that makes sense.

- He loves salty food. I often joke that he bums around on Gaius and Kaida’s couch eating chips and being their annoying third wheel roommate. Least favorite food is anything ultra sweet.

- His quarters are mostly clean and organized. He will occasionally leave his bed unmade or leaving a shirt laying around. Mostly, though, he tends to keep organized.

Thank you so much for the ask, this really helped me!

#cassius tol flavus #garlean oc #long post #headcanons

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