And this is where you tell me I'm crazy...

[kassandraloxias.livejournal.com]

So this weekend, with the Ethereals gone (except Aziraphael) and Door gone and Tom gone...

I had pondered, Saturdayish, for Kassandra to do her freaked-out prophesying thing, when nothing else is going on. You know, delve into the dark, mildewy bits that are Kassandra's Backstory.

...I know there are other classics geeks here... I can tell by sense of smell... ((it's the particular dusty reek of a Large Liddell, a copy of Cato and a side order of the Stoics.))

And I wanted to know what everyone thought. Because, er, the material? Not exactly kid-friendly. And it would be an intense thing to RP (not like I haven't done anything like that recently...) so some participation would be really great.

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Rotten eggs? Half-chewed Milkbones? Chian wine?

Comments

[pubdog.livejournal.com]

Are you talking about her just doing a prophetic freakout in general, or a specific flashback to her backstory? (you mentioned that earlier.)

I am a classics geek but Roman history is more my thing -- I know the story of course, but I haven't read the actual text in some time, my memory of Kassandra comes mostly from Trojan Women and the Oresteia.

Sirius would probably know it; he'd have studied her in divinations, so he'd know not to 1. hold Kassandra down or 2. come near her, lest he be rent limb from limb, bachanalian style :D

[kassandraloxias.livejournal.com]

Ah, a well-laid trail of milkbones will yield an Animagus, even out of character.

Kassandra mostly comes from the Oresteia/the Trojan Women -- she's not in the Iliad or the Odyssey, and I haven't gotten to her, at least, in this pass at the Aeneid -- so that's all good.

I was mostly concerned with the material. I do have some sense of ick...

(Probably a flashback to her backstory, in a not-so-delicately-insane-and-allusive way.)

[pubdog.livejournal.com]

Well, my take is, if you're grownup enough to be RPing you're grownup enough to read a bit of ick, so I shouldn't worry about keeping it PG, but you might talk to Aziraphael/Villainny on that one, it's her comm after all.

I'm not much on Really Intense Roleplay but I'm sure Sirius could be obliged to pour her a drink and bring her a blanket when it's all done with. :D

[kassandraloxias.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't think it would be Really Intense as in Being In Character To The Death Or The Bar Burning Down, just that, yeah, it's a subject that gets to me. So therein lies my pondering and my considering. (This weekend is the last where I'd have any significant chunk of time for a while, as I am doing Ye Cross-Country Move. So, not a lot of time to ponder.)

And Sirius bringing a drink and a blanket would be what Sirius does best, so therefore would be completely IC. Yay :)