History YMMV / DarkestDestiny

* AmbiguousDisorder: Cass probably has several mental illnesses given her behavior in the story, [[SanitySlippage and they're only getting worse]].

** A complaint about the canon GrandFinale that isn't too difficult to argue that Cassandra only [[IFightForTheStrongestSide repented for her misdeeds and crawled back to Rapunzel]] ''[[NominalHero after]]'' she'd been depowered and imprisoned by Zhan Tiri, casting doubt on how sincere her HeelFaceTurn actually was and putting her "epiphany" in an unpleasant light. Well, this fic touches on ''exactly'' that, in a certain way.

* BadassDecay: As much as Cassandra has taken a level in badass in this fic, it's also true she can no longer think straight or strategize properly, which is noted by several characters. Not to mention she's a little at war with herself here. Though, having unlimited cosmic powers helps compensate for most of this.

%%* MoralEventHorizon: Cass thought she'd crossed this in the series, but she actually had quite a long way to go, as this fic shows.
* NightmareFuel: In essence, the entire story can function as one big extension of this trope, as it goes much darker than anything both the movie and series could ever dish out.
* OldShame: Cassandra constantly brings [[TheAtoner Varian's]] up to him at their "dinner." What is worse is that she does this not for any moral high ground, but purely to make Varian feel like absolute shit over his previous villainy.
* ShippingGoggles:
** Crowley tells Cassandra many people who worked in the Castle assumed Cass had been Rapunzel's concubine, due to the way she hung out with her more than her own husband.
** Eugene references how him and Lance were frequently MistakenForGay in the past, though it seems to have died down after he began his relationship with Rapunzel.

** A complaint about the canon GrandFinale that isn't too difficult to find is Cassandra only [[IFightForTheStrongestSide repenting for her misdeeds and crawling back to Rapunzel]] ''[[NominalHero after]]'' she'd been depowered and imprisoned by Zhan Tiri, not to mention she too would be dead had the demon not been defeated, factors which cast doubt on how sincere her HeelFaceTurn actually was and put her "epiphany" in an unpleasant light. Well, this fic touches on ''exactly'' that, in a certain way.

** A complaint about the canon GrandFinale that isn't too difficult to find is Cassandra only [[IFightForTheStrongestSide repenting for her misdeeds and crawling back to Rapunzel]] ''[[NominalHero after]]'' she'd been depowered and imprisoned by Zhan Tiri, not to mention she too would be dead had the demon not been defeated, factors which cast doubt on how sincere her HeelFaceTurn actually was and puts her "epiphany" in an unpleasant light. Well, this fic touches on ''exactly'' that, in a certain way.

** A complaint about the canon GrandFinale that isn't too difficult to find is Cassandra only [[IFightForTheStrongestSide repenting for her misdeeds and crawling back to Rapunzel]] ''[[NominalHero after]]'' she'd been depowered and imprisoned by Zhan Tiri, not to mention she too would be dead had the demon not been defeated, both of which cast doubt on how sincere her HeelFaceTurn actually was. Well, this fic touches on ''exactly'' that, in a certain way.

* HarsherInHindsight: Varian's dream in Chapter 19 functions as this, as it depicts a life where Cassandra and Varian are married after the former atoned for her past transgressions, which is exactly what she intended to do in the canon series finale.

* MoralEventHorizon: Cass thought she'd crossed this in the series, but she actually had quite a long way to go, as this fic shows.

* OldShame: Cassandra constantly brings this up to Varian at their "dinner." What is worse is that she does this not for any moral high ground, but purely to make Varian feel like absolute shit over his previous villainy.

** Eugene references how him and Lance are frequently mistaken as being together