⋆˙⟡ these are both platonic and romantic.... #freewill 😼 also i DONT know why the dividers HATE me
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regularly go up to the roof together and eat a ton of ice cream
first kiss was during a really intense conversation that was gearing up to be an argument about some case or whatever and then lia just kissed cassie
cassie was flustered for like a week after
the two of them essentially orchestrated sloane and celine’s first kiss
they bully michael together
if they were ever to get freaky lia would probably top
joint playlist is chaos. chaos
most likely to accidentally walk in on them is sloane. half the time she hardly even notices the other half she is VERY flustered and apologizes for like five straight minutes
when they watch movies together it’s usually some trashy rom com
the ice cream in the freezer is always one of their favorites
sometimes judd is extra nice and gets both their favorites (if one or both of them asks nicely)
lia likes to dress cassie up
lia drags cassie to parties
a lot
cassie does not like it
cassie is very against drinking. lia keeps trying to get her to. every night out.
cassie hates it when lia drives (basically canon lol)
cassie is a really careful driver lia makes an over exaggerated point of yawning a lot in the passenger seat
they do chill on the roof together a lot
fourth of july they watched fireworks up there
cassie is weirdly good at knowing where everyone is in the house, lia always tries to give her the slip but it rarely works
lia loves to sneak out and likes to drag cassie with her
she has done her best to improve cassie’s lying under pressure skills with mixed results
they would go on a road trip together
would kill for you no questions asked
or hide a body. even less questions asked
lia’s always beating cassie at video games
cassie hates it
cassie always knows what lia would like #profiling
lia takes advantage of cassie’s mom friend tendencies (cassie always has 84000 hair ties and anything else one could possibly need in her bag)
lia steals cassie’s clothes (99.9% canon honestly)
when i see a tiktok ab the naturals and i i like it but then i open the comments and see op agreeing that lia telling cassie it wasn't her turn was "terrible" so i unlike the post and actually block them too #strict
i still can’t believe there are so called natural fans that are genuinely outraged by the it’s not your turn scene and hate lia for it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 just put the fries in the bag
i think the later books have a advantage because the relationships between everyone has been fleshed out more and since reading and analyzing them is probably my favorite part of the series. this book gave me sm cassie content and really cemented my understanding of her and why she is the way she is. like genuinely with her mom i was so happy with the way jlb took their relationship and cassie’s trauma. it also combines the naturals house with other new settings which is like my one gripe with all in that’s it’s all away from the house. i really loved the mysteries and learning all about the master lore. i really felt the natural were a family and there was a lot the naturals all being together and i love their antics in this book. celine introduction ofc and i loved how at start we still had a lot of fun before you know. the torture. my only issue is that i wish it was longer especially the final act.
2. all in
i love the vegas setting and the case/mystery in book. cassie really gets a chance to have special moments with every natural here. i think bad blood and all in could switch spots for me depending on the day but since this book is more sloane centric and i enjoyed cassie focus in bad blood more i think it’ll stay below bad blood, not that i don’t love sloane but delving into cassie’s mind and her past is more interesting personally. the cassielia elephant in the room throughout the whole book. lia telling michael to not complain after being poisoned bc its cassie turn to be comforted and focused on #inject☺️☺️☺️☺️
3. killer instinct
this was actually the first naturals book i read i didn’t even know it was the second book in just thought they went straight into the plot so it had a special place in my heart. obviously the thing i hate most about this book is the love triangle being so present but STERLING!! i loved seeing cassie be comfortable with the naturals and her hating sterling and how their relationship evolves. i think this one had my favorite case overall. and like. the vibes of this book are so peak its very nostalgic for me
i have re read this one a lot and its my go to for audiobook listening
4. the naturals
it actually hurts to put this one last bc it feels wrong because i love this book so much but it does have a slower start and while i love the domesticness of the naturals i think the other books just have a better balance of that and then dealing with the case. the love triangle. i hate the love triangle. i know i just called it slow but i did love learning with cassie and the locke lessons which are probably some of my favorite parts of the books. i also love seeing my sad pre naturals cassie. the case was alright i think lacey is a interesting character but the case itself just didn’t engage me as much compared to the others
5. twelve
i actually really love twelve but because it’s so short it is going to have to be last for me 😭 i loved seeing what each of the naturals ending up doing and having a glimpse into their lives and ofc i loved the pov chapters from each naturals. this novela really cemented my love for celine too i loved her 12 chapter. twelve also gets docked points bc it did trick me into thinking bad blood was longer than it actually was.
how to larp successfully as a naturals fan 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
1. hate on lia and say she was sooooo rude and mean and talk about how she constantly invalidated cassie’s feelings and completely ignore her entire character arc and backstory ☺️ she was just sooooo annoying and toxic
2. glaze michael like there is no tomorrow and say how he was definitely the better choice for cassie. excuse anything bad he has ever done because he’s so fine and a billionaire playboy 😍😍😍😍😍
3. say how boring dean was and completely ignore how he lived with a serial killer for 12 years!! diminish his character to cassie’s very broody boyfriend who is very depressed
4. hate on cassie because she was such a pick me and couldnt choose between michael and dean, disregard the trauma she has endured throughout the four books
5. ALWAYS mention how sloane is so so addicted to caffeine because that’s totally all she is and constantly infantilise her
6. meatride tanner briggs becaude hes SO bbg 😍😍😍😍😍 gloss over how he’s kinda immoral and selfish
an extra tip is to reduce the entire book to the love triangle!! 🥹
i’m pretty sure she won’t be a huge part of the book sadly based on the description but i do hope we see her and her relationship with the other naturals. i know she’s in college but it should be her winter break so at least a christmas scene all together pleak.. more of her friendship with cassie too i really enjoyed their scenes in bad blood.
i really love celine and i want to see so much more of her i feel like i haven’t really layed out how much i love celine so im going to here i really love celine
- briggs, sterling backstory
i mean this has been confirmed but i want to specifically learn more how they got together, the messy details of their relationship, more scarlett content, their friendship and for briggs specifically more of his backstory! with veronica we know a lot so id love to learn more specific things about briggs past and why he’s such a try hard lol
- after the program
by the time the book is set everyone should be 18 and i really wanna see their plans for after the naturals program, we know what they end up doing but i really wanna see them choosing it and more specific avenues they wanna take, like did michael end up wanting to focus on white collar crimes? sloane will definitely have a lot of different options to choose from (does she go to college? hmm) and also wanna see lia and cassie deciding or setting up their choice to not going into the fbi and stay civilians instead
- lia backstory
i know we probably won’t get too much since this is sterling briggs backstory book but im still hoping for just a bit more.. please i need this. more backstory on the cult, how it collapsed, her time in new york etc etc
- lia birthday maybe??
she said her birthday was 3 months ago in bad blood set in march/early april so maybe her birthday is in late december or january this one’s a stretch but i would love to see the naturals celebrating something for her. especially if they still don’t even know the specific day just that’s its around this time of year so they’re guessing
- gifts
self explanatory. i wanna see the gifts they get eachother. sloane could either be a really great gift giver or the absolute worst
thank you guys for the asks i promise i will answer them all but it will take a while bc i am the over thinker and ramble a lot but i will get to all of them i promise 😁
We know almost nothing about her like what she accidentally married a serial killer, found out about the true him then left and abandoned her son?
Bc when lorelai abandoned lacey it made sense bc well lorelai didn’t have custody over her sister and not to blame his mother for his father’s shittiness i can’t even hate her bc we don’t even KNOW her and the assumption that she left dean behind because she believed he’s just like her husband isn’t really certain i think it’s just what dean believes especially given the fact he said she showed him love before
I DESPERATELY NEEDED A CONFRONTATION I CANNOT BE THE ONLY ONE
i actually kinda don’t want them to meet again.. i think for both them that’s the best route because i don’t think anything good or a reconciliation would come from it. honestly im very sympathetic for marie, we don’t know exactly the things daniel did to her but at best he did was isolate her away from her loved ones and anything familiar which is still. obviously horrible but im sure daniel was abusive in other forms in much worse ways that dean most likely was not aware. daniel was much more protective and watchful over dean so i can understand why marie would leave by herself. that or it was a spontaneous opportunity. this is also assuming that at this point daniel hasn’t killed anyone yet which i think is true? correct me if im wrong ofc!! but it would make sense that his wife leaving him would be his trigger to start killing people or maybe once she left he started doing his MO he’s known.
i think dean calling his mother bored is so interesting bc it’s almost childish? he talks about how him and his mom used to play card games all the time and of course for him as a kid this is a good childhood memory (especially compared to everything else) but for marie this was probably all she had to do. daniel moved her away from everything she knew, got her pregnant and left most of the childcare to her. i wouldn’t be surprised if she did start to regret/resent dean during that time and it was only made stronger by daniels own abuse towards her. we know daniel is violently misogynistic and that dean is the closest he will get to loving someone, that he was grooming dean to be like him so i can understand why she would see dean as a extension of his father. of course dean isn’t like his father but i can understand her fear. and i still do think his fathers words still impact him and how he thinks about the situation to this day, the wording of her “growing bored” of daniel, of their family seems like something a father who isolated his wife would say to their son to get them against their mother.
it’s just very nuanced since we don’t know the specifics of the abuse that occurred but dean has every right to feel however he wants about his mother leaving him of course. but i do think him having not the complete picture on how his father and mothers relationship was because he was to young to understand, his father made sure to hide parts the darker parts of it and never hearing his mothers side because she wants nothing to do with him fits his tragic life lmao
honestly daniel probably did hide his abuse from dean too so marie would end up resenting dean with dean having no idea why and he’d have a strained relationship with his mother like daniel had to get dean to be just like him
i haven’t connected the lacey/dean similarities in being left behind so i have much to think about now.. honestly if dean was a girl i would imagine his situation would be a lot like lacey’s
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