#cain study.

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you think this is funny? it's just a joke? the big joke of glass?

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i dont have a WANTED. tag but maybe i should make one.

im being compelled to think about how cain, by virtue of surviving the dissolution of glass and attempting to return to society, is not often punished by the plot, rpc-wise. the closest weve gotten is this whole thread with @petitsdieu 's clark k. there is also kitsey @jupiterfree in plots where she survives kieran and indeed has his kid, and cain has to live with that being reality. however i think cain often gets away with too much, and i'd like to explore this more.

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after kieran gets murdered and the atrocities of the glass cult become part of the 24 hour news cycle, im pretty sure cain legaly changes his surname back to rosales villafuerte but i dont knowwww because he writes so many papers and contributes so much to columbia as 'cain glass, phd' because he meets kieran right after defending his doctoral thesis. but it is worth mentioning that glass is only his last name because of some weird bullshit with kieran where they maybe got married for tax purposes or something.

gabriela's last name is glass bc that was cain's last name when she was born and that's what her mom wanted it to be bc she was super attached to kieran obviously.

and cullen's last name is glass because HE IS THE ELDEST BOY !

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cain experiences comphet partially due to his unrequited feelings for kieran. he ends up engaging in group sex with other members of kieran's cult, who are all women. a woman, stephanie, gets pregnant.

cain pretty much ignores gabriela's existence when she is born and a toddler learning how to walk and babble and stuff

gabriela is ~3 when kieran is murdered by the father of one of kieran's cult members. the cult falls apart. cain takes no interest in sharing custody with stephanie so she kinda goes off to re-assimilate into society with absolutely no help from him whatsoever.

stephanie starts to lose it a few years after kieran's death and trying to be a regular person again. cain gets more involved though tries to keep some distance. he helps stephanie financially especially when it comes to gabriela's transition during her pre-pubescent and pubescent years.

gabriela is in her late 20s now and distant from both of her parents because she thinks they are very weird people.

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cain cain or cain of the bible

who would win in a fight

cain like cain from the bible. cain does not want the smoke. he does not want anyone's smoke. please leave him alone

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What would they say to someone considering coming out? Do they enjoy Pride month, or think it's a bit much? / Cain!

What would they say to someone considering coming out?

oh gosh. imagining cain in this kind of mentoring role makes me kind of emotional. coming out wasnt easy for cain, and im sure some of the girls in glass think he's bi due to his performance of compulsory heterosexuality. i think his parents died having never seen him with a male partner (so they might have assumed or just attributed this up to cain's propensity to self-isolate and be a bit of a recluse.)

i think he would encourage anybody else not to be in his position—feeling compelled to perform, to restrain himself, for so long. i think he would be very supportive of someone younger or less entrenched in lgbtq+ culture in case that person wasn't receiving that support from somewhere else.

Do they enjoy Pride month, or think it's a bit much?

i think he definitely finds it to be a bit much. he can still be conservative and restrained in this way, and he's very private about sexual activities / his sex life, so some hypersexual aspects of pride don't align with his expression of his sexuality. cain isnt going to be wearing a VERS AND PROUD shirt anytime soon.