#Catherine Pinkerton

[caswensworld]

I love that while the first queen of hearts was this pompous, loud, and childish character

Every new rendition is cold, heartless, and frankly a little terrifying

Also, the fact that she bakes! My heartless era!

[flowers-for-em]

heartless - marissa meyer

im on the fence abt this one but its ok ig. i will never get over this book

@nqds, @midiosaamor, @xo-zozo, @reminiscentreader

[caihosreads]

“A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back”

Jest and Catherine inspired by Marissa Meyer’s Heartless🖤

this book man this book 🙇🏻‍♀️

Never thought I’d ever be sympathising for the Queen of Hearts and yet here we are… painting an extra squishy happy scene hoping to fill up the void this book left.

[randomlyblues]

How little stuff there is about Marissa Meyer books saddens me, I have no one to geek to about them. Then there's the other part of me that wants to gatekeep them.

[evacrstairs]

heartless (cathjest) headers. like/reblog if you save or use. 💔

[catherineofhearts]

@hatter-ofthe-looking-glass wheres your hat?

[bsdtual]

Catherine Pinkerton

[ariabedumb]

“you have my heart, jest. i don't know if you deserve it or not. i can't tell if you're a hero or a villain, but it doesn't seem to matter. either way, my heart is yours.” - marissa meyer, heartless🃏

[raspberrybirb]

Jest and Catherine King and Queen of Hearts

Ending in which the King of Hearts dies at the claws of the Jabberwock shortly after marrying Catherine leaving her to rule Hearts and defeat the Jabberwock alongside Jest.

As for Jest he gets married to Catherine a while after she defeats the Jabberwock, making him the King of Hearts.

He doesn't die or go back to Chess. (It's complicated if I explain)

[brainrotlesbian]

I was thinking about Heartless yesterday, and about the “get Cath to Chess so she can lead the white queendom to victory” plot line that’s later in the book. Obviously this never happened and the sister’s prophecy of the monarch, the martyr, the murderer, and the mad came to pass. However I was wondering what would’ve happened if they had been successful in getting to Chess.

The audience knows that the land of Chess is locked in an eternal game of chess (or at least, they should, after consideration), but the citizens don’t. They don’t understand why after any sort of checkmate, the game resets, cause they don’t understand that they’re just pieces on a chess board. Jest himself even says that he and Raven are rooks—chess pieces.

Now, knowing that, why would bringing Cath into this change anything? Even if she were able to achieve the rank of queen, there’s no guarantee that the game wouldn’t reset upon a checkmate. Even her being from Hearts doesn’t save her from that fate; we know Hatta was originally from Hearts and he became a pawn (literally) in the White Queendom.

It seems like Cath was doomed no matter which kingdom she stayed in. Staying in Hearts leads to the sisters’ prophecy, and going to Chess means a never-ending fight until they die.

[unhealthy-obessions]

Fun fact:Jest knew he was going to die!! <3

Everyone knew that if they went through the door the prophecy might come true. Cath went through to save Mary Ann but she told Jest to stay, so it wouldn’t come to pass. Just in case the sister’s rambling wasn’t just stuff and nonsense.

And yet he followed after her to help her, to keep her safe, to protect her. He knew what would happen and yet he followed afterwards. If he didn’t know, he guessed at it. He knew or had an idea of what would happen when he stepped through the door.

He knowingly died for her before he was ever killed. He really was dead all along.

[mydarlingdearestdead]

Impossibilities

Heartless, Cath and Alice, post-book by however long until Alice is in Wonderland. She's acting as a maid for some reason... Idk either. It's Cath reminiscing about Jest.

"It is impossible." Alice whispered, the delicate flower crumpled in her palm and she reeled back as the heavy stench of blood hit her... Right into the Queen's skirt.

"Your-" Alice tried for a curtsy. "Your Majesty, I'm afraid-"

The Queen waved her hand impatiently. "I am in no mood to hear your pitiful try of an excuse just..." She trailed off, deflating. The Queen gazed at the flowers with an expression Alice may have mistaken for mourning if she hadn't known the woman in question. "Just... Bring the tea, dear." She said at last.

Alice nodded and hurried off, far too quick to be proper but the thought scarcely crossed the young girl's mind. "And-" The Queen's voice hasn't regained it's regal quality just yet. "I once knew a man who spoke of impossibility as a challenge to be conquered." She laughed, a brittle sound. Such was unknown to Alice. Something in the Queen's voice changed when she spoke again. There was, if Alice wasn't mistaken, hope laced in with the stubborn bitterness years on the throne had left her with. "Impossibility was his speciality."

Alice froze in the doorway. "He sounds spectacular."

The Queen briefly touched her fingers to her lips, smiling fondly. Alice caught the moment in the vanity's reflection, but suspected it was not for her eyes to witness.

"He was." The Queen whispered. "Dear Hearts, he was."

[maddfran]

“A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back.” (Heartless by Marissa Meyer)

[reminiscentreader]

I am actually in love with this man

[randomlyblues]

"You can't destroy a fandom by saying a riddle"

Me: When pleased I beat like a drum, when sad I break like glass, once stolen I can never be taken back. What am I?

[crescentbea02]

I am finally reading Heartless and I am absolutely in love with Jest already. I never fell in love so quickly as much with this man