#jest Heartless

[ghosttownheart]

“But hoping, is how the impossible can be possible after all.”

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A little illustration for Marissa Meyer’s Heartless!!

Such a good book that absolutely rips apart your soul.

[lennenart]

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[jenniferslibrary]

people ask me why i don’t have a crush but im still stuck thinking about that book series i read in middle school

[raspberrybirb]

Jest and Raven from Heartless 🃏🦅 (Gboard doesn't have a raven so eagle it is 💀)

[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?

[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.

[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."

[endversewinchester]

it's a bit hard to meta with younger people because I pick up their current YA books and I'm here like "fuck yeah! This is great commentary on social classes and power dynamics and Cath's obliviousness to both is one of the main reasons her story with Jest ended the way it did." and younger people just look at me like

[lee1504]

the amount of anger and sadness i felt when i read Heartless...

please i need it to become a movie or something 😭

[daffsforstag]

My new favorite hobby is reading books where I know the cute little boyfriend dies and get sad at the cute parts because of how badly it ends.

[multifamdomfan]

Jest : Did you know you remind me of all 26 letters of the alphabet?

Catherine : What? Like J F K W S Q X-

Jest : No, like, U R A Q T.

Catherine : Awwww!

Catherine : I don't need to go to bed. I'm not tired, I'll be fine.

Jest : But, darling, I'll be so lonely without you. Come curl up in my arms so I can feel whole again.

Catherine : O-oh. Well. Are you trying to seduce me into healthy sleeping patterns??

Jest : Is it working?

Catherine : Is something burning?

Jest , leaning seductively on the counter: Just my desire for you.

Catherine : Jest , the toaster is literally on fire.

Catherine : The stars are so beautiful...

Jest : They're just giant balls of gas.

Catherine : You know what, if you're just going to ruin this, then-

Jest : And yet none of them are as huge as my love for you.

Catherine : Oh...

Catherine : Hey, about that love letter you sent me-

Jest : *blushes* What are your thoughts?

Catherine : The fourth sentence-

Jest : Yeah, that’s where I got really emotional and I-

Catherine : It’s “you’re” not “your”.

Catherine: If I go with you I betray my Hearts, if I don't go I betray myself but Hearts is very dear to me.

Jest: Dearer than I?

Catherine: No, Jest. Not Dearer than you.

Cath: Okay, I’m going to get the wedding cake.

Jest : Perfect, while you do that I’ll check on the ring bear.

Cath: ...

Cath : You mean ring bearER, right?

Jest : ...

Cath : Look me in the eyes and tell me you are not going to bring a dangerous wild animal to our wedding.

Jest : I’m in love with you.

Catherine : We called off the prank war last night at midnight, dork.

Jest : I know.

Catherine : Ah. Okay. Um. Cool. Neat. Very cool. Cool. Cool. Coolcoolcool-

[sasusaku-finallycanon]

I just need more fanfics & fanarts of Cath and Jest from Heartless by Marissa Meyer, for my survival 😭💔🙏🏻

[coopbella]

been a bit since i posted one of these, but here's my next drabble for @thedrabblecollective's drabble challenge! i used today's prompt, choice, although i actually wrote this before the month even began. once more i've chosen (heh) to write heartless fanfic... alice in wonderland and all of its adaptations have me in a chokehold right now. AND HATTA'S UNREQUITED LOVE OF JEST... you're gonna be seeing more stuff about that from me. ;) (as long as i don't find out they have an age gap, that is—jest and cath are already on thin ice.)

fandom: heartless (marissa meyer) characters: hatta (catherine pinkerton and jest are mentioned) relationships: hatta/jest (one-sided), catherine pinkerton/jest content warnings: none

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Hatta knew it was over the moment Lady Pinkerton stepped through the door.

Despite what she said, Hatta knew the Sisters did not give warnings lightly. She had doomed them all by disregarding the Sisters’ advice.

Murderer, martyr, monarch, mad.

Hatta knew Jest, too. He knew Jest would always follow Lady Pinkerton, no matter the risks.

Murderer, martyr, monarch, mad.

Most of all, Hatta knew himself. He knew he’d always follow Jest.

Hatta laughed bitterly, alone in the empty Crossroads. They should’ve guarded their hearts better. Now Lady Pinkerton was the only one who ever really had a choice here.

[lennenart]

(via "Jest and Catherine- Heartless" Magnet for Sale by lennenart)

[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)

[patr1ii]

cath from #heartlees fanart (from marissa meyer book) -if everything had been different they could life in the other side of the mirror- 🃏