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tooweirdforyou · 3 years

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Lunar New Year » Little Kids

Platonic! Portgas D. Ace x Older Sibling! Reader

A/N : cheers to another lunar day fic, posted on real lunar new year :D enjoy! Yes, this is a platonic ship!

Technically it’s just a Drabble.

Summary : the memory of always receiving red envelopes as kids always makes Ace feel nostalgic and warm. He misses it. Until one day, his older sibling comes with a little gift, for old times sake.

It’s a little rushed but just go with it! Happy Lunar New Year!

I’ll work on the Valentine’s tomorrow, promise! I’ll try. I hope. ;-;

“Look, big brother! I got another envelope!”

“That’s great, Teucer. Did you remember to thank the person who gave it to you?”

“I did, big brother!” The little boy nods affirmatively, making the older one smile instinctively and pat his head.

“Good job. Let’s keep going around and try to find the traveller, okay? Remember to stick close to me.”

“Okay!”

Ace smiles warmly at the sight of the passing kids, all walking with bright smiles as they wander around the lunar festival on this island.

Yes, the Whitebeard crew decided to celebrate by going to a particularly well known and famous island, known for its delicious food and kind people, who threw one of the greatest lunar festivals in the Grand Line.

Ace continues to look around as he sat on a bench by the fountain, center of the whole island but surprisingly, this area wasn’t too crowded.

However, seeing all these little kids running around with huge smiles, Ace couldn’t help the stinging pain in his chest.

The old memories that were brought back to him ached his heart. He was separated from his siblings at this time.

Sure, it wasn’t the first year this happened, but it still hurt to know they couldn’t spend this time together.

“I wonder how they’re spending this year.”

Don’t be fooled, Ace was ecstatic to spend this time with Whitebeard and the others. He loved them and how big of a party they always threw in celebration, and all the food and love he recieves, but,

Nothing could compare to his times with his sworn siblings when he was younger.

They’d run into the town and despite their reckless behavior and such, they were always given envelopes and food for the special day, their oldest sibling always looking after them and doing whatever they could to make sure they had fun,

Showering them with endless envelopes throughout the day and snagging all the best foods from the shops that didn’t give them any, and best of all,

They were always together.

Ace, Sabo, Luffy and their elder sibling, [Name]. The quartet.

“What’s wrong, Ace? I figure you’d be in a restaurant, stuffing your face in.”

Unknown to the sudden voice around him, he only sighs deeply. “Just thinking about some...thing..?”

Ace visibly stops, pure confusion written across his face as he turns around to see a face he least expected. His mouth is gaped and he chokes.

“[N-Name]?.. why are you here?.. how?-“

Your beaming grin shines down on him as you swing an arm around his shoulders from behind and pat his chest. “I couldn’t go any longer from my little brother without spending this special day with him. After three years, how could I stay away?”

Ace’s eyes merely widens more as he just stares at you in disbelief and shock. You playfully roll your eyes and sigh.

“It was a lucky coincidence, but I came into contact with one of your comrades. He’s blonde and talks a certain way or whatever. Pineapple looking one.”

Ace stifles a snort at your comment. ‘Marco?’ Even if it was for a short second, the action brought a smile to your face and you spoke.

“Come on, Sabo and Luffy are waiting for us. Your old man, Whitebeard, already gave us the okay to spend today with you.”

You pull away and gesture to a restaurant in the distance, continuing to grin widely. “What do you say, brother?”

“Luffy and Sabo are here too?” He blinks, still stiff in shock and confusion. He was having a hard time processing this. He felt like he was dreaming.

“Of course. It took me a long time to find them but they agreed in a heartbeat. Now come on.”

You pull away and offer a softer smile. “By the way,” Ace was finally out of his dazed state when he heard you and sees you reaching into your pocket.

“I saw your expression and knew what you were thinking. So here.”

You pull out a small envelope, the familiar shade of red colored over. “You were feeling pretty nostalgic and sad right?”

Ace widens his eyes at the familiar sight and peers up at you, since you were taller. “How did you..��

“Come on, Ace. I’m your older sibling. Of course I know what you’re thinking about.”

Giving him a toothy grin, smiling warmly at him, Ace is quick to return it, with his cheeks warm at the love and care you displayed to him.

“I have the best sibling..” Ace thought, looking down at his hand that grasped the envelope.

He already knew what was inside, because he was sure it was the same as always.

“Let’s go, Ace.”

You held out your hand for him to take, looking back at him with warm and ( platonic ) loving eyes.

Ace chuckles lightly and smiles wide, nodding as he takes his hand in yours. “Yeah.”

“But,”

You stop and turn to look at him with a gentle hum. “Yeah? What’s wrong?”

Ace holds up the envelope and smiles shyly. “Can I cash it in now?” He asks, gesturing to the item in hand and you chuckle. “Of course.”

Ace smiles in relief and happiness and immediately shoves himself into you, wrapping his arms around your torso.

You wrap your own arms around his neck and lay your head on his, snuggling into him in the tight hug.

“You’re always free to cash in those unlimited hugs.”

Bonus :

During the walk to the restaurant, Ace hums softly and continued to hold your hand as he walked side by side of you.

“So. Got a lover yet?”

You choke on your saliva when you hear your little brother’s sudden question.

“H-Huh? Where did that come from?”

Ace cheekily smirks at you. “Aren’t you like twenty four? Surely you would have found someone.” He teases and you scoff, rolling your eyes.

“Unfortunately, I’ve been too busy to find a lover, busting my ass just to look after you and the other two dumbasses!”

You reach over and pinch his cheek harshly, much to Ace’s dismay as he winced and slaps your hand off, rubbing the pained cheek with a pout.

“I was joking! Besides, you looove me. I’m your favorite, right?” Ace hums with a prideful gleam. You snort and continue walking. “Yeah, sure.”

The younger freckled one dramatically gasps in genuine shock. “Sarcasm? If not, then who is?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Luffy.”

You stuck your tongue out at Ace and quickly ran towards the restaurant, leaving Ace behind in shock before he ran after you.

“O-Oi, wait! Why Luffy?!”

A/N : hope it was okay and you enjoyed! Thanks for the support! <3

Valentine’s are delayed.

I should really not do events with how my life is ugh

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jonryatrash · 5 years

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ADWD + Jon’s Heart

What do you know of my heart, priestess? What do you know of my sister?

I know among Jonrya shippers that this line from Jon VI in ADWD is iconic and further evidence that the good ship Jonrya is sailing strong in ASOIAF (as GRRM originally intended). I also know that there’s been some, err, tumblr discourse about the use of this line for other ships, and this is not a response to that in anyway; I’ve honestly missed 95% of that particular skirmish.

As I was working on another meta tonight, I ran across a very curious line much later in ADWD that parallels Jon VI beautifully, so I thought I would put these two scenes together and discuss how they build upon one another.

Jon VI is the chapter in which Jon finds out about Ramsay’s marriage to fArya, and it marks an important turning point for Jon for the remainder of the book (and arguably the series itself). The quote that follows occurs after Jon reads Ramsay’s letter and has presumably been reflecting on it all day. We find him talking to Mormont’s raven and listening to Melisandre’s worship from inside his chambers.

Jon felt as stiff as a man of sixty years. Dark dreams, he thought, and guilt. His thoughts kept returning to Arya. There is no way I can help her. I put all kin aside when I said my words. If one of my men told me his sister was in peril, I would tell him that was no concern of his. Once a man had said the words his blood was black. Black as a bastard’s heart. -Jon VI, ADWD

This particular line feels important since it’s the first time that Jon thinks about his heart in the chapter. Earlier, his heart stops for a moment when he discovers that Ramsay is to wed fArya, but that’s not quite the same thing as I’m trying to get at here. This line shows that Jon is a sworn brother of the NW--his blood has turned black and black is the color of the NW. However, his heart has remained uncolored by his oath to the NW’s. His heart remains black because it’s always been marked dark/bad/base due to his bastardy. I think the blood vs. heart here is worthwhile of our attention because we know that Jon ultimately decides effectively to betray the NW for the sake of his sister; his bastard’s heart proves too much for him to overcome. We’ll also see the phrase “bastard’s heart” appear later on, so keep that in mind.

Just after this mini-scene in his chambers, Jon leaves and eventually runs into Melisandre. At first he mistakes her for Ygritte (and idk what to make of that) and then notices that her hands are uncovered. Jon tells her that her fingers will freeze off, and this iconic exchange follows:

“If that is the will of R’hllor. Night’s powers cannot touch one whose heart is bathed in god’s holy fire.” “You heart does not concern me. Just your hands.” “The heart is all that matters. Do not despair, Lord Snow. Despair is a weapon of the enemy, whose name may not be spoken. Your sister is not lost to you.” “I have no sister.” The words were knives. What do you know of my heart, priestess? What do you know of my sister? Melisandre seemed amused. “What is her name, this little sister that you do not have?” “Arya.” His voice was hoarse. “My half-sister, truly …” “… for you are bastard born. I had not forgotten. I have seen your sister in my fires, fleeing from this marriage they have made for her. Coming here, to you. A girl in grey on a dying horse, I have seen it plain as day. It has not happened yet, but it will.” -Jon VI, ADWD

First, I appreciate how Melisandre can see right through Jon’s pitiful attempt at pretending he doesn’t care and doesn’t have a sister. He tries to distance himself from Arya, yet it’s a struggle to even say her name with his voice “hoarse” and his thoughts totally occupied with her all day.

Second, I’d like to linger on the parallel structure of the “what do you know” lines. As someone who has taught her fair share of composition and public speaking classes, I can assure you that parallel structure plays an important function in writing/speaking. The purpose of parallel structure is to elevate ideas to a higher level of importance and to demonstrate equal importance between the two parallel statements. It also functions to make statements clearer and easier to remember. Long story short, Martin is waving a giant red flag to tell the reader that these two things (Jon’s heart and his sister Arya) are incredibly important. Also, because the sentences are worded exactly the same in terms of subject and verb, “heart” and “sister” are interchangeable; you can switch their locations and the meaning of the sentences stay exactly the same. I offer this up as evidence of the claim that Arya is without a doubt Jon’s heart.

Having explained that, the line that comes before it--“The heart is all that matters”--takes on another meaning. Arya is all that matters to Jon, particularly because Arya is the only one who could ever love this bastard brother. Arya knew that being a bastard was not a good thing to be (hence the mention of Arya fearing she was a bastard because she looked just like Jon), but she still loved Jon despite him being insert the long list of beliefs about bastards here. And it’s ultimately his heart makes Jon break from the NW in his final ADWD chapter, both his bastard heart’s traitorous ways (according to Westerosi society, that is) and his incredibly strong love for Arya, who is also his heart.

Jon XIII is Jon’s final chapter in ADWD, and I was surprised when I reread it just how much content is packed into this chapter. There’s also many thematic parallels to Jon VI, which against serves to mark those themes as important in a variety of ways.

In Jon VI, we first hear about the letter from Ramsay. In Jon XIII, we finally get to read the whole thing. A lot of Jonrya fans rightly comment on the importance of “I want my bride back” from the letter and how Jon echoes it in his own quest to get Arya back. When he echoes Ramsay’s sentiments (hello, parallels!), it becomes I (Jon) want my bride (Arya) back (from you, Ramsay), and offers a strong explanation for why Jon throws everything away to save Arya. Well, that coupled with GRRM’s Waterstones Letter, at least.

At the end of the letter, Ramsay writes:

I want my bride back. I want the false king’s queen. I want his daughter and his red witch. I want his wildling princess.

I want his little prince, the wildling babe. And I want my Reek. Send them to me, bastard, and I will not trouble you or your black crows. Keep them from me, and I will cut out your bastard’s heart and eat it. - Jon XIII, ADWD

In these lines, we once again see black + bastard + heart appear together. GRRM emphasizes again that Jon’s allegiance is to the NW, but also that he has a bastard’s heart that marks him as deceitful/traitorous/lustful/etc. I think all of this is to prime the readers for what comes at the end of this chapter.

(Also, as a side note, I’m inclined to read the consuming of Jon’s heart aka Arya very sexually, which makes sense with the whole echoing of I want my bride back. Coincidentally, that echo occurs with a page of his quote).

In the next scene (again, paralleling the shift from the letter right to Melisandre and the heart quote), Jon enters the Shieldhall and announces that he’s going to make plans to save Hardhome. These plans happen to not involve him. When he’s called out, Jon explains:

“No. I ride south.” Then Jon read them the letter Ramsay Snow had written. The Shieldhall went mad. Every man began to shout at once. They leapt to their feet, shaking fists. So much for the calming power of comfortable benches. Swords were brandished, axes smashed against shields. Jon Snow looked to Tormund. The Giantsbane sounded his horn once more, twice as long and twice as loud as the first time. “The Night’s Watch takes no part in the wars of the Seven Kingdoms,” Jon reminded them when some semblance of quiet had returned. “It is not for us to oppose the Bastard of Bolton, to avenge Stannis Baratheon, to defend his widow and his daughter. This creature who makes cloaks from the skins of women has sworn to cut my heart out, and I mean to make him answer for those words … but I will not ask my brothers to forswear their vows. “The Night’s Watch will make for Hardhome. I ride to Winterfell alone, unless …” Jon paused. “… is there any man here who will come stand with me?” -Jon XIII, ADWD

Again, the letter is read. Then Jon explicitly states that what’s about to happen is not about Stannis and the politics of Westeros. This is a really weak out for Jon, but a nice work around based in a technicality. But, Jon explicitly says what it is about: Ramsay swore to cut out his heart. And we know from Jon VI that GRRM invites us to understand Jon’s heart to be the same thing as Arya. Therefore, Jon is riding to Winterfell because Ramsay swore he would keep Arya away from him forever--forcibly and gruesomely removing her from his life--and Jon isn’t having any of that.

I don’t think that it’s a radical claim that Jon went to war for Arya. Even non-shippers can see that much, I’d say. But Jon isn’t just riding to save his sister, he’s riding to save a vital, life-giving part of him, Arya. He has never spoken about any of his family in such a way, except for Arya. I’d argue that based on his commitment to throw it all away (the past several years of his life and his honor) for a girl who is his heart (again, a strange comparison for siblings who aren’t Jaime and Cersei), GRRM is still planning on moving forward with his original plan for Jon and Arya. I also think Jon 2.0 is going to make Ramsay pay to a degree we haven’t yet seen.

#jonrya #suppleassin #asoiaf meta #arya stark #jon snow #my asoiaf meta #meta worth reading

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