#fellrambles

[notonionfaye]

Psstt...why do u like pat and jean sm👀👀👀 (like I do)

omg girl you have NO idea on how long I could ramble about these two— but I am so glad you asked!! 🥹

long story short, I am a sucker for any ship that has a pathetic man that is down atrocious for one specific woman— a bonus if the guy thinks he’s some evil edgelord (or has some level of arrogance/identity complex) and then the woman he’s down bad for is just a normal person lmfao 😂

I only came across American Psycho two years ago, but boy was I hooked when I looked at the film synopsis on Wikipedia properly. I genuinely thought that it was impossible for a character like Patrick Bateman to have a true committed equal because of how monstrous he is. I even made an OC to ship with him, but unfortunately this woman was just some well-designed fleshlight that only encouraged Patrick’s worst tendencies. Don’t worry— this OC is in a better ecosystem in case you were curious about her :)

Later, when I found out about the book I was MINDBLOWN about his relationship to Jean on a literary level. I could be seen as grasping for straws in the eyes of other people who read the book (since I’m judging this from what Patrick *doesn’t* say, or rather, evades) but from what I deduced, Jean is probably one of the only characters in the book that he can’t quite objectify or flatten. Which is HUGE because he literally describes almost anyone like freaking mannequins and body parts throughout the book. Jean doesn’t get that treatment, at least not successfully.

He might describe the exact dress, brand and fabric type of an outfit that some random woman is wearing, but sometimes (later in the book I think) Jean would be described as wearing something, like his GQ magazine filter glitches when he tries to categorise Jean under a neat label.

Also, at least in the book, Jean doesn’t end up being one of Patrick’s targets/future victims, and in the film he actually lets her go from his apartment because his own self-loathing protected her (IM ACTUALLY SO ILL—) tho some people see that scene as Patrick not killing Jean bc he got interrupted by a call from Evelyn… girl, he could have just killed Jean afterwards if he was that cold-blooded. Kinda off-topic, but I also ship Patrick and Luis for a similar reason because Patrick can threaten Luis all he wants but he never really brings himself to actually eliminating him lol 😭😭 (and Luis is a freak for Patrick anyway so yeah)

Finally… Bret Easton Ellis himself said that Jean is the woman that Patrick “probably ends up marrying.” Like, I do NOT care if that was meant to be loosely thrown out by Ellis out of irony or something but clearly he only gave out that information because it implies that Patrick is capable of settling (to a degree) on a genuinely peaceful life.

For a man that literally has no sense of self and quite literally killed innocent people, I genuinely find his dynamic with Jean super interesting, even if Jean didn’t get that much screen time or didn’t get mentioned that many times in the book. But when she does get mentioned? Girl, that chapter when Patrick had a daydream about running in Central Park and letting go of balloons is literally my Roman Empire. That beat genuinely threw me because it was the most wholesome and childlike thing this psychologically diseased man has ever narrated— and Jean was in the centre of it. Like, come on, this guy is so freaking pathetically in love with Jean 😭🙏

Speaking of being in love— his line ‘Jean, my secretary, who is love with me’ is the most pathetic wet cat of deflections of all time. Sure, maybe in the book Jean eventually confesses to her own feelings in the End of the 1980s chapter— but you’re telling me *that* is the epithet that you’re giving her? Some might argue that this is a label that is just as diminishing as the other ways Patrick describes other people in his social orbit, but like, dude… Imagine saying that your secretary is the one who is love with you when you’re daydreaming about her. Corny ass mfer 💀

But uhhhhh yes! Those are (some) reasons why I’m terminally ill obsessed with PatJean!!

[notonionfaye]

Jean x Rapunzel? and Patrick is the prince or Mother gothel

AHHH this is such a cool ask but I also have some studies going on so please have these sketches + some headcanons for now!! <33 I had some inspo from Disney's Tangled and Barbie as Rapunzel. Enjoy :)

PatJean Rapunzel AU

It starts with Jean...

... Who was kidnapped by Mother Gothel when she was a baby. It was for political leverage over the king and queen... (Gothel had some beef with them.) For most people, Jean is known as the lost princess.

Jean doesn't rlly have magical hair lol. Gothel made her grow it out bcuz she's the main 'key' for getting up the tower (basically her hair was used as a rope up the tower)

Jean was forbidden from cutting her hair short, though Jean wished she had bangs like the princesses in story books... (foreshadowing)

Raised by Gothel, who actually cared about her and raised her to be self-sufficient. She groomed Jean into being scared of the outside world, though.

Learned herbalism, gardening, and domestic skills from Gothel. She takes care of the plants in the garden right outside of the tower (under Gothel's supervision)

Read fairytales alotttt as a kid.

Despite Gothel's fearmongering, Jean daydreamed that she would be swept off her feet by a prince someday, so that she would have someone to protect her while she explores the world around her.

When she was six, she asked Gothel if she could have a prince as a birthday gift 💀 (yes, a whole grown ass man.) She was chided for that; "You can't have a prince as a puppy, child."

Not allowed to have pets. She sometimes watched and played with bugs (spiders, butterflies, etc) in her tower and on her windowsill when Gothel wasn't around.

Spent most of her time in the tower either reading books that Gothel gifted her, painting with home-made paint from plants, making products for Gothel or styling her own hair.

Jean did Gothel's hair and makeup and was taught to make beauty products from the herbs for her

When Mother Gothel disappeared after what felt like a week, Jean started doing her own hair and looks because she was bored. That's when she eventually cut the front of her hair so she could have bangs. She kept her hair long in the hopes that Gothel would come back safely.

It continues with Patrick...

... who was a disgraced nobleman who became a hired sword.

Disowned by his family for reasons like overspending on his businessca— I mean his horse and not being 'chivalrous' enough. However, his failed betrothal to a respectable noblewoman (Evelyn) was the final nail in the coffin that got him kicked out.

His horse is named Fleur-de-Lys.

Fleur-de-Lys is slightly neglected because Patrick can't afford a proper groom for her, but grooms her meticulously on his own anyway. Probably takes care of her looks better than his own on some days.

Was eventually hired by Gothel to protect and extract Jean from the tower when a search party was sent by the royal family to hunt down Gothel and Jean.

Patrick took the job because he was broke (shocker, I know. the medieval world does NOT like this guy.)

Jean has no idea about Gothel's plan. She also doesn't know that Gothel got detained and thrown into a dungeon.

The moment Patrick arrives with his shiny steed, nice-ish clothes and sword in his belt, Jean immediately goes "My hero!!!" and "My prince!!!" and lets her hair down for him.

Patrick tries to explain. He really does. But Jean is so relieved, so ready to believe, that she talks over him and calls him her prince.

Patrick has never been called a hero in his life. He is deeply pathetic and lonely and greedy for any warmth that isn't transactional, so he stopped correcting her.

He ends up squatting at the tower with Jean. Not just because Jean invited him to stay, but because he also lowkey hates his life at the village.

And, he ends up telling Jean not to leave the tower either cuz... well he's a loser and a sucker for her kindess and ends up falling for her.

I will edit or reblog this post if I have anything new to add, so stay tuned :) also if you have stuff you wanna add to this AU, pls don't be shy to comment/reblog! ill take pretty much anything since its just for fun.