#the dread pirate jiwe my heart

[swashbucklery]

hey pal tell me abt (how thirsty you are for) that pirate captain jiwe fic

THIS IS MY SECRET SHAME I AM STUCK.

Like I started this as a WIP and god it was for @kendrasaunders birthday I think A MILLION YEARS AGO, SHE’S PROBABLY FORTY BY NOW and I was like fa la la of course I can write pirate fic I have SO MANY PIRATE THIRST EMOTIONS, THIS WILL BE A SNAP.

Literally, the entire draft is this:

“You know,” Zari says. “I’m not sure we actually need to be dressed up as pirates for this.”

Amaya sneers. She’s already dressed, her coat buttoned and her cutlass at her waist and when she speaks it’s with an accent that Zari shouldn’t find attractive. “Perhaps. But where’s the fun in that?”

Zari missed the Dread Pirate Jiwe, for the most part. She’s heard of her - mostly through Nate, who tells the stories in a soft, almost reverent tone that makes it very clear that he’s got an explicitly sexual thing for Amaya in a pirate outfit.

And look I think the reason I’m stuck on this is that the headcanon I really want to lean into with Amaya’s love of the Dread Pirate Jiwe is that she clearly likes it in a very specific, 200% kinky way. Like this is canon she’s makes a face at Nate in the library and the camera fades to black and I forget what the line actually is but basically like she’s gonna keel-haul him sexually, somehow, and he’s going to love it. 

And I want to write that SUPER A LOT but I have a writing-things-about-boys squick and I don’t want to just pretend Nate doesn’t exist because he does and that’s valid but I am having challenges smooshing my headcanons into the space canon has provided.

Plus when I try to write Zari and Amaya it always comes out real soft and tender (and pal I’m like 80% sure this is your demisexual Zari headcanon’s fault bc it’s great) and like, sometimes sexy but not in a way that lends itself to that particular kinky dynamic. So I think the hurdle for me is mostly that I am struggling to find a scenario in which Zari would truly enjoy being lashed to the helm (sexually) and also dommed into next week by her best tender gf Amaya.

But SOMEDAY I will figure that out because goodness gracious me do I want that fic to exist.

[puppetsoftomorrow]

Ask meme: Amaya

noice ty!! sorry i took so long to answer ahh

favourite thing about them

ahh i mean all of her?? incredibly beautiful. kickass costume. the jsa was funky and i loved how she had a strong sense of duty, something we haven’t really seen in other legends.

least favourite thing about them

is there anything you can dislike about amaya lmao

favourite line

not really a line but every time she says ‘nathaniel’ i go weak at the knees lmao

brOTP

her and mick were an unexpected dream team lmao, and her and sara was very cool honestly. i think they vibed.

OTP

ooh man okay nate / amaya was very sweet, but zamaya will reign supreme in my heart. sara / amaya could have been smth special too

nOTP (if I’m feeling brave enough)

not really a never but more i never saw mick/amaya romantically? i don’t think its bad or anything lol just not for me

random headcanon

after she goes back to zambesi she keeps an eye on the world news to find mentions of the legends, keeping tabs on them. sara sends her postcards everytime theyre in that sort of time period and amaya treasures them

unpopular opinion

is there one?? 

song i associate with them

i used to really love 40s/50s music soo uh i’d say it’s been a long, long time by kitty kallen. failing that, anything elvis lol

favourite picture/gif of them

the dread pirate jiwe will always have a place in my heart lol

[anansixpowered]

Amaya and mick + romance (;

Send me HC + a word and I’ll write a headcanon about it regarding my character.

Amaya started to see Mick as more than just a friend in Nassau, 1717. His unprompted words about her being more fearsome than some pirate queen, with or without her totem, had touched her heart, and given her the courage to embrace the ‘Dread Pirate Jiwe’ persona that him, Nate and Ray had come up with for her. Not to mention the fact that whenever they’re together it feels like there’s something there.

She’s too scared to approach him about it, though.

[queueh0lic]

Legends of Tomorrow 3x12

Sara’s officially the new Rip: The team ignores her and goes off to have awesome adventures without her (I finally felt the fun of season 1 for a while)

Amaya likes Zari’s hair (shut up Zari you look great)

ZARI’S HAIR REBLOG IF YOU AGREE

The whole team deciding to go off to play pirates was such a Legends moment.

“To be fair, you did park me in the Bermuda Triangle”

Can we stick with this characterization of Mick because I’m all for it

The Dreaded Pirate Jiwe and how she stole my heart and never gave it back.

Mick, Nate and Ray as Captain Jiwe’s loyal crew

Gideon’s chaotic neutrality will be the death of somebody one of these days

Wally West tells Rip he’s a douche and the audience gives him a standing ovation. (I’m the audience btw)

Wally West and Rip Hunter, the brotp you didn’t know you needed

So Rip Hunter is much more of a nostalgic mess than we anticipated

Ok, sorry, I was determined to completely ignore av*lance from now on but “S: My team needed me/ A: Why does that not surprise me?” A/va is So Not Into the Legends, and it only bothers me more that Sara doesn’t care about that. (Ray did call her the Mean Time Bureau Lady so at least someone isn’t loving her just because the writers say so)

Zari told Sara she looked great

Look, Sara, by now even I’m rooting for you to go live your normal life with whomever you poorly choose, it feels like you’re not enjoying your time with the Legends anymore.

The amount of times I laughed out loud/grinned like an idiot with every Rip/Wally and Mick/Amaya scenes is- well, every time they were on screen honestly. I love ridiculous yet supporting friendships please keep them coming.

I thought the magic gun wasn’t lethal???

can’t believe I’m actually liking steelvixen now

Last week Zari admitted her time with Ray made her better and now Ray’s telling Mick he’s a better person than he was when he got there. Mick you told pre-Legends Len yourself that you hadn’t become softer, only better. There’s no point denying it now.

I was so moved by Nora remembering Ray oh my god

Nope, still evil

RAAAAYYYY!!!!!

[swashbucklery]

Zari seeing Amaya in her Dread Pirate Jiwe persona, complete with accent and swaggering confidence.

Y E S this, thank you for asking, because GOSH DO I HAVE SOME FEELINGS. (Aaalso those feelings are very much rooted in Zari and Nate both dating Amaya simultaneously, because when this show interferes with my shipping preferences I just make everyone poly YOU CAN’T STOP ME.)

(But in my soul, Zari and Amaya are Forever Girlfriends regardless of whether Amaya’s hooking up with Nate that’s just how it is.)

Because, like, okay. On the one level there is Amaya making Dread Pirate Jiwe work for her and tying Nate to the headboard and threatening to keel-haul him sexually (Nate, who actually knows a ton of fun pirate history facts and did you know that keel-hauling is actually a term describing - right right not now Nathaniel, I’m there): sure.

But also Amaya just - I don’t know. Wandering past Zari’s room or the engine room, maybe, in her boots and her braids with her pockets jingling with gold coins, and Zari catching a glimpse of her.

I feel like with Zari she’s always softer and I don’t think she’d swagger into her space looking like that in the same way as she would with Nate - the power dynamic between Amaya and Zari is always flat and that’s how they both like it, these two equals sharing their softest parts.

Zari who isn’t one bit surprised by Amaya looking the way she does. Like. She’s pleased, obviously, it is a great look and if anyone can rock a pirate outfit it’s absolutely Amaya I-Look-Hot-In-Every-Era Jiwe. But it’s kind of just what she figures, like today is pirate day so obviously everyone gets to wear a goofy pirate costume except Zari.

(And Sara, at least in theory, assuming her date went well.)

But Zari compliments her, because that’s the friendly thing to do.

Even if Amaya’s already shrugging out of half of it, like this belt is tight and this coat is hot and she just wants to be back to her old self for a while and curl up behind Zari in her bed.

Amaya telling Zari about the Dread Pirate Jiwe while she changes. Zari isn’t surprised, because of course Amaya’s a badass.

Amaya just sort of smiling sadly. “It was nice to be someone else, for a change,” she mumbles into her lap and oh that won’t do.

Zari kissing Amaya’s cheek and telling her to stop brooding, sure she makes it look hot but what’s the point. They could all die tomorrow, she should just enjoy what’s happening now.

(Amaya looking up sadly at Zari all, “just like you?” and shut up Amaya, this is a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do advice moment and you know it.)

(Amaya kissing her and thanking her and Zari being like, ok but tell me about being a pirate it sounds way cooler than my day stressing out about Gideon and nearly crashing the whole ship.)

But also also Zari noticing that Amaya’s totem is missing

Zari’s heart just aching for her because gosh that must hurt. Zari knows the feel of a totem, and now that Zari’s gotten used to the weight of hers she feels like losing it would be sort of like losing an arm. Amaya is so much more bonded to hers to begin with, she can hardly imagine.

Zari comforting Amaya and Amaya comforting her right back.

These two making root beer floats out of the leftover ice cream from Sara and Ava’s date, and curling up on Zari’s couch to spend the evening together, being close and just enjoying the presence of each other.