diff --git a/fixtures/small/fndptn_actual.rb b/fixtures/small/fndptn_actual.rb
index 44f1f787..5c00db95 100644
--- a/fixtures/small/fndptn_actual.rb
+++ b/fixtures/small/fndptn_actual.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 case ["I will arise", "and go now", "for always night and day"]
-in Lake[*, "I hear lake water lapping", "with low sounds by the shore", *waves]
+in Lake[*, "I hear lake water lapping",with_low_sounds_by_the_shore, *waves]
     <<~YEATS
         While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
         I hear it in the deep heart's core.
diff --git a/fixtures/small/fndptn_expected.rb b/fixtures/small/fndptn_expected.rb
index 053bdad2..53d4e78f 100644
--- a/fixtures/small/fndptn_expected.rb
+++ b/fixtures/small/fndptn_expected.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 case ["I will arise", "and go now", "for always night and day"]
-in Lake[*, "I hear lake water lapping", "with low sounds by the shore", *waves]
+in Lake[*, "I hear lake water lapping", with_low_sounds_by_the_shore, *waves]
   <<~YEATS
     While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
     I hear it in the deep heart's core.
diff --git a/librubyfmt/src/format.rs b/librubyfmt/src/format.rs
index c785b3d9..bc7a5815 100644
--- a/librubyfmt/src/format.rs
+++ b/librubyfmt/src/format.rs
@@ -3406,10 +3406,10 @@ fn format_pattern(ps: &mut dyn ConcreteParserState, pattern_node: PatternNode) {
     }
 }
 
-fn format_aryptn(ps: &mut dyn ConcreteParserState, mut aryptn: Aryptn) {
+fn format_aryptn(ps: &mut dyn ConcreteParserState, aryptn: Aryptn) {
     // Making this `mut` for
     let Aryptn(_, maybe_collection_name, maybe_pre_star_list, maybe_star, maybe_post_star_list) =
-        &mut aryptn;
+        aryptn;
     if let Some(collection_name) = maybe_collection_name {
         format_var_ref(ps, collection_name.clone());
     }
@@ -3418,13 +3418,23 @@ fn format_aryptn(ps: &mut dyn ConcreteParserState, mut aryptn: Aryptn) {
         Box::new(|ps| {
             let mut vals = Vec::new();
             if let Some(pre_star_list) = maybe_pre_star_list {
-                vals.append(pre_star_list);
+                vals.append(
+                    &mut pre_star_list
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .map(|item| item.into_expression())
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                );
             }
             if let Some(star) = maybe_star {
                 vals.push(pattern_splat_as_expr(star.clone()));
             }
             if let Some(post_star_list) = maybe_post_star_list {
-                vals.append(post_star_list);
+                vals.append(
+                    &mut post_star_list
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .map(|item| item.into_expression())
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                );
             }
             format_list_like_thing_items(ps, vals, None, false);
         }),
@@ -3439,7 +3449,10 @@ fn format_fndptn(ps: &mut dyn ConcreteParserState, fndptn: Fndptn) {
     ps.breakable_of(
         BreakableDelims::for_array(),
         Box::new(|ps| {
-            let mut vals = values.clone();
+            let mut vals = values
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|item| item.into_expression())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
             vals.insert(0, pattern_splat_as_expr(pre_splat));
             vals.push(pattern_splat_as_expr(post_splat));
 
diff --git a/librubyfmt/src/ripper_tree_types.rs b/librubyfmt/src/ripper_tree_types.rs
index af96ee2f..a5ef810b 100644
--- a/librubyfmt/src/ripper_tree_types.rs
+++ b/librubyfmt/src/ripper_tree_types.rs
@@ -2386,24 +2386,55 @@ pub enum PatternNode {
     Fndptn(Fndptn),
 }
 
+#[derive(RipperDeserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum ExpressionOrVarField {
+    Expression(Expression),
+    VarField(VarField),
+}
+
+impl ExpressionOrVarField {
+    pub fn into_expression(self) -> Expression {
+        match self {
+            ExpressionOrVarField::Expression(expr) => expr,
+            ExpressionOrVarField::VarField(var_field) => {
+                let start_line = var_field.2.start_line();
+                Expression::Ident(Ident::new(
+                    var_field
+                        .1
+                        .map(|ref_type| ref_type.to_local_string())
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|| "".to_string()),
+                    LineCol(start_line, 0),
+                ))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn start_line(&self) -> Option<u64> {
+        match self {
+            ExpressionOrVarField::Expression(expr) => expr.start_line(),
+            ExpressionOrVarField::VarField(var_field) => Some(var_field.2.start_line()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 def_tag!(aryptn_tag, "aryptn");
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Aryptn(
     pub aryptn_tag,
-    pub Option<VarRef>,          // Container type, e.g. `in Foo["a", "b"]`
-    pub Option<Vec<Expression>>, // list of values before the first *
-    pub Option<VarField>,        // "*" pattern
-    pub Option<Vec<Expression>>, // list of values the first *
+    pub Option<VarRef>, // Container type, e.g. `in Foo["a", "b"]`
+    pub Option<Vec<ExpressionOrVarField>>, // list of values before the first *
+    pub Option<VarField>, // "*" pattern
+    pub Option<Vec<ExpressionOrVarField>>, // list of values the first *
 );
 
 def_tag!(fndptn_tag, "fndptn");
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Fndptn(
     pub fndptn_tag,
-    pub Option<VarRef>,  // Container type, e.g. `in Foo["a", "b"]`
-    pub VarField,        // leading "*" pattern
-    pub Vec<Expression>, // inner values
-    pub VarField,        // trailing "*" pattern
+    pub Option<VarRef>,            // Container type, e.g. `in Foo["a", "b"]`
+    pub VarField,                  // leading "*" pattern
+    pub Vec<ExpressionOrVarField>, // inner values
+    pub VarField,                  // trailing "*" pattern
 );
 
 #[derive(RipperDeserialize, Debug, Clone)]