#You can’t tell me that with how gay for ymir historia was

[ineed-moresleep]

I ship Erehisu, but in a “We both hate each other, but you’re the only person I’m willing to drag to hell with me” kinda way, and not in a “Uwaa we’re soulmates and the world is getting in between us” kinda way.

[feralaot]

GIVE ME. FRIENDSHIP/RELATIONSHIP DYNAMIC HCS

for example AruAni gives off “I hate everybody but I hate you less” energy

literally any duo/trio/group you want just plz. I love them and I have my own ideas but wanna see yours ✌️💋

ohoho here we go.... this is gonna be a long one

AOT pairings + their dynamics

no warnings

eren / mikasa (romantic): the crime fighting duo

they can and they will mess up anyone and everyone who fucks with them. the kind of duo that seems to bond the most when they’re being violent and they want to make you scream “JUST CONFESS YOUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, FOOLS” and the slowburn is far too painful on the soul

eren / armin (platonic): the bad guy and the virtuous ray of sunshine

armin is the sweetest creature to grace this world and eren is literally the opposite but somehow they’re compatible. eren acts emotionally unavailable but good god armin brings out even the most buried emotion in him through his blinding rays of obnoxious joy and caring. obviously this didn’t last forever

eren / levi (platonic): the obnoxious child and the tired parent

somebody please give levi a break. it’s difficult being a single mother of six especially when you’re a middle aged man and one of your children is a war criminal.

sasha / connie (open to interpretation): the dumb & dumber mutual enablers

where one goes, the other goes. what trouble one gets into, the other gets into. they enable each other’s chaos and general misdeeds and will sit next to each other in a jail cell awaiting levi to bail them out while giggling and saying “wasn’t that fun?”

sasha / reiner (platonic): the eccentric girl and her emotional support himbo

one is a ball of chaos with a soft spot and the other is (relatively) normal but is also a chaos enabler. they feed off of each other's energy and are just about the closest thing you can get to the human equivalents of a bull and a matador but they also rely on each other for emotional support

armin / annie (romantic): pure looking (but hella shady) and scary looking (but actually a softie)

they are definitely not what either of them appear to be. the gentle little ball of sunshine is actually a scheming bastard and the one that looks like she’ll beat you up just for looking at her the wrong way is actually very soft at heart. and they are in love of course

jean / armin (platonic): the delinquent and the keener

jean used to skip, get bad grades, and get in trouble a lot but eventually worked on becoming a lot better because of armin’s enthusiasm and borderline annoying encouragement. on the other hand armin loosened up a lot and became less strict thanks to jean’s easy going attitude and they help each other improve themselves :’)

jean / connie (platonic): the dumbass and “oh god I guess they’re MY dumbass”

connie is like a dog without a leash and jean is the wrangler that desperately tries to keep him at least relatively tame. although sometimes it’s hard to keep somebody in check while also not wanting to give into their shenanigans and enable them

connie / reiner (platonic): the idiot and the idiot in progress

one has been an idiot since birth and it shows. meanwhile the other is losing more brain cells the more time they spend together. they feed off of each other’s energy and channel it into chaos and misdeeds

historia / ymir (romantic): the loner and the popular chick

historia is one of the few people who actually notices ymir, who doesn’t get the hype about her at first but warms up to her over time. they seem like polar opposites to anyone on the outside so it might be hard to tell that they’re very compatible with each other and lowkey enable each other

hange / levi (open to interpretation): the hooligan and the voice of reason

hange is the big bad conniving bastard and levi is the poor sod that has been dragged into their mess and was hit with a sudden and painful realization that he’s in deep trouble in every possible sense of the word. they are of equal strength except one has rabies

erwin / levi (open to interpretation): the kind giant and the bundle of repressed rage

one will make impulsive decisions on a dime and the other is the only one that can keep him grounded, at least most of the time. one is easy going the other is seething with buried anger and they balance each other out. however both would throw hands if anyone got between them

levi / zeke (open to interpretation): enemies to acquaintances to friends to ???

nobody knows what they truly think about each other and they probably don’t either. they’ll be fighting tooth and nail one moment then probably go out to get lunch an hour later. it’s a bit rocky, but they’ll figure it out eventually

reiner / bertholdt (romantic): two bros chillin in a hot tub 5 feet apart because they won’t confess their undying love for each other

literally everyone can sense the mutual pining from a mile away but they’re both so dense and oblivious for the longest time until they get things sorted and confess. one has too much pride to risk losing and the other is scared to ruin their relationship. this pairing will test both your patience and your sanity

reiner / eren (platonic): rivals to dumbass bros

most of the time they can’t stand each other and will argue with no end in sight but other times they’ll be slumped against each other or one will be sprawled out across the other and they’re having deep conversations and watching tv. it’s really a hit or miss situation

reiner / ymir (platonic): the gay solidarity

the mlm and wlw solidarity is real and it shows. they’re both jerks who only really have each other in terms of close friendships but by all means it’s an unbreakable bond

reiner / armin (platonic): honorarily deemed “one of the boys”

they have some kind of solidarity but neither of them really knows what it is, they just get along really well for some reason. thus reiner has deemed armin officially one of the boys and is included in activities w the boys e.g. movie night. they have a lot of inside jokes

reiner / zeke / bertholdt (platonic): the pining couple and the third wheel

reiner and bertholdt won’t admit it to his face because it would boost his ego tenfold but they’re lowkey kinda scared of zeke. but zeke is just a himbo that kind of hangs around and judges them and can tell they’re in love and is just waiting for the day they admit it

bertholdt / armin (platonic): the pessimist and the optimist

they’re both very pure sweet besties except one is a cynic and the other focuses on all the joy in the world. fill in the blanks.

pieck / porco (open to interpretation): the cinnabun and the hothead

one is too sweet and wholesome to be alive and the other is perpetually angry but is still cute. the contrast shows but they’re still sweethearts that are obviously meant to balance each other out

porco / reiner (platonic): the bastard and the accidental bastard magnet

they started as enemies and slowly evolved into something vaguely reminiscent of... friends? yeah, friends. reiner doesn’t know how he keeps attracting assholes like this but for some godforsaken reason he puts up with it.

[ghostmartyr]

I think you don't think the damage you cause by insisting it's cannon Historia had romantic feeling for Ymir. She didn't get a chance to fucking say it. She COULD very well had romantic feelings, but I think you should consider that we have to say or demonstrate it ourselves not just it's true because YOU see it. I had people tell me how I love my friend because I'm gay when it should have been ME to say. It takes away our self determination and imho that's what Historia needs and you forget it.

Reading comprehension is not the same as people in the real world making assumptions about a relationship they are not in.

Historia Reiss is not a real human being. She is a fictional character, and the rules of basic courtesy that say examining her feelings and making judgment calls about what her actions indicate is overstepping boundaries do not apply.

I repeatedly state that Historia’s romantic feelings for Ymir are canon because fandom’s favorite hobby is saying they aren’t.

A character having a hysterical meltdown over the girl who says she wants to marry her leaving is not how you portray a one-sided romance. A character crying over a letter that regrets them missing out on marriage is not how you portray a one-sided romance.

When one character is explicitly stated to have feelings for another, and the other has a level of devotion that mirrors that perfectly, the romantic read of their relationship is intended to be a narrative fact.

Historia plainly states that she’s not sure why it is Ymir has the effect she does on her. Historia not understanding her feelings does not give fandom a green light to plead illiteracy whenever the concept of her romantically loving another girl comes up.

If a full confession is what is required for a character’s feelings to be understood as canon, Ymir’s feelings for Historia shouldn’t be eligible either.

She never says she’s in love. Each marriage proposal is a clear joke to lighten the mood. It fails the basic criteria that is weaponized at every turn to overlook Historia’s entire relationship with Ymir. By that measure, Ymir’s feelings are just as much a fanon invention as you’re claiming Historia’s are.

But no one tries that argument with Ymir. Because through the context of her actions, her feelings are plainly established.

Historia demonstrates her feelings the same way.

Ymir and Historia’s relationship is built on mutuality, and that extends into romance. There is never a point where it’s established that one is operating on a different level of emotion. They are, from the moment of their introduction, presented as a pair with a dynamic that means they will both jump into hell for each other, and then they do.

Arguing that one of them feels differently is inventing a new branch of the dynamic out of thin air.

I apologize if this comes across as me dismissing your life experiences, and I hope whatever trouble other people give you regarding your personal relationships doesn’t continue. But fictional relationships are not the same as ones between two human people. The entire concept of fictional analysis begins with the understanding that this is fiction, and it can be understood and judged in a way that a person can’t. The situations presented in this ask are not equivalent, and with respect, I do not appreciate being told to consider them so.

Historia Reiss is a fictional character. How people in the real world treat her story says something about our world that I believe should be acknowledged and examined.

That starts with pointing out how eagerly people dismiss this pretty blonde girl’s feelings for another girl.

[aotopmha]

Hello-I think that ymir didn't have to die, she died very soon when she began to develop as a character, she still had potential,the author killed her to be able to develop a romance(bond/friendship idk) between eren & historia. thanks to her death, he started erehisu

I'm of the opinion that Eren and Historia never had a (in particular) romantic thing even hinted at.

I think it's not intended to be a thing.

I think Ymir's character wasn't actually a collateral of the typical trope of killing gay characters for the sake of straight relationships, but rather the plot knowledge she had. I think it's a byproduct of having to kill her for the plot.

(I think Historia is the same way, Isayama just couldn't figure out any other way to keep her from breaking the plot, which is another conversation to be had because he still resorted to a pregnancy to do so; he could've even just killed her, I think it would've been a bummer, but still better than making her a baby machine.)

I think it makes sense Ymir would protect Historia any way she could, so her choice at least makes sense, but if she had come back with Historia, she could've also spilled the beans about the world before the basement.

In hindsight, I really think this is the case. I think you could've done this in any number of ways without killing freckled Ymir, but that's sadly not what happened.

But now I get to talk about the Eren/Historia relationship and Eren's relationships with most of the major female characters of the story.

The biggest reason I think the Eren/Historia pairing has gained traction romantically is because some people like certain tropes/want some things to happen narratively:

1) Stone-faced guy protecting his demure object-like wife.

Seriously, whenever Historia is paired with Eren I always see her portrayed as this hyper-feminine, helpless damsel.

At least make her just as proactive or fierce or anything resembling her as when she was a character. Make her the actual "worst girl", but no, it's all mostly the boring "protect pregnant waifu" stuff. More fanworks of her as this selfish asshole would be wonderful.

But they also do have an actual complex two-sided dynamic present in the story.

(Chapter 54)

Eren values her as herself, as Historia and Historia basically tells him to stop sacrificing himself and live in the cave.

I love their dynamic in the Uprising arc, but instead most of the time I see any fan works centered around them be the most milquetoast, standard "protect the cute girl" crap you can find basically anywhere else, with maybe the added fantasy of genociding the world. It's fucking boring to me.

This is also really interesting to me because before this final arc, Eren/Historia was even unpopular as a crackship. Even after the Uprising arc. Not many people seem to have given a shit about their relationship (their actual complex dynamic) before Historia became the mute baby machine.

It's what I see as the "taming of the schrew" syndrome/fantasy (named after the Shakespeare play) – the female character being the passive silent observer that needs to stay in the kitchen, listening to and doing everything the male characters say.

2) If a male character as much as talks to a female character, they are clearly in love.

This has happened with Eren and most of the main female players in the story. I already covered Historia.

Second is Mikasa.

I think Mikasa actually is the only female character with any actual setup for romantic feelings for him in the story and the only female character Eren actively asks what she feels for him:

(Chapter 123)

I think where they ended up narratively makes perfect sense and if there is basis to romantically ship one dynamic in this story, it's this one.

Third is Annie.

They had a teacher-student relationship. But they actually were a fairly popular romantic pairing for a time, too, eventhough we also don't get anything all that suggestive between them.

I still think it's much more natural to read them as a romantic pairing than anything with Historia, too, although it's still a pretty big of a stretch.

He is fiercely defensive of her and learned to fight from her and she admires his courage, wants him to care of himself because he's someone she thinks wants to genuinely make the world a better place and she's kind of a tease.

There's the really old detail of Annie having feelings for Eren in a databook and Isayama clarifying it's not like that.

I really like how their dynamic is called back to in the final chapter:

In the end, Annie wanted him to learn to care for himself. I'm sad I haven't seen anyone comment on this little bit of characterisation all that much.

Although the warriors wanted to die, they didn't get what they wanted and although Eren ultimately wanted to live, he didn't get what he wanted, either. I think it's neat.

Finally there's even Pieck. They were just talking to each other, too:

(Chapter 116)

But this pairing became a thing when this chapter happened, although this also was more of a crack pairing thing.

It's the combination of a (main) male character and the belief that apparently male and female characters can't ever have non-romantic dynamics.

This is common in shounen writing for sure and I think is the case in AoT with Annie and Armin and Sasha and Nicolo (but it's still better than most because I think their relationships at least make sense), but people imposing a romantic relationship between a male and female character where there is none is actually also really common in fandom. It's both a writer and a fan thing.

Not knocking any shippers that are decent people or people who like that stuff: it's not my thing, but if you care about it, you're free to.

3) Wanting a "happy ending" for Historia.

Her ending up with farmer is disliked by many because he's not a character. People want it to be Eren also because he's a character we actually care about and we know a character that cares about Historia.

It's the very basic, "at least they chose it and that's why they are happy" kind of thing, not really considering any other aspects to Eren's or Historia's character.

Eren's relationship with Mikasa was set up to be romantic a long time ago, so I think that's the right direction for the story to take.

Overall, I think it's pretty obvious where people take the romantic relationship between Eren and Historia from, but I don't think it is mostly from the story.

They have a strong friendship for sure, but I also don't think freckled Ymir was killed just so that relationship could exist and Isayama delibrately "created erehisu".

There are literally no romantically-framed scenes between them. Every time they talk, they just talk to each other.

Thank you for the ask!

[arlingtonpark]

I. HATE. EREHISU.

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SHIP HATE. 

EreHisu is canon. 

I’m almost certain it is, and I fucking hate it.

In a vacuum, Eren and Historia being an item would be fine. Their characters complement each other well, and they have good chemistry. 

Unfortunately, this is not happening in a vacuum. 

The newest episode of the SNK anime is out. It covers the chapters revealing Historia is pregnant and supposedly how that came to be.

In chapter 108, there is a meeting between Paradis and Hizuru. In that meeting, Miss Kiyomi unveils Zeke’s 200 IQ, 3 point plan to save Paradis: 

1. Use a partial rumbling to show the world you mean business.

2. Bulk up your military 

3. Rape your queen, then kill her, then kill one of her children ever 13 years for at least 50 years. 

And maybe rape one of her children too if you need more people to kill.  

Everyone is naturally horrified by this, but Historia seems willing to at least become a titan. 

What happens next is the reason I wrote this post.

Eren forcefully objects to Zeke’s plan and asks why they should accept it up front as the best option.

My interpretation of this moment was that Eren was addressing Historia directly.

In the panel where Eren begins his dialogue, there’s a word balloon indicating someone was saying Historia’s name. 

In the anime, it’s clear Mikasa says it, but because Eren was the main focus of the panel, I thought he was the one talking. 

Whoops, silly me, because that completely changes my reading of this scene and what it means for a possible canon EreHisu.

Specifically, it changes it to be terrible.

It’s one thing to get emotional when someone asks you directly if the obscene thing you believe you have to subject yourself to is really necessary. 

It’s totally different to get emotional when someone says, to no one in particular, that the plan to subject you to something obscene is bad and not necessary. 

In my original reading of this scene, Historia was committing herself to an awful end, but was called out on her rashness by Eren. When he asked her if they shouldn’t try every other option possible, she teared up. I thought that was because her facade was breaking.

She doesn’t actually want this. She doesn’t want to die. She wants to live for herself. But she’s the queen and she has an obligation to her people, so she throws herself under the bus against her own wishes. 

Her tearing up, I thought, was an expression of her true desires. 

I thought it was a great character moment for Historia. It was a powerful, telling moment that implied a lot about her thinking. 

But no, that’s not what happened at all.

Just.

Just look at this shit.

Eren isn’t talking to Historia directly or addressing her own reckless decision. Eren forcefully objects to Zeke’s plan and Historia gets visibly emotional at the sight. 

What Eren said could’ve been part of a private conversation that Historia happened to overhear, and the message would be the same. 

The message is this: Eren (and only Eren!) stood up for Historia’s freedom, so now, because of that, she wants his dick.

This moment epitomizes everything wrong with EreHisu, both in theory and in practice.

EreHisu is an insult to gay people.

Really, if you were expecting the usual homophobic storytelling from SNK, then Historia’s character arc shouldn’t be surprising.

Historia started gay. 

Her girlfriend was killed unceremoniously off screen.

Then a guy comes and shows her basic human decency and nothing more. 

And now Historia is straight.

It’s...it’s just shocking how shamelessly bigoted this is. 

How can any writer be this daft?

How can anyone be so blind to the blatant indecency of this?

It’s mindboggling that we are apparently supposed to take this seriously.

EreHisu doesn’t even work on its own terms.

Eren and Historia have always been close, but the thing that makes her fall head over heels for him is that he believes in freedom???

Not even her freedom specifically, just freedom in general. Remember, Eren objected to Zeke’s plan on general terms, not because it was Historia specifically who would suffer. 

Did Historia feel betrayed that no one else stood up for her?

Maybe, but that’s why you’re supposed to show how characters are reacting when their reactions are relevant. 

That’s what makes them characters!

This one moment, like everything about Eren and Historia’s relationship since Uprising, utterly debases Historia’s character so Eren can play the hero.

Everything about this is misogynistic. 

Historia cries when Eren defends her. 

It’s not enough for her to feel grateful towards him, no, she has to get emotional.  

Is this Historia’s character now?

A damsel in distress crying because her knight in shining armor has come to rescue her?

Historia is needy, but she’s not emotionally frail.

It’s ridiculous that her heart would melt so easily. 

Relatedly, it’s pretty dumb that Historia would be such a cheap date.

She was a cheap date before, it’s basically why she sided with her father in Uprising, but I thought the point of her character arc was that she had gotten over that.

She had supposedly learned to live for herself; part of that meant not being so needy.

Historia is apparently won over because Eren articulates the barest, blandest, most banal appeal to basic human decency imaginable (”Don’t dehumanize people”). 

Historia would definitely admire Eren for his commitment to freedom, which, in a way, is the same as her commitment to live for herself.

And she would definitely feel grateful to him for (implicitly) standing up for her.

But love?

Kids???

“Oh, Eren, you’re so strong you believe in freedom so much. I wish I was as strong as you believed as much as you do.”

People don’t fall in love over something as intellectual as philosophy. Love is an emotional experience, not an intellectual one.

Ymir introduced Historia to the notion of living for herself. When Eren tells her to do the same, he’s just reminding her of what Ymir said. 

The emotional impact is far lower, and I can’t understand how this is supposed to form the basis for an emotional connection. 

In reminding Historia to live for herself, Eren is definitely a good friend who has her back, but soulmates?

Eren may be rescuing Historia physically, but Ymir rescued Historia emotionally and completely turned her life around. 

Eren speaking up for Historia does not, or at least should not, mean much to her from an emotional perspective. 

Again, grateful, glad he said that, but that road doesn’t end with romance, which is probably why Historia’s reaction was so strong. 

I can not believe that Historia would feel so strongly for Eren. 

I hate this ship.

It’s very existence is repugnant and bigoted.

It’s executed with the grace of a teen romance novel.

It’s shit.

[carminecalico]

Eren x Armin “Fuck Away The Pain” Chapter 8 “I Hope”

Armin finally confronts Jean in a unique way

this chapter uses I Hope by Gabby Barrett

*also quick note.

My story is also on Ao3 the link is below I would love it if y’all showed it some love on there too

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28809192?view_full_work=true

"Damn Armin, love the new look." Reiner said wrapping an arm around his shoulder. "You went from angel to delinquent real quick, and where were you hiding these biceps?" He took his free hand and grabbed the muscle bump on his arm. Armin chuckled leaning into Reiner, shaking his head. He was currently wearing a pair of ripped black skinny jeans tucked into his white Doc Martens, with a chain hanging on his right side. He had a black crop top with red roses on it. He even let Ymir and Eren talk him into a little eyeliner on his waterline.

"Reiner stop hitting on me." Armin said chuckling as he pulled his arm off him while they waited for Eren to finish getting ready.  The band had all complimented his new look but Reiner took it a hair further. Mostly cause he knew it’d bother Eren, and he thought it was funny. Eren walked out of the bathroom in a black band shirt and ripped blue jeans with chains hanging off the sides.

“Oh come on Armin...” He threw his arms around his neck pulling him close, “I think I could show you a good time.” He leaned his head next to Armin’s leaning in to whisper in his ear.  “You look like the kind that likes a big strong man you know?”

Eren growled lowly before yanking Reiner’s arm off Armin and pulling the blonde to his chest in one motion.  “Fuck off Reiner.” He wrapped his arms around his boyfriend’s waist holding him protectively from Reiner. Eren and Reiner had a stare-off until the taller of the two laughed it off and grabbed his drumsticks.

“You’re so dramatic Er, he was just joking.”  Armin leaned up pressing a few light kisses along Eren’s jaw while wrapping his arms around his neck.  “I’m not going anywhere.”  The brunette smiled down at him tracing small circles in his back. Armin leaned into him closing his eyes.  “I’m getting kind of nervous Er...” Eren pressed a kiss to his head rubbing his back gently.

“Don’t be, I’m gonna be there with you the whole time. You sound great when we practice.”  Eren assured him keeping him close as the rest of the band all chime in with affirmations. Reiner getting a death glare from Eren when he claimed he’d like to make Armin sing in bed. Which made Reiner chuckle lowly with a smirk on his face.

“Guys, we’re gonna be late if we don’t head out soon.” Bertholdt said helping Annie get up from his lap, before getting up himself. Ymir, Annie, and Bertholdt piled into the van with all the band equipment leaving Reiner, Eren, and Armin to drive in Armin’s car. Much to Eren’s dislike, he ended up in the backseat with Reiner riding shotgun. Armin giggled at his pouting boyfriend before starting the car and driving over to Mikasa’s bar, The Garrison.

~~~~

"Armin! What did you do?!" Connie exclaimed when Armin got to their table with Eren wrapping his arm around his shoulders from behind the blonde. He had to start setting up soon so he didn't bother sitting.

Jean’s eyes raked his ex's body taking in the new look before pulling his bottom lip between his teeth. The crop top was just high enough to show Armin‘s slightly toned stomach, which used to be covered in his hickies. Jean counted three on his stomach, two on his collar bone, and two more on his neck. The slightly smudged eyeliner made Armin‘s eyes look bluer and harder to look away from. The haircut and new style took him from cute to hot and it bothered Jean, 'why couldn't he have done this before?' it wasn't fair. The worst of it? He looked so much happier without him.

"It's called a makeover, Connie." Armin laughed as he sat down taking his drink from Eren. He took a small sip as the brunette pressed his lips to his head before making his way to the make-shift stage. Armin just ignored Jean and Marco's existence but no one was surprised by that, but it made Jean angry and Marco nervous. Everyone in the group knew about Armin‘s evil mastermind side and none ever wanted to be on the receiving end, it was scary. One time in high school some guys made fun of Sasha, no one remembers what they said. Armin not only managed to get some chemicals in their lunches that gave them rashes for five weeks, but he also got screenshots of their dating profiles on a gay site and posted them around the school. Normally Armin wouldn't out anyone no matter what, but these two were openly homophobic at school so it was fine, he thought.

The Warriors started their set and Armin watched Eren with soft eyes and a small smile on his lips. His eyes never left Eren, watching his eyes shimmer with excitement. Eren loves performing, anyone with half a brain could see it, his eyes almost glowed. The brunette looked over catching Armin’s gaze and winked at him before a giant smile took over his face. Once again Jean found himself glaring between the two in his own pity. He downed a total of four drinks during their first set so when Eren made his way over to grab Armin to step outside he was a little tipsy.  “You must think you’re soooo cool huh?  You even made Armin change his look, he looked perfectly fine before.”

“First off Jean,” Armin interjected before Eren had a chance.  His voice was cold and harsh giving everyone at the table a small case of goosebumps. “I wanted to get a makeover this was my choice. Secondly, you have no right to try to talk down Eren because of your own insecurities and issues.”

“You are soo dick whipped huh Armin?  Can’t see how he’s brainwashing you?” Eren started to charge over to Jean before Armin stepped in front of him placing his hand on his chest keeping him in place.

“Jean that’s enough...” Marco said quietly from his seat placing a hand on his arm. Armin sent a glare to Marco and Jean before ushering Eren outside to cool off.  Ymir whistled from the bar to get Armin’s attention, tossing a pack of cigarettes to him when he made eye contact with her. He heard and small thudding indicating a lighter in the pack and waved his free hand to her silently thanking her before walking outside. Armin found Eren on the far end of the patio leaning on the railing his jaw clenched tight. He walked up behind the brunette and wrapped his arms around his waist burying his face in his shoulder blade.

Eren turned in his arms wrapping his arms around his shoulders holding him close. He pressed his lips against Armin’s head gently and closed his eyes.  “I’m sorry princess...”

“Don’t be, I can’t believe I dated that.”  Armin looked up at Eren smiling at him before showing him the pack of cigarettes from Ymir.  “Ymir figured you needed one.”

Eren eagerly grabbed them and kept one arm around Armin’s shoulders while pulling out a cigarette for each of them, pocketing the pack.  He leaned close as they put the cigarettes in their mouths and lit theirs together.  “Ymir is a lifesaver.  How are you feeling sunshine?”

Armin chuckled before taking a puff off his cigarette.  “Nervous.  Not too bad though cause I know you’ll be there on stage.”  The blonde sighed gently feeling Eren’s nails gently scratch at his back exposed by his shirt. “Do you have a wireless mic?  I think it’d be more shocking if I was at the table to start.”

Eren smirked as he gently grabbed Armin’s chin and tilted his face up until their eyes met. “I like the way you think princess.”  The blonde smiled before leaning in pressing his lips to Eren’s smiling as he trails his free hand up to his chest.  The brunette let out a low moan into the kiss pulling Armin closer to him by the waist before pushing his tongue past his lips to play with Armin’s gently.  Armin gave a soft whine against Eren’s lips digging his nails into his chest. The brunette pulled away pressing his forehead to Armin’s panting slightly.  “You always take my breath away, mio prezioso”

“Min dyrebare..” Armin smiled gently before placing his cigarette between his lips and taking a puff off it.  Eren smiled at him before taking a puff off his own cigarette.

“I knew you two would still be out here.”  Ymir called from the door and walked over with Historia right behind her. Eren rolled his eyes before tossing Ymir her pack back.

“Thanks for these Ymir, I think we both needed one.”  The group all talked amongst themselves while everyone minus Historia finished their cigarettes before heading inside.  Eren grabbed their wireless microphone and tucked it in his back pocket before walking over to the table and leaning on the spot next to Armin.  The blonde casually grabbed the microphone and placed it in his lap quickly. It immediately blended into his jeans so you wouldn’t notice it was there. Eren leaned over and pressed an obnoxiously drawn-out kiss to Armin’s lips just to piss off Jean before winking at him then making his way to the stage. “Hi, we’re back everyone!”  Eren made eye contact with Armin before tapping his mic. The blonde taking the hint tapped the top of his before seeing the subtle thumbs up from Bertholdt. His heart was racing and he couldn’t tell if it was more out of nerves or excitement. Eren hearing the all-clear turned to Reiner and gave him a nod.  “This is ‘I hope’ by Gabby Barrett.”

The band kicked off playing the song and Armin slowly brought the microphone from his lap to in front of his lips.  The table was too busy watching the band to notice until Armin started singing his eyes trained on Eren’s to try and calm his racing heart.  "I, I hope he makes you smile, the way it made me smile." Everyone at the table turned to the blonde with jaws dropped. A smile crept onto Armin‘s face feeling his nerves settle at Eren’s assuring smile. "On the other end of a phone, in the middle of a highway driving alone. Oh baby I, I hope you hear a song, that makes you sing along and gets you thinking 'bout him. Then the last several miles turns into a blur, yeah." Armin turns his head to look right into Jean's eyes his gaze cold. "I hope you both feel the sparks by the end of the drive, I hope you know he's the one by the end of the night, I hope you never ever felt more free, tell your friends that you're so happy."

Armin got out of his seat sauntering over behind Jean before leaning his free arm on his ex's shoulder. "I hope he comes along and wrecks every one of your plans, I hope you spend your last dime to put a rock on his hand, I hope he's wilder than your wildest dreams. He's everything you're ever gonna need and then I hope he cheats, like you did on me." Eren joins in on vocals as backup and their voices mesh together perfectly, like a match made in heaven. Armin glares at Jean and Marco before walking over to the stage and wrapped his free arm around Eren's shoulders. "And then I hope he cheats, like you did on me." The brunette wrapped his arm around Armin’s waist pulling his microphone off the stand.

"Yeah babe, I hope he shows up in a 2 AM pic from his friend, hanging on to a guy, and you just ain't him. I hope you stay up all night all alone waiting by the phone and then he calls." Armin takes Eren’s outstretched hand and lets the brunette gently twirl him making him smile. They intertwined their fingers and Armin felt a surge of confidence go through him. "And baby I, I hope you work it out, forgive and just about forget, and take him on a first date again. And when you lean in for a kiss!" The blonde faced Jean and Marco with a cold smile. "I hope you both feel the sparks by the end of the drive, I hope you know he's the one by the end of the night, I hope you never ever felt more free. Tell your friends that you're so happy." Armin feels Eren wrap his arm around his waist and leans back into the brunette's chest. "I hope he comes along and wrecks every one of your plans, I hope you spend your last dime to put a rock on his hand, I hope he's wilder than your wildest dreams. He's everything you're ever gonna need and then I hope he cheats, like you did on me." Eren smiles softly at Armin before sending a glare at Jean. "And then I hope he cheats, like you did on me."

"I hope it goes, comes all the way around, I hope he makes you feel the same way about him that I feel about you right now." Armin takes a deep breath stepping away from Eren and walks over to Jean again.  "I hope you both feel the sparks by the end of the drive, I hope you know he's the one by the end of the night, I hope you never ever felt more free. Tell your friends that you're so happy." Armin grabs the front of Jean's shirt pulling him down so they're face to face. "I hope he comes along and wrecks every one of your plans, I hope you spend your last dime to put a rock on his hand, I hope he's wilder than your wildest dreams, he's everything you're ever gonna need. And then I hope he cheats, like you did on me." Armin lets go of Jean causing him to almost fall. "And then I hope he cheats, like you did on me. Like you did on me." Suddenly, Eren was behind the blonde when the song ended and he wrapped an arm around Armin’s waist.

"Jean are you fucking kidding?!" Mikasa looked pissed, not that everyone else didn't look mad, it's just she was even more so. Plus she was just as scary as Armin when she was angry enough. "You were our first friend! How could you?!" Mikasa lunged over the table at Jean her eyes glowing with anger. Connie and Sasha grabbed her arms to stop her but she was slipping out of their grasp. Reiner jumped up from the drumset and rushed over easily picking Mikasa up by the waist before setting her on his shoulder.

"Girl, Imma need you to chill, he's not worth the charges. I'm gonna help her cool off you guys do your thing." He carried her outside and for from the door before he set her back on the ground.

Sasha and Connie sighed before turning back to Jean. "How could you do that to Armin?" Sasha's eyes teared up and Connie placed a hand gently on her back. "All he ever did was love you and that's the thanks he gets from you? He took care of you and you stabbed him in the back!" Sasha leaned into Connie‘s chest as he wrapped his arms around her, one around her waist and one around her shoulders.

Armin walked outside to check on Mikasa as Eren wrapped an arm around Sasha who immediately latched on to him instead. "Marco... What did he ever do to you?" Connie asked the freckled boy who was cowering behind Jean. Marco looked down at the ground. Eren held Sasha close to him running a hand through her hair.

Connie just shook his head before laughing. "I thought we were all each other's ride or dies. Armin didn't deserve that...."

"I KNOW OKAY!" Jean screamed and the bar went silent. Marco clung to Jean's back trying to avoid the stares. "I know, I hate how it went down, I just never knew how to tell him. I promised forever to him and I couldn't keep it."

"Not being able to keep a promise and betrayal are two different things horse face." Eren rolled his eyes before Connie helped him lead Sasha outside. They found Armin hugging Mikasa tightly, his head buried in her neck. She was gently running a hand through his hair. The three that just walked out circled them and pulled them into a group hug. Eren found a way to nuzzle his face in Armin‘s neck before pressing his lips to the blonde's skin gently.

"Eren, Reiner, I'm okay if you want to go finish your set. I just need a little more time before going inside." Armin looked up at Reiner, who was leaning on the wall. "Thank you for tonight." Eren pressed a kiss to Armin‘s head before walking inside with Reiner. The blonde pulled himself out of the huddle to lean back on the railing with everyone quickly following suit.

"So ore we keying his BMW or slashing his tires?" Connie asked after a few minutes of silence causing the group to laugh.

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SnK S3E11 Poll Results (Manga Reader Version)

The poll closed with 372 responses. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Please note that this is the results of the manga reader poll. Anime only watchers are suggested not to read if you do not wish to be spoiled about certain events! Anime only viewers, click here to view your poll results!

RATE THE EPISODE 367 Responses

Another week, another episode with high ratings. We’re happy to see overall enjoyment of the anime has stayed steady for several weeks!

best episode of the season thus far; nothing in this show has made me cry so hard since ymir's call of silence moment from season 2. WIT did amazing!

Best episode of this season!!! So happy with the way it turned out, except I wish they didn't play the credits when Carla was speaking at the end cause that took away from it. Also, baby Eren is the cutest thing to exist.

F L O C K! Very nice episode

great episode, really helped close things up with uprising and its setting up the change of gears for RtS

It was one of my favourite by far.

The episode was amazing as hell

THIS EPISODE HAD A SENSE OF FINALITY TO THE ARC. DO YOU THINK WE WILL GET A NEW OP/ED NEXT WEEK, DESPITE THE UPCOMING BREAK? 367 Responses

The majority of voters are confident we’ll be getting the same OP/ED combo one more time to finish off the story arc. It’s about an even split between those who think we will get something new and those who are unsure.

Withdrawal already starting to set in... what will we do without new eps.... and new polls to answer... no more new gifs... pls don't make it another 84 years. I cannot take that again.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCENES WERE YOUR FAVORITES? 367 Responses

The most beloved moment of the episode was seeing Eren smile after hearing what his mom had to say about him so long ago. Keith and Grisha’s backstory were close runner ups. The orphanage and the new titan guillotine also got plenty of votes!

I loved to see young Grisha, I like everything about his backstory.

The nosebleed... that is all

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTER INTERACTIONS WERE YOUR FAVORITES? 368 Responses

Similarly to above, hearing Carla’s words to Eren was the favorite moment of the episode. Sasha trying to stay away from Keith got laughs out of many of us! Eren making Historia blush, Jean’s heckling him over her and Mikasa’s jealousy about them talking together were also highlights for the voters. Keith interacting with Eren’s parents also got high rankings.

Levi being all worried about Eren was something I really needed <3

Jeans salty ass comment towards Eren about Historia is why I love the man

Hanji's way of getting mad at Keith is even better in anime version and her voice is perfect <3

mikasa cockblockerman

I really really wish we had more Grisha x Carla interactions both in the manga and the anime. The little that we have seen from Eren and Mikasa's perspective shows a very affectionate relationship. Still, I really like how well WIT has brought even those few interactions to life.

Hange was absolutely amazing in this episode. I missed that insane excitement of hers! Historia's look upon being confronted by Mikasa was priceless! And Springles' teasing Marlow! Ahhh this was a very sweet episode! Now I'm just looking forward to the next one for major Eruri feels!

WHO'S MORE OBLIVIOUS TO ROMANCE - EREN OR MARLOWE? 362 Responses

It was a close call, but ultimately Eren wins the award of most romantically oblivious character!

HOW BEAUTIFUL DID CARLA LOOK AT THE WEDDING? 367 Responses

While a few voters weren’t impressed, the majority of voters found Carla absolutely stunning at her wedding.

Carla Jeager is the best mom of this show, that's all😞💖

Fuck Isayama and wit for making Carla so beautiful and just killing her off episode/chapter 1 my gay heart can’t take it

I’m sorry but all I thought whenever I saw Carla this episode was ‘Wow, she looks a lot like if Eren was crossdressing’ like the wedding, no that was just Eren crossdressing

Tfw Carla in a wedding dress looks like Eren with too much blush on... Poor woman, if she only knew what she was getting herself into.

It was so wonderful seeing Carla after so long! She looked absolutely stunning.

HOW CUTE WAS BABY EREN? 367 Responses

The majority of voters agree that baby Eren had the most pinchable cheeks, while a few weren’t fans.

Baby Eren is so cuuute!!!! OMFG

Baby Eren wasn't that cute, but him munching on Carla's hair melted even my frozen heart.

HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT KEITH AFTER HE TOLD HIS STORY? 367 Responses

Over half of voters felt bad for Keith after hearing his backstory. 21% felt he was just pitiful, and 12% related to Hange’s anger and disappointment toward him. Most of the write in comments were very understanding of him:

I felt bad for him when I read the manga chapter but I don’t know why, I thought he was kind of pitiful in the anime. Maybe it’s because the scene where Keith feels guilty and wants to apologize to Carla for what he said to her.

This man deserved happiness

I really didn't like him and his excuses.

i respect him

I felt sorry for him. This guy is a good guy but he has very low self esteem.

I think he's the same as Eren: normal person chosen to be someone special

I have mixed feelings about Keith. On one hand, he endured so much suffering throughout his life. He went outside the walls, something unthinkable for most people, and fought for what he believed in for over two decades. In the end, he had nothing to show for his efforts. On the other hand, he cost so many soldiers their lives because he was completely caught up in his inferiority complex. While I feel sorry for him, I agree with Hange.

A little bit of all the choices I suppose.

I relate to him lol

I realized that Keith is the character I can identify the most with. Somehow he resembles my own sad life.

Not as useless as he says

Well how would YOU feel if some rando from oUtSidE tHe fUcKiNg wALLs stole your girl?

I felt really sorry for poor Shadis. He had a gold heart but saw himself as useless. Maybe he wasn't talented commander and lost love of his life, but he is special and unique on his own way. He should understand what Carla was saying about Eren - "everyone is special" - doesn't matter if they do small or big things.

YOUR REACTION TO CARLA’S WORDS ABOUT EREN BEING SPECIAL? 365 Responses

Nearly 40% of voters found the words very touching, almost 30% believe it was something Eren really needed to hear at that time and 24% are still shedding tears over the commentary. A small few weren’t affected by the scene at all.

Eren is special, even if he doesn't think so (in many past moments and also future things he will do). He is different than others and not because he has the power of titans. His personality is unique, but also very realistic. Isayama has portrayed him really well.

Eren isn't special, and that makes him special

Carla's moving words about Eren were sadly wasted on him. Nobody tell Carla!

It was very heartwarming and full of love. Carla didn't care if Eren was going to be special or not. She just loved him warmly.

Those words resonated with me.

This episode by far was one of the most touching to me because Eren got acknowledged by his mother through Keith and i really feel like he needed to hear that because of how it would affect his morals from then on.

KEITH WANTED TO PROTECT EREN FOR CARLA’S SAKE. WHY DO YOU THINK HE GAVE IN AND LET EREN PURSUE THE SURVEY CORPS? 365 Responses

Over half of voters believe that Keith realized he couldn’t stop anything. 30% believe that he could see Eren was truly one of the “special people” that would bring about change. Smaller groups of people believe he cared about Eren’s autonomy or that he wanted to honor Grisha.

He did his best, but his best was never enough. The story of Keith's life as told by Keith.

I think Grisha's final words to him really hit him at that point. That he was just a bystander, but Eren being Grisha's son was anything but. He was one of the special people.

He saw his determination to keep going even though all odds were against him. Who is Shadis to decide to stop him?

He gave up after seeing Eren's determination

He realized no matter how hard he tries, he can't change anything. When he became commander, he couldn't save Survey Corps members from death, or prevent missions from failing. Just as he was a bystander when his fellow comrades fell victim to titans, he is a bystander as Eren progresses.

He saw in Eren the strong personality, a huge will power and also the fact the Eren may be more special than his father.

I think it’s a mix between fate and that he saw Eren was destined to be special so anymore interfering would result in failure in the end on his part. I think he realized Eren was just that Special of a person.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SCENE OF THE VETS TALKING WITH ZACKLEY AND LEVI BEING ENTRUSTED WITH THE SERUM BEING PUSHED TO THE FOLLOWING EPISODE? 364 Responses

35% of voters agree that as long as the scene is included, that’s all that matters. 27% didn’t even realize the scene was missing and 26% agree that saving it for next episode was a good pacing decision. 10% still prefer the timeline of the manga.

Good decision. This episode was cramped as it is, having to skip the ED just to fit in everything, and having cut out so many dialogue, that if they put that scene in something else would have suffered. I already feel bad that Keith's chapter only got half an episode whereas Kenny got a full episode to himself. I've always liked Keith's story better too.

I can't wait!

Good decision. It wouldn't really fit in with the tone of this episode.

THOUGHTS ON FLOCH’S STYLISH RED ANIME-PROTAG HAIR? 361 Responses

Nearly half of voters were initially thrown off by the change in Floch’s hair color, but are ultimately open to it. 30% are still trying to figure out what is real in life and what isn’t. 14% think WIT committed an atrocity. A very small few think it suits him perfectly.

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcomed one.

I demand more swirls

His hair looks like an eagles nest but go off

Makes him more unique, in order to stand out more, but blonde would look better

As a ginger im offended, but I guess they did it to make him stand out ... and look less like Trump.

I thought he was blonde, but I still like it!

I hate floch and this is STILL the worst thing thats ever happened to me

I couldn’t think this was ever possible BUT Wit has made Floch even more awful... His hair is already one of the WORST thing in the world, now the color too. It makes me to dislike him even more lol. Thank you Wit for this pearl

Why they gotta do this to my man?

I imagined him as blonde so I'm still adjusting to that

It makes him look like the sort of guy who pulls over to show off his modified Honda Civic while blaring dubstep from his super rad sound system. Which is exactly the kind of person I've always pictured him as.

Wit seems to be making a lot of hair color changes that we don't expect this season. I don't hate it though.

HOW DO YOU THINK THAT KEITH, CARLA AND GRISHA WOULD FEEL ABOUT EREN IF THEY COULD SEE THE DIRECTION HE’S GONE IN RECENT MANGA CHAPTERS?

The results came out about as expected. Keith was a mixed bag with the majority of voters believing that he would either be neutral or a bit disappointed in Eren’s current actions. Carla being very upset with Eren’s actions got the most votes out of anything, while a smaller few just think she would be disappointed. Most voters agree that Grisha would be either proud or at least very understanding of Eren’s current choices and actions. Makes us wonder how Carla and Grisha would have co-parented as Eren got older!

Why there isn't a WTF option on the "What would Grisha/Keith/Carla think?"

WHICH SCENE FROM THE PV ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO? 364 Responses

Overall, voters are looking forward to the scene where Eren, Mikasa and Armin have their talk, but 36% of voters are most looking forward to the detail of Levi listening in on them. 15% are looking forward to Sasha’s reaction to getting to eat meat, and 11% are looking forward to Erwin giving his fellow Survey Corps leaders words of encouragement before the retaking of Wall Maria.

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE EPISODE?

A very poignant one, considering they hired about a dozen of directors just for this episode.

Floch's hair is a bird's nest. Keith=Snape confirmed. Baby Eren eating Carla's hair is the purest thing to come out of this sad-factory.

Bystander is one of my favorite Manga Chapters of the series and the WIT definitely did justice to it. Thanks, WIT.

Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch Floch

I can't believe Uprising is already over! It hasn't even been twelve episodes yet and I'm excited for Return To Shiganshina but I'm also not ready…

I feel like this episode, particularly Keith's story, recaptured some of the sadness and sense of helplessness from early in Season 1. It was a breath of fresh air.

My god! What an episode, ladies and gents. This episode is by far my favorite (except for Floch's hair color, he should have been blonde, not anime-protag red). Now let's wait for next week's talk about the ocean with the Shignashina trio, shall we?

I feel so split. I want Eren to know he's great and brilliant but the way he's going in the manga scares me so much! Who is he now?!

Episode was great but I wish they would've kept these thoughts by Keith: "Those eyes. It's just like his father wanted. His life is like a blazing fire. And I'm sure that fire will burn him to ashes outside the walls. He'll never know what his mother wanted for him."  Not a big deal at all but I just really liked those lines.

Is it just me or did this episode seem to put a lot of emphasis on Armin in a lot of Floch's scenes? Was it the same in the manga?? Foreshadowing??? I don't even remember.

Not enough Erwin. I need more Erwin.

I'm especially in awe of the animation because oh my god, Eren does resemble Carla most, but you can just see current manga Eren in young Grisha's appearance! I'm not so good at figuring out which features of the face make it so, but I think it's beautiful and lends a lot more authenticity to the fact that Eren resembles both his parents in a way, just like people do in real life!

WHERE DO YOU PRIMARILY DISCUSS THE SERIES? 345 Responses

Thanks again to everyone who participated. See you again on Tuesday!

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Halloween Dance and Some Unfortunate Events

Summary:

Levi is willing to go all the way to get Eren to go with him to the Halloween Dance. But things get complicated since Levi cannot show any sign of intelligence around the German hottie. However, he isn’t taking no for an answer.

Rating - Teen and Up Audiences

Categories - M/M

Relationships - Levi/Eren, background relationships, Moblit/Hanji, Armin/Erwin, Krista|Historia/Ymir

Chapters - 3/?

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Chapter 3 : You free tonight?

Last week was kind of a mess. Krista believed us and didn’t stir up any more trouble. Anyway, I think the incident kind of broke her spirit for now cause apparently, she doesn’t feel like going to the dance anymore. But there was a lot of unnecessary drama and shit. So, I’m really looking forward to a relaxing weekend.

The guilt will eventually creep in but for now, I’m just really glad that there’s one less competition.

6 days left till the dance.

I’m not even sure that I’ll be going to this thing though, honestly. It’s very complicated. I mean, I want to go but only with Eren. And I’m not fucking confessing to my crush.  God, it’s so embarrassing just thinking about it. And I go all gooey once I see him. Assuming that I ask him out, what if I go gooey while we’re dancing? Oh shit, I just realised. I can’t even fucking dance.

This is just too much. I’m just gonna go and take a nap.

 Tring~ Tring~

“Huh? Wa-?” I shot up, my mind hazed and clouded. I felt like a dehydrated zombie, which is why you should never take afternoon naps. “Mom! Someone’s calling!” I managed to shout, despite my sore throat.

Tring~ Tring~

A muffled voice came from the next room, “Pick it up for me, will you, hon? Mommy’s in the shower.”

I stumbled out of my bed and literally rolled down the stairs when I tripped on the blanket I wrapped myself with.

“Ouch!” I winced when my head banged against the floor on the last step.

I could distinctly hear mom saying, “Are you okay, Levi?” Yeah, sure.

I picked up the phone and rubbed my eyes, mumbling sheepishly, “Ah…hello… thi- this’… Levi.”  

I could hear some sort of muffled voices on the other end and someone whisper-shouting, “Quiet! Quiet! Shhh!”

Honestly, I’m too tired to deal with Isabel and her bullshit. So, I was about to put it back on the holder before-

“Uh!...-uhm h-hey Levi, It’s Eren.”

I could hear someone on his side mimicking him, “IT’S EREN!!” And then sounds of hitting each other.

“Oh Isabel, fuck you.”

“No no, it is me! Eren!! We sit together in some of the classes, remember?” the person on the other end quipped.

I looked at the caller ID. And my eyes literally went from half dead to shot alive. I could literally feel my stomach drop-     ‘Jaeger’

“Levi? Are you still there?”

In response, I giggled out, “Uh-huh, nyyesss~?” Oh my fucking god, I giggled. I giggled. What’s wrong with mmeeee????

“Oh, uh. I’m having a party tonight-”

“Dumbass, it’s tomorrow,” someone whispered.

“Ah right, fudge. I’m… having a party on Sturdy- Saturday night. And it’s kind of like a costume party, no biggie. Soo it’s gonna be super cool and I want you there…”

I think he said some more stuff about whether I could come or some shit, but my useless brain just stopped at ‘I want you’.

“What did one beach say to the other? Shore.” I made a gun-click sound with my tongue.

I didn’t wait for his response as I literally smashed the phone into the wall, face fuming. Why am I like this? Why am I like this? Oh god, why the fu-

Mom came down the stairs, “Honey? Why is your face all red? And why are you curled up in the middle of the living room?”

I looked at her distastefully. She probably doesn’t even know I’m gay. Huh, I don’t even know if I’m gay. I dated this girl, Annie for 8 months, which is pretty long for a high-schooler. But it kind of just faded away. We haven’t talked in like forever. Huh, we haven’t even broken up. Eh but I guess it’s kinda implied?

Well, whatever. I yanked out my iPhone from the charger and sped up to my room, making sure to close the door.

“Hanji, you’re not gonna believe this!” I chattered out happily, plopping down on the bed and squishing my pillow.

“No no, wait, don’t tell me. Lemme guess.” I could hear her shuffling through something and then a thud sound.

“What are you even doing?”

Not bothering to answer my question, she asked, “Is it Moblit?” I mentally head banged myself.

Moblit. Moblit. It’s always Moblit with her. What’s up with that? Don’t get me wrong, I love that my friend’s in a relationship but please for the love of God, stop. Even I don’t talk that much about Ere- wait, nevermind.

“No, it’s about Eren.”

She hummed, “Did he refuse?”

“What? The fuck, no, Hanji, he didn’t refuse-”

“Gee, alright, don’t get so worked up.”

It’s so hard to not yell at her sometimes.

Taking a large patient breath, I said, “He asked me to come to his costume party tomorrow night. At his house!”

“Whoa, holy shit. Hold up, Levi. I’m coming over.”

And that’s how we ended up in my room. She brought along Petra and Erwin and much to my horror, she brought Armin along. We were actually supposed to discuss my costume but having that blonde brat there made it so damn suffocating, especially since he is Eren’s best friend.

Dragging Hanji into a room, I hissed, “Why did you bring that moron?!”

Hanji viciously hissed back, “What was I supposed to do, huh, Levi? Erwin was making out with him when I climbed to his window.”

Swallowing back my vomit, I gagged, “Ew, don’t tell me that.”

We were spitting out hurtful insults at each other (you know, just like friends do) when Armin came up to us, smiling sweetly, “Can I get refill on the tea? It tastes amazing.”

Hanji and I looked at him for like a full minute before I moved, “Yeah, sure.” He isn’t a bad kid really but now, whenever I look at him, I see a very disturbing mental image of Erwin giving it to him hard. Gag. I led him into the kitchen and poured out another cup of tea. Armin sat on one of the chairs near the kitchen island.

“Eren expects you at the party, you know.” Slip. Crash.

“Jesus! Shit- W-what did you say?” I tried to play it cool as I mopped up the spilled boiling tea carefully.

“He doesn’t invite a lot of people. Well, not directly.”

I hummed positively in response as I handed him his tea. A million thoughts were processing through my head and every one of them had Armin as my very supportive wingman. After all, he is Eren’s best friend. I wanted to ask him so many things. I just couldn’t figure out how to bring it up. I wanted to ask mainly about stuff like ‘What does Eren say about me?’ ‘Have you, by chance, seen his-’

“So, what are you wearing?”

A bulb went off in my head and I almost wanted to French make out with Armin, “Oh, I don’t know…um… what.. what does he like?”

Armin scratched his head, not suspecting even a tiny thing, “He likes lots of things. Mainly stuff like superheroes, cars, transformers…” He laughed out lightly, “You know, everything a 10-year old would like, haha.”

I pretended to smile and pressured him more, “Any idea what he’s wearing?”

“A cop, I heard. He thinks it’s cool, protecting stuff.”  

I smiled. Handcuffs. Dear god, I’m so fucking gay.

“He likes cute things though. You know, small, tiny and cute?” He made a gesture with his hand as if to signal I’m short.

I cocked an eyebrow and growled, “What? You calling me tiny?”

I could see Armin was starting to panic when Erwin came in, “God, you two were in here so long. What were you talking about?”

I hopped down from the counter and headed up to my room, whispering bitterly into Erwin’s ear as I passed by, “Your tiny dick.”

 ~~oOo~~

 I sat on my sofa, swimming through dozens of my old Halloween costumes. Most of them were really crappy, to be honest. A coat and a cap (Sherlock Holmes), something greenish (Elves or Peter Pan, I don’t care) and some others. I mean, I like Halloween for the scary movies, not for candy. As a kid, I never liked going trick-or-treating that much. I liked to stay home and mooch off the candies we keep at home. Much to mom’s annoyance.

Hanji came out from my closet wearing a frown, “Don’t you have anything else?”

I looked up from an old magazine, “No.”

“Jeez, you’re fun.”

When I made no reply, Hanji walked over and plopped down next to me on the floor, “Then we’ve to buy something.”

“We?”

Ignoring me, she continued, “Something petite and cute… cute and tiny… hmm”

I listened to her humming for a split second before flipping another page of the magazine. There was a whole page advertisement for a pet shop or something. Flipping to the next page, I sighed, “I wish I could get a rabbit.”

“Say what?”

I grunted nonchalantly in response. Hanji ripped out the book from my hands earning a distraught ‘hey!’ from me.

“This is it!!”

“I was reading that, you know.”

“A bunny!! It’s cute and tiny, with its little nose and you’re so cute and ti-”

I cut her off, “Bunny costumes scream – hey, what’s up? Let’s fuck.”

Hanji winked at me, “For Eren?”

My face steamed to bright red before I screeched, “Shut up!”

And that’s how I ended up ordering a bunny costume from Hanji’s (shady) ‘guy’ or so she calls. Hanji promised me that it wasn’t one of those revealing sexy types. She said it bent more towards the ‘cute’ side, with ears and a fluffy tail.

I don’t know about the ears but I’m cutting off the tail once that thing gets here. I don’t need people wondering if a cloud was attached to my ass all night long. According to what Hanji said, Armin told Hanji that Eren likes people who acts cute in general. So currently, I am revising the habits of the ‘school cutie’ Krista. She sort of bounces her head around, smiles and makes a lot of weird noises. Not creepy ones like I do, but noises like ah’s and oh’s.

I tried practicing my smile. Tried.

The rest of the afternoon, I tried out different looks with myself. The only thing it did was to remind me why I should stick to my style. Then I talked with myself in front of the mirror, you know, for conversational purposes. It was actually really beneficial cause I found out that if I laugh too freely, my eyebrows raise up weirdly and I make noises like a pig. I also found out my eyes look cooler when I apply some eyeliner. At the end, I had everything planed out – how I’ll smile, what to talk about, how to approach Eren and pull off the ‘cute’ rabbit look like a boss.

Hell yeah, I’m the boss.

That night, I lathered my face with some herbal fluid mom made. She said my face will glow like a princess in the morning if I keep it on overnight. Ha, I’m a princess.  

I kind of looked like Shrek at the moment though so I Facetimed Hanji. As soon as she picked up, I yelled at the top of my voice, “GET OUT OF MY SWAMP!”

Hanji laughed tensely in return. I looked at the screen for a moment before retorting, “What? Don’t you get it? I have a green face.”

On the other screen, Hanji scratched her head nervously and croaked, “I get it! … hehe… Levi you’ll find this funny…. But umm…”

I stopped goofing around. Taking in a deep breath, I glared at the screen and prepared myself.

“You know that sexy cute bunny costume we ordered?”

“Yeah, the one I paid for. What about it?”

“Well, it came at 6 in the evening today and…”

“That’s great. I’ll pick it up in the morning.”

“Well, it’s not exactly sexy…or high school…ish.”

“What do you mean ‘not high scho-’ Oh my god.”

All the strength left my knees as I gazed upon the monstrosity that Hanji was holding up. I must not have done a great job at hiding my shock because Hanji started looking all worried and she tried to console me, “At least it’s cute. Right? Right?”

She was holding up a motherfucking bright pink rabbit jumpsuit. No, Hanji. It’s not cute.

  ~~oOo~~

 Hanji and I spent all morning trying to fix the costume. The measurements were too big and I looked like I was wearing an oversized onesie pyjama that I occasionally use as a sleeping bed. In other words, it looked absolutely horrifying.  

I bleached the whole suit and put it in the washer for like, 6 hours. Fortunately, the shocking bright pink colour faded to a soft whitish-pink hue which looked less in-your-face. Mom took care of the rest. But the costume proportions were so wrong she practically sewed the whole thing over.

However, I still had a onesie by the end of the day.

Distraught, I looked at the mirror in vain. My hands felt around the costume and I felt my heart sinking. One of the rabbit ears flopped over to the side while the other stayed upright. The hood fell to my shoulders and the fluffy cloth hung around my tiny frame.

Hanji quipped from the other room, “You look cute, okay? So, stop worrying.”

The party was in an hour. I sighed heavily, my hands patting the giant rabbit ears. I look like a freak. Only my whiskers were on point, drawn on by Hanji.

“Oh, and I’ve been meaning to ask you this since morning.”

I turned away from the mirror and looked at Hanji, “What?”

“Why is your face so damn smooth?”

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[invaderzia1]

Hopelessly Useless (Ymir x Fem!Reader) (Modern Au)

Had she always been this hopeless? She hoped not but here she was, ranting to her friend, Historia, about her crush.

“I don’t get how I can like her THIS much!! I mean, she’s an asshole. You agree too right? She’s an asshole!!” You ranted, going on and on while Historia just sat and listened, nodding occasionally to show she was listening. “Did you see how she looked today?! Somebody that assholey doesn’t deserve to be that hot, god I’m fucked.”

Historia sighed and patted her on the back. “You know (y/n), Ymir isn’t that much of an asshole.”

“yeah, yeah I know that, but you gotta admit she is insufferable sometimes. You can not deny that. You heard what she said to Bertholdt today right? The poor guy looked like he may shit himself, I get it’s a joke but COME ON!!!” (Y/n) let out a frustrated sigh before flopping back into Historia’s bed, crushing a pillow into her face.

This had been going on for a while and if you couldn’t tell (y/n) is absolutely fucked. She is fucked and she knows that. Everyone could see how fucked she is. She is in love with Ymir. She’s really in love with her.

Historia has been the designated therapist for (y/n) ever since she realized she liked Ymir, since she and Ymir are close. So close that most new comers to the group believe that they are dating. Ymir has always treated Historia like she was some sort of goddess and it made sense for people to assume that. This made (Y/n)’s feelings for Ymir ten times worse, knowing that Ymir was a useless lesbian for Historia.

Lifting the pillow from her face, (y/n) sighed and turned to Historia. “What do I do, I don’t know what to do anymore. I feel like I’m goin absolutely insane over all this.”

“I keep telling you to tell her you like her, she’s fucking hopelessly dense about this shit.” Historia responds, twirling a strand of her hair between her fingers.

“But what if she rejects me?? How can I know that she’s into me??? God she’s so complicated!!” All the possible results were swirling in her mind right now, giving her anxiety about all this.

Historia rolled her eyes. She knew how this would play out and how both her friends were hopelessly fucking gay for eachother. Yes, Ymir liked (y/n). Historia tried her hardest to push both girls into the right direction but something always fucked it up. Whether it was one of them pussying out, one of them stumbling over their words, or some outside force making it fail. This was starting to piss Historia off though. She loved both her friends but god hearing them both rants and fail trying to get the other was getting old.

“Listen, I’m having Ymir come over to join us and if you try and stop me I swear to god I will end you.” Historia said, pulling her phone out and texting Ymir faster than (y/n) had to process this.

Sad to say, it took (y/n) a bit longer than expected to realize what Historia just did. Once she did realize she stuttered out a response. “Historia.... w-what did you.... why did you just?? HISTORIA!!!”

“She’s already on her way, she’ll be here in like, I don’t know probably 15 minutes, she doesn’t live too far away.” Historia said, nonchalantly. It’s almost like she didn’t try to fuck over (y/n). Almost.

“BUT WHY???”

“Because this is getting old. I love you but,” Historia eyes focused intensely on her friend, “if you don’t get this shit sorted out soon I will actually end you both.”

(Y/n) continued to whine to Historia about what she just did for a bit longer until it began to set in what Historia actually wanted to happen. Now she was nervous, very nervous. She had to do it now. She can’t just run out of Historia’s house and hide, no Historia will find her.

After waiting for some time they heard Ymir’s car pull into the driveway and her enter the house from the front door. As they waited for Ymir to walk up the stairs to the second story, (y/n) felt like she could vomit. Really like she could vomit. ‘Maybe if I vomit I can get out of this!! No that won’t work at all... fuck fuck fuck fu-‘

“Sup.”

‘Fuck’

Ymir entered the room and set her bag down, going to take a seat in Historia’s bright pink bean bag chair, settling down into the heap and making herself comfortable.

Taking a look at Ymir did not help the current situation that (y/n) was in. While she had changed out of the outfit that earlier (y/n) had been ranting about it didn’t mean she didn’t look equally as hot. She had changed into a pair of Nike shorts and a muscle shirt, showing off her dark, freckled skin along with her muscles. While Ymir wasn’t what people would consider feminine that didn’t mean she was not attractive, anything but. The way she embraced her more masculine side seemed to pay off, gaining her a lot of attention for it.

Nobody said anything for a bit till Historia had it. She could clearly see how both girls were looking at eachother and how they both were sweating like idiots. “Okay!” She said, loud enough to catch the other girls off guard. “That’s it. You two are fucking hopelessly useless, I swear.” Both girls noticed where Historia was going with this out burst and seemed to sink further into themselves, avoiding each others eyes. “Both of you two like eachother, I know because I have to deal with you two coming to me and whining about it. It’s pathetic!! Ymir, you show yourself off as some tough punk chick yet you can’t confess to the girl you like!!” Ymir flinched at Historia’s statement, rubbing the back of her neck apologetically. Historia quickly turned to (Y/n), her eyes having a fire burning within them, not anger as some may assume but passion. “And you, (Y/n), I can’t believe how blind you are to how much Ymir likes you, it’s so fucking obvious!!! You two are going to fucking talk about this now, I’m going to leave the room and if you two aren’t close to fucking,” causing both (y/n) and Ymir to blush furiously, “when I come back I will loose my mind!!” Historia stomped outta the room, shutting the door. Both girls waited till they heard Historia’s steps go down the stairs.

Ymir took a quick look at (y/n) noticing how embarrassed she looked. Her hands were in her lap, her knuckles turning white from how hard she was clutching them. Ymir decided to suck up her pride and go sit next to (y/n).

(Y/n) guesses it was her turn to suck up her pride and be the first to talk. “So... about what Historia said...”

“Which part? Us liking eachother or us fucking?”

Both of them couldn’t help but let out a laugh over that, at least it was helping not make this so awkward.

“Idiot, about us liking eachother. Was she... was she telling the truth? Do you like me?” (Y/n) said, finally feeling brave enough to look up at Ymir.

Ymir, embarrassed by having to admit her feeling, looked away from her, staring into the corner of the room. “Of course what she said was true, did you hear how she said it... I really really really like you, and I really want you to be my um... my g-girlf-friend.” Smooth, Ymir, so fucking smooth.

The other girl found this ridiculously cute, how tough Ymir seemed to be too afraid to even say the word girlfriend. She laughed at it and reached for Ymirs hand, pulling her close to her and kissing her cheek. “Yeah, I’d really like that.”

Ymir finally looked back at her, staring into her eyes. Her face was in amazement for a few seconds before turning back to her usual confident look. “Now that that’s settled, how about we work on the other part of what she said.”

(Y/n) felt her face begin to flush again but instead of freezing up she decided to take control, leaning close to Ymirs neck and leaving little bites here and there before settling on a hickey. Once she left a pretty deep red mark on her neck, one she knew would be dark purple tomorrow, she went and kissed Ymir on the lips. “Is that what you had in mind?”

Ymir, shocked by the sudden dominance, quickly tried to keep up with it all. She brought her finger up to brush (y/n) soft, pink lips. Then pulling her close and kissing her intensely, both girls going at it with such feroscity and passion. The ended up falling backwards into the bed, not stoping their kissing at all.

They didn’t even notice the door open up and Historia slip in, well not until she decide to say something that is.

“You two can stop now, I don’t want you actually fucking in my bed.”

[areallyyellowmango]

‘What if we happened to have Marcel and Porco join the 104th Cadet Corps instead of Reiner in the mission? How would be their relationship  with the other cadets?’

My friend asked me this at school yesterday and I couldn’t stop thinking and coming up with headcanons about it, and it turned out to be something very interesting to imagine (it kept my head in the clouds for  almost two hours of history class, so that’s pretty good already), so I’d like to share some of my thoughts and headcanons with you. This might be a little long, but feel free to read it if you’d like!

Eren: I can see Eren having a brotherly relationship with Marcel, for obvious reasons. Most part of the reliable and trustworthy, protective Reiner he looked up to during the cadet training was a projection of Marcel’s personality and soldier spirit. Eren would develop a bond with Marcel as close as he did to Reiner, if not more. Porco, on the other hand... I believe their relationship would be a mix of the initial Eren/Annie and Eren/Jean relationships. Porco’s got the sass on him whenever he wants it, and, much like Jean, he’d mock Eren’s “attempts to look tough”- except he actually knows what he’s talking about... Kind of. But, just like Annie, Porco is independent, skilled and strongwilled, and Eren could possibly look up to him in some way, as well as Porco could admire Eren’s conviction and determination. They’d both probably not let it show, though.

Armin: Armin would trust Marcel a lot, and Marcel would love spending some time with the blonde whenever he could. Armin would feel really comfortable around him, due simply to the fact that, even though he’s strong and skilled, he’s also really smart and not as reckless as some of the other cadets, so they’d discuss plans and tactics together. Also, Marcel would see in Armin the purity and innocence of a child he still carries inside him, and that would make him feel welcome in the boy’s presence. Porco would value Armin’s intelligence. Not only because of the tactics and how they turn out in the missions, but because he’d remember Pieck everytime Armin came up with a really clever observation, and something about that makes him feel a little happier. Other than that, they’d not have a much closer bond; they’d talk to each other only when necessary. However, they’d know they could count on each other on the battlefield, whenever necessary. Mikasa: It’s kinda hard to tell how Mikasa feels about Marcel. She’d probably value his skills and reliability, but would not trust him entirely to protect herself and Eren. Overall, he’d just be another good guy in the corps, just like the other ‘ok’ ones - the ones that don’t really bother her. Porco would not be part of this group. She’d despise him more every time he opened his mouth to laugh at Eren, and would love to kick his jaw broken. Porco wouldn’t be fond of her, either; he’d find her obssession for Eren disgusting. However, he’d admire her skills. I can see their relationship being somewhat alike the Mikasa/Annie rivalry relationship, except not as aggressive. Jean: Oh boy, this one would be kinda fun! At first, Jean would not miss a chance to get Porco on his nerves - and it would not be too hard. He’d make fun of everything, from his name to his pointy nose, and it would always end up in a fight, split by Marco and Marcel. They’d absolutely hate each other. However, sooner or later, they’d find out they had a lot in common - thanks to their respective dearest comrads. They’d still let their sass out on each other, and that’d probably be what brought them together the most. Many nights would be spent awake in the boys dorm with things such as laughing at Bertholdt’s weird sleeping positions and talking about girls. All in all, maybe a true friendship could be developed between those two. Marcel would be glad that his brother had finally found someone that he actually enjoyed hanging out with, other than him and Pieck, although he knew that it’d come to a bitter end sooner or later. Marco: Who doesn’t love Marco? He’d definetly be Marcel’s best friend and most trusted comrad, other than his brother. They’d get along exceptionally well, to the point in which Marcel would actually wish from the bottom of his heart he could save Marco from this hell in earth. Marco would be the one to trigger Marcel’s questioning on what he had been told his entire life, about the Walldians and their demonic nature. When Marco overheard their talk to Bertholdt and Annie about their plan, having to watch him be bitten right in half and killed made Marcel break out in tears. From that moment on, Porco would have to stay strong for his brother. This moment would change something deep inside Marcel. He’d still be kind and lovely, but he’d be hurt inside, and every second inside those walls pretending to be someone he really isn’t, deceiving those people and himself, would become a torture. Everything would just go downhill from this moment on.  Connie: Connie would be fond of both of them. He’d look up to their bravery and skills, as well as feel empathy for the brothers who had lost everyone and everything they had during the Wall Maria attack, and promised to stick together until the very end (or at least that would be the story they’d tell about their past). Connie would see them as the ‘cool kids’, and would always try to join them in training, dinner and in their night time talks. Marcel would like him a lot, and be totally flattered whenever he called him a model soldier. Porco would like him, too. He’d be go-to companion whenever Jean was busy, although he’d find the boy to be a slow-thinker sometimes, and that would bother him a bit when they talked. Sasha: If there’s a girl I can see developing a closer bond with Marcel, that’d be Sasha. Don’t know why, but my mind just keeps telling me she’d find him really cute. He wouldn’t mind sharing his dinner with her, and that would make her like him even more. Marcel would adore the way Sasha’s personality can suddenly change from a playful, distracted and completely relentless-when-hungry girl to a serious, brave, reliable soldier whenever one of her comrads or anyone else is in danger Also, Marcel would love her accent, and she’d blush intensely whenever he told her that, followed by a barely hearable “thank you...”. Porco would totally ship them, and call her ‘sister in law’ whenever he caught them talking and laughing together.  Christa/ Historia: Marcel would admire Christa’s compassion and kindness, and would never be surprised when she put someone else’s well being ahead of her own. They’d be good friends, and she’d be someone Marcel would love to protect, too. At first, Porco would find her excessive kindness stupid, and think she only did that to show off. However, it only took a little help during a mission and a sincere smile from the blonde for him to be sure she was some sort of goddess of love who came down to earth to share the word of kindness and forgiveness. Ymir: Let’s assume Ymir was still alive and in human form, and that she did not inherit the Jaw Titan, obviously. Porco would have a like/dislike relationship with her. Their personalities can be very similar, and it’s hard to tell which one of them packs the most irony and sass in their speech when they want to. It’s not very hard to imagine them arm wrestling during dinner time to put an end to a discussion about who is strongest, after a really long show-off session. I can see her making the same “gay radar” joke she made to Reiner to Porco as well, and receiving a similar answer. Marcel wouldn’t like her attitude towards others, but it’s not very different from what he’s used to hear from his own brother, so he’d learn to deal with it.  Last but not least, their warrior comrads, Bertholdt and Annie: Bert is clearly not as close to either of the brothers as he was to Reiner. He’d probably be even more silent and reserved to his own thoughts, as he wouldn’t feel as comfortable to share them. Also, with these two around, he’d most likely be left behind as they were in the spotlight; if that happened when only Reiner was around, that’d certainly happen with the Galliards. Marcel would occasionally ask him if there was something wrong and tell him to stay strong, but that wouldn’t matter too much for him. He just wants to get out of there as soon as possible and do what has to be done, before his feelings - towards the walldians he learned are actually people just like him, but he can’t protect because he has a duty to fulfill - get even more difficult to handle. Porco would be really annoyed by Bert’s evasive behaviour, and eventually come to him and say things like “Oi, what’s your problem? If we want to get out of here, we need to act like soldiers. Pull yourself together!”, but that would only make things more difficult.  Annie would still be, well... Annie. Except she’d trust Marcel much more than she trusts Reiner, and respect him much more too. She’d see him as a link that keeps the warriors together, and a ‘leader’ of some sort. Not that she’d be submissive to him or something like that, but she’d trust most of his tactics and respect his skills and strenght. Porco would behave a little differently when talking to Annie. He knew how strong she is, and would have a lot of respect for that, knowing his limits when confronting her. Because of that, she wouldn’t have anything against him, but still find him uncomfortably chatty sometimes. So these are some of my headcanons summed up. English is not my native language, so there might be a few grammar mistakes here and there, and I apologize for that. But anyway, thank you so much if you read it all the way down here, you deserve a cookie <3

[hisuuuuuu]

ok whatever I can't use my sideblog to send this but! for the ask meme, fandom: snk, ship: yumihisu

omg vi I’m so sorry this is so long over due I just didn’t want to do any of my favs a disservice (hopefully I haven’t as I’m often bad with words) but thank you for the ask!!

Fandom: SNK

Favorite character: Levi 😘😘

Least Favorite character: Historia’s parents but the king and Zachly are pretty gross too

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Currently ereri, yumihisu, eruri, jeankasa and erejean

Character I find most attractive: Ymir!!!!!! Honestly she is literally gf goals like she’s exactly my type in looks and personality I just uhhh

Character I would marry: Ymir

Character I would be best friends with:Meaning only one?? Sasha probably

A random thought: I really hope they make more seasons. I’d love to see Kenny animated

An unpopular opinion:Please be gentle with me but….. (I’m not the biggest fan of ponytail!levi) I love how excited everyone gets over the idea I think that’s cute! but yeah not really for me

My canon OTP: Yumihisuuuuuu

Non-canon OTP: Ereri - they have such an interesting and beautiful relationship I can’t wait to see them in the manga again!

Most badass character: There’s so many! How do I even choose? Maybe Erwin or Mike bc it’s a bit unfair to compare the Ackermans with everyone else

Pairing I am not a fan of: Y'know I originally put Armin & Erwinbut last night I had a really cute dream of them so probably Reiner & Historia

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): No one

Favourite friendship: Levi, Erwin and Hange!

Character I want to adopt or be adopted by:I want to adopt Mikasa and be adopted by Erwin and/or Mike

Ship: Yumihisu

When of if I started shipping it: When I first saw them in the same frame? Aha no but it was pretty instant. I think it was when Ymir put an arm around Historia and told her something like ‘when this is all over I’m gonna marry you’. Bc I was like 👀 canon lgbts excuse me haha and I’ve been in love and drawn in since

My thoughts: I love them heaps!!! Like Ymir says they’re both very similar with y'know the whole living a lie thing they’ve been through. They’ve both been through horrible things no little girl should have gone through. Yet (as much as Ymir likes to deny it) they both still have some compassion inside and a caring nature. I just feel like they really understand each other and they need someone like that. I also just think they compliment each other really nicely like two sides of the same coin. I love their lil fights/arguments too I think they’re adorable bc they’re healthy and normal and are usually made to try and help the other person. Summary: they’re super cute I love them

What makes me happy about them: That they’re canon (especially as lgbts) !!! Like I can still remember the day it was announced my friend and I were like crying and clinging to each other the whole day haha. And they’re just really cute and a perfect match in my opinion

What makes me sad about them:If you’re caught up on the manga I think you could take a guess. Also how they seem to be almost destined to never be properly together with Ymir’s deal with Reiner and Historia with her queen duties. Also both of their backstories are tragic and always make me sad

Things done in fanfic that annoys me:I guess just mischaracterisation like Historia being portrayed as super sweet and innocent. Other than that nothing really!

Things I look for in fanfic:I’m always looking out for canonverse yumihisus but I haven’t came across many. I’m not sure, I haven’t really read a yumihisu fic that’s really blown me away. I actually haven’t read that much anyways so please if you want recommend me some if anyone knows any! I love aus too bc then my girls can be happily together

My kinks:Idk

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Historia with Eren. Ymir with me lmaoooo maybe Sasha

My happily ever after for them:Historia sends out her men or the survey corps to save Ymir. Ymir becomes queen as well and they both serve together happily in love and take in the orphaned children and raise them as their own (with the help of their loyal servants and occasionally Levi Squad)

I’ve already answered Levi. You can find it here: https://softymir.tumblr.com/post/161052629728/levi-for-the-character-ask-thank-you

Character: Sasha

How I feel about this character: She’s a blessing. She’s very sweet and strong. I wish she wasn’t just reduced to potato jokes bc she’s so much more than that! She’s such a good person and character! I love how goofy and sometimes rebellious yet polite and kind she is. I love that she’s shown with the little insecurity of her accent and her way of speaking but her friends always try and bring her out of that as they love her the way she is. I love that she expresses fear as you realistically would. She’s a very real, believable and relatable character.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Mikasa, Connie, Ymir (is this a thing?? please be a thing), Historia ahhhh Sasha and all the girls please, Mina bc of that one official art and actually holy heck they would have been cute, Annie? Jean? idk Sasha’s so nice she could click w anyone

My non-romantic OTP for this character:Springles? Some days I ship them romantically and then other times I just see them as friends who endlessly support each other

My unpopular opinion about this character: While I thought the added scenes of Sasha in s2 were cute I was a little upset that almost all of her added dialogue revolved around food bc I’m kind of over that being a main characteristic of her when she’s so much more

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I want her to see her papa again and I want him and everyone to tell her how proud they are of her and how strong she has been/is. I want her to look after herself and be swarmed with love and support from her friends

My het ship:Springles

My fem/slash ship: Mikasasha!!

My OTP: Oh boy i’m gonna say it’s mikasasha but springles is really sweet too

My OT3:Yumihisusasha. Brotp would be sashaconniejean

My cross over ship: Don’t have one

My kink: Idk

A head cannon fact: The more comfortable she is with someone the more she’ll let her accent and her way of speaking slip

Character: Historia

How I feel about this character: Historia is really important to me personally as I relate to her a lot (both of us being super gay for Ymir lmao)

But like the whole taking on a different personality for most of your life. Like I was very much like Krista during most of my school life. I was overly kind, sweet and caring to everyone even people who really did not deserve it. It’s quite interesting actually that as I read Historia starting to ‘live for herself’ and as herself I was too. So I kind of grew out of that with her which is why she’s very important to me.

And it’s always nice to find a character you relate to and the fact that she likes girls too is just 🙏🙏

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Ymir!!!! And Eren

My non-romantic OTP for this character:Maybe Reiner and Historia? Like I can see them being each other’s beards and maybe in an au tricking the parents that they’re straight as they’re both pretty much the poster children of the bf/gf you’d want to show off to your mum. And I think they could have been quite good friends

My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t think people think it anymore but I remember when the chapters were coming out as her as Historia most people thought she was this super cold bitch (me included at first) but hah that’s not the case. I mean she’s not ridiculously nice goddess Krista but she definitely still cares about herself, Ymir, her friends and children. You just have to remember she had a rough life and childhood of course she’s gonna come across as cold and distant sometimes.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:I want her and Ymir to get married and to take in the orphaned children and raise them as their own (with the help of her loyal servants and possibly in their free time Levi Squad as Historia is a very busy queen). Ymir would love her lots and Historia would raise and treat the children how she wished she could have been. She’d dedicate as much time as she could with them. I want her to be happy and content with her life

My het ship: Erehisu

My fem/slash ship: Yumihisu

My OTP: Yumihisu!!

My OT3: Yumihisusasha

My cross over ship: Don’t have one

My kink: Idk I think she’d like to have little kisses planted everywhere like the royalty she is

A head cannon fact: She’s the big spoon

[arlingtonpark]

SNK 130 Review

For the first time, thanks to this chapter, SNK is more popular than Domestic Na Kanojo, a manga about a love triangle between a dude and his step-sisters, one of whom is his teacher.

We did it fam. Mission accomplished.

I feel like the scenario where the outside world and Paradis are kept apart with Paradis threatening to rumble the world if there’s any interference is something of an equilibrium point.

They say that nature has a balance to it. A natural rhythm that it follows on its own.

Predators hunt prey, so naturally there are less predators than prey, lest the prey population be wiped out. When predators are too many and prey is too few, the lack of food causes predators to leave the area or die off, which prompts the prey population to rebound.

So there’s a certain point at which things balance out. This is an equilibrium.

Social situations are like that too.  

People have desires and preferences, and in a social situation, a dynamic will form that satisfies as much of those desires as possible.

Because the equilibrium point is the state of affairs at which as many people as possible are satisfied, in the long term any disruption to that equilibrium will be corrected.

Not because of magic or anything, but just because it’s the scenario that most people prefer, so the state of affairs will trend towards it over time.

This is a really long way of saying that I think that some variation on the King Fritz scenario is the best outcome everyone can hope for.

Everyone gets to live and go about their lives.

The downside is that there’ll always be an undercurrent of resentment. And, oh yeah, becoming titans and eating children is necessary to make the wall titans work as a threat. That’s bad, but a natural balance isn’t a utopia.

It’s a testament to how much the SNK world sucks that *this* is the outcome that allows the most people to be happy.

Rape, parents eating children, all of it indefinitely.

That’s one of the most frustrating things about this chapter.

Just…what even is the message of this story anymore?

Attack on Titan is a series about freedom and striving for freedom. Eren has embodied that struggle the whole time.

But now?

Eren is a lunatic who’s about to crush the whole world.

The Cringevengers are fighting for freedom, but not their own. Stopping Eren will only open a pathway for the world to retaliate against Paradis for the failed rumbling. Their mission is one of self-destruction.

That’s noble, but it’s looking more and more like the cringevengers are going to lose. They’re physically and mentally exhausted, and they don’t really have much personal stake in this anymore.

So I guess we’re heading for an ending where Eren destroys the world.

If that’s the case, then…what’s the message?

Is this a tragedy?

Tragedies are about characters failing to rise above their flaws, but they’re also supposed to be constructive.

Tragedies work when they show the audience that a happy ending could have happened but for the character’s flaws.

Romeo and Juliet could have lived if it weren’t for their feuding families, for example. The story ended sadly, but there was a clear path to a happy ending.

What is the path forward in Attack on Titan?

The Marleyans are shit. They’re racist colonialists out to dominate the world. They coral Eldians into camps, use them as weapons, and want to build a global empire. Their long term motivation is to preserve their global dominance.

Eren is a lunatic. ‘Nuff said.

The Cringevengers have the moral high ground, but…if they win, the Eldians still die. So…go Cringevengers?

Who is the hero of this story right now?

Which path is the right one?

What is even the message anymore?

The answer is that there is none.

The situation is clearly designed to make this outcome inevitable.

The world is going down this bad path because almost everyone has the same flaw: they are willing to kill people for the sake of their own prejudices.

If only a couple of characters had that flaw, this would be fine, but making this flaw so widespread makes it seem that humans in general are like this, and that’s wrong.

Most people are not like this.

I think the fact that humanity has not self-immolated yet speaks for itself.

I don’t know what’s going on in Isayama’s mind, but I wonder if maybe he’s a bit paranoid about tensions between Japan, and China, and the Koreas.

The possible social commentary in SNK is always interesting to think about, but I’m just going to skip over that here.

…

Ugh, I guess I have to talk about the pregnancy now.

So first off, my starting point when thinking about the pregnancy is that whatever happened, it didn’t involve rape.

That’s maybe something we shouldn’t assume, but I don’t think Isayama will cross that line. Having Historia go through that trauma for basically no reason is viscerally disgusting and I trust that Isayama knows that.

Attack on Titan is ostensibly about freedom; being forced to carry a child to term is not that.

Clearly.

So I take it as a given that there was no rape.

Once you do that, thinking about the pregnancy becomes much simpler.

There are really only two possible explanations:

1. That Historia fell in love with a man, decided to have a family…and that Isayama is playing up the possibility of rape for shock value.

Or.

2. The pregnancy is somehow fake.

So which is more believable?

Honestly, I lean towards (1), though I’d prefer it be fake.

Before this chapter came out, I never felt it was likely the pregnancy was fake. There was an aura of suspicion around it, but that doesn’t prove much.

We know the pregnancy was inexplicably advantageous to Zeke, and we know that Eren and Historia were up to something right before Eren disappeared.

Isayama is clearly hiding something, but a fake pregnancy specifically?

I see no reason why it would be that and not, say, a secret romance.

That’s what really scares me though.

Most people can explain why callous depictions of rape are bad. The number of people who can explain why callous depictions of queer people are bad is much smaller.

I ship yumikuri. In fact, it’s one of the few pairs I ship.

So call me biased if you want, but the bottom line is that Ymir explicitly loved Historia, and most people would at least say Historia might have reciprocated. I personally would say she definitely did.

Ymir loved Historia.

She loved her enough to reach out to her and try to save her from her own fate.

Enough to jump from the tower and fight off the titans.

Enough to make Bertolt and Reiner turn back to get her.

Ymir did all this because she loved Historia.

But Isayama, it seems, wrote it into his story that Ymir loved Historia just to move the plot forward.

And once Ymir’s purpose as a character was fulfilled, she was removed from the story and killed off screen.

That’s a really shitty thing to do.

Establishing a queer romance just so the characters have motivation to go from Point A to B and nothing more is fucking low.

It’s cheap as hell.

It’s offensive.

But, I have to point out, not as offensive as a rape victim carrying their child to term.

I think that’s important to keep in mind.

People have written about women’s rights for centuries. Those principles are well established, if not always followed.

Gay rights just aren’t.

Most people can tell you why reducing rape to cheap drama is bad; most people cannot tell you why reducing lesbian romance to a plot device is bad.

(The answer is that they both trivialize their subjects, albeit in slightly different ways.)

I bring this up because I think people underestimate the chances that in-universe Historia is pregnant because she wants to be pregnant.

We can infer from what we know that Historia is pregnant because it’s part of a plan to help Zeke or Paradis, but we can also infer that this is not exactly the case.

It’s not directly established that Historia is pregnant because of Paradis’ or Zeke’s machinations. All we know is that these people were plotting to use her to make babies. We haven’t seen the point where she was roped into those schemes.

So I don’t think it can be discounted that Isayama plans to pair Historia up with a guy, most likely either Eren or Farm boy. Unfortunately.

Gay people don’t have many allies in this world. Unfortunately, that means Isayama is likely to *not* be one of those allies.

SNK’s record of depicting gay relationships speaks for itself.

That was all what I thought before this chapter came out.

I still think that.

So.

Now I guess I have to talk about Historia in this chapter now.

So Historia’s scene opens with her having resigned herself to a future of rape and Eren telling her she’s a human being who has rights.

…

……

I almost can’t bring myself to talk about this.

You know, back when Attack on Titan first become popular, it got a lot of praise for how feminist it was.

It was a post-apocalyptic survival horror show, and it really stood out how many prominent women there were.

Hange, Annie, Mikasa, Sasha, Historia, Rico. These people saw real action and had real characters, and a lot of people appreciated that.

Yep.

Good times. Good times.

How did we get here?

What happened?

Historia’s character is all about agency.

She wanted to end her life because she thought she was a burden. In the cavern she was prepared to take on the same burden she’s taking on right now, but she chose to live for herself.

She saved herself from that fate.

She rejected her family’s burden and chose to forge her own path.

Now it’s like that never happened.

She’s back to killing herself for everyone else’s sake, except now she’s also a damsel who needs Eren to save her.

So Eren reveals his plan to her, and she’s totally distraught over it. She tries to reason with him, and Eren just glares at her like she’s Reiner or something.

Finally we get to the most eyebrow raising moment in this exchange: when Historia invokes Ymir to justify opposing Eren.

I think Ymir is supposed to be seen as a tragic figure in Attack on Titan.

She didn’t have to take the fall for those Eldian cultists. They plucked her out of nowhere and randomly decided to worship her. She didn’t ask for any of this trouble.

But regardless, she took the fall for them.

When she got a new lease on life, she chose to live for herself. She’d put herself before everyone else for a change. She’d let no one else’s fate decide her’s.

But it never turned out that way.

I think Ymir’s tragic flaw is that she cares too much for her own good.

She was always going out of her way for others and doing more than she needed to. Helping Connie, helping Historia, helping Reiner and Bertolt.

Her enemies.

Ymir is a good person at heart, and that’s not bad, but according to Attack on Titan’s morality, being “good” to the point of self-sacrifice is bad.

I think one of the morals of Attack on Titan is that if you sacrifice yourself for other people’s sake……you end up sacrificing yourself.

Ymir could have left Reiner and Bertolt to their fates and returned to the walls. She could have lived a happy life with her friends and the girl she loved.

But she didn’t.

She knew that returning to Marley would mean death for her, and guessed what happened?

She did the thing that would likely kill her and she was killed.

Ymir couldn’t help but be a “good girl” and for that she was punished.

Thus endeth the tragedy of Ymir.

Now we come to Historia.

“If I don’t do everything in my power to stop you, I can’t live with my head held high!”

Historia is using Ymir’s words, but she’s actually betraying Ymir right now.

Ymir meant those words in the sense of living for yourself and not others. In the sense of not being self-sacrificial.

As far as Historia is concerned, in her current situation, she only has two options.

Let them rape her for the sake of her people, or let Eren destroy the world.

That’s it.

As far as Historia is concerned, to oppose Eren is to tacitly support the rape option.

So Historia is using Ymir’s words, but really it’s an insult because she’s using them to defend what Ymir would have hated.

Her self-sacrifice.

One thing that’s interesting about Attack on Titan is what it says about standing up for yourself.

In the story, not being self-sacrificial ironically requires you to make sacrifices.

If Ymir had not helped Reiner and Bertolt, they would have been in a lot more trouble with Marley. In a way, if she had not gone with them, she would have been sacrificing them, in the sense that she would have been throwing them under the bus.

When Historia chooses to live for herself in the cavern, she screams about how she’ll happily throw humanity under the bus if it means saving herself.

That’s why she calls herself “the worst girl in history.”

As opposed to Krista, who is a “good girl.”

I think that’s what Isayama is going for here.

Krista is the “good girl” who’ll gladly take a bullet for you.

Historia is the “bad girl” who’ll gladly throw you overboard if it meant she didn’t have to debase herself.

Yeah, Historia later claimed she was in the moment when she said that, but that doesn’t mean much.

When you’re in the heat of the moment, and you’re acting on pure instinct, you’re likelier to reveal parts of yourself you wouldn’t otherwise.

Being in the moment doesn’t mean Historia doesn’t identify with what she said, it means she was speaking her mind with no filter.

In 130, Historia and Eren are superficially at odds with each other, but deep down Historia thinks Eren is right.

She doesn’t want to sacrifice herself, and I’m sure she feels she shouldn’t have to, just on principle.

The only reason she accepts this fate is because she feels she has to.

So when Eren asks Historia to not oppose him, and she refuses, he tells her she has it in her to do it because she’s “the worst girl in history.”

I think Historia is the kind of person who’d throw you under the bus if she knew it’d save what she values most: her friends, yes, but also herself.

But Historia is acting more like Krista, someone who’d throw their life away to save yours.

Eren is saying she needs to start acting like herself again.

He’s trying to remind Historia of who she is and what she used to think was most important to her.

(This scene is *so* misogynistic. I’m going to puke.)

The flashbacks in this chapter were presented as vignettes, so it’s hard to say how Eren’s scene with Historia ended.

One thing that stood out to me though was the clear through line that connected all the various scenes.

The first one is Eren talking to Yelena about Zeke’s plan.

Next scene is Eren and Floch talking about the real plan.

Then it’s Eren and Historia talking about the plan.

Then back to Eren and Floch for Eren’s reveal of what he’s really doing.

Back to Historia as Eren tries to win her over.

Then we cut to Zeke and Eren talking about Mikasa.

Finally, we go back to Historia.

This flow is important because we don’t know much about Eren’s talk with Historia, but I think we can tease out some clues based on what scenes we see when.

Historia is put on the spot. Eren has revealed his plan, and she opposes it. They argue back and forth, and we reach a point where Historia is at a loss for words, and doesn’t seem to know what to do.

Then we inexplicably cut to a conversation between Zeke and Eren.

A conversation about loyalty, affection, and standing by your friends.

The implications for what this hints at are huge.

Eren asks Zeke if Mikasa cares about him so much because of some Ackermann genetics.

Zeke replies there’s no proof of that, and Mikasa probably just loves him.

Finally, Historia speaks, and she asks Eren about getting pregnant.

She doesn’t go to such great lengths for Eren because she’s a slave!

She doesn’t subject herself to this because she’s being coerced!!

It’s because she  L O V E S  him ! ! !

Fuck this! Fuck me! Fuck everything!

[ghostmartyr]

How do I convince someone that Yumikuri is canon?

Zero Eclipse.

Ymir and Historia’s arcs are completely wrapped up in each other. Ymir’s interest is considered blatant. Historia’s is considered reading too much into things. She runs into a horde of titans just to tell Ymir her name, then actually does tell Ymir her name while she’s holding her in her arms. She has the gayest shimmery eyes when they all find Ymir in the woods after her kidnapping. She tells Ymir that as long as they’re together, she’s not afraid (though she’s not sure why...).

When Ymir leaves, Historia dissolves into complete hysterics. She’s not only upset that Ymir might be beyond her reach, it’s that Ymir left her. For Reiner and Bertolt.

“I can’t stand it… Why…? She… chose them over me… S-she said we’d live for our own sake… together… but now she’s left me behind…”

It isn’t just Ymir leaving. It’s Ymir choosing someone over her.

It’s the two of them not living their lives together.

Then the next time Historia brings it up, she flips the switch to the other extreme; what Ymir does isn’t her problem. Ymir left. The End.

Historia spends an entire arc being severely depressed because Ymir leaves her. Ymir leaving opens up all of Historia’s insecurities and emotional problems, but those are hardly new. Historia doesn’t have a clue who she really is before Ymir’s absence, but Ymir’s presence makes it irrelevant. She lives in the moment. Where Ymir is.

Her entire scene in the cave is built on her relationships with Frieda and Ymir, with specific callback to the moment she meets Ymir, and her pulling Ymir out of her own Titan’s body.

Her final decision to turn down her father comes from remembering Ymir, with the rising sun behind her.

This would already be pretty gay.

Then the other half of the equation is willing to die for her, will risk both their futures just to see her one more time, and wants to marry her.

Their very first scene together, Ymir expresses romantic interest in Krista.

Every single scene after that proves that Historia’s just as devoted to Ymir, even without knowing the words for it.

“Laughing it off when you so much as blush... I’ll never get you.”

So says the girl as she’s crying, having received Ymir’s final regret of the two of them not being married.

This is not platonic-grade relationship building. Reading comprehension suggests that this is mutual, gay af, and both participants have no damn clue how to navigate feelings even a little. I don’t know how to argue that to anyone who says otherwise, because they’re reading a very different manga.

“I don’t know how to explain it… but when I’m with you, I don’t feel scared.”