#chatting with friends

[momtaku]

I'm so sorry I know this question has been asked to you repeatedly but I want to ease my curiosity. You said before that Mary is just a crush from the past, nothing more and nothing less and Erwin doesn't regret his decision, so why is it that whenever Erwin sees Nile he asks about her in the Attack on Wings of Liberty game, Erwin asks about her and says "How is Mary? Before she married you she was the cutest girl in the bar", and Nile replies that she is fine and that he is crazy for choosing the giants over her. And in the drama sir, Erwin's monologue said "I chose the path of fighting the giants over the girl I loved" Why do I see her name repeated a lot despite her unimportance. I hate it when they make her the focus of Erwin's life or his only love that he will not love after her. What do you think of my words?

Ok, let's see if I remember now to do this...

I'm at a disadvantage here because I don't know anything about the game you are referring to, specifically what portion of the manga it focuses on. But what's important to remember is that Erwin's conversation in the carriage with Nile is at the very beginning of what becomes a powerful and complete character arc. For many side materials set early in the series, his conversation with Nile and crush on Marie is one of the few humanizing characteristic about Erwin up to that point so they tend to lean into that. And since it's the only significant interaction between him and Nile, it's what is focused on. I personally don't have any issue with that.

In canon, however, Marie is mentioned exactly twice. The first is in the carriage in chapter 53:

The second is in chapter 61 after Erwin is tortured:

In both instances Erwin is attempting to appeal to Nile's love of family over his sense of duty. Erwin playing his usual 3D chess relating to the Uprising but that likely doesn't translate well into action games. It's far easier to boil the interactions with Nile down to something simple. Everyone understands crushes - no story development is needed.

I can't imagine that any game is going to focus on the later chapters of the manga where Erwin is a developed character, particular those starting in chapter 76 where Erwin provides his own insight into his youth and what motivates him. Marie isn't mentioned. Neither is Nile. From childhood Erwin's real focus was discovering the truth of the world and his father's theories, and his guilt over how having those dreams affected his friends.

Thanks for the ask. It's fun to do this once in awhile.

[the12thnightproject]

A Holiday Video for you...

(volume up)

Text of message (in case it goes by too fast) below the cut.

Dear Tumblr-verse,

Happy Holidays to the tumblr community. When I stumbled onto here a few years ago, looking for a place to talk about fanfic and fan spaces, I never expected to find such a lovely group of people. I look forward to interacting with you all every day, whether you only appear once in a while as a short comment in my feed, whether I anxiously await your next art post or fanfic, or whether you drown my feed in your latest fandom enthusiasm. I am happy to call you my friends.

You all are the best, and no matter what holiday you celebrate, I hope it is full of joy and peace.  And… also… if you wish… these crazies… (all cgs are from Cybird Ikemen sengoku).

in no particular order...

@msviolacea @workbyrui @ashavazesa @spoopy-fish-writes @lazyscience @mllorei @cottonfluffballofdoom @the-cowardly-cheese @tsubaki3192 @iphigeniainaulis @cheese-ception @nuttytani @daegupaksu @evil-quartett @kippin-art @venulus @bestbryn @akitsuneswife @darkscarletroses @arrthurpendragon @annebrontesrequiem @katriniac @lyds323 @fighting-and-drawing @aquagirl1978 @writingwhimsey @violettduchess @honeyandbiscuitandtea-cafe @pathogenic @scorchieart @drewadoodle-dandy @fragile-sandwich @ikemen-writer @selenacosmic @queengiuliettafirstlady @dolcezzzza @kissmetwicekissmedeadly @skiagrafia @randonauticrap @scummy-writes @lyrical-cynical @tele86 @ikeromantic @leonscape @judejazza @yarnnerdally @candied-boys @wordycheesecake @olivermorningstar @itsmyara

And if I missed tagging you, a thousand apologies, but tumblr apparently has a person limit on these and would not allow me to tag my entire mutuals list.

[giggly-squiggily]

I have known Kieran for exactly half a microsecond but if anything happened to him I would destroy the universe and give him a warm blanket and tickle him to let him have fun

Kieran S tier rival change my mind

YES!! Kieran is literally the best holy- *sobs* I wasn't expecting the character arc we got but honestly? I'm so here for it akjrjkearjejkrj He deserves all the love and cuddles and hugs and tickles and EVERYTHING!

Also- funny observation (spoilers below the cut)

Why does he look like he should be to Tokyo Revengers? Is it just me? The eyes are giving Toman y'all (I'm not complaining I just thought it was funny)

[itsanotheridiot]

I GOT TO THE 1000 BADGE AND LMAOO I USED YOU TO FINISH IT UP

How many boops do you need I still haven’t got the orange one and I have 310 boops 😭

Edit: wait I just reread the message I am a dumbass I have a headache ignore me

[atherix]

[aquagirl1978]

I LOVE YOU

Awwww!!!!

[lorei-writes]

@venulus Girlie, I love you so much, and now I'm lying on the floor and just rolling around while laughing, haha.

[blessedcactus]

@wnightingales me sending you sanrock horses to set you off. [Evil]

i love having adult horse girl friends. I’ll send them a 100x100px crunchy ass jpeg of a random brown horse and be like “thought of u🐴” and I can literally feel their sims relationship bar fill up in real time

[writing-n-memes]

This is my premium chat account for anyone interested! For those of you who don’t know what this is, you basically pay someone to chat with you. I have all my descriptions for topics to discuss on there, but I will list them here as well. General conversation, writing and literature, being a mom/parenting, and television. The first two are only $1 a minute with a max time, third is $1.50 a minute, and tv has a flat rate of $30 for 30 minutes

[here-there-be-drag0ns]

hey so since we're talking about how awful the minecraft movie looks we're all going to agree not to go see it in theaters right? not even to hatewatch it? we all are in agreement that its a soulless cash grab movie, so we all know that the only way to stop them from making more like it is to give them no cash to grab, right?

yes this includes watching it for the bit. yes this includes bringing your friends to go make fun of it. yes this includes just watching it out of curiosity.

do Not go see this shit in theaters. do Not give them your money. they dont care whether you enjoyed it or not, they only care about what number the box office gives them. so make sure the box office cant give them shit.

[momtaku]

Hello! Quick question : I saw time and again references about "freckled Erwin" in fics & fanarts, do you happen to know where it originated? Was it from an official art? Or was it simply something Erwin fandom came to agreement with (I too, am 1000% on board with this headcanon now lol). Just simply curious, that's all. I was on hiatus for some years for the snk/eruri fandom activities (though I never stopped reading eruri fics all throughout & have been getting trickle bits of snk/eruri updates that way instead) but hey it's Erwin's bday month why not do a quick scrolls here and there to celebrate before I retreat back to peacefully living under a rock lol Sorry if this ask is very random out of nowhere! 😂

Hi Anon! Welcome back however briefly!

Oof. Since Erwin's fandom has existed for 15 years, it would be quite a task to locate the first ever mention of freckles across international art and fic. But I popped into @lostcauses-noregrets tags. The earliest mention in her vast archive is 8 years ago so I suspect the Eruri braincell has been hard at work for quite a while freckling both Erwin and Levi. (Bonus: this comic she reblogged is adorable!).

I will leave you with this tho. In the comfy corner of Eruri Island where I reside, the talented @ackermantihora is where I go to quench my Freckled Erwin thirst. I'd recommend an Erwin birthday scroll there to see all the lovely art before you exit the scene once again, anon.

Thanks for the ask! Take care.

[lorei-writes]

This is very appropriate tho 😹😹😹

“I could fix him” “I could make worse” well I can make pasta :)

[the12thnightproject]

Hi dear! I have missed your headcanons, they are just incredible. And it has been a while since I sent one to you, so I hope you don’t mind! Could I request a headcanon for the Uesugi-Takeda alliance + Kennyo for an MC who is also a siren?

@selenacosmic

Hi Selena,

Thank you for the ask. I’m sorry it took so long for me to get to it (oof my inbox).

Hmmmm. What kind of siren. Originally, the mythological sirens were half human – half bird, and by the Medieval era, they were being portrayed in art as mermaids. Taking that a bit literally, a mermaid would have a bit of trouble making her way around Kasugayama. I mean, Shingen could probably build her an aquarium, set it on wheels, and pull her around the castle, but she probably prefers to be in the ocean. However, because I am just that kind of geek, I remembered that the castle isn’t that far from the shore of the Sea of Japan. About five kilometers.

So in this headcanon, the Siren MC is hanging about offshore, and her voice is just that strong that it can be heard in the castle….

Kenshin stops in the middle of trying to stab Sasuke, and runs down to the shore. When he realizes that he is not the only one who can hear her voice, he kills anyone who comes close enough to see her. Last seen living on a rock with the Siren, stabbing anyone who swims by. Since he likes nothing more than stabbing people, this is a very happy ending for him.

Shingen cannot resist the voice either, but once he discovers her hypnotic effect on everyone, he builds a sound-break between the ocean and the castle. He also builds her an underwater house, and visits her as often as she wishes (every night, in fact).

Kanetsugu has a will of iron, and at first stuffs fabric in his ears, which on the one hand prevents him from hearing her, but on the other, makes it difficult to attend war council. One night the fabric falls out of his ears, and unable to stand it any longer, he hikes down to the shore and begs her to stop. She teases him by singing even louder. There is only so much Kanetsugu can take, and he finally commits to being with her, if she promises to stop singing during working hours. They agree, but every once in a while, she teases him and sings while he’s trying to get stuff done.

Yoshimoto, when he hears her, instantly drops everything he was doing and rushes out the door. Unfortunately, what he was doing was posing for art, and doing so in the nude, so basically, we have a naked Yoshimoto running across the landscape, then diving into the ocean to get to her.  Would have drowned, but MC saves him. He’s happy living with her and she sings softly to him all the time.

Yukimura. “What are you? Wild Walrus?” He tosses her some tuna. Insulted, she shrieks in a pitch that gives him a two day migraine. Somehow this relationship works for them.

Sasuke wonders if she can sing at a pitch that can travel through the cosmos and call down a wormhole. He devises various experiments on clear nights. When she gets impatient with his research she instead starts singing the theme to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which gets him in the mood for a bit of something-something, and they spend the rest of the night in each other’s arms.

Kennyo’s siren MC is actually offshore near Kyoto, and he encounters her on his way to kill Nobunaga. Her voice soothes his soul, makes him stop and realize that he can do more for his followers by choosing a path of peace and harmony. Literal harmony, as his voice and hers fit together so beautifully that they spend their time singing together.

Unless… you meant… this kind of siren:

In which case they all put their hands over their ears and go quietly insane.

[giggly-squiggily]

I just made a friend on the train bc I mentioned Heartstopper

I don't neee to rekindle any more obsessions

Let’s go new Heartstopper friend!!! 😍😍😍🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 I’m glad you met someone so neat!

Jasnnwnsnsns rekindle it! Rekindle it friend! I’m getting back into my own obsessions lately and it’s brought me great joy! So long as you’re happy, do it! 😈

Think about the Heartstopper boys! Think about their sweet faces and adorable antics and their overall preciousness! Try not to think about the fact Vol. 6 is the last one….🥲 (no but really- I’m so excited for the end! Sad as it is to see their story come to a close, I’m happy for their hopefully happy ending in the end! 🥰🥰🥰)

[itsanotheridiot]

i freaked out about waterparks being on there but i think i knew you listened to them lol

I think so we have similar music taste so I wouldn’t be surprised if we mentioned waterparks before

Ima also about to take a listen to the songs you listed I don’t recognize most of them and I am curious