#honestly sidhufgdsf every time i write him the more i like him omg sdfg what a weird fucker omg
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dear @deiikara : i want to be able to say i died fighting. * jean / marlo.
it’s interesting, talking with the scouts. interesting because 1 ) it’s been a while since the survey corps has been able to take new members; he’s the freshest addition in months 2 ) because marlo feels a nagging realization that he is talking to the ones that have survived 3 ) he’s talking to the people who are going to survive.
generally, that means he’s green enough that he’s not worth remembering until he’s proven himself. generally, that means that mikasa salutes him by interrupting the memoir of a fallen soldier with an alternative narrative. it’s quite kind. generally, that means that marlo is in an unprecedented position.
after a stint as a would-be executioner, generally doesn’t seem to apply to jean. for better or for worse, that sort of performance tends to be an icebreaker.
jean threatened his life. for a moment, marlo had believed him; he had thought that jean’s performance had been spectacular — he resigned himself to failed work, to continued work in a corroding system.
in fairness, the military police is not only a terrible place with only terrible people — perhaps the story of annie leonhart threatens that assertion, but it’s true. for instance : it’s true that hitch presents herself in a way that she leaves something sardonic & skeptical in the air. after marlo stops taking her at her word, he learns that hitch weighs everything in terms of costs & reward. she’s realistic & pessimistic, but she isn’t terrible.
for instance : there are others who in the military regiment who disguise the best of themselves & learn the best way to carry themselves is to hold their tongues — the walls have ears — & marlo just has never been very good at regulating himself like that.
jean did not kill him when he performed as marlo’s would-be executioner. marlo did not kill jean when given the opportunity ( the appearance of an opportunity ).
they sit together now, & it’s not quite camaraderie. they knock beers together, & some of marlo’s spills onto the table —
he stares at the streaks of liquid & nods at the table. i want to be able to say i say i died fighting, jean says in a gesture amicability. & marlo leans in to make himself heard —
he starts to say what the common response in the military police would be : most people don’t want to die. most people want to say to be able that they die happy, that they die old, that they die peacefully.
he clears his throat & settles on nodding a second time. ‘ i just want to say that i died with integrity. ‘
it does no good, he thinks — to die with regrets. he’s a man knee-deep in principles, opinions, & odd angles. he just doesn’t want to forget them; he doesn’t want to corrupt himself.
& he thinks that maybe that same threat doesn’t apply to jean, to the survivors of the survey corps. ‘ it’s an admirable thing, ‘ he says aloud. & he means it.
#deiikara#100. c. marlo#honestly sidhufgdsf every time i write him the more i like him omg sdfg what a weird fucker omg#u know i liked writing this sdfgsdf
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