#need a new tag but I don't want to reveal the tentative title of the fic yet

[jayteacups]

I just read the links you posted. And I would love to know more about Nuwa hehe.

I was interested in her relationship with Levi, her clan, the cause of humanity and her desire to save innocent people underground, and some of the concepts you wrote for her. As I was reading it, she seemed to me to be a more selfless character than Levi.

I've always been curious about this and in general the 'what if' style of writing where Levi and his partner say fuck humanity and run away together and live a peaceful normal life. Unfortunately, I see this topic and idiom in very few fanfics.

Anyway, I hope this doesn't sound ridiculous and pointless. I'm just a LevixOc enthusiast and I don't know if you plan to write this fic one day, but I think you will do a good job in Nuwa's character building and fitting into the universe.

Unfortunately, especially in Aot, the concept of the Underground is not touched upon as much. No matter how much humanity has survived the giants forever and finally got free and reached a happy ending, there are innocent people in the Underground who are persecuted, who have never seen sunlight, rain and sky, who live in hunger and misery, who will never be free.

I always wanted there to be an end where they were finally recognized as human beings and given citizenship, or they had to go to the surface because it was no longer habitable because of the Rumbling, or because it was used as a prison where only criminals should live.

And your character seems to me to have the potential to solve it.

Anyway, without further ado, the last thing I will say is that another fic I liked was your grimreaper fic and I wonder if that fic continues.

I'm glad you enjoyed those old one-shots! 🥹 Also it's always nice to meet more Levi x OC enthusiasts 🫶🏼 Though I don't think my fic will be strictly canon-compliant (there'll most likely be some tweaks and changes) I'm really happy to know that you liked what you saw of Nüwa and that you think she would fit into the AOT setting 💕 I'm excited to explore her character further as I workshop the story, especially with the more morally-grey aspects of her that she would prefer to keep hidden lollll

You're spot on with what you're saying about the Underground - an important part of Nüwa's story will be about fighting for the people who live there. In general, I want to explore the Underground more in my upcoming fic and do it justice. I've always found the concept of it unjust since they've been deprived of basic needs, like you've said, which is why I wanted to make Nüwa somebody who's motivated to make things better, based on her own experiences growing up there. (I understand that the main story had a load of other things to get to, but the Underground has so much storytelling potential hence the emphasis I'm putting on it) I like the idea of everyone being able to make it up to the surface and granted surface citizenship at the very least (I picture Nüwa heavily advocating for this), especially since the Rumbling would probably have caused some cave-ins, and post S3, Wall Maria has been reclaimed and the island is cleared of titans, so there'll definitely be land space.

I'm glad you picked up on Nüwa's selflessness as well - in my opinion, any character who has a romance with Levi in the canon setting needs to be selfless to some degree for it to work, that's just how I headcanon his s/o to be. It's interesting that you say that she's more selfless than Levi - I think she is as selfless, but it shows in different ways to Levi's selflessness since they go down different paths and end up in very different day-to-day scenarios. I love drawing parallels and I will definitely have a fun time exploring their similarities (selflessness and devotion to their causes are the main examples) and the differences in the way those similarities presents. (hope that made sense aaa) I also do plan on having her struggle with her sense of duty and some of her more selfish desires, because nobody is infallible (she has plenty of flaws too; I want to give Nüwa complexity), and who doesn't love a good moral dilemma in a fic?

Maybe spoilers (but not really haha) but I can say definitively that I won't be going down the route where they decide to run off into the sunset and leave everything behind because imo that would feel OOC for Levi and I can't picture Nüwa, who I've written to be incredibly dedicated to fighting for the Underground people's rights, to give that up - but both of their resolves will definitely be challenged, and they'll definitely think about it when things get overwhelmingly hard, because this isn't the AOT universe without suffering 😈 at least you can rest easy knowing she isn't a Scout but that doesn't mean she won't suffer at all lolol 😈

Oh you've read The Harbinger's Premonition too?? I'm glad you liked it! 💞 It's currently on hiatus at the moment, sorry! I've been stuck for ideas and have been focusing my limited creative energy more on the It's A Wrap! stories and the big Levi x OC fic outline, and I have a nasty habit of coming up with more ideas, jotting them down, spending time thinking about it but then being unable to actually write when faced with a blank document LOL. Basically my brain has been pre-occupied with other things for a while. I'm not saying I won't ever pick THP back up again because I really am proud of the premise and the few chapters that I've written so far! But right now it's just been on the back-burner, so it's on a hiatus until I get the mojo back for it 😅 sorry to disappoint! Thank you again for the ask <333