Miraculous Ladybug y todo es absolutamente igual excepto que los padres de Marinette en vez de tener una pastelería tiene la típica tienda de los chinos
one genre of fanfiction that seems to have mostly disappeared since i became an adult is shenanigans-type fics. like not exactly crack but just "the gang goes to 7-11" type, extremely low-stakes plot stories. the beach episodes of fanfiction. i just feel like i don't see those around so much anymore. whered they go. i miss them :(
thank you ao3 for being an archive and not an algorithm. thank you for letting me like things without consequences, thank you for being free with no ads, thank you for having lawyers to defend our freedom of speech. thank you tag wranglers. thank you to all authors and thank you ao3
I love how Erwin and Levi met, it's so insane when you think about it
Erwin basically stalked Levi, decided he wanted him, and then proceeded to capture him to forcefully bring him back in his team. Oh, and he knew Levi wanted to kill him, but he thought "eh, I'll take the risk".
Erwin has always been literally insane. There are 100 different ways that plan could have horribly backfired lmao.
it would be so funny if the new recruits just kinda assumed that Levi isn't that much older than them. because let's be honest, that man is not ageing appropriately! besides, they don't know his fucking backstory. oh he's been in the Scouts for how long? six, seven, eight years? well you graduate the cadet corps at fifteen. so he's probably in his early to mid twenties. right?
Levi does not make the connection when the kids try to use their youthful nonsense slang with him, because he just operates under the assumption that they're all a bit stupid. they've joined the Scouts, after all.
this really only becomes a problem when the kids catch wind of what their Captain and Commander get up to when they're alone—Commander Erwin is pushing forty (he's 36 actually), what is he doing fooling around with someone who is basically almost Them Aged?????
someone (probably Armin tbh) broaches the subject with Hange, which is the highlight of their entire year.
"wait, what's the issue? can you say it again please. for me."
"HOW old do you think Captain Levi is? uh huh. mh. that is so interesting please tell me more."
"okay so who is thinking this? EVERYONE? incredible. that is actually the best thing I've heard this month, thank you SO much for bringing this to my attention."
live footage of Hange storming Erwin's office to inform Their Gays that the children think Erwin is a cradle snatcher and Levi is apparently a decade younger than he claims to be:
queer ships: "my entire life revolves around them. i cannot live without them. every breath i take is for them. i would die for them. i would kill for them. i cannot go a single second of my life without thinking about them. i want to be by their side always and forever"
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I think about this dialogue from S1 all the time; to me, it succinctly sums up the differences between Erwin and Levi’s perspectives and motivations.
When it comes to Erwin, it’s much like what Armin said in S1: the people who are capable of making change have to be able to throw everything away and abandon their personal humanity in order to save the greater humanity. Erwin embodies this perfectly—he never hesitated to sacrifice the lives of others on behalf of a greater cause, and even knew how to inspire them into willingly self-sacrificing.
What was that greater cause? For Erwin, it was his dream of finding out the truth and avenging his father—it just so happened that this aligned with what was best for Paradis. If it weren’t for his own personal ambitions, I don’t believe Erwin would have had the same level of commitment or drive.
Erwin knew that all of the deaths of his soldiers and the civilians caught in the crossfire were potentially pointless (and we eventually see that catch up to him right before his death); but at the same time, he knew each death and sacrifice was a necessary step in uncovering the truth.
That’s not to say he saw no value in human life or that he was an evil person—it’s just that he saw more value in the bigger picture and the greater cause, and he didn’t have time to consider his personal humanity in that pursuit. Erwin knew that he needed people like Levi and Hange to stay alive in order to achieve this bigger picture goal since they filled in the gaps of skills he lacked himself.
This also isn’t to say Erwin is purely selfish, nor is he the only one with personal motivations—Eren was motivated by his mother’s death, Mikasa was motivated by protecting Eren, Hange was motivated by learning about Titans. The list goes on.
Levi is uniquely one of the few characters without selfish motivations and dreams (which is ironic since people view him as cold and heartless). Levi had no ulterior motives pushing him to the other side of the war, and nothing personal to gain.
He chose to follow Erwin because of that look Erwin had in his eye—the same look Armin had in his eye—hope for the future, like he could see something no one else could. Levi, simply, didn’t want to make choices he would regret, even though he openly admitted that he never truly knew or understood what the outcome of those choices would be. He believed that following Erwin’s command—and eventually choosing Armin—was the best way to do this.
Levi doesn’t view the lives of his comrades or squad members as disposable. He has a fiercely protective and loyal nature. We see this time and time again—when he adamantly tells a dying soldier that his death wasn’t in vain and that he’d made a difference, how he doesn’t ever truly forgive Annie and Reiner for the lives they took from the Scouts, and his incessant need to avenge Erwin’s death, to name a few.
To me, Erwin and Levi are somewhat of a yin and yang in this way—Erwin was willing to do everything it took to achieve his dream, no matter the sacrifice, and Levi was willing to do everything it took to make sure those sacrifices weren’t made for nothing.
Erwin had to be willing to send people to their pointless deaths; Levi had to make sure those deaths weren’t pointless in the end.
This is a little bit of a half-baked ramble, but I always found this exchange so interesting and telling.
every time someone writes my baby jean kirstein as a jerk fuck boy, cheater, toxic, disrespectful to women and extremely popular, an angel loses his wings; because he would literally be the og yearner, he's a big loser who thinks he's a popular guy, bro could never use women, he would be a hopeless romantic, a soft spoken man, nervous around the girl he likes, respectful, overprotective, he would always put the person he loves first, probably the best boyfriend/husband in this world.
“i was born in the wrong era” not me, i love reading gay fanfiction about anime characters while listening to asmr at full volume and drinking copious amounts of tea
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