Iām a nblw yearning for my 2D malewife. This is primarily a Levi-loving shameless self-shipping blog, itās also where I dump my horny posts and Princess Domme desires (D/s), Levi related or otherwiseālots of NSFW content in general, ergo š.
You can find my meta analyses, headcanons, musings, etc in bitchy writes.
I draw every now and then, you can find my art in bitchy draws.
hate when people think the only archetype possible for a male sidekick to a female protagonist is a soft boi and/or himbo. like the implication there is that the only reason a man would ever defer to a womanās authority is if he was a bumbling idiot. love male supporting characters who are smart and strong and confident and can step up when necessary but still kind and humble enough to let someone else take the lead most of the time
Levi is so damn dramatic, and it goes over so many people's heads because he says shit in such a flat, dry tone that they just take him too seriously or it doesnt even register lmao
Like imagine him trudging through HQ, already in a sour mood. A cadet hands him a stack of requisition orders, lets go too soon and the papers just... plop onto the ground. Fluttering and scattering. Levi is just staring down at them, arm still outstretched, the cadet is about to piss their pants.
He lets out a slow, long withering breath, and flatly murmurs:
"Yeah. Sure. Put those anywhere, I guess."
The cadet immediately unfreezes, and starts frantically scrambling to pick them up. Levi just stares off into the imaginary camera, breaking the fourth wall. So done with his life lol
Another scenario, the man's walking around the embodiment of a battery at 2%, just trying to make it to the end of the day. Someone knocks over his tea cup and it shatters on the ground.
He just blinks. Slowly stands and walks to his office door:
"Im gonna go see how many seconds high the roof is."
love arranged marriage unfortunately. the idea of being married to a knight who's not even in the city, but away on the front lines. it's a benefit for your family, so they dont even question sending you to his home to await his return...
you meet him three months into the arrangement. He arrives after the sun has already set, his features set strong in the candlelight. His body is heavy with exhaustion and tension, his eyes dull and tired.
you've grown to hate this place, this castle gifted to him for war victories. The halls are barren, the garden yet to bloom. The maids are pleasant, but they keep their distance, as if you'll strike. Maybe your husband is the kind to hit. You wouldn't know.
When he looks at you, it's only in short bursts, his eyes suddenly low. There's a long stretch of silence between you and you consider introducing yourself, but decide against it. He knows who you are.
"The maid is drawing me a bath," he says suddenly and a sick feeling pours over you. This day was always coming, but you aren't sure you're ready to lay under a stranger.
"Am I expected to join?" you ask and his nose crinkles.
"No." He steps back and away. His departure is brisk and driven. You retire for the night by yourself and awake alone. Your husband is set to leave again in a few hours; a few soldiers have already gathered in the front garden.
"Don't you wish to give your new wife a goodbye?" one asks, unaware of your open window. "One night and you've already had your fill? Or has she been filled too much?"
"I refuse to believe she is real!" says another. "What kind of woman has worn down our brute and turned him into a family man? Should we expect a gaggle of children in the upcoming year?"
Your husband growls. "You will leave the poor lamb alone. She suffers enough."
That softens you. Just a bit. You rise from you bed and go to the window, leaning out enough to catch the men's attention.
"Until next time."
He watches you, expression caught between more emotions that you can count, then turns his gaze back to his mount. The two men share a look, wide, wide grins on their faces.
In his absence, he sends gifts. They are tiny things, sweets and oiled combs and scented oils and a porcelain figure of a cat, aimless in their direction towards you. Just simple niceties he could give to any woman in the world. You imagine he sends one to the lovers he has in every city as well.
(he must have lovers, you imagine. He hasn't touched you; he must be getting his fill with women in other cities, maybe women he actually loves. these are trinkets to keep his wife amused while she wastes away.)
none of the gifts come with a note.
one day a bolt of fabric arrives, yellow and ornate. It's only a small amount, not enough to make a dress, but enough for you to unravel and admire. It's beautiful and clearly expensive, golden threads woven into flowers and vines. Your father was a silk merchant; while you never wore the silks, you can recognize their quality.
the following week, the delicious man rides up on his steeds and presents a letter. The handwriting is rough. Knights that come from the lower class do not have the schooling of highborns; as fair as you know, your husband was born a street rat and worked his way theough the ranks to glory.
-I have been told by my secund that I did not send you enuf fabric for a gown. I do not no these things.
The spelling mistakes screw a smile out of you.
"Wait a moment." You stop the boy before he can leave. "I wish to send something back."
You take your time and use your finest calligraphy, tucking your note in with a handkerchief you had spent the week on. It's fine work-- one that would please even the hardest of hearts.
-Dearest husband,
Please take this handkerchief as a sign of my thoughts.
Your patient and thoughtful wife
A second letter arrives within the week.
-are you cros with me? A scrap of fabric for a scrap of fabric?
The response is what makes you cross. The poor messenger boy has to stay the night while you percolate over a response.
-Dearest, sweetest husband,
A handkerchief is a traditional gesture of affection. I have embroidered the edges by hand, with your family name and your roses, and it smells of my perfume. It is a piece of me for you to carry. If you do not appreciate my kindness or if you think it will turn away your lovers, you may return it. I do not wish it wasted on you.
Your less than patient and less than adoring wife
The poor boy scatters off in the morning and returns a few days later.
tortured wife,
I wil cherish it. I am sory, pour lam. I wil do better.
I want more chronic pain whump. Give me a cocky, independent character who suddenly canāt walk because a sudden rain storm aggravated their old leg wounds and now they have to lean on a friend to get home. Give me a usually stoic character shaking with pain during a flare up. Give me a character whoās finally healed having their first bad pain day and abruptly feeling like theyāre back at square one.
sometimes i wonder if we have forgotten that sharing creative work is, fundamentally, a bid for human connection. like I'm not posting art or fic for 'engagement' i'm posting it looking for other sickos to play with! i'd be making it anyway for my own gratification because there's something wrong with me, i'm sharing it hoping we can have something wrong with us together <3
Can't express my full thoughts without psaoftheday shutting the conversation down by calling me a troll in the comments, but I'll try: I really liked your post about Levi's sexuality and trauma, it's rare to see that much deep thought on the subject and it made me feel very seen, so thank you for sharing. ^^
Iām not sure what to make of the first remark, but it warms my heart to know that what I write resonates with others <3
Iām eager for feedback. To anyone who reads this: please donāt be shy, asks and replies are very much welcome and appreciated. This is fandom not a void
Iāve had this in my drafts for about 5 months because Iāve been too afraid of stirring the pot if my takes are hot, but I also really just enjoy character analysis so⦠this is my opinion!
Levi would not be a rough, mean dom in bed, and he wouldnāt have a high sex drive.
(CW: sex, prostitution, trafficking, all the Levi childhood things)
To start, if we look at his childhood, his mother was a prostitute in the Underground. And he was the direct product of this. While it was never specified exactly how Kuchel died ā just that she was sick ā I'd wager that it was almost definitely from an untreated STD; and even if not, it was precisely her dire circumstances that would've prevented her from receiving adequate treatment for any other illness. This lifestyle killed his mother, and we can see how deeply her death impacted Levi through even the smallest behaviors in his adult life; in the way he treats life as valuable, how he looks out for the young teenagers who end up on his squad, even in the way he holds his teacups. Kuchel loved him, and she was a kind person, but it didnāt matterāthe world was too cruel of a place.
In Bad Boy, we see young Levi being threatened with the prospect of being sold into the same life as his mother ā one of the men says, "We should make him do the same job as his mother. He might have inherited her talents." That's not something he'd easily forget, and, unfortunately, would likely be an experience that shaped his perception of self-worth, what sex is, and how the world works. This is not to say anyone is defined or shaped by their traumas, but our childhoods are very often where many of all our behaviors lead back to.
I'd imagine that if this is the life he grew up with, it would make his viewpoint on sex that it's something harmful, cruel, and unforgiving; it's a transactional means to an end, something taken with brutality, not an act of care, love, and intimacy.
There likely wasnāt anything in his life in the Underground to shown him otherwise, and he was there for all of his key, formative years. Even aside from his own personal experiences, we know that prostitution and trafficking ran rampant in the UndergroundāMikasa and her mother were intended to be sold into it.
His abandonment by Kenny (who he almost definitely thought was his father at the time), only would've compounded his negative views regarding self-worth and the dysfunction/unreliability of relationships that are supposed to be caring, comforting, and nurturing. It took him decades to find out who Kenny really was or why he was abandonedāthat's plenty of time for these emotional scars to cement themselves deep within him, even if subconsciously.
He'd then go on to lose basically anyone he'd ever dared to care about from that point forwardāfrom Furlan and Isabel to the original Levi Squad to almost the entire Scout Regiment to Erwin to Hange to Sasha and Eren. Because of all of that emotional turmoil and the loss of all of his relationships that had mattered to him (despite his best efforts to keep them), I don't think emotional or physical intimacy would come easily to him or be something that he'd go out of his way to find, because why risk it? Why take the chances of getting attached to someone if your life is full of loss?
For that reason, I don't think he'd seek out sex just for the pure physical release. I think that for sex to even interest him at all, there'd have to first be a level of emotional connection and trust. With the right person, I'd reckon that over time, he'd develop a desire/need for itāit feels good physically, he'd see that it does foster intimacy, it would likely soothe some of his emotional wounds, and he'd want to please his partner. Itās also not to say heād be overly gentle or timid or meek; but thereās a difference between passion and being rough with someone to the point of harm.
I just donāt envision him being particularly rough or dominating about it. He's not a violent or aggressive person at heartāonly by necessity and circumstance. Honestly, I think, to some degree, he likely struggles internally with the super-human physical strength and fighting skills he's inherited. In my mind, it's not a far stretch to think that Levi has viewed himself as more of a tool/weapon/killer than a person, and I don't see him wanting to bring that into sex (or a relationship at all for that matter).
Levi didnāt choose to be an Ackerman/fighter ā it was a perfect storm of his bloodline, Kennyās influence, and the survival instinct necessary to live in the Underground that turned him into one. But that doesnāt mean that itās his true nature. (Yes, he can at times reach a breaking point and lash out because heās human, and almost no one constantly acts in line with their true nature and morality when put into dangerous, pressurized situations.)
I feel that Levi would want to avoid being violent or aggressive in an intimate setting, toward someone he deeply cares for, at all costs. Underneath his stoic exterior, crudeness, and the hardened mask he's often had to wear, he's shown to be a deeply caring, protective, and empathetic person.
Not to mention, I could genuinely see him being wary of his own sheer strength and not wanting to hurt his partner in any way or potentially scare them off, which would lead to yet another loss/abandonment.
Again, none of this is to say that a personās trauma has to define them or shape their actions, feelings, and behaviors; but Levi is a deeply empathetic person, and I donāt see him easily shaking off seeing his motherās tragic life, being abandoned, the loss heās experienced, and the violence he has committed. Sure, itās possible that after he gets into a relationship, or feels truly comfortable enough with someone, heād be more open to different types of sex and not be as wary, but heās just not a violent person in my eyes.
But mostly⦠I think, after a life of fighting and violence and aggression, heād be eager to leave that behind when he can.
Heās not a violent dog, he doesnāt know why he bites.
This is not to discount anyoneās versions of Levi that they write/enjoy in fics/smut, I donāt really care what other people do and this isnāt about that. Iād never tell anyone what to do in regards to that. At the end of the day, we are really all just having fun here and living out our little fantasies as our our collective favorite character (I mean, I mostly write fluff pieces, so it's really not all that seriousā¦). This just happens to be my take on Levi, it doesnāt have to be anyone elseās by any means, and I think character analysis is interesting! Pls donāt come for me, I wonāt come for you!
It lowkey kinda sucks being a selfshipper itās easier for canonxcanon shippers to make friends since they have this mutual love & understanding for both characters involved but with selfshipping itās a lot more personal. Like you donāt wanna listen to me prattling on about how Levi loves me lmao