summary of who i am and what ill be doing under the cut!!
obligatory introduction post here we go..........hi! my names violet, my pronouns are he/they, and this is a blog where im going to post my drdt art/incorrect quotes, and anything of the sort really!! (just anything drdt. my blog title has drdt in it for a reason.)
while ill be posting a lot of my spontaneous doodles, ill also take requests! im more than happy to draw, and make incorrect quotes for a character or ship! and if theres anything you want to know, ill try my best to answer every ask i receive.
((within reason, that is—nothing hateful or overtly sexual!!!!!! also im a burnt out art student so occasionally i vanish into the void not to be seen for a year))
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basic dni criteria, please dont interact if youre homophobic/racist/sexist/ableist/a proshipper, or support any of those things!!
im neurodivergent and genderqueer so id REALLY appreciate not having any homophobes/transphobes and ableists here.....thank you
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ill be posting about every character at some point, so if youre uncomfortable with any of them i really do apologise! characters, ships, and spoilers will all be tagged.
tldr: hello, im violet! i take requests for pretty much anything thats drdt
now, and hear me out, here is how acevi can still win (a thesis)
i have my personal suspicions that ace’s line “i needed a reason to hate you” has implications about his friendship with taylor—considering the only thing we know definitively that levi and taylor have in common is that they are both people that ace, at some point, has considered a friend. taylor's death is vaguely alluded to in a line of dialogue where ace states he doesn’t want a third death on his hands—a line that also shows he feels responsible—however, we can assume that taylor’s death was not maliciously ace’s fault, as ace’s motive secret is about his eating disorder; if he had truly committed a murder by the standards of the law, chances are that would have been written instead (see: levi, min). this being said, i believe that ace was deliberately hostile towards levi in an attempt to drive him away and discourage any form of friendship out of fear of deepening any pre-existing attachment he may have felt towards levi in the earlier half of chapter one.
levi, in turn, is shown to be confused by this, though we can gather from his lack of empathy or internalised morality that said confusion doesn’t stem from a place of anger, nor spite. subjectively, i believe that levi was, in some genuine way, intrigued by ace and his seemingly erratic behaviours, and this lack of overt distaste or hatred prompted ace to deliberately press his buttons, trying (and ultimately succeeding) in breaking levi’s composure. levi snapping at him, in some way, comforts ace, affirming his self-deprecating belief that he is incapable of being cared for, speeding up the process that he believes is inevitable; that levi will tire of him.
upon the revelation that whether ace lives or dies—and more broadly, ace in general is of no concern to levi, ace is very quickly forced to come to terms with the fact that all his efforts were effectively meaningless, and ultimately it would not have meaningfully contributed towards levi’s opinion of him. in a way, he mourns this; in his efforts to drive levi (and honestly, the entire cast) away through hostility, he placed a target on his own back, resulting in an attempt on his life from nico. in his final hours, ace is able to see the broader picture, formerly obscured by the tunnel vision given to him by his own debilitating anxiety, but is ultimately too proud (or too scared) to apologise to levi directly, doubling down on his efforts in the conversation they have post-trial.
i believe that ace did not necessarily account for forming an attachment—much less any form of attraction to levi, and that this oversight only further infuriated him. this culminates at the end of chapter 2, wherein levi is shot, perhaps fatally, and ace has to confront himself and the person he has tried to be throughout the narrative. in his final moments, not only does he plead for his own immediate execution—something he has been, quite literally, scared to tears by, with his general fear of death being highlighted continuously the entire series—but delivers a monologue to arturo in open defiance of his own vices, encouraging him to save levi’s life and not be petrified by the same fear he himself has now succumbed to. i am of the incredibly strong opinion that this dictates a strong level of care, or at the very least responsibility for levi and his wellbeing.
how will this culminate in acevi still winning? through levi. if he survives to chapter 3, which he very well may, he will be left to contemplate this; to attempt to unpack ace’s motivations for both his hostility and his seemingly unprecedented choice to face his own death to save levi’s life. while i think it’s unrealistic to expect any sudden empathy for ace in a hypothetical levi character arc, ace would undoubtedly occupy his thoughts well into later chapters.
thank you for reading keep in mind i am a sad little man with very strong and very biased opinions on things i have too much time to talk about ❤️
i hope requests are open i think they are aaaauagghhhhhhh
anyway i would request charles messily eating a mango but i already asked someone for that so... if you want to could you pls draw any drdt character eating a fruit 🙏 if not thats fine 🙏
thank you all so much for the requests, ive closed my askbox until i finish all the ones ive gotten !! im doing them in order of when I received them- about once a day to give you a sense of when yours will be posted <33
Hello! Is there a particular way you'd like art request to be sent? Ask or DM message? Are OCs allowed or fandom characters only? thank you for the answers :)
hi anon thank you for asking!! either asks or dms works, but i find asks easier to keep track of, and id like it to be limited to drdt hence the blog name lol <3
oh and i am 100% taking art requests again!!! it has been like………2 years and i havent really had the time or space to do art super casually in that time but for however long i can i will answer new asks :] go crazy go nuts
