so.. i actually made an intro here around a few months ago, but then never posted in tumblr again afterwards, so i'm doing it again i guess? anyhow- hello there! welcome to my blog :DD ! honestly, i jst wanted somewhere where i could yap and gather ppl who gave a shit abt whatever im yapping abt..
im just a really big creative at heart, but my main shit will def be writing and art!! quite literally the *only* way i can express myself without wanting to bash my head into the nearest wall
probably expect oc-centric posts with a sprinkle of whatever fandom has consumed my mind! i'll leave you guys with a little carrd link here for a *bit* more info :]] i don't wanna make this too long for people reading after all!
if you ran into this while jst scrolling through tumblr, i hv no clue why! if you see this while exploring my blog, welcome from me once more! enjoy your viewing pleasure :333 !!
— ryss <3
(p.s - read more to see the masterlist :33)
Attack on Titan
AOT Age/Role Swap! AU (in order of date posted)
> Original AU Concept
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> Hange Zoe and Inheriting the Attack and Founding Titan
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> AOT Age/Role Swap!AU Doodles (Hange, Erwin, and Levi-centric)
part 1 / part 2
> Levi Ackerman, the Zoë Family, and the Reality of Being Cattle
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Canon-verse Fics
> peace and quiet (in a world full of chaos) - one-shot erurihan-centric fic about the throuple just having some nice and peaceful times for once, set pre-shiganshina arc and post-uprising arc!!
ao3
> the scarlet sunset (that lit up the sky on that day) - multi-chap erurihan + eventually levihan-centric fic about hange having reoccurring dreams abt her death in odiha pre-canon, and how tht changes absolutely nothing in the end
ao3 / chap 1 / chap 2 / chap 3 / chap 4
> put your fire in my hands, allow me to burn with you - one-shot levihan fic based on the interview where it's revealed levi literally knocks hange out to take a bath, self-indulgent hurt/comfort
ao3 / link
> open yourself up for me, my dear - !! MINORS DNI !! canon complaint eruhan one-shot where hange tries to tease erwin and gets taught a lesson.. just not in the way they wanted, smut turned into character study
ao3 / link
A Modern Beginning (Modern AU RP-Based Fic Series)
> Experimental Aftermath - the aftermath of an experiment gone wrong + the beginning of professor zoë's obsession
ao3 / link
> A Life Worth Building Up To - the result of neglecting to take care of yourself + a life professor zoë once lived
ao3 / link
> For Once, Could You Stay Forever? - a mobuhan-centric one-shot not canon to the rp, based on how i would've written them in the rp and terribly self-indulgent
ao3 / link
Misc
> an assortment of my attack on titan doodles (hange-centric)
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> my levihan week 2025 submissions!!!
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> my levihan spooky weekend 2025 submission!!!
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> marleyan hange au concept + yapping!!
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Tan + Vren Multiverse (my oc's universe!!!)
Original Works
> Blindingly Loyal, No Matter the Cost - original concept for Vreni's backstory that quickly got scrapped
ao3
> Odd Child - a small look into Vreni's upbringing, and how one man challenged everything she was raised to believe
ao3
> A Grotesque Sight (Not Caused by You) - !! TW !! deals with the topic of Tanvir's self-destructive behavior and her pattern of seeking out people to sleep around with and allowing them to hurt her in more ways than one as some sort of way to gratify herself, read at your own cost
ao3
rocky's crew dying from radiation exposure, something humans go to great lengths to prevent and are very scared of and grace's crew dying in their "sleep" with nobody watching, something eridians go to great lengths to prevent and are very scared of. cool book that is easy to read through your tears.
I feel like we as a community do not talk enough about how Hange and Zeke could’ve been such good friends.
They would both talk about titans together where Zeke would teach Hange a bunch of stuff and Hange would excitedly listen and squeal at every new interesting thing they learned.
They would talk for hours and each of them wouldn’t get tired of it. It would remind Zeke of when he was little and got to talk with Mr. Ksaver about titans and it would bring Hange endless joy to finally find someone that wouldn’t grow bored of their endless yapping over them.
Other than talking about titans, they would also enjoy torturing Levi together. Levi would never know a day of peace because these two would devise the silliest plans to prank him and mess with him.
And the teasing. They would tease Levi endlesslyyyyy just non stop rage bait and they would never stop laughing at his reactions
okay OKAYYY i'm. i've been thinking of sasha braus a lot lately it's not even funny anymore but i wanna write more about her since she's ANOTHER favorite of mine aside from hange + the vets soooo i'm opening my inbox for requests about her!!
i'll likely only churn out like 500~ ish word drabbles but i REALLY want to practice writing her more and her characterizations so please please if you have any requests.. just lmk i giggle
no because that ai generated photo of hange zoe that is like an “expanded” version of this scene makes me so mad…THAT IS NOT DADA AND I KNOW DADA 💔💔 everyone posting it DOESNT KNOW DADA LIKE I KNOW DADA 💔💔
(this came out of a conversation in the comments on a previous post about an author threatening to stop updating a fic because of lack of engagement)
So there’s this idea that fic writers should write for themselves and not care too much about stats or engagement,
and i totally get the sentiment behind that. if writing becomes entirely about stats and external validation, something important does get lost - creative freedom and joy, conviction in your own writing
but i also think:
“i write for myself, but i post for others.”
because posting fic is not only self-expression. it’s social. ao3 is called an archive, but emotionally it often functions as a community space.
people post for connection, for participation, for others to bear witness to their pain and trauma and grief,
and i don’t think most people are asking to be admired so much as acknowledged. there’s something deeply human about wanting another person to encounter something that mattered to you and go:
“ok, yeah, I see what you were trying to say. I see you.”
especially because fanfic is often people processing very real feelings through fictional characters at a safe distance, one step removed,
and then uploading that deeply personal thing into a shared archive and hoping somebody else might connect with it.
And i think that’s why it hurts so much when you summon up the courage and post a fic into the void and you get nothing back,
Friendly reminder that Inosuke is an incredibly caring, compassionate soft boy. Will he immediately try to throw hands with you? Hell yeah, will he clearly say that he cares about you? Not a chance. But his actions speak so incredibly loud for him. In Mugen Train after they crash and he luckily bounces off Enmu’s flesh he runs over to Tanjiro. Immediately lands on his feet and goes “Santaro! Are you all right!??” First thing out of his mouth. First thought. And of course he gets side tracked for a second, “You see me bounce off that demon’s flesh just now?” And immediately after he says that hyper thing his brain goes “WAIT!” And instantly Inosuke goes into full worry, “You got stabbed! How’s your stomach!!?” So worried and wanting answers that he lifts Tanjiro up, holding the back of his head with one hand and gripping Tanjiro’s haori with the other. His voice is full of genuine concern and panic about whether or not Tanjiro is in mortal danger. He does shake Tanjiro, but with how he’s cradling Tanjiro’s head, it literally does nothing but a little jostle.
He gets upset that Tanjiro wants him to help the engineer because the guy stabbed Tanjiro so in Inosuke’s mind yeah no, he shouldn’t be getting help, he hurt Tanjiro! He deserves to be hurt and trapped! But Inosuke relents when Tanjiro asks him to help, and Inosuke doesn’t keep arguing after Tanjiro asks, even though it upsets Inosuke he immediately relents and does what his “minion” asks. He lets go of the back of Tanjiro’s head when they’re talking, but still keeps his hand right there ready to catch Tanjiro’s head and then cradles his head again. And look at how he sets Tanjiro down in that shot, he does it very gently even as he’s sitting there growling in frustration, he’s still holding and minding Tanjiro’s head so that Tanjiro’s body doesn’t move at all as he lays him down.
When Inosuke enters the fight with Douma he turns and looks at Kanao and sees her injured, and he’s showing concern here too.
The moment he notices Kanao the first thing he notices is how she is hurt. “You…you’re all beaten up! What’re you doing?! Shinobu’ll get really mad at you! And she gets really angry!” He is worried about Shinobu getting mad at Kanao for being all hurt But he stops when he sees Kanao’s face, just that single reaction and he realizes what happened, but has to ask “Is Shinobu….dead?” And ya’ll he pauses when he says it. He pauses and he doesn’t yell it. He says it quieter.
And he hears Douma spout his nonsense, he gets so mad the aura colors show up but instead of just going blindly at Douma he gets Kanao’s katana and gives it back to her. He could have just started the fight with Douma but his next move was that Kanao needed to have her weapon back and he did that first before going into full fight mode. It doesn’t even matter whether he did actually know the sword was hers or not, its the fact that he was willing to fight with Kanao so much so that he made sure she was armed with him before trying to make any attacks towards Douma. He wanted this girl that he knows Shinobu cares about, and who cares about Shinobu, to be able to participate in the fight to kill the demon who killed the Butterfly Hashira. When Tanjiro turns into a demon he defends Giyuu and scolds Tanjiro, trying to get him to come back to reason.
And even in the moment, knowing Tanjiro is a demon and going through with the logic “he’s a demon now, I have to stop him.” Inosuke cries, his sword at Tanjiro’s neck and stops, saying, “I can’t do it.” And refuses to fight him. And some people might say that this is a character development for Inosuke, but I don’t feel it is. If at any other point in the series Tanjiro had turned into a demon, I feel Inosuke would still have reacted exactly this way and come to Nezuko’s defense if Tanjiro attacked her. Because ever since the Spider Family Arc they have been friends, even if he wasn’t calling them that yet, that’s what they were. And Inosuke is honestly gentle with them. He lets Tanjiro scold and teach him, he lets Zenitsu man-handle and hit him and he never does it back after the Tsuzuri Mansion incident unless they’re training.
