#acwnr

[starmaneruri]

basically how ACWNR went

[ackermantihora]

ACWNR ⚔💞 part 1

[ragemuffin]

If not fren, then why fren shaped?

[kintsugizh]

a choice with no regrets

[brainwormsoop]

remembered AOT no regrets exists and honestly erwin's political enemies must have been so fucking confused like imagine you go hire some unpleasant gang leader who listens to nobody to kill a man who is both blonde and an adult and then two weeks later he's his completely loyal assistant and will remain so for the rest of his life

after work pub chats in the interior must have come back around to levi like at least once a week for YEARS just trying to figure out what the hell happened

[xlxvi]

levi ackerman

shading + portrait study

it’s my first post on tumblr (been a silent user) so hi 🫡

[littletigerburningbright]

That analysis post about why Levi likes tea so much reminded me, with this panel, of something I also don't think people fully understand. Which is why Levi was so angry at Erwin at first, and why he was so out for his blood.

It's because he threatens Furlan's and Isabel's lives here. He orders his men to hold their swords to their throats, simply because Levi had refused at first to give him his name. Levi's belligerence on that front is rooted, I think, in how Erwin and his men are treating him and his friends. Having them down on their knees, in the filth and mud, with their arms bound behind their backs, making demands of them all the while. It's made worse when Erwin orders Mike to push Levi's face into the sewage. And that's what it is. It's sewage, not simply mud. You can see it coming out of the drain pipes. Levi was deeply upset by this, and understandably so. Putting someone's face into a puddle of sewage is a ghastly thing to do, especially when one really considers what the consequences of something like that could be. There's all sorts of diseases one could contract from inhaling that kind of filthy water. But it's what happens next that I think really drove Levi to wanting to kill Erwin.

Isabel is certain that the scouts are going to kill them in the above panel, and in a show of defiance, tells them to just get it over with. Furlan's face is frozen in fear, sweat trickling down it, because he feels the threat is real too.

But look at Levi's face.

Where before he'd only been angry, here, he's horrified, shocked and frightened. He realizes, suddenly, that Erwin isn't just capable of humiliating them, but seemingly willing to take their lives if he doesn't comply. He's threatening the only two people Levi has in his life. The only two people he's ever been able to call friend, and really, are more like his family. The two people he's done all he can to protect in the dangerous world of the Underground City. Basically, the two people he lives for.

I think some people tend to think Levi wanted to kill Erwin over wounded pride. Even just calling what Erwin did, before ordering his men to hold their blades to Isabel's and Furlan's throats, a case of wounded pride is an understatement, I think. He thoroughly humiliated Levi and his friends, and treated them inhumanely, as if they had no rights or autonomy. But it really wasn't that which drove Levi toward wanting to kill Erwin. It was that Erwin presented himself as a threat to his family.

[chik3chirkun]

Can’t stop thinking about how chill Erwin was about the whole Levi trying to kill him thing. He also seems to be perfectly aware how dangerous all his political schemes are, so more likely than not Levi and friends were not the first assassins sent his way.

Which makes me wonder how much more (if any) were sent after Levi became famous. Because how do you even counter the power move that is “I took the assassin you sent for me and made him my right hand man”? Every new assassin is now at the risk of becoming Erwin Smith supporter. At this point are you trying to dispose of him or just supporting his cause?