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[byallmeans1]

[byallmeans1]

i wanna start by saying i loveeee your art so much i've been following you for a while!! i just switched to digital drawing (procreate) and im struggling so bad with coloring/shading specifically hair (and everything else tbh) but i really like the way that you draw/shade hair and was wondering if i could get a lil mini tutorial maybeeeee 🥰🥰

Aww thank you so much 🥹❤️

I rarely focus on drawing things the "correct" way and just do what feels right so please take this tutorial with a grain of salt 🙏 also sorry if I suck at explaining things if anything is unclear I will clarify ❤️

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Hi!!! I just discovered your Instagram and I LOVE your most recent Sylus and mc art and I was wondering if you do commissions?

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Hii, thank you so much! 💗 It's really hard to squeeze in commissions when I work full time and only get a moment for drawing in the afternoons so for now the commissions are closed 😔

I'll make sure to include this info in the description on insta and tumblr so there are no doubts in the future since recently I get this question a lot, sorry for the lack of transparency

And thank you for showing your interest 🤗

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Hange to Erwin after he named them commander and now Hange has to deal with Levi and 7 teenagers: THANKS A LOT, YOU IDIOT. Thanks a lot, Rachel. Thanks. A. LOT.

And the knowledge that the more advanced nation is this 🤏 close to killing everyone on the island and all Eldians expect them to have the perfect solution for that

"Thanks a lot Rachel" is literally a deleted scene replaced by Hanji's mini mental breakdown in the final season

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C’mon don’t be shy, share your hot take haha. Levihan canon in yams idea would be Levi kissing Hange’s ashes.

For real 😭

Okay you asked for it, the thing that bothers me most abt aot is pushing the plot at the expense of the characters. Jean for example had such a wonderful build up in the 1st season and then he was just... There. Same thing with Armin, I love that boi but somewhere on the way I forgot he actually hates himself and when he had that massive mental breakdown at the end of the manga it was sooo good but it shocked me bc for so many chapters he was just... There. And not to mention that at the end he acted so much out of character. Idk if that's just me, but somehow these characters' actions got detached from their personalities?? Idk how to put it, they were there and they were doing things but there were no "character" moments anymore, they felt more like pawns in the game. I don't even wanna talk abt what happened to Connie and Historia 💀 And mikasa? Her beautiful moment when she thought eren was dead was so powerful and then somehow her character got completely abandoned 💀 it's like yams said "I don't want to play with you anymore". There are characters he put much more effort in, and that'd be Reiner and Gabi for example, and he has shown over and over again that he's able to create interesting characters. So what happened? I mean it's understandable that he was rushing to finish it, creating aot must've been the worst time of his life with the bullying and the pressure, so I get it. But as a reader, it leaves me somehow unsatiated. To see so many characters lose potential (yep the way he got rid of ymir still pains me 🤧)...

So when the characters are the way they are, there's no wonder the ships feel weird. Annie and Armin for example-you can see this ship being foreshadowed from the 1st season and I actually like the dynamic of a girlboss and her sweet bf but then yams puts Annie in a crystal for multiple seasons and then they're in love. Idk I just feel their relationship is more messed up than he shows and Id love to dive into that. And abt Gabi and Falco - it really ticks me off that he's acting like a grown ass man from a romance movie. And how old is he? Nine? I know kids being kids is a foreign concept in anime, but it's the first time I've seen stereotypically masculine romantic traits being put on a child. Usually it was more like kids saving the world, not kids shielding their love interest from perpetrators with their own body, and it was difficult to watch for me. Eren and Mikasa for me are just a couple of underdeveloped (Mikasa) and unlikeable (Eren) characters, but all of this just depends on personal taste.

So yep, that's the tea

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How to get over Hange's death? I tried to do it by looking at levihan fanart and reading levihan fanfic in ao3 but it's not enough 🥲 I just can't accept it. But some of your old levihan skits do the work sometimes. So it's worth it to browse thru your blog for hours 😂 and oooh yaa there is this one levihan fic titled Real Love by lady eny also has become one of my medicine 😌 but it's only once a week so that's why it's still not enough to cure the pain 😔

You know what, anon... Self care is avoiding watching the episode where Hanji gets killed & indulging in cheerful Hanji arts from before all this.

After all this time I finally managed to disconnect final parts of the manga from the rest and now I have high resistance to emotional damage :D

And I'm also focusing more on my original story because it helps me take my mind off things so I suggest you to try to look for some other content you would enjoy as well! It's good to have something else to obsess about :D

Aw and I'm glad my content fulfills it's purpose! And I'm taking notes on that fic you mentioned 📝

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what sets hange’s and levi’s relationship with each other apart from the rest!

I get asked this question a lot, and I feel like each time I give a half-assed response, and honestly i don’t expect this time will be different lmao

At first levihan seems to be a typical opposites attract, which, if delivered the right way, is a trope I enjoy. But it’s not enough to get me absolutely obsessed. The way they met and the fact that Levi almost went stabby stabby on Hanji adds a little spice to it all, not gonna lie. But as the story progresses and we get to know the characters  better, it turns out they actually have a lot in common. Shitty sense of humour, and poor social skills, above all. Hanji seems friendly but they’re pretty exentric so they often get labeled as being batshit crazy. Levi on the other hand is emotionally constipated, mean, and scary. But Hanji doesn’t care about that, and it seems like his harsh words don’t hurt them at all. They just don’t give a single shit which is pretty hilarious.

The most appealing part of levihan is that despite being so different on the surface, they get along very well and understand each other like no one else. Hanji’s casually making fun of humanity’s strongest, and he doesn’t seem to mind at all. I love the fact that they’re both fucking weird and no one really gets them. And, after some consideration, I’m actually happy that they’re not canon, because Isayama’s understanding of romance lowkey makes me cringe. It’s good the way it is. The undeniable fact is that they’re best friends, and love each other a lot. Whether it’s romantic or platonic doesn’t really matter.

When i look at their relationship in a romantic way, I don’t think of them as a highly sexual couple, which is also cool. What’s more, there are no gender roles. Fuck them.

I love levihan most because it’s about friendship and a strong bond, above all. It’s about understanding each other without words. I love them because they’re not canon, otherwise there would be a sudden shift in their motives and personalities for the sake of „romance”. I love them because they don’t really fit in any trope I know. I love how their relationship starts off as simple, and then evolves into something special. I love that they both grow and develop, and have their own separate plotlines at times. And I love that it’s all about traumatized people and a harsh reality, and the way they help each other out and find comfort in each other.

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Isayama is not the best at writing romance. I wonder what he would do if there would an alternate universe where Hange and Levi are canon. Maybe drawing them together and Hange getting blushed after asking to run away and live together 🤡 haha, jokes aside, I don’t imagine him drawing them a sloppy kiss…I think he would choose something more symbolic. It makes me laugh Yams has never talk about Levi and Hange’s relationship and it’s still my favorite along the series, even more than EMA lmao.

That's it, that's the point! We love levihan bc it's not canon lmao

But for real, all the ships he has made canon weren't built as well as they could. I feel like yams was rushing with the manga which left all of the relationships underdeveloped. But oh well.

When it comes to levihan's alternative universe, i think it'd be pictures of them living somewhere in the forest, like hanjo getting back from the hunt and Levi sitting and watching them from the porch. And thinking of that platonic ending for them makes me so happy uwuwuwu

Bc after seeing how all the couples have gotten together I'd rather see platonic LeviHan lmao

And I can relate to what you said abt liking these old hags more than EMA. For some reason I'm always getting attached to the adults and older characters more, idk why. It happens to me whem I'm watching jjk, mha, and aot definitely. I cannot give as many fucks about the kids which honestly is a pain bc the adults are almost always in the background and don't have as much screentime.