Hi, Kit. So, I've no idea who else I should go to about this. The thought sprung to my mind unsolicited.
You like Erurihan.
Now what are your thoughts on Onyankopon x Hange x Levi? 💀
hey Star! i'm glad/sorry (depending on what you meant with that emoji use lmao) to say that you've come to the right place with this! 😁
first things first, i don’t just “like” erurihan, i ship it as one of my main snk ships!! 🥰 i love it very much, it’s a fascinating concept to me and i adore the dynamics it involves between 3 of my all time fave fictional characters. i may not have posted as much content for it as i do for say, levihan, but it’s no lesser ship to me (in fact, it’s so dear to me i’m currently writing it a very very odd love letter using a trope i never thought i would.. don’t you love it when fictional borbos brainwash you like that??)
as for Onyankopon x Hange x Levi, i will admit it's different as i think it's the first time i ever mention it on here and i’ve only got a couple of wips for this trio (that i refer to as “levihankopon” in my mind) so I’m not as intensely into them as i am some of my other babies, but i do ship them! i also ship all two-characters units within that polycule, as in levi x hange (obviously), hange x onyan, and levi x onyan all separately.
in canonverse, levihankopon make sense to me in 2 different settings: either the canon-compliant one where feelings arise shortly after Onyankopon meets our secluded scouts aka between s3 and 4 of the anime (where Levi’s poorly-concealed wariness, Hange’s overwhelming curiosity and Onyankopon’s empathetic openmindedness make for one tasty cocktail imo); or in the wonderful land of Denial where i live and reign and post-canon Hange is alive + well + in love with both these guys (and where you take all those ingredients from before, add traumatic bonding experiences and subtract questionable canon decisions, and voilà, have a lovely healing throuple my friend!!).
i especially love the idea of the dynamic between Onyankopon and Hange when he teaches them so much more about the world outside than they must have found out after they became Commander (imagine having a fascinated Hange as a student, and not just in any context but right after they've been introduced to the concept of airplanes when you yourself are a pilot, i mean?? sparks must have been flying pun fucking intended almost as fast as follow up questions that kept them all up for days, no doubt), and the notion that as careful and uninterested as he must have tried to look, Levi was likely just as enthralled about the whole thing (not just flying though. but how long do you think it took before he stopped acting like he was just there to serve as Hange's bodyguard and asked his own questions out loud instead of telepathically sending them to his Commander to ask for him? i'm betting a week. at most. in fact the way i wrote it Hange fucked around with him a little and pretended they wouldn't be his messenger to his newfound crush anymore, and as infuriating as that was it was also such a nice reminder of the Hange they used to be before becoming Commander that Levi couldn't even get a little mad at this version of them he'd missed so much since Shiganshina. (also he couldn't deny the crush part with a straight face so. he had to give in. damn shitty glasses!!))
i'm not going to lie, Star, there's also a world in which i ship both levihankopon AND erurihan (timely-speaking, one after the other bc of yk canon, but emotionally simultaneously because of the impact of one upon the other in the hearts of the characters involved). i just. i contain multitudes alright?? *sighs* fine, i'll rephrase: i'm a ship-hoe.
anyway, i hope that answers your question!